Operations Manager can monitor and manage only NetApp storage hosts that have the NetApp Host Agent installed.

• A. True
• B. False
• C. NA
• D. NA

Answer: (A)

Operations Manager relies on the NetApp Host Agent to monitor a host. The agent runs on the host’s operating system and feeds Operations Manager with metrics, events, and configuration data. Without the Host Agent installed, Operations Manager has no visibility into that host and cannot monitor or manage it through the tool. Installing the Host Agent on each NetApp storage host enables full monitoring and management from Operations Manager, while the storage controllers themselves can be monitored by other mechanisms. So the statement is accurate.