Nutanix Certified Services - Core (NCS-Core) 6.8 v1.0
Question 1
During the knowledge transfer session, a consultant conducts a storage management demo. In the Creating a Storage Container workflow, the customer notices the Reserved Capacity parameter and asks for best practices related to it.
How should the consultant respond?
- A. Nutanix recommends to configure at least 2 storage pools with at least one storage container each.
- B. Do not reserve less than 90% of the total space in the storage pool.
- C. Reserve capacity for a storage container only if the storage pool consists of multiple storage containers.
- D. Reserve capacity for a storage container only if the storage pool consists of single storage container.
Answer : D
Question 2
A customer’s security team has a policy prohibiting a consultant’s laptop from connecting within the corporate datacenter.
In which two ways should the consultant complete the customer deployment on the factory-prepared nodes? (Choose two.)
- A. Use the Controller VM-based Foundation process.
- B. Manually edit ifcfg-eth0 file on CVM. restart networking, and create the cluster.
- C. Run the Network Crashcart Script, provide IPs, and create the cluster manually.
- D. Configure IPs on hosts and create the cluster.
Answer : AC
Question 3
During Foundation using a customer-provided network switch, a consultant is facing time-out issues.
What action should the consultant take to resolve this issue?
- A. Disable STP on ports connected to Nutanix nodes.
- B. Enable queue depth on ports connected to nodes.
- C. Ensure the firmware of network switch is updated.
- D. Check jumbo frames support of the network switch.
Answer : A
Question 4
Where can the Foundation version included with an AOS bundle be found?
- A. Upgrade Paths menu
- B. Compatibility and Interoperability Matrix
- C. Field Installation Guide
- D. AOS Release Notes
Answer : D
Question 5
How should a consultant validate the installed version of an NVIDIA driver in a Nutanix VDI deployment?
- A. nutar.ix@cvm~$ rpm -qa | grep -i nvidia
- B. admin.@cvm~S rpm -qa | grep -i nvidia
- C. [root@ahv ~]# rpm -qa | grep -i nvidia
- D. [root@esxi ~]# rpm -qa | grep -i nvidia
Answer : C
Question 6
When utilizing the Nutanix cluster As Built Document generator, which two configuration elements should a consultant provide when running the run_as_built.exe command? (Choose two.)
- A. Data Services IP
- B. Cluster IP
- C. Remote Site IP
- D. Customer Name
Answer : AB
Question 7
What must be set to enable node discovery when using Foundation VM?
- A. Network Address Translation
- B. Bridged Adapter
- C. Host-only Adapter
- D. Internet Access
Answer : B
Question 8
Refer to the exhibit.
A consultant is conducting cluster deployment using Foundation VM on a laptop.
What troubleshooting step is required?
- A. Verify Foundation VM is configured with at least 4GB of memory.
- B. Confirm that TCP port 5123 is open.
- C. Ensure that adaptive endpoint security agents are enabled.
- D. Disable local machine firewall to ensure its not blocking traffic.
Answer : D
Question 9
A consultant is showing the Prism Element Web Console to a customer and wants to check that cluster health is OK. During validation, the Health menu raises critical alerts about components using default passwords.
The cluster is based on ESXi as hypervisor, where Prism Central and Nutanix Files are deployed. Passwords have already been changed for a few components, but some of them have been left by default.
How can the consultant check and handle that situation?
- A. Check accounts and passwords in Local User Management in the vCenter.
- B. Check NCC results and review the associated KB.
- C. Deploy and connect the cluster to Prism Security Central.
- D. Activate Cluster lockdown in Prism Element.
Answer : B
Question 10
A consultant creates a Windows VM after installing a new AHV-based cluster.
The switchport settings are as follows:
switchport mode trunked
portfast enabled
spanning-tree port type edge trunk
The consultant has statically assigned an IP address to the VM but it is unable to communicate on the network.
Which action should the consultant take to resolve this issue?
- A. Confirm that IPv6 is enabled on the guest VM.
- B. Confirm that the VM has a vNIC assigned to the correct VLAN in Prism Element.
- C. Set a Group Policy to make sure the Windows Firewall is disabled.
- D. Mount and install the Nutanix Guest Tools.
Answer : B
Question 11
In which two ways can the IPMI address be set on a Nutanix hardware installation? (Choose two.)
- A. Nutanix Network Crashcart
- B. ipmitool
- C. BIOS configuration
- D. iLO configuration utility
Answer : AC
Question 12
A consultant is running operational verifications to validate cluster behaviors.
What will happen if one power supply is disconnected from a NX-3235-G9 chassis?
- A. The hosts appears disconnected in Prism Element and VMs are restarting on the other hosts.
- B. The hardware status is updated to reflect the change in Prism Element, the hosts continues to run, but VMHA has started securing workloads by moving them to other nodes.
- C. The hosts appears disconnected in vCenter and VMs are restarting on the other hosts.
- D. The hardware status updates to reflect the change in Prism Element, the hosts continue to run, and the Host hardware power status alert is sent. There is no impact on workloads.
Answer : D
Question 13
A consultant will be doing an install for an enterprise customer. The consultant has racked up, powered on, and connected their Foundation software to the new nodes. The Foundation VM is not discovering the hardware.
What should the consultant do to resolve this issue?
- A. Connect a crash cart to each node, reboot the node, go through BIOS and set an IPMI IP address for each node. Using your Foundation VM, create a Phoenix boot ISO, then mount the ISO via Virtual Media connector from IPMI.
- B. Console to each node, reboot the node, go through BIOS to set an IPMI IP address, then run Foundation bare metal installation using IPMI IP addresses.
- C. Connect a crash cart to each node, log in to the pre-installed AHV hypervisor, run the IPMITool commands to set IPMI IP Address, subnet, and gateway for each node. Run a Foundation using the configured IPMI addresses that were just set.
- D. Collect the IPMI MAC addresses on the back of each node, run a bare metal Foundation using each MAC addresses.
Answer : B
Question 14
As a part of a cluster deployment test plan, a customer asks the consultant for some additional performance and resiliency tests.
How should the consultant best satisfy this request?
- A. Run diagnostics.py directly from CVM.
- B. Leverage Iometer.
- C. Use Apache J meter.
- D. Deploy X-Ray and conduct any relevant tests.
Answer : D
Question 15
During the knowledge transfer session, a consultant conducts a storage management demo. In the Creating a Storage Container workflow, the customer notices the Advertised Capacity parameter and asks for an explanation.
How should the consultant respond?
- A. It enables the ability to cap usage of storage containers to be smaller than the limit of a storage pool capacity
- B. It assists in reserving space for a storage container to ensure a minimum storage capacity is available.
- C. It assists in reserving space for a storage container to ensure a maximum storage capacity is available.
- D. It is a capacity computed by dividing physical storage usage of a container by the replication factor (RF).
Answer : D