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Question 1

An administrator protected a DB VM running on a Nutanix cluster with NearSync Replication, which schedules to repeat every 15 minutes □ to a second site. The daily change rate is low. During nightly backups, the replication window is missed due to write volume.

Which two options describe the expected behavior? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

NearSync stops working and fails over to the remote site.

B.

Protection Domain transitions back to the hourly schedule.

C.

The Administrator needs to re-enable it manually.

D.

The system continuously tries to get to the NearSync schedule.

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Question 2

Which Nutanix tool does the Field Installation Guide provide instructions for?

Options:

A.

Prism Central

B.

Foundation

C.

As-Built Generator

D.

Nutanix Move

Question 3

A customer needs a 20-node cluster built. The consultant only has a 16-port flat network switch, and the customer is using VLAN tagging for the hosts and CVMs.

How should the consultant create the cluster?

Options:

A.

Set VLAN tags on all hosts and CVMs.

B.

Create the Nutanix cluster manually.

C.

Connect the cluster to the production network.

D.

Create a separate four-node cluster.

Question 4

An administrator wants to utilize Network Visualization to monitor the physical and logical network on the Nutanix cluster. The first-hop switch has LLDP enabled. The network switch information is still not being displayed.

What is causing this problem?

Options:

A.

The ISL between switches is not configured.

B.

SNMP is not configured properly.

C.

br0 and br1 are not defined.

D.

The cluster is using RDMA-enabled NICs.

Question 5

An administrator is planning to deploy a Nutanix cluster to support a few high-performance VMs. This deployment will have the following considerations:

• Individual VMs will likely generate network throughputs in the range of 90-100Mbps

• Due to the configuration of the VMs, it is unlikely that a node will host more than one or two of them at a time

• Individual VMs will communicate with only a few (one or two) remote hosts at a time

• Multicast will not be used in the environment

• The hosts are connected via two 1GbE network connections

How should the administrator configure the network bonds to meet this requirement while maintaining the simplest switch configuration?

Options:

A.

Configure bond0 as balance-sib

B.

Configure bond0 as active-backup

C.

Configure bond0 as balance-tcp

D.

Configure bond0 as balance-lacp

Question 6

A consultant has completed a cluster build according to the following requirements:

•Syslog Setup with ERROR level Logging

•Proxy Setup

•SNMP v3 Trap setup

When adding the cluster to an existing Prism Central with a proxy setup, the following error is triggered in the Prism Gateway logs:

Caused by: corn.nutanix.util .base.ValidationException: Prism Central is unreachable

What configuration is likely missing?

Options:

A.

Whitelist of Prism Central OSIP inside of Prism Element and all Prism Element CVMs inside of Prism Central

B.

Whitelist of Prism Central VIP inside of Prism Element and Prism Element VIP inside of Prism Central

C.

Whitelist of AHV Host IP addresses in Prism Central

D.

Whitelist of Prism Central DSIP inside of Prism Element

Question 7

An administrator is supporting a business critical environment and deploys metro availability to achieve a zero data loss configuration. The two clusters are connected by a 1GbE connection. A new workload is going to be deployed to this cluster. This workload requires a sustained 150MB/S of write throughput and 20MB/s of read throughput.

Which change must be made to deploy the workload successfully on this cluster?

Options:

A.

The bandwidth must be increased to support this workload.

B.

The workload must be configured to read at greater than 12.5MB/S.

C.

The replication frequency must be less than 60 minutes.

D.

Zero data loss nearsync must be used to support this workload.

Question 8

From a hypervisor, which IP address should the consultant use to connect to the locally tossed on?

Options:

A.

192.168.5.254

B.

172.16.19.2

C.

10.100.5.5

D.

192.168.1.254

Question 9

A customer has the following requirement for a Nutanix cluster:

  • Must support high-performance Nutanix Volumes iSCSI workloads
  • Must utilize AHV nodes
  • Must use 10 GbE interface

How should the customer optimize networking?

Options:

A.

Enable Jumbo Frame on just the Host

B.

Convert Cluster to ESXi and enable Jumbo Frame on Host and CVM

C.

Enable Jumbo Frames on just the CVM

D.

Enable the use of Jumbo Frame on Host and CVM

Question 10

After a recent installation using a flat switch, a consultant notices issues migrating the Nutanix nodes to the customer’s network. The customer states that they are using VLANs on the production switch but not on the dedicated switch for IPMI. The customer does not require a manual configuration of the host and CVM.

What network changes need to be made to correct the issues?

Options:

A.

Us untagged VLANs for the CVM and host and trunk mode for IPMI.

B.

Use Native VLANs for the CVM and host and access mode for IPMI.

C.

Use tagged VLANs for the CVM and host and access mode for IPMI.

D.

Use Native VLANs for the CVM and host and trunk mode for IPMI.

Question 11

A customer has Metro Availability configured in Automatic Resume Mode between Site A and Site B What happens to VMs if Primary Site A has full network failure?

Options:

A.

Automatic protection domain promotion in Site B. VMs automatically restart in Site B

B.

VMs continue to run on Site A following an automatic disable of protection domains.

C.

An administrator must unwitness in Site B and promote protection domains in Site B for VMs to restart

D.

An administrator must promote protection domains in Site B for VMs to restart.

Question 12

While reviewing the BOM during the kickoff call, a consultant notices that there are six NX nodes and 12 SFP+ modules, but no fiber cables are listed.

Which statement is correct regarding this scenario?

Options:

A.

Only copper cables, not fiber cables, are required for SFP* modules.

B.

The customer can use any fiber cable from existing network devices.

C.

Nutanix provides fiber cables based on the fiber channel ports on the server.

D.

The consultant should remind the customer that it is their responsibility to procure compatible fiber cables.

Question 13

Which two files should be downloaded to deploy Foundation VM on VMware ESXI or AHV Hypervisors? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

foundation_VM-version-disk-0.geow2

B.

foundation_VM-version. tar

C.

foundation_VM-version. vmdk

D.

foundation-version.tar.gz

Question 14

A consultant is using a customer’s switch for installation. Although the 10GbE ports for each of the hosts are connected to the switch, the nodes fail to be discovered.

What is causing the issue?

Options:

A.

IPv6 is not enabled on the switch.

B.

IPMI port is not plugged in.

C.

Foundation VM is running on a Windows host.

D.

10GbE ports are configured with the incorrect duplex setting.

Question 15

A consultant has deployed a new Nutanix AHV cluster with Foundation. The customer requests separating the management and production traffic in the CVM.

Which feature should the consultant configure?

Options:

A.

Micro-segmentation

B.

Multi-homing

C.

Network Segmentation

D.

VLAN Tagging

Question 16

A customer has two mission-critical applications and needs to have them backed up to a remote location. The remote location is connected using a leased line and has an average latency of 7 ms.

Which Nutanix technology will provide the shortest RPO possible?

Options:

A.

NearSync

B.

Leap

C.

Metro Availability

D.

Asyn&DR

Question 17

An administrator migrates a VM onto a new Nutanix cluster. After the migration, the administrator observes the following conditions:

• Cluster memory utilization: 64%

• Cluster CPU utilization: 19%

• Cluster storage utilization: 32%

• Average VM CPU utilization: 25%

• Average VM CPU ready%: 24%

• Average VM memory utilization: 60%

Which two changes should the administrator make to improve VM performance? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

Add more memory to the VMs.

B.

Reduce the number of vCPUs assigned to VMs.

C.

Replace high core count CPUs with high clock rate CPUs. (also can be but is physical invas)

D.

Reduce the number of VMs on the hosts.

Question 18

A consultant deployed a Nutanix Files cluster using separate networks for client and storage.

For testing a SMB standard share, a VM has been deployed on storage network. However, the consultant cannot access the share.

What is the cause of the issue?

Options:

A.

The CVM network segmentation is configured.

B.

Clients on the same subnet as the storage network cannot access the shares.

C.

An iSCSI Data Services IP is not configured for the cluster.

D.

Clients on the same subnet as the storage network can only access the distributed shares.

Question 19

An alert about RX errors on eth2 on a node is reported in the cluster. The administrator logs in to the CVM in question, checks the ping_* files in the data/logs/syststats folder, and notices intermittent ping loss.

The node in question has the following network configuration:

Which action should be used to troubleshoot without disrupting the VMs running on this node?

Options:

A.

Replace the cable from eth2 to the switch

B.

Remove eth3 from br0-up and monitor for new alerts

C.

Check the port on the switch side for any errors

D.

Enable balance-s1b on br0-up and monitor if a problem persists

Question 20

A consultant is deploying a two-node cluster at a remote branch office.

Which component must be available to complete cluster configuration?

Options:

A.

Prism Central

B.

Witness VM

C.

Remote Site

D.

Protection Domain

Question 21

An administrator receives a notification that storage in a Nutanix cluster is unavailable. The cluster consists of five nodes and is configured with a Fault-Tolerance level of 1 (FT-1).

Upon investigation, the administrator finds the following:

• All AHV hosts are powered on and the CVMs are running

• Nodes A, B, and C are connected to one top of rack switch

• Nodes D and E are connected to a second top of rack switch

• The cluster status command run on Node A shows that CVM services on nodes D and E are down

Which issue is causing the storage outage?

Options:

A.

The default gateway for the CVMs and AHV hosts is down.

B.

The switch connecting Nodes D and E is down.

C.

The genesis process is down on both Nodes D and E.

D.

Nodes D and E are in maintenance mode.

Question 22

After the successful creation of clusters, the customer wants to ensure that alerts are sent automatically to Nutanix support.

Which Nutanix feature should the consultant ensure is enabled?

Options:

A.

Support Portal

B.

Pulse

C.

insights

D.

Support Tunnel

Question 23

An administrator is configuring software only. Data-at-Rest Encryption on their Nutanix cluster. They are planning to deploy a third-party key management server (KMS).

Where should this server be hosted?

Options:

A.

As a single VM on the Nutanix cluster

B.

On hardware external to the Nutanix duster

C.

As a clustered VM setup on the Nutanix cluster

D.

As a single VM deployed on the host that contains the Prism leader CVM

Question 24

A consultant creates a Windows VM after installing a new Nutanix cluster running AHV. 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?

Options:

A.

Confirm that IPv6 is enabled on the guest VM.

B.

Confirm that the VM vNIC is tied to the correct VLAN in Prism Element.

C.

Mount and install the Nutanix Guest Tools.

D.

Set a Group Policy to make sure the Windows Firewall is disabled.

Question 25

A consultant is planning an installation and needs to collect configuration items to be used during the install. The data needed from the customer are IP addresses, Gateway, DNS servers, and NTP Servers.

Which Cluster Deployment document must be completed with the customer?

Options:

A.

Project Plan

B.

Operations Guide

C.

Questionnaire

D.

Technical Checklist

Question 26

A consultant creates a new cluster using ESXi as the hypervisor. After creating the cluster, the consultant begins to run Life Cycle Manager (LCM) updates. During the LCM upgrade pre-checks, an error is returned.

Which configuration is causing this issue?

Options:

A.

ESXi cluster admission control is disabled.

B.

ESXi cluster DRS is enabled.

C.

ESXi cluster HA is enabled.

D.

ESXi cluster admission control is enabled.

Question 27

An administrator needs to forecast infrastructure requirements for a new program and its associated applications. Prior to the projected start of the new program, all existing applications will be decommissioned.

How should the administrator perform this task?

Options:

A.

Check the Disregard Existing Workloads radio button in the Runway scenario.

B.

Check the Disregard Existing Nodes radio button in the Runway scenario.

C.

Add up the recovered workloads and manually remove from the Runway configuration.

D.

Power down the workloads during a maintenance window and run the Capacity Runway.

Question 28

A customer has requested that a consultant create a Disaster Recovery Test for their new Nutanix environments.

What should the consultant include in a custom plan to validate VM availability across the network?

Options:

A.

Assign backup policies to source VMs.

B.

Verify VMs received correct IP address after failover.

C.

Ensure NTP configuration active.

D.

Sign into VM console using local credentials.

Question 29

A consultant is running Foundation. The cluster creation fails during the process. The host logs confirm that the nodes have been successfully imaged. The consultant decides to create the cluster manually.

Which command should the consultant use?

Options:

A.

cluster -c IP_CVM_A, IP_CVM_B, IP_CVM_n

B.

cluster create -s IP_CVM_A, IP_CVM_B, IP_CVM_n

C.

cluster -s IP_CVM_A, IP_CVM_B, IP_CVM_n create_manual

D.

cluster -s IP_CVM_M, IP_CVM_B, IP_CVM_n create

Question 30

A consultant is setting up Prism Central to manage multiple Nutanix clusters. The customer requires til redundancy and tre aby to manage up to 12,500 VMs.

Which deployment option should the consultant use to meet the requirements?

Options:

A.

Maximum CPU and memory allowed for the server hosting the Prism Central VM

B.

Prism Central cluster mode

C.

Prism Central Scale-out deployment

D.

Large Prism Central VM with the maximum CPU and memory allowed

Question 31

A VM is exhibiting one or more of the following baseline values based on the past 30 days:

• CPU usage < 20%

• CPU ready time < 5%

• Memory usage < 50% (moderately) or < 20% (severely)

• Memory swap rate = 0 Kbps

Which type of VM is being described?

Options:

A.

Constrained VM

B.

Inactive VM

C.

Bully VM

D.

Over-Provisioned VM

Question 32

Microsegmentation was recently enabled in a Nutanix environment. The administrator wants to leverage Prism Central to create a policy that will block all traffic, regardless of direction, between two groups of VMs identified by their category.

Which policy should be used to meet this requirement?

Options:

A.

A Quarantine Policy

B.

An Isolation Environment Policy

C.

An Application Security Policy

D.

A Whitehst-Based Policy

Question 33

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?

Options:

A.

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.

B.

The hardware status updates to reflect the change in Prism Element, the hosts continues to run, and the Host hardware power status alert is sent There is no impact on workloads.

C.

The hosts appears disconnected in Prism Element and VMs are restarting on the other hosts.

D.

The hosts appears disconnected in vCenter and VMs are restarting on the other hosts.

Question 34

A consultant is planning a new cluster installation and needs to locate the Shared IPMI port for each of the specific nodes that the customer has bought.

Which Support Portal location contains the document that would identify the port?

Options:

A.

Solutions Documentation

B.

Hardware Replacement Documentation

C.

Software Documentation

D.

Knowledge Base

Question 35

Refer to the exhibit.

A Microsoft SQL 2016 deployment is shown in the exhibit. The administrator receives user reports that database queries take too long to return.

Which optimization should be made to this configuration to improve performance?

Options:

A.

Combine both of the OS and SQL Binaries disks

B.

Add a second SCSI controller for the Database.

C.

TempDB, and Logs disk Separate the Database. TempDB, and Logs onto their own disks

D.

Configure the VM to use a PCI disk controller

Question 36

Refer to Exhibit:

A customer has completed and given the pre-delivery questionnaire to the consultant. The customer has indicated that they are using HPE/OEM hardware.

Which action should the consultant take to prepare the laptop and Foundation networking for the installation?

Options:

A.

Configure Backplane Traffic Isolation.

B.

Set IP Addresses in CVM/Host subnet only.

C.

Set IP Addresses in both CVM/Host and IPMI subnets.

D.

Enable network segmentation.

Question 37

A customer has a Nutanix cluster with 10Gb connectivity via switch fabric extenders. The administrator receives NCC health check errors of latency greater than 200ms.

Which action should the administrator take to resolve the NCC errors?

Options:

A.

Replace the switch fabric extenders with 10G line rate switches

B.

Upgrade NCC and increase the CVM memory by 4Gb

C.

Add 2 additional 10G uplinks from the switch fabric extenders per node

D.

Upgrade NCC and increase the vCPU of the CVM

Question 38

After a consultant runs Foundation, the imaging process fails.

In which two locations can the consultant find the logs? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

On the Hypervisor - /home/nutanix/foundation/logs

B.

Logs link on the Foundation Imaging Screen

C.

On the Foundation VM - /home/nutanix/foundation/logs

D.

On the CVM - /home/Nutanix/foundation/logs

Question 39

An administrator is deploying several new application VMs to a Nutanix cluster. The application is very transactional with a 28/72 random, read/write ratio.

What should the administrator do?

Options:

A.

Add a minimum of four SSDs to each node to ensure all writes go to the SSDs.

B.

Add a minimum of four virtual disks to each VM, and aggregate them on guest OS level.

C.

Add one large SSD to each node and enable Flash Mode for the VMs.

D.

Add one large virtual disk to each VM. and use it for all application data.

Question 40

An administrator responsible for a VDI environment needs to investigate reports of slow logins. The administrator finds that increasing the number of vCPUs from 2 to 4 will reduce the login times. Production workloads are consuming 75% of the host CPU on the cluster. The administrator increases the vCPU count on all of the VDI VMs.

What are two impacts on the cluster? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

Increase CPU utilization%

B.

Increase CPU ready%

C.

Increase memory utilization%

D.

Increasing CPU counts will decrease memory utilization

Question 41

A customer wants to expand an existing cluster with three additional nodes. After running the Foundation process on the new nodes, the customer realizes that the wrong IPs where used and the nodes are configured on a different network. The customer decides to create a new cluster instead.

Which method should be used to recreate the cluster?

Options:

A.

Log into IPMI and use cluster create command to create the cluster.

B.

Log into CVM and use cluster create command to create the cluster.

C.

Log into Hypervisor and use cluster create command to create the cluster.

D.

Foundation all nodes again and create the cluster.

Question 42

Which subnet should a consultant be aware is reserved for internal connectivity within a Nutanix cluster?

Options:

A.

192.168.5.0/24

B.

192.168.5.0/23

C.

192.168.254.0/24

D.

192.168.5.0/26

Question 43

At which prompt should a consultant execute the command nanage_ovs —bridge_nawe brO show_uplinks in a Nutanix cluster?

Options:

A.

nutanix@CVM-$

B.

rootOcvM-t

C.

esxiOcvM'S

D.

rootQAHV-J#

Question 44

A customer has an ESXi Cluster with two 10GbE NICs on each node with the following requirements:

* Solution must follow Nutanix Best Practices

* Network configuration should be redundant

* A vSphere Standard Switch must be utilized

Which load balancing method should be used?

Options:

A.

Route based on originating port ID

B.

Route based on physical NIC load

C.

Route based on IP hash

D.

Route based on source MAC hash

Question 45

A consultant notices while assigning VLAN tags to hosts and CVMs in a running cluster, that Prism Element displays alerts indicating a node is down.

What should the consultant do to prevent these alerts?

Options:

A.

Restart the Nutanix cluster.

B.

Only change the Controller Virtual Machine VLANs.

C.

Only change the hypervisor VLANs.

D.

Stop the Nutanix cluster before changing VLANs.

Question 46

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.)

Options:

A.

Use the Controller VM-based Foundation process.

B.

Configure IPs on hosts and create the cluster.

C.

Run the Network Crashcart Script, provide IPs, and create the cluster manually.

D.

Manually edit ifcfg-etho file on CVM, restart networking, and create the cluster.

Question 47

Based on customer requirements, a consultant conducted an AHV cluster deployment. Each node is configured with four NICs.

Which two components should the consultant manually update in the As-Built Guide? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

Node Port Layout Diagram

B.

Network Cabling Diagram

C.

Logical Design Diagram

D.

Site installation Diagram

Question 48

A new Nutanix cluster is ready for production on a remote site with no IT staff. Changes to the infrastructure will cost money and probably cause a cluster stop. The administrator needs to perform a health check on the environment that should include:

• Network connectivity checks

• Network performance status

• Storage performance status

Which tool should be used to perform this test?

Options:

A.

X-Ray

B.

clurator_cli

C.

NCC

D.

diagnostic, py

Question 49

An organizations Nutanix Cluster is based on VMware vSphere. The cluster is configured to download software updates automatically. The administration needs to verify and eventually upgrade VMware hypervisor via Prism Ul.

After logging in to Prism, the administrator receives the message shown:

No available versions for upgrade

What is causing the current state?

Options:

A.

VMware support has expired, so downloads are not available.

B.

vSphere binaries need to be manually uploaded.

C.

The environment is running the latest vSphere version, so no update is required.

D.

The cluster is unable to connect to reIease-api.nutanix-ccm:8D.

Question 50

For several days, an administrator notices the following alerts:

• CVM NIC Speed Low Warning Alerts

• Warning Alerts of CVM NIC not performing at optimal speed

• CVM is disconnected from the network Critical Alert

• Network Visualization page shows excessive dropped packets on CVM/Host

Which steps should be taken to determine which problem should be addressed first?

Options:

A.

• Access the Hardware Page to verify resources are available

• Analyze ail CVM Speed Alerts in the Alerts/Events page

• Analyze output for the network and interface properties and connectivity issues

B.

• Verify Host/CVM connectivity on the Network Visualization page

• Use to verify the bridge and bond configuration

• Review alerts/events page for the CVM disconnected error

C.

• Review Alerts page for NIC speed alerts and alert timing

• Analyze the genesis.out log file for process failures

• Assess the NIC properties in the Network Visualization > Host Properties page

D.

• Restart networking services on the CVM

• Determine the current configuration of the affected CVM via output

• Access the Alerts/Events page for the CVM network connection failures

Question 51

A customer is deploying Nutanix AHV clusters over hundreds of remote sites worldwide. Prism Central will be used to centrally manage all clusters. Customer security policy requires the use of MS Active Directory (AD).groups to authenticate all network devices.

Which method should be consultant use to meet the requirements?

Options:

A.

Integrate AD authentication on all CVMs.

B.

Integrate AD authentication on Prism Central Only.

C.

Proxy Prism Element traffic through Prism Central.

D.

Integrate AD authentication on all Prism Element Clusters.

Question 52

Refer to the exhibit.

An administrator notices a critical alert on the Metro Availability Protection Domain What is causing this alert?

Options:

A.

Metro Availability Protection domain is active on the remote site.

B.

VMware Site Recovery Manager is handling a failover event

C.

Metro Availability did not fail over and caused an outage.

D.

vSphere moved VMs to the remote container, and the VMs must be moved back.

Question 53

A customer needs to meet the following requirements for their business critical application:

* SQL Servers must be on specific hosts to lower licensing costs.

* Oracle RAC servers must be on separate hosts for licensing reasons

Which policy or policies should be implemented to meet these requirements?

Options:

A.

Configure VM-VM anti-affinity policy.

B.

Configure VM-VM affinity policy.

C.

Configure both VM-Host and VM-VM affinity policy.

D.

Configure VM-Host affinity policy.

Question 54

A consultant deploys a four-node VMware ESXi cluster and vCenter server. An HA/DRS cluster is configured for all four nodes. The customer deploys five new VMs on the cluster.

During the knowledge Transfer, a network cable on one node is removed to demonstrate HA and migration of the VMs to another host. In the HA/DRS cluster settings, the VM Restart Priority for all CVMs is set to Disabled. The customer observes warnings that the CVM on the ejected host is no longer powered on.

Which ESXi HA/DRS cluster setting is missing?

Options:

A.

Enable EVC for the cluster.

B.

Disable VM Monitoring on all CVMs.

C.

Disable Automation Level on all CVMs.

D.

Enable Host Monitoring.

Question 55

What reference materials should be provided to the customer during the Knowledge Transfer?

Options:

A.

Questionnaire, technical slides and checklist, links to documentation and resources

B.

As-Built Guide, technical slides and checklist, Network Diagram

C.

As-Built Guide, Project Plan, links to documentation and resources

D.

As-Built Guide, technical slides and checklist, links to documentation and resources

Question 56

After an onsite cluster deployment, a consultant prepares the deliverables for a project closeout.

Which two data in the As-Built Guide require adjustment or might be missing completely? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

Nutanix Node Port Layout

B.

AHV Host information

C.

Physical Rack Layout

D.

Cluster information

Question 57

A customer is running out of storage in an ESXi cluster. The customer wants to add storage without paying for an additional hypervisor license.

Which option should the consultant recommend to meet the requirement?

Options:

A.

Convert the cluster to AHV to support storage-only node requirements.

B.

Select the storage-only checkbox during Foundation and then expand the cluster in Prism.

C.

Buy a new node to meet the requirements of the storage-only node specifications.

D.

Edit the factory_config.json file to configure the node as storage-only and then expand the cluster in Prism

Question 58

A customer has HE servers with DiscoverOS and wants to install a Nutanix cluster.

Which method should a consultant use to meet the requirements?

Options:

A.

Manually create the cluster.

B.

Create the cluster using CVM Foundation.

C.

Image the bare metal nodes.

D.

Create the cluster using Crash cart.

Question 59

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?

Options:

A.

Activate Cluster lockdown in Prism Element.

B.

Check accounts and passwords in Local User Management in the vCenter.

C.

Check NCC results and review the associated KB.

D.

Deploy and connect the cluster to Prism Security Central.

Question 60

During the Foundation imaging process, nodes are successfully imaged, but the cluster creation fails.

Which log should the consultant review to determine the cause?

Options:

A.

service.log

B.

foundation.out

C.

first_boot.log

D.

genesis.out

Question 61

A customer with a four-node RF2 cluster is adding application VMs to their system. After adding these VMs, the Prism dashboard shows 81% storage utilization.

What is the consequence of running the cluster at 81% storage utilization?

Options:

A.

The customer has the ability to add more VMs up to the 100% storage utilization.

B.

There is available capacity in the storage fabric and the cluster is resilient.

C.

Node failure is imminent due to storage utilization.

D.

The cluster is not resilient in the storage fabric

Question 62

An administrator is using Nutanix Move to migrate a Windows VM from ESXi to AHV. Automated guest preparation is failing with an error:

Account has UAC enabled error

The administrator is using the local built-in administrator account for the Windows VM Admin approval mode must remain enabled.

What should the administrator do to continue with the migration with Nutanix Move?

Options:

A.

Use a Domain Admin account for the Windows VM

B.

Reboot the Windows VM and try the migration again

C.

Follow manual VM preparation guidelines

D.

Place Windows VM in Maintenance Mode

Question 63

During which part of the Knowledge Transfer does the customer learn about Nutanix basics and their environment at a high level?

Options:

A.

Technical Checklist

B.

Technical Handoff Slides

C.

Support portal

D.

As-Built Guide

Question 64

A consultant discovers that while the Foundation VM and the consultant's laptop are able to ping each other nodes are rea discovered while trying to run Foundation on the customer's network.

What should the consultant do to resolve the issue?

Options:

A.

Connect to same switch as the cluster and ping.

B.

Install Java on the Foundation VM.

C.

Enable IPv6 and multicast on the switch.

D.

Enable IPv6 and multicast on the laptop.

Question 65

An administrator is managing multiple Windows and Linux VMs connected to Nutanix Volumes. The Linux VMs are experiencing intermittent connectivity issues. The Windows VMs do not experience the same issue.

Which option should the administrator use to resolve this issue?

Options:

A.

Utilize Jumbo Frames

B.

Add additional disks to the Volume Group

C.

Set the SCSI timeout value to 60

D.

Utilize a separate subnet for the Linux VMs

Question 66

A consultant is reviewing a customers Pre-delivery Questionnaire.

The customer wants to deploy their cluster with ESXi as the hypervisor with vSphere Distributed Switch. The customer will be using Cisco Nexus 9k as their switch choice In the kick-off call, it is confirmed that the customer has a business requirement to use LACP in their environment.

What should the consultant ensure that the customer configures on the port-channel interface before deployment?

Options:

A.

show pore-channel

B.

no lacp graceful-convergence

C.

service unsupported-transceiver

D.

no lacp suspend-individual

Question 67

A consultant configures an ESXi cluster which will utilize a vSphere Distributed Switch (vDS). The consultant has just migrated the first host to the dvSwitch when several alerts appear within Prism Element regarding Host-to-CVM connectivity.

What is causing these alerts?

Options:

A.

The consultant migrated the CVM Backplane and VM network adapter over to the vDS.

B.

The consultant migrated the CVM svm-iscsi-pg network adapter over to the vDS.

C.

The consultant migrated the CVM Backplane network adapter over to the vDS.

D.

VLAN tags are incorrectly configured on the vDS port groups.

Question 68

Which container advanced setting should be configured to prevent ISO container images from exceeding a 100GB limit.

Options:

A.

Reserved capacity

B.

Advertised capacity

C.

Erasure coding

D.

Compression

Question 69

Refer to the exhibit.

A consultant is deploying a cluster using the customer-provided IP addressing information.

Which option in Foundation must be configured to ensure connectivity during the deployment?

Options:

A.

Link Aggregation

B.

Range Autofill

C.

Network Segmentation

D.

Multi-homing

Question 70

After a consultant runs a bare metal Foundation, the imaging process fails.

In which two locations can the consultant find the logs? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

On the CVM - /home /nutanix/foundation/logs

B.

On the Hypervisor - /home/nutanix/foundation/logs

C.

On the Foundation VM - /home/nutanix/foundation/logs

D.

View Logs link on the Foundation Imaging progress screen

Question 71

An organization is running a Nutanix Cluster based on AOS 5.10.x and VMware vSphere 6.7. Currently, the CVM network is segmented and Storage only nodes not present.

A new security project based on NSX is coming. VMware Distributed Virtual Switches are required. The administrator needs to prepare the environment for the new project.

Which step should the administrator use to initiate the project?

Options:

A.

Enable Nutanix Flow at the Prism Central Level

B.

Manually disable CVM network Segmentation

C.

Convert storage only nodes into vSphere nodes

D.

Enable Jumbo Frames to accommodate network frames

Question 72

A consultant needs to verify the make and model of the systems that will be imaged with Foundation. The consultant does not have the Bill of Materials (BOM) available to review.

When should the consultant verify the make and model to prepare for the cluster deployment?

Options:

A.

During the Foundation Process

B.

While conducting the Tech Review Call

C.

Upon arriving on-site

D.

When reviewing the Statement of Work (SOW)

Question 73

What must be set to enable node discovery when using Foundation VM?

Options:

A.

Host-only Adapter

B.

Bridged Adapter

C.

Network Address Translation

D.

Internet Access

Question 74

A consultant needs to upgrade the ESXi hosts on a Nutanix cluster from version 6.7 to 7.0. vSphere DRS and wMoton are working properly. The consultant needs to use One-Click Upgrade.

Which setting should be verified by the consultant?

Options:

A.

vSphere HA is enabled.

B.

Nutanix Prism HA is enabled.

C.

vSphere DRS Automation level is set to Conservative.

D.

DRS automation level on all CVMs is disabled.

Question 75

A consultant is working with a customer on a new cluster deployment.

While reviewing the customer questionnaire, the consultant notices that the customer has documented their DNS servers as follows:

•CompanyDNSI 192.168.5.10

•CompanyDNS2 192.1685.20

What should the consultant consider regarding this deployment?

Options:

A.

Everything has been accounted for to ensure a successful deployment.

B.

Internal Nutanix networking will interfere with the installation's ability to complete.

C.

During deployment, the CVMs should be configured to use a separate network.

D.

New IP's provided should be verified to not conflict with the customers network.

Question 76

A customer wants to ensure that the Data Protection configuration using Protection Domains is fully functional.

The consultant has configured a protection domain for newly-created VMs with static IP addresses on multiple VLANs. The network administrator confirmed that the correct subnets exist at both physical sites.

After performing a failover operation, the virtual machines are turned back on but have no network access.

Which statement describes this issue?

Options:

A.

Network mappings are not configured for the Remote Site.

B.

Nutanix Guest Tools (NGT) are mandatory to use Data Protection.

C.

VirtIO drivers need to be reinstalled after a failover.

D.

Remote Virtual IP addresses are missing for the Remote Site.

Question 77

An administrator is deploying Nutanix Files 3.5 and needs to configure the sizing of the FSVMs for an increased number of concurrent SMB connections over the default 750.

What should the administrator do?

Options:

A.

Deploy the Files VMs. power down the three FSVMs. change the CPU and RAM via Prism, and then power the three FSVMs back up

B.

During installation, click Customize on the File Server Installation screen, change the number of connections, and finish the installation

C.

Complete the default installation change the CPU and RAM m Prism, and then log into the File Server dashboard and change the Filer Server Properties

D.

During installation, input the correct number of connections in the File Server Installation screen and complete the installation

Question 78

A customer wants to run SAP HANA on a Nutanix cluster with the following characteristics:

• AHV nodes

• SAP HANA version 2

• Production database files

Which configuration should be recommended to the customer?

Options:

A.

Start with a cluster containing three or more nodes

B.

Enable only compression for the container that contains the Production database

C.

Do not enable compression, deduplication. or erasure coding on the storage container

D.

Plate the SAP HANA Database on the same socket as CVM

Question 79

The networking team makes changes to the Top of Rack switches to which the Nutanix cluster are attached. A few VMs are able to communicate with each other on the same node but are unable to connect to other parts of the network.

What is the likely cause of this issue?

Options:

A.

There is a VLAN misconfiguration on the VMs.

B.

The vNIC port is disconnected on the affected VMs.

C.

There is a VLAN misconfiguration on the switch.

D.

Jumbo Frame are misconfigured across ports.

Question 80

A consultant is imaging a Nutanix cluster with VMware ESXi. Foundation returns an error that the media is not a supported ISO. The consultant checks the whitelist file in Foundation and confirms that the version of the ISO is not listed.

Which three actions should the consultant take to resolve this issue? (Choose three.)

Options:

A.

Replace and save whitelist file in Foundation

B.

Obtain the MD5 checksum of the ISO and confirm MD5 checksum of ISO is listed.

C.

Download the iso_whitelist.json from the Support portal.

D.

Edit the whitelist file in Foundation.

E.

Restart the imaging process in Foundation.

Question 81

While creating an image placement policy on the organizations AOS 5.15-based Nutanix cluster, the administrator wants to ensure there are no restrictions on using the selected images on clusters outside of the identified set.

What type of Policy Enforcement must the administrator choose?

Options:

A.

Soft

B.

Internal

C.

Hard

D.

External

Question 82

An administrator has a VM that consumes large amounts of storage and has the following characteristics:

• Create large / sequential writes

• Data must be kept for years

• Data is normally only accessed at the end of the year to run report

The administrator decides to use Erasure Coding to save space.

Which feature should the administrator utilize to save space for this VM?

Options:

A.

Inline Compression

B.

Flash Mode

C.

Cache Dedup

D.

Post-Process Compression

Question 83

A customer has provided the following network requirements to their consultant during a discovery session for AHV cluster deployments:

•Maximum Uptime Guest Traffic is a Hard Requirement

•Maximum Throughput for Guest is a Hard Requirement

•Link Aggregation is established at the TORs

Cluster nodes have the following network card configurations:

•2 x 40GbE Adapters

•2 x IGbE Adapters

How should the consultant satisfy these requirements?

Options:

A.

Bonded 2 x 40GbE Adapters with LACP Disabled for Storage Traffic and Guest Traffic using balance-sib

B.

Bonded 2 x 1 GbE Adapters with LACP Enabled for Storage Traffic and Bonded 2 x 40 GbE Adapters for Guest VM Traffic using balance-tcp

C.

Bonded 2 x 40GbE Adapters with LACP Enabled for Storage Traffic and Guest Traffic using balance-tcp

D.

Bonded 2 x 40GbE Adapters with LACP Disabled for Storage Traffic and bonded 2x1 GbE Adapters for Guest VM Traffic using active-backup

Question 84

A consultant is preparing to foundation over a customer network that has the following criteria:

* VLAN segmented network

* VLAN tags on the nodes must be imaged prior to starting the foundation process.

For each node, the consultant has done the following:

* Connected to the Network Crash Cart of the Node

* Logged in using “root” credentials

What should the consultant do next?

Options:

A.

1. CD to /root/nutanix-network-crashcart/

2. Start Network Utility tool by running: ./network_configuration

3. Change Values

B.

1. CD to /home/data/nutanix/nutanix-network-crashcart/

2. Start Network Utility tool by running: ./network_configuration

3. Change Values

C.

1. Log into CVM using nutanix@192.168.5.254

2. CD to /root/Nutanix-network-crashcart/

3. Start Network Utility tool by running: ./network_configuration

4. Change Values

D.

1. Log into CVM using nutanix@192.168.5.254

2. CD to /home/data/nutanix/nutanix-network-crashcart/

3. Start Network Utility tool by running: ./network_configuration

4. Change Values

Question 85

A consultant has been tasked with increasing security on a Nutanix cluster by disabling password authentication when accessing the CVM and AHV hosts and instead moving to key-based SSH.

What is the easiest way for the consultant to meet these requirements?

Options:

A.

Enable STlGs via command line on SSH to a CVM.

B.

Configure LDAP authentication through a secure server.

C.

Enable Cluster Lockdown and provide an RSA key.

D.

Restrict access with User Management in Prism.

Question 86

A customer has a four-node cluster and is using Volume Groups to provide storage services to a SQL cluster.

In the event of a CVM failure in the cluster, what is the expected IO path of the volume group’s iSCSI targets?

Options:

A.

vDisk directed at failure CVM are redirected to Data Services IP until CVM is reconnected

B.

vDisk directed to CVM that failed to disconnect and will not reconnect without manual intervention

C.

vDisk directed to failed CVM are redirected to another CVM and automatically reconnect

D.

vDisk directed at failed CVM will disconnect and reconnect when the failed CVM comes back online

Question 87

A customer is considering increasing the Redundancy Factor from 2 to 3 for a Nutanix cluster in their existing environment.

Which option would provide the company with the optimal solution?

Options:

A.

Four Compute Nodes with 25% available disk space

B.

Six Compute Nodes with 25% available disk space

C.

Three Compute Nodes with 40% available disk space

D.

Five Compute Nodes with 40% available disk space

Question 88

In a 20-node ESXi deployment, the customer needs additional resiliency to survive the loss of two nodes concurrently.

Which configuration should the consultant use to ensure that the appropriate resources are available?

Options:

A.

Storage reservation for 10%; HA admission control for 10%, cluster RF3

B.

Storage reservation for 5%; HA admission control for 5%, cluster RF2

C.

Storage reservation for 5%; HA admission control for 5%, cluster RF3

D.

Storage reservation for 10%; HA admission control for 10%, cluster RF2

Question 89

A consultant asks a customer to verify the ToR Switch data port configuration was done according to Nutanix best practices. The switch configuration must simplify future deployments and expansions.

Which two configuration actions will satisfy this requirement? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

Disable multicast and broadcast flood optimizations.

B.

Configure the CVM and hypervisor host VLAN as the native.

C.

Use a tagged VLAN for the CVM and hypervisor hosts.

D.

Configure the connected switch ports as access.

Question 90

An administrator needs to evaluate if the existing configuration of Protection Domains meets the specified corporate recovery policy for SQL Data. The corporate policy requires that all SQL Servers be recoverable at the DR site within 30 minutes, and must result in a maximum of 60 minutes of data loss. SQL data must be required.

The protection domain is configured as follows:

• Application consistent snapshots are enabled

• The SQL server VMs are assigned to the Protection Domain as their own Consistency Group

• The Protection Domain schedule is configured as snapshots taken every 90 minutes from 7 am until 8 pm

What must be changed to meet the required policy?

Options:

A.

Revise the schedule tc be 15 minutes

B.

Revise the schedule to be 60 minutes

C.

Revise the schedule to be 30 minutes

D.

Revise the schedule to be 45 minutes

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