Nutanix Nutanix Certifications NCP-5.15 Questions & Answers

• Question 181:

  An administrator is managing a highly active SQL workload that is writing I/Os in 2 MB chunks to a vDisk. The administrator wants to optimize capacity setting for the computer.

  Which storage optimization technology should the administration select to meet these requirement?

  A. Erasure Coding

  B. Compression

  C. Capacity Deduplication

  D. Cache Deduplication

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 182:

  Which two methods should an administrator employ to set up the AHV host VLAN in a cluster to follow Nutanix recommendations? (Choose two)

  A. Avoid adding guest VMs to the CVM and host VLAN.

  B. Add all VMs to the default VLAN0 on bridge br1.

  C. Add the CVM and the AHV host to the same VLAN.

  D. Add all VMs to a new VLAN other than VLAN 0.

  Correct Answer: CD

• Question 183:

  A Nutanix administrator needs to replace a self-signed SSL certificate with a CA generated certificate in Prism.

  Which three files are required to install the CA generated certificate in Prism? (Choose three)

  A. CA Certificate or Chain (ca_chain_certs.cer)

  B. Public Certificate (PublicCert.ker)

  C. Certificate Signing Request (server.csr)

  D. Private Server Key (private_server.key)

  E. Public Server Key (public_server.key)

  Correct Answer: ACD

  Explanation: https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/details/?targetId=Prism-Central-Guide-Prism-v51:mul-security-ssl-certificate-pc-t.html

• Question 184:

  In a Nutanix Cluster, l/Os are served by the host where the VM is running

  Which Nutanix feature does this describe?

  A. Data Resiliency

  B. Data Locality

  C. Distributed File System

  D. Distributed Storage Fabric

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 185:

  An administrator wants to make sure that the health of a cluster is in a good state.

  Which command the utility will provide information related to the health of the cluster?

  A. ncc

  B. generic status

  C. top

  D. iostat

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 186:

  Which set of steps should be used to stop the cluster in Nutanix operations?

  A. 1. Shut down Nutanix CVMs and Guest VMs. 2. Log on to a running controller VM in the cluster with SSH. 3. Stop the Nutanix cluster.

  B. 1. Shut down Nutanix controller VMs. 2. Log on to a running controller VM in the cluster with SSH. 3. Stop the Nutanix cluster.

  C. 1. Shut down all Guest VMs. 2. Log on to a running controller VM in the cluster with SSH. 3. Stop the Nutanix cluster.

  D. 1. Log on to a running Controller VM in the cluster with SSH. 2. Shut down all other Controller VMs. 3.Stop the Nutanix clusters.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 187:

  A customer has a 4-node cluster running at 80% capacity. One node fails due to a motherboard issue.

  What is the effect?

  A. The cluster continues to run but in a degraded state.

  B. Zeus becomes available after 60 minutes.

  C. Zeus becomes unavailable for 30 minutes.

  D. The cluster continues to run normally.

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 188:

  Which best practice should be followed when creating a bond in a Nutanix cluster?

  A. Place NICs of different speeds within the same bond

  B. Configure the bond to use LACP

  C. Only utilize NICs of the same speed within the same bond

  D. Use the default bond configuration after installation

  Correct Answer: A

  Reference: https://next.nutanix.com/blog-40/maximum-performance-from-acropolis-hypervisor-and-openvswitch-6312

• Question 189:

  A Nutanix cluster is equipped with four nodes. Four VMs on this cluster have been configured with a VM-VM anti-affinity policy and are each being hosted by a different node. What occurs to the cluster and these VMs during an AHV upgrade?

  A. One node hosts two VMs while the node being upgraded is in maintenance mode.

  B. One VM out of the four powers down when the node hosting it reboots.

  C. The AHV pre-upgrade checks fail until the administrator disables the anti-affinity policy.

  D. The AHV pre-upgrade checks fail until the four VMs are powered off.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 190:

  An administrator needs to deploy an application with a large amount of data connected via Nutanix volumes. Which two actions should the administrator take when designing the Volume Group? (Choose two.)

  A. Distribute workload across multiple virtual disks

  B. Enable RSS (Receive Side Scaling)

  C. Use multiple subnets for iSCSI traffic

  D. Enable thick provisioning on the Volume Group(s)

  Correct Answer: AB