Nutanix Nutanix Certifications NCS-CORE Questions & Answers

• Question 141:

  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?

  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

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 142:

  To prepare for a new Nutanix installation, a consultant downloads the Foundation VM, imports the VM to their Desktop Virtualization Solution, and powers on the VM. The IPv4 static address on the host workstation and the Foundation VM have been configured, but pings between them fail.

  Which two troubleshooting steps should the consultant perform? (Choose two.)

  A. Remove and re-import the Foundation VM to ensure the virtual NIC is set to Host-Only.

  B. Verify the virtual NIC in the Foundation VM is bound to the correct physical Host adapter.

  C. Confirm the IP addresses and subnet masks are correct.

  D. Verify the virtual NIC in the Foundation VM is bound to the correct wireless network adapter.

  Correct Answer: BC

• Question 143:

  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. Use multiple subnets for iSCSI traffic

  B. Enable RSS (Receive Side Scaling)

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

  D. Distribute workload across multiple virtual disks

  Correct Answer: BD

• Question 144:

  A customer buys ultimate licensing and wants to use the built-in Nutanix software encryption on their new AHV cluster. The customer needs to create three storage containers and asks the consultant to complete the process as fast as possible.

  In which order should the cluster be deployed?

  A. Create Cluster -> Install License Key -> Encrypt Cluster -> Create Storage Containers

  B. Create Cluster -> Install License Key -> Create Storage Containers -> Encrypt Cluster

  C. Create Cluster -> Encrypt Cluster -> Install License Key -> Create Storage Containers

  D. Create Cluster -> Create Storage Containers -> Encrypt Cluster -> Install License Key

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 145:

  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?

  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.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 146:

  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?

  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.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 147:

  An administrator receives reports that VDI desktop performance in an 8-nodeNutanix VDI environment is poor. Opening applications takes between 1 and 2 minutes.

  When investigating the issue, the following conditions are found:

  Cluster memory utilization: 80% Cluster SSD utilization: 70% Average VM CPU Wait Time: 11% CVM CPU utilization: 75%

  Which action should be taken to improve VDI performance?

  A. Increase the amount of SSD storage in the cluster.

  B. Add memory to the nodes in the cluster.

  C. Add CPU resources to the cluster.

  D. Increase the number of vCPU cores allocated to the CVM.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 148:

  A three-node cluster has a Nutanix Files instance with three FSVMs. What happens after a node failure?

  A. The affected FSVMwill get live-migrated to another node.

  B. The affected FSVM will not be restarted on another node due to its agent VM setting.

  C. The affected FSVM will not be restarted on another node due to its VM-to-VM anti- affinity settings.

  D. The affected FSVM willbe restarted on another node.

  Correct Answer: D

  Explanation: Ref:https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/details?targetId=Files- v3_6:fil-files-high-availability-c.html

  

• Question 149:

  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?

  A. Soft

  B. Internal

  C. Hard

  D. External

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 150:

  A guest VM is reported to have poor storage performance. It has an I/O profile of 80%read. 20% write, and the HDDs form more than 50% of the read source. What should an administrator do to resolve this issue?

  A. Increase SSD capacity

  B. Increase the OPLOG

  C. Increase the write cache

  D. Use HDDs with higher RPM

  Correct Answer: A

  Explanation: Ref:

  https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/solutions/details?targetId=BP-2126-SAS-on- Nutanix:BP-2126-SAS-on-Nutanix