A consultant is preparing to add new nodes into an existing cluster. The current cluster AOS version is 5.8. The new expansion node is currently running AOS 5.9 code. The cluster must continue to run at its current AOS version. Which method can be used to successfully add the node?
A. Upgrade the cluster to 5.9 and add the node through Prism Element.
B. Use Prism Element to Expand the cluster and select the re-image option.
C. Use the CLI and enter cluster add-node node-serial="node_serial".
D. Use Prism Element, which will downgrade the node by default during the node add process.
An administrator is deploying an application that requires maximum I/O throughput for scratch data. The administrator is concerned that the throughput requirement is greater than what can be provided by asingle cluster node. What should the administrator do to meet this requirement?
A. Create a volume group with several virtual disks and attach to the VM
B. Create a volume group with one virtual disk attached to the VM
C. Create a virtual disk attached tothe VM's PCI interface
D. Create several virtual disks attached to the VM's virtual SCSI controller
A customer has NearSync configured. When the administrator tries to restore a snapshot from 3 minutes ago, it is not available. The snapshots are happening at15-minute intervals instead of at the 5-minute configured interval. When the protection domain was initially set up, the snapshots were happening at the expected 5-minute interval.
What should the customer do to enable the snapshots to happen at the expected interval?
A. Utilize Metro Availability to meet this requirement
B. Change the protection domain to use Async DR
C. Fix a connectivity issue because the protection domain reverted to Async
D. Configure the protection domain to take snapshots on15-minute intervals
An administrator needs to initiate a new VDI project within a couple of months. Prism Central reports there are no storage resources to accommodate such workloads.
The administrator sees many powered-off VMs and has the authority to delete test VMs powered off at least for 30 days. Test VMs belong to the Test category.
Using Prism Central, which steps are required to identify the correct VMs tobe deleted?
A. Use Capacity Runway to filter by Test and Powered-off VMs
B. Filter VMs list, choose Test category and Inactive under Efficiency
C. Create a new Scenario selecting Test VMs. filter by uptime
D. Create a new Project selecting Test VMs,sorting by power state
A consultant runs the Foundation Applet and discovers all the nodes. The consultant wants to use the latest version of Foundation for imaging for support purposes and to cover the latest hardware and software hypervisor support. What should the consultant do to upgrade Foundation on a node?
A. Use crash cart and manually upgrade Foundation files on one node.
B. Use latest version of Foundation to reimage all the nodes.
C. Use the Foundation VM to upgrade Foundation on all nodes.
D. Use the Foundation Applet to upgrade Foundation on a single node.
An administrator has a custom backup application that requires a 2TB disk and runs in Windows. Throughput is considerably lower than expected.
The application was installed on a VM with the following configuration:
Four vCPUs with one core/vCPU 4GB of Memory One 50GB vDisk for the Windows installation One 2TB vDisk for the application
What is the recommended configuration change to improve throughput?
A. Increase the number of cores per vCPU
B. Increase the vCPUs assigned to the VM
C. Span the 2TB disk across four vDisks
D. Add 4GB of memory to the VM
A consultant is onsite with a customer running Foundation VM (FVM) and discovers that there is no connectivity between the FVM and their laptop. The consultant verifies the following:
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The consultant's laptop and Nutanix nodes are plugged into a flat switch.
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The laptop, switch and nodes are plugged into supported power supplies.
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The laptop network adapters and FVM are configured with their corresponding IP addresses. What is the cause for the connectivity failure to the FVM?
A.
The switch is not plugged into the power supply.
B.
Desktop Firewall is blocking ping requests.
C.
Network cables are not connected.
D.
Laptop WiFi configured to use DHCP.
A customer wants to use NIC teaming on an ESXi host using a vSphere Standard Switch configured with the Route based on physical NIC load load balancing option. The customer does not see the option when editing the Teaming and Failover settings for the switch.
How should the consultant resolve this issue?
A. Change the load balancing option on the switch.
B. Add a vSphere Distributed Switch
C. Add another physical NIC to the team.
D. Install a vCenter server to manage the switch
After uploading a hypervisor ISO during the Foundation process, a consultant sees a message that the MD5 sum for the hypervisor is not found in the Whitelist file. Which step should the consultant take next to resolve this issue?
A. Download the hypervisor ISO again from the vendor website.
B. Restart the Foundation process and upload the hypervisor again.
C. Download the latest hypervisor ISO whitelist file from Nutanix portal.
D. Check the hypervisor version in the Nutanix Compatibility Matrix.
A customer wants to know the details of network validation testing. Where can the consultant find this information?
A. Handover checklist
B. Test plan
C. Operations Guides
D. As-Built Guide
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