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The core infrastructure services provided by Nutanix are critical to the successful deployment and management of enterprise cloud solutions. The NCS-Core exam is designed to test candidates on their understanding of these services and their ability to implement them effectively. Key areas covered in the exam include cluster deployment, storage configuration, network configuration, and virtualization management.
NEW QUESTION # 88
A system administrator needs to shut down an AHV node in a Nutanix cluster without causing service disruption. The administrator checks data resiliency and verifies that the cluster can tolerate a node down.
Which three steps should the administrator perform next? (Choose three.)
Answer:
Explanation:
Explanation
1 allow vms2 sd CVM3 sd node
NEW QUESTION # 89
A consultant creates three storage containers (container-1, container-2, container-3). The customer requires that only container-1, which will be utilized as an NFS datastore, be presented to external hosts.
However, users are able to mount all three containers.
What is causing this problem?
- A. Compression was turned on for all containers.
- B. A Global whitelist entry was configured.
- C. Deduplication was turned on for all containers.
- D. A Container-level whitelist entry was configured.
Answer: B
Explanation:
The issue where users can mount all three storage containers despite the intention to restrict access to just container-1 typically stems from a Global whitelist entry. A global whitelist allows all entities to access all containers unless more specific restrictions are applied at the container level. To correct this, specific whitelist entries need to be configured for each container to define and restrict access appropriately.References: Nutanix NCS-Core 6.8 training resources, the Nutanix Bible, and Nutanix technical documentation on storage container management.
NEW QUESTION # 90
An administrator needs to maximize storage potential in a six-node cluster. The container is configured with the following:
* Post-process compression
* Capacity deduplication
What should the administrator configure to increase space savings?
- A. Reserve capacity
- B. Inline compression
- C. Erasure coding
- D. Cache dedupe
Answer: C
Explanation:
The administrator's goal is to maximize storage potential in a cluster already configured with post-process compression and capacity deduplication. Erasure Coding (EC-X) is an effective method to further increase space savings by reducing the amount of redundancy data required for fault tolerance. It splits data into multiple chunks, which are distributed across the cluster, and parity is calculated and stored. This method is more space-efficient compared to traditional RAID or mirroring techniques, especially in environments where large data volumes need efficient storage.
References:
* Nutanix Bible: Storage Efficiency
* Nutanix University: Storage Configuration and Optimization
NEW QUESTION # 91
A consultant finishes creating a new ESXi cluster. The consultant connects to the nodes via laptop and a personal flat switch. The host/CVM network is on VLAN 23. The customer has the native VLAN on the ToR switches set to 23.
The customer wants to use LACP. Before placing the nodes on the customer network, the consultant tags VLAN 23 for each host and CVM. The consultant connects the nodes to the customer network and finds that they are unreachable.
What is causing this issue?
- A. The hosts have not been migrated to a vSphere Distributed Switch.
- B. The host and CVM are incorrectly configured.
- C. The customer has LACP fallback enabled on switch ports.
- D. Under the vSwitch0 settings, the consultant did not select Route based on IP hash.
Answer: A
NEW QUESTION # 92
Refer to the exhibit.
A consultant is installing AOS 5.10 and ESXi 6.5 on three nodes. During the Foundation process, ESXi 6.5 is not available as one of the choices for hypervisor.
Which solution should the consultant use?
- A. Update the Foundation whitelist from the support portal.
- B. Upload ESXi image to /home/Nutanix/foundation/nos/hypervisor/esx.
- C. Upload ESXi image to /home/Nutanix/foundation/isos/hypervisor/esx.
- D. Restart Foundation VM and refresh Foundation page.
Answer: C
Explanation:
If ESXi 6.5 is not available as one of the choices for hypervisor during the Foundation process, the consultant should upload the ESXi image to the specific directory where Foundation expects to find hypervisor images.
The correct path for this operation is /home/Nutanix/foundation/isos/hypervisor/esx. This allows the Foundation tool to detect and use the ESXi image for installation on the nodes.References: Nutanix Foundation Guide, Nutanix Support Documentation.
NEW QUESTION # 93
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?
- A. A Quarantine Policy
- B. An Application Security Policy
- C. An Isolation Environment Policy
- D. A Whitehst-Based Policy
Answer: C
Explanation:
NEW QUESTION # 94
During the Knowledge Transfer, the customer askes where to find the details about their Nutanix environment, such as IP addresses, storage containers, and configuration.
Where can the consultant find this information?
- A. As-Built Guide
- B. Tech Checklist
- C. Test Plan
- D. Support Portal
Answer: A
Explanation:
The As-Built Guide is a comprehensive document typically prepared at the end of a Nutanix deployment project. It includes detailed information about the Nutanix environment, such as IP addresses, storage container settings, hardware and software configurations, and other deployment specifics. This document serves as a reference for the customer to understand their deployed infrastructure and for any future modifications or troubleshooting needs.
References:
* Nutanix Bible: Documentation and Reporting
* Nutanix University: Deployment Best Practices
NEW QUESTION # 95
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.)
- A. Reduce the number of vCPUs assigned to VMs.
- B. Add more memory to the VMs.
- C. Reduce the number of VMs on the hosts.
- D. Replace high core count CPUs with high clock rate CPUs. (also can be but is physical invas)
Answer: A,C
Explanation:
ref http://www.joshodgers.com/tag/cpu-ready/
NEW QUESTION # 96
A consultant is running the Foundation VM using desktop virtualization software. No nodes are discovered.
What should the consultant verify first?
- A. NAT
- B. Host-only Adapter
- C. Bridged Adapter
- D. Internal Network
Answer: C
NEW QUESTION # 97
An administrator is monitoring the Nutanix v5.15-based AOS cluster performance logs and notices that a SQL server VM is greatly exceeding its intended maximum IOPS.The administrator has confirmed that a QoS policy was previously created for the group of VMs this server is a member of.
What are two reasons that this VM would exceed its maximum configured IOPS from the QoS Policy?
(Choose two.)
- A. The VM is missing the required snapshot needed to implement the QoS Policy.
- B. It was cloned from another SQL Server VM that was a member of the QoS Policy.
- C. The VM was not created as an AFS virtual machine.
- D. The SQL Server VM has volume groups attached.
Answer: C,D
Explanation:
Explanation
Ref:https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/details?targetId=Prism-Central-Guide-Prism-v5_18:mul-storage-
NEW QUESTION # 98
Refer to the exhibit.
An administrator logged into Prism Element, notices the following in the home dashboard, and showing the exhibit.
Which action should the administrator take next?
- A. Configure the fqdn for the hosts indicated
- B. Troubleshoot the zookeeper server issue
- C. Re-run NCC specifying data_resiliency_check
- D. Check the hardware page for disk failures
Answer: C
NEW QUESTION # 99
Refer to the exhibit.
An administrator configures ActiveDirectory authentication as shown in the exhibit. Upon finishing setup, users are not able to log in.
What configuration change should be made to fix this issue?
- A. Change leaps to https
- B. Change the Directory URL to use an IP rather than a name
- C. Changethe plct from 389 to 636
D Change the Domain to use an IP rather than a name
Answer: C
Explanation:
Explanation
Ref:https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/details?targetId=Prism-Central-Guide-Prism-v510:mul-security-a
NEW QUESTION # 100
A consultant successfully completes a Foundation using a flat switch. The consultant then works with the customer to move the cluster over to their production network. After the move, the CVMs and hypervisors can no longer communicate, which prevents the cluster from starting.
Which option should be used to resolve this issue?
- A. Make sure that the IPMI and CVM VLAN is manually tagged on the Host and CVM.
- B. Verify that IPv6 Link Local and DHCP is enabled on all switch ports.
- C. If the IPMI is in use, check that the IPMI can ping the default gateway over IPv6.
- D. If using VLANs, confirm the hypervisor/CVM VLAN is set as Native on the switch ports.
Answer: D
Explanation:
The inability of CVMs and hypervisors to communicate after moving a cluster to the production network typically points to a VLAN configuration issue. The correct action is to confirm that the VLAN designated for hypervisor/CVM communication is set as the Native VLAN on the switch ports to which the nodes are connected. This setting ensures that traffic from these VLANs is properly prioritized and handled by the network, thereby restoring communication between CVMs and hypervisors and allowing the cluster to start.
References: Nutanix Bible, NCS-Core 6.8 official documentation on networking configurations, and troubleshooting VLAN issues.
NEW QUESTION # 101
Which Nutanix feature creation is described in the Knowledge Transfer?
- A. Data Protection Domain
- B. Calm Blueprints
- C. REST API
- D. Self Service Portal
Answer: A
NEW QUESTION # 102
In which part of the Knowledge Transfer can the customer learn how to create, escalate, comment, and close cases?
- A. Operations Guide
- B. Demonstration of features
- C. Demonstration of the Support Portal
- D. Handover Slides and Checklist
Answer: C
Explanation:
The best way for the customer to learn how to create, escalate, comment, and close cases is through a demonstration of the Support Portal. This portion of the Knowledge Transfer focuses on showing customers how to effectively use the Support Portal, which is an essential tool for managing support tickets and communicating with Nutanix support. This hands-on demonstration helps ensure that customers are familiar with the functionalities and can navigate the portal effectively.References:
* Nutanix University - NCS-Core 6.8 Learning Path
* The Nutanix Bible, Support and Maintenance chapter (https://www.nutanixbible.com/)
NEW QUESTION # 103
An administrator receives an alert in Prism indicating that interface eth2, on an AHV host is receiving many CRC errors. Aftertogging into the problematic host, the following command is run to show the indicated output:
What is causing this issue?
- A. The interface is incorrectly configured with Jumbo Frames
- B. A misconfigured bond
- C. Incorrect link speeds on the switch
- D. A physical layer network problem
Answer: A
Explanation:
Explanation
Ref:
rx_crc_errors are caused either by faults in layer 1 (in the past, we have seen failed twinax cables and incorrect types of fibre being used), or issues with jumbo frames on the network. In an environment with
10Gig switches that use cut-through forwarding (Cisco Nexus, Arista, Cisco devices using IOS default to Store and Forward switching), any packets that come into the switch will get forwarded out the destination interface once the switch has read the destination MAC address. If that packet has an MTU over what is configured on the interface, it will cut off the packet at the designated MTU, causing the server to receive a malformed packet, which will throw a CRC error.
If you have a layer 1 issue, you will see not on all but one or two nodes.
NEW QUESTION # 104
An administrator configures authentication in Prism Central (PC) for the NTNX-Admins group. Users report that they are unable to log in. The administrator confirms that the Active Directory (AD) settings in PC are correct.
Which condition could result in this behavior?
- A. The users must be added to the Domain Admins AD group.
- B. The Local authentication type must also be selected in PC.
- C. A role mapping needs to be associated with the AD group.
- D. A client chap certificate must also be added in PC.
Answer: A
Explanation:
Explanation
Ref:https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/details?targetId=Prism-Central-Guide-Prism-v5_10:mul-security
NEW QUESTION # 105
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.
Answer: B,C
NEW QUESTION # 106
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. Use Prism Element, which will downgrade the node by default during the node add process.
- B. Upgrade the cluster to 5.9 and add the node through Prism Element.
- C. Use the CLI and enter cluster add-node node-serial="node_serial".
- D. Use Prism Element to Expand the cluster and select the re-image option.
Answer: D
NEW QUESTION # 107
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?
- A. Enable only compression for the container that contains the Production database
- B. Do not enable compression, deduplication. or erasure coding on the storage container
- C. Start with a cluster containing three or more nodes
- D. Plate the SAP HANA Database on the same socket as CVM
Answer: B
Explanation:
Ref:
NEW QUESTION # 108
A consultant is conducting a vSphere cluster deployment. As a part of operational tests, a vMotion operation is performed on a test VM, but fails with following error message:
The VMotion failed because the ESX hosts were not able to connect over the VMotion network. Please check your VMotion network settings and physical network configuration.
VMotion [184329483:1276605211167987] failed to create connection with remote host <10.10.16.14>: The ESX hosts failed to connect over the VMotion network Migration [184329483:1276605211167987] failed to connect to remote host <10.10.16.14>: Timeout What issue could prevent the vMotion operation from completing successfully?
- A. Foundation service prevents connectivity between the source and the destination TCP port 8000.
- B. The vmknic is configured with a conflicting IP address.
- C. NIOC is enabled and vMotion traffic is configured with Share value SO.
- D. The vSS is configured with Route based on originating virtual port.
Answer: B
Explanation:
The failure of the vMotion operation indicated by the error message could most plausibly be caused by: A.
The vmknic (VMkernel network interface card) configured with a conflicting IP address. This conflict can prevent the ESXi hosts from establishing a connection over the VMotion network, as each host must have a unique IP address on the VMotion network to facilitate proper migration communications. Option B, involving NIOC settings, and option D, involving vSS configuration, could influence performance but are less likely to cause a complete failure to connect. Option C, related to the Foundation service, is not relevant to vMotion networking issues directly. References: VMware vSphere Networking Documentation, Nutanix Integration with VMware Environments.
NEW QUESTION # 109
An administrator needs to replace the self-signed certificate on a cluster. Which two requirements must be met as part of the process? (Choose two.)
- A. The signed, intermediate and root certificates are chained.
- B. The imported files for the custom certificate must be PEM encoded.
- C. The existing certificate must be deleted prior to replacement.
- D. The cluster administrator must restart the interface gateway.
Answer: A,B
Explanation:
Ref: https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/details?targetId=Prism-Central-Guide-Prism-v55:mul- security-ssl-certificate-pc-t.html
NEW QUESTION # 110
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