Deck 2: Nutanix Certified Professional 5.10

Question 1

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) Private Server Key (private_server.key)
B) Public Certificate (PublicCert.ker)
C) Certificate Signing Request (server.csr)
D) Public Server Key (public_server.key)
E) CA Certificate or Chain (ca_chain_certs.cer)

Answer 1

Private Server Key (private_server.key)
Public Certificate (PublicCert.ker)
CA Certificate or Chain (ca_chain_certs.cer)

Question 2

CPU utilization climbs above 90% on several VMs. This causes performance degradation for a business-critical application. How can alerts be configured to notify the administrator before VM CPU utilization hits 90%?

A) On the Health dashboard, locate the VM CPU Check and lower the alert threshold below 90%. On the Health dashboard, locate the VM CPU Check and lower the alert threshold below 90%.
B) On a CVM, use ncli to set the VM CPU Check threshold for the critical VMs to a value below 90%. On a CVM, use ncli to set the threshold for the critical VMs to a value below 90%.
C) On the Alerts dashboard, ensure that the VM CPU usage alert is not set to auto-resolve . On the Alerts dashboard, ensure that the VM CPU usage alert is not set to auto-resolve .
D) On a CVM, configure a cron job to run the VM CPU Check more frequently and email the result. On a CVM, configure a cron job to run the more frequently and email the result.

Answer 2

On the Alerts dashboard, ensure that the VM CPU usage alert is not set to auto-resolve . On the Alerts dashboard, ensure that the VM CPU usage alert is not set to auto-resolve .

Question 3

When VM HA Reservation is enabled, what is the expected behavior for all failed VMs in the event of a host failure?

A) Restart on a best-effort basis if resources are available
B) Perform a live migration to other hosts in the AHV cluster
C) Restart on other hosts in the AHV cluster
D) Perform a live migration on a best-effort basis if resources are available

Answer 3

Restart on other hosts in the AHV cluster

Question 4

A cluster has RF2. The cluster loses two drives on different nodes in the same storage tier. What is the effect on the replicas of the VMs?

A) Some VM data may be lost
B) No VMs lose data if the node has two or more SSDs
C) Some VMs may reboot and gain access to data
D) No VMs lose data because of RF2

Question 5

What are two minimum prerequisites for live migration to succeed? (Choose two.)

A) All AHV hosts have IP addresses in the same subnet
B) All AHV hosts must be configured on the same VLAN
C) All VMs have an IP address in the same subnet
D) All VMs are configured for the same VLAN

Question 6

A configuration is single domain, single forest, and does not use SSL. Which port number should be used to configure LDAP?

A) 389
B) 3269
C) 636
D) 3268

Question 7

When does Nutanix recommend performing an AHV upgrade?

A) As soon after upgrading AOS as possible
B) Only when required to fix a specific bug
C) As soon as a new version is posted to support portal
D) As soon as a new version is available for one-click in Prism Element

Question 8

How will an HDD failure affect VMs with data on the failed device?

A) A live migration will be initiated, moving the affected VMs to a host that contains the replica data.
B) An HA event will occur, causing the affected VMs to restart on a node that contains the replica data.
C) The VMs will remain operational on that host and continue to function normally with no noticeable impact.
D) The VMs will crash, and will be restarted once the failed HDD has been replaced and the data has been restored.

Question 9

An administrator needs to run a mixed Exchange and SQL workload with a guaranteed amount of container space for each application. How should the administrator meet this requirement?

A) Create one container and set capacity reservation
B) Create two containers and reserve space for containers
C) Create one container and enable compression
D) Create two containers and reserve space for vDisks

Question 10

Which two factors should be considered when planning to migrate VMs to AHV? (Choose two.)

A) Guest Operating System
B) Active Directory Domain
C) Downtime Requirements
D) iSCSI MPIO Version

Question 11

In which two scenarios is Native Key Management Server supported? (Choose two.)

A) Hyper-V and AHV mixed cluster
B) ESXi and AHV mixed cluster
C) KVM and AHV mixed cluster
D) XenServer and AHV mixed cluster

Question 12

When host affinity policies are enabled, how does this affect AHV cluster?

A) Microsegmentation rules will not be applied to VMs with affinity policies set on them
B) Host affinity rules do not affect any other aspects of the AHV cluster
C) Metro Availability will no longer work as designed and will result in Split Brain Metro Availability will no longer work as designed and will result in Split Brain
D) The VM-host affinity cannot be applied on a cluster that has HA reservations configured

Question 13

An administrator has an existing Nutanix cluster that is configured to protect VMs using Time Stream . The administrator now needs to add support for protecting these VMs in AWS. Which two changes must be made to the cluster to meet this requirement? (Choose two.)

A) Configure protection domains with a 15-minute schedule
B) Add the remote site to the existing protection domains
C) Deploy a remote site for another cluster
D) Configure a remote site

Question 14

An administrator receives an alert email that indicates that a health check has failed. Which action should the administrator take to collect more information on the failed check?

A) In the Prism Web Console, select the URL included in the check details
B) Re-run the check from the CVM CLI using the ncc command Re-run the check from the CVM CLI using the ncc command
C) Forward the alert email to Nutanix Support requesting more information
D) Use the ncli command on the CVM to view the details of the check Use the ncli command on the CVM to view the details of the check

Question 15

In Files , how many FSVMs are deployed by default?

A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 5

Question 16

In a default configuration of an AHV cluster, a single node fails. What happens to the running VMs on that node?

A) The cluster restarts all VMs in the event of a host failure
B) The VMs do a live migration to the master node in the cluster
C) The VMs do a live migration to any other node in the cluster
D) The cluster attempts to restart VMs on other hosts

Question 17

The customer is seeing high memory utilization on a mission critical VM. Users report that the application is unavailable. The guest OS does not support hot add components. How should the administrator fix this issue?

A) Go to Control Panel in the VM: Select the Computer Properties Increase the amount of RAM assigned
B) From the Prism web console: Go to the VM dashboard Select the VM from the VMs list Choose Update Adjust the amount of memory assigned to the VM
C) During the next maintenance window: Perform a graceful shutdown Increase the amount of memory assigned to the VM
D) Access the CVM on the host that is running the VM: Open acli Run a command to increase the amount of RAM assigned to the VM

Question 18

Refer to the exhibit. A two-node ROBO cluster is configured with a witness VM. What happens when Node A goes down?

A) All operations and services on the Node B are shut down and go into a waiting state
B) Node B sends a leadership request to the Witness VM and goes into single-node mode
C) The cluster is unaffected and no administrator intervention is required
D) The cluster becomes unavailable and goes into read-only mode

Question 19

What is Prism Central primarily used for?

A) Multi-cluster network configuration
B) Container creation
C) Multi-cluster Single Sign On
D) Data reduction configuration

Question 20

How should an administrator enable secure access to Volumes using a password?

A) iSER
B) SAML
C) CHAP
D) LDAP

Question 21

What is the function of the virbr0 bridge on AHV?

A) To carry management and storage communication between the CVM and AHV host
B) To carry all traffic between the user VMs and the upstream network
C) To carry storage communication between the guest VMs and the CVM
D) To carry management and storage communication between user VMs and the CVM

Question 22

How should an administrator configure a custom alert for a specific VM in Prism?

A) Modify VM settings to add the custom alert
B) Modify node settings to add the custom alert
C) Modify an existing alert to only alert on the specific VM
D) Modify the alerts to add a new custom alert policy

Question 23

What is the expected behavior of the VMs residing on that host when a controller VM becomes unavailable?

A) The host will automatically redirect I/O and VMs will continue running
B) VM High Availability will restart the impacted VMs on another host
C) The impacted host and VMs will automatically shut down
D) A Live Migration will be performed on the affected VMs

Question 24

A customer has a newly-deployed AHV cluster with nodes that have 2 x 10GbE and 2 x 1GbE interfaces. The customer wants to use all available network interfaces to provide connectivity to the VMs. Which option should the administrator use to achieve this while remaining consistent with Nutanix recommendations?

A) Create bond1 on virbr0 and add the 1GbE interfaces to it for VM use
B) Create a second bridge on each host and assign the 1GbE interfaces to it
C) Create a second bond on br0 on each host and assign the 1GbE interfaces to it
D) Create separate VLANs that map 10GbE and 1GbE interfaces

Question 25

When creating a VM on an AHV cluster, how is the initial placement of the VM determined?

A) AHV uses a round robin algorithm, placing new VMs onto hosts based on the numerical order of their UUID
B) The administrator right clicks on the desired host and selects Power on VM from the dropdown menu The administrator right clicks on the desired host and selects Power on VM from the dropdown menu
C) The Acropolis Dynamic Scheduler selects a host which provides adequate resources for the VMs configuration
D) Placement is determined by the host that holds the new_VM token at the time of VM creation

Question 26

Two HDDs fail simultaneously on a single AHV host. What are the chances of data loss?

A) 0%
B) 25%
C) 50%
D) 100%

Question 27

An administrator needs to take a single node down for maintenance. Which two steps should the administrator take? (Choose two.)

A) Shut down or live migrate all VMs off of the node
B) Make sure Auto Evacuation is enabled Make sure Auto Evacuation is enabled
C) Verify the data resiliency status of the cluster
D) Reclaim the licenses to the Nutanix Support Portal

Question 28

Which two methods are valid for migrating a VM from a Nutanix vSphere cluster to AHV? (Choose two.)

A) Storage vMotion
B) Live Migration
C) Nutanix Move
D) Cross-Hypervisor DR

Question 29

An administrator wants to create a trunked interface on a VM on AOS 5.10.x. Which two steps should the administrator take first to achieve this? (Choose two.)

A) SSH to CVM
B) Update VM dialog
C) Use acli
D) Log in over PE web UI

Question 30

A customer has a 24-node cluster with all containers configured with RF3. Two different nodes have incurred a simultaneous HDD failure. What is the result?

A) The Nutanix cluster recognizes the failures and immediately begins to rebuild lost data to three replicas.
B) Sixty minutes after the failures, a rebuild of the lost data on remaining HDDs begins to restore to three replicas.
C) The VMs with data on those drives crash, and an HA event occurs, restarting them on a remaining healthy node.
D) The cluster runs in a degraded state until the failed drives are replaced and the data has been restored to three replicas.

Question 31

What is the default network bond setting for an AHV host configuration?

A) active-backup
B) balance-tcp
C) balance-slb
D) active-active

Question 32

Where are Leap Availability Zones configured?

A) Prism Central
B) Controller VM
C) Prism Element
D) Cloud Connect

Question 33

An administrator is configuring cross-hypervisor DR from an ESXi cluster to a new AHV cluster. When the administrator migrates a protection domain to the AHV cluster, the VMs fail to boot. What should the administrator do to correct this problem?

A) Add all VMs into a single consistency group
B) Uninstall VMware Tools from the VMs
C) Increase the snapshot frequency to more than 6 hours
D) Install Nutanix Guest Tools in the protected VMs

Question 34

Where can an administrator change a CVM password?

A) KMS Server Terminal
B) CVM setting in Prism Element
C) CVM setting in Prism Central
D) Prism CVM VM Console

Question 35

What is the maximum number of tested and supported vDisks (including snapshots) that a Nutanix cluster can maintain?

A) 250,000
B) 600,000
C) 500,000
D) 800,000

Question 36

Which algorithm do snapshots and clones leverage to maximize efficiency and effectiveness?

A) Redirect-On-Write
B) Copy-on-Write
C) Split-mirror
D) Continuous Data Protection

Question 37

Which change can be made on a cluster with software-based Data-at-Rest Encryption enabled?

A) Disable encryption on the cluster
B) Deploy an additional Native KMS Server
C) Enable encryption for a VM
D) Change Native KMS to External KMS

Question 38

In which two scenarios is an automated live migration likely to occur? (Choose two.)

A) AOS upgrade
B) Network upgrade
C) Hypervisor upgrade
D) Cluster resource hotspot

Question 39

An administrator is adding a node with a higher AOS release to an existing cluster. What is the most efficient action an administrator should take to ensure it is in a supported state?

A) Destroy cluster and foundation with the new node in place
B) Add the node to the cluster and leave the existing AOS version in place
C) Perform standalone reimage of the new node and then add to cluster
D) Add the node to the cluster and reboot all running VMs to use new release

Question 40

A guest VM should be able to tolerate simultaneous failure of two nodes or drives. What are the minimum requirements for the Nutanix cluster?

A) 3 nodes with cluster RF 3 and container RF 3
B) 3 nodes with cluster RF 3 and container RF 2
C) 5 nodes with cluster RF 2 and container RF 3
D) 5 nodes with cluster RF 3 and container RF 3

Question 41

An Engineer logs into a CVM to troubleshoot connectivity loss between two CVMs and finds the following interfaces subnets and WLANs configured. -eth0 - VLAN10-10.1.10.0/24 eth01-No VLAN-192.168.5.0/24 eth2 - LAN20-10.1.20.0/24 Which two Nutanix networking features are being utilized? (Choose two.)

A) IP address management (IPAM)
B) Network Load balancing
C) Backplane LAN
D) Internal vSwitch

Question 42

An administrator migrates a Windows VM from an ESXi host to a Nutanix AHV cluster. When powered on, the migrated VM fails to start. The VM console shows the error message: Cannot locate boot device What should the administrator confirm to identify the reason that the VM fails to boot?

A) VM snapshots on the source cluster were consolidated.
B) Nutanix VirtIO drivers were installed on the VM pre-migration.
C) The ESXi source cluster can ping the destination AHV cluster.
D) The Windows OS is at a supported patch level.

Question 43

An administrator finds that guest VMs are offline and storage is unavailable. The administrator needs to know if any process within the CVMs on the Nutanix cluster are experiencing crashes. Which log file should the administrator locate to determine if any processes have crashed?

A) ERROR logs
B) INFO logs
C) FATAL logs
D) WARN logs

Question 44

An administrator adds a new LDAP server to the Authentication configuration of the cluster. The administrator is able to log in with an account authenticated by LDAP, but the account cannot make cluster configuration changes. Which configuration should the administrator modify to give this account the ability to make configuration changes in Prism?

A) Use the admin account for cluster configurations
B) Add the account to each individual CVM
C) Configure a matching local account
D) Configure role mappings for that account

Question 45

Which is true for PD Activate and Migrate options? (Choose two.)

A) Activate is initiated from the source site
B) Activate is initiated from the destination site
C) Migrate is initiated from the destination site
D) Migrate is initiated from the source site

Question 46

What is the maximum number of VMs that can be supported by a Scale-Out Prism Central Instance?

A) 5,000
B) 12,500
C) 25,000
D) 50,000

Question 47

What disk formats are supported by the image service?

A) vhd, raw, vmdk, vdi, iso, qcow2
B) qcow2, vdi, raw, udf, iso
C) raw, ova, vmdk, qcow2, vdi
D) vmdk, qcow2, vdi, ovf, raw

Question 48

For security reason an administrator needs to logically separate management and data traffic on Nutanix cluster. Which feature should the administrator select for this configuration?

A) Prism Central
B) Network Virtualization
C) Network Segmentation
D) Microsegmentation

Question 49

Which three load-balancing options are available within an AHV bond? (Choose three.)

A) active-standby
B) balance-tcp
C) balance-slb
D) active-backup
E) active-active

Question 50

What are three SSL: Files required for Importing Key and certificate? (Choose three.)

A) Private Certificate
B) CA certificate
C) Private Key
D) Public certificate

Question 51

Command to run NCC health check is:

A) ncc health_checks run_all
B) ncc hecks run_all
C) ncc
D) ncli

Question 52

A node has two SSDs in Slot 0 and Slot 1. The SSD in Slot 1 fails. What is the result?

A) The CVM is down. Another CVM takes over serving storage to the node, and the SSD capacity is reduced.
B) The CVM and other running VMs do not reboot, and the SSD capacity is reduced.
C) The CVM is down. AHV takes over serving storage to the node, and the SSD capacity is reduced.
D) The CVM reboots. Other running VMs do not reboot, and the SSD capacity is reduced.

Question 53

What is the default network bond name for a Nutanix node?

A) bond0
B) br0-up
C) br1
D) br0

Question 54

How many SSL certificates are used by Prism Element on a Nutanix cluster?

A) 1
B) 5
C) 256
D) 2048

Question 55

Cluster experiences a CVM failure. However, VMs on the nodes continue to produce I/O. Which Distributed Storage Fabric can be attributed to this behavior?

A) Information Lifecycle Management
B) Data Path Redundancy
C) VM Snapshotting and Cloning
D) Scalable Cassandra Database

Question 56

An administrator needs to provide iSCSI storage to a VM on the Nutanix cluster running ESXi. Which native Nutanix feature should be leveraged to meet this requirement?

A) Acropolis file service
B) NFS whitelist
C) Storage Container
D) Acropolis Block service

Question 57

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

A) Add all VMs to a new VLAN other than VLAN 0 Add all VMs to a new VLAN other than VLAN 0
B) Add all VMs to the default VLAN0 on bridge br1 Add all VMs to the default VLAN0 on bridge br1
C) Add the CVM and the AHV host to the same VLAN
D) Avoid adding guest VMs to the CVM and host VLAN

Question 58

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

A) Shut down Nutanix Controller VMs. Log on to a running Controller VM in the cluster with SSH. Stop the Nutanix cluster.
B) Shut down all other Controller VMs. Stop the Nutanix clusters.
C) Shut down all Guest VMs.
D) Shut down Nutanix CVMs and Guest VMs.

Question 59

An administrator has observed that when an all-flash AHV host restarts unexpectedly, one VM it hosts does not restart as expected. Which cluster on VM configuration explains this behavior?

A) VM high availability is not enabled.
B) Affinity for the VM is set for only the host that rebooted.
C) Nutanix Guest Tools are not installed on the VM.
D) No other all-flash nodes have capacity to host the VM.

Question 60

When registering Prism Element to Prism Central, which three parameters must be specified? (Choose three.)

A) The Prism Central username
B) The Prism Element password
C) The Prism Element username
D) The Prism Central virtual IP
E) The Prism Central password

Question 61

Cluster RF3 currently has 5 storage containers with storage pool: 15 TB. You add 2 containers 'A' and 'B' with 1 TB reserved capacity each. What's now the raw capacity of all seven containers?

A) original 5 containers:4 TB each; containers A and B: 3 TB each
B) original 5 containers: 3 TB each; containers A and B: 4 TB each
C) original 5 containers: 3 TB each; containers A and B: 3 TB each
D) original 5 containers: 4 TB each; containers A and B: 4 TB each

Question 62

Which two targets are valid options when selecting a Remote Site in Prism? (Choose two.)

A) Physical Cluster
B) Network attached storage
C) XI Cloud Services
D) Tape Library
E) Cloud

Question 63

Which options are available when a live migration is performed on a VM in an AOS 5.5 implementation?

A) The VM can be moved on a different host.
B) The VM can be moved to a different host and a different storage container.
C) The VM can be moved to a different storage container.
D) The VM can be moved to a different (remote) site.

Question 64

An administrator has a 3-node Nutanix cluster. The administrator stores critical data on a VM that runs on the cluster. Data must still be available through two host failures. Which three configuration steps must the administrator take to meet this requirement? (Choose three.)

A) Add 3 nodes to the cluster.
B) Convert the cluster from RF2 to RF3.
C) Convert the containers from RF2 to RF3.
D) Enable Compression for more space.
E) Increase CVM memory to 24GB.

Question 65

An administrator has a 4-node Nutanix cluster running on Hyper-V. The administrator creates a new storage container and makes that available to all hosts. Which storage protocol should administrator use for the hosts to gain access to the storage container?

A) NFS
B) iSCSI
C) SMB/CIFS
D) Fiber Channel

Question 66

An administrator has a cluster in a secure environment. The administrator wants to disable password authentication over SSH to access the cluster. Which configuration should the administrator use to disable password authentication over SSH?

A) Modify the SSH configuration on each host.
B) Enable cluster lockdown in Prism.
C) Modify the SSH configuration on each CVM.
D) Configure a proxy server in Prism.

Question 67

Which feature are only available in Prism Central/Pro and not Prism Element? (Choose two.)

A) Self-service with calm
B) Flow
C) Analyze dashboard
D) Powershell cmdlets downloads

Question 68

An administrator is auditing the recent alerts on the cluster to report to the management. Which dashboard in Prism Central can be used to generate this report?

A) Alerts
B) Explore
C) Apps
D) Analysis

Question 69

An administrator is working with Nutanix Support and needs to provide logs for troubleshooting an issue. The cluster is located in a secure environment. Data such as IP addresses and VM names cannot be shared. Which method should be used to anonymize the log data sent to Nutanix Support?

A) Under the User Profile in Prism, select Anonymize Log Output . Then run Log Collector from the Health dashboard. Under the User Profile in Prism, select Anonymize Log Output . Then run Log Collector from the Health dashboard.
B) Run the nnc log_collector tool on a CVM, setting the --enhanced_log_collector flag to true . Run the nnc log_collector tool on a CVM, setting the --enhanced_log_collector flag to true .
C) Run the nnc log_collector tool on a CVM, setting the --anonymize_output flag to true . --anonymize_output flag to
D) On the Health dashboard in Prism, use the Log Collector option under Actions and choose Anonymous Logs . On the dashboard in Prism, use the option under Actions and choose Anonymous Logs

Question 70

To build the VM on the AHV cluster, after a migration, what "Add Disk" operations can be used? (Choose two.)

A) Clone from ADSF file.
B) Clone from storagepool.
C) Clone from image service.
D) Clone from VM list.

Question 71

Which three drivers are included in the Nutanix virtIO package? (Choose three.)

A) SCSI drivers
B) Memory Balloon driver
C) USB driver
D) Video driver
E) NIC Drivers

Question 72

An administrator needs to view and compare IOPs for VMs across multiple clusters. Which two dashboards can the administrator use to find this information? (Choose two.)

A) Planning
B) Apps
C) Explore
D) Analysis
E) Home

Question 73

In the event of failed CVM, what happens to the physically attached storage for the node and the VMs running on it?

A) The drives for that node are inaccessible. The VMs reboot.
B) The drives for that node are inaccessible. The VMs continue to run.
C) The hypervisor regains control of the drives. VMs on that node reboot.
D) The hypervisor regains control of the drives. VMs on that node continue to run.

Question 74

An administrator recently executed maintenance on their network. After they would like to verify that this maintenance window did not have any adverse effects on their Nutanix Cluster by running Nutanix Cluster Check (NCC). Which two interfaces can be used to run NCC? (Choose two.)

A) REST API
B) PowerShell
C) Prism
D) CLI
E) IPMI

Question 75

An administrator is working with sensitive data and wants to encrypt that data by Nutanix Software Encryption. Which three types of information and components are required to enable this configuration? (Choose three.)

A) Key Management Server (KMS)
B) Root Certificate Authority (CA)
C) Signed Certificate for each CVM
D) KMS Certificate
E) Self-Encryption Drives (SED)

Question 76

An administrator wants to present storage to an external non-Nutanix host via iSCSI. Which construct should the administrator configure to create the iSCSI volume?

A) Volume Group
B) Protection Domain
C) Storage Container
D) Storage Pool

Question 77

Which type of data is distributed by Zookeeper to ensure availability in the case of node or block failure?

A) User data
B) Metadata
C) Configuration data
D) Snapshot data

Question 78

An administrator wants to secure an application running on an AHV cluster by limiting incoming and outgoing traffic destinations. The administrator creates a security policy for the application. What is the next step?

A) Apply the security policy.
B) Create an isolation policy.
C) Add the security policy to an existing isolation policy.
D) Restart the VM hosting application.

Question 79

Which service performs snapshots in an AOS 5.10 implementations?

A) Prism
B) Stargate
C) Zookeeper
D) Medusa

Question 80

The feature that enables you to back up and restore copies of virtual machines and files to and from an on-prem cluster and a Nutanix Controller VM on the Amazon Web Service (AWS) or Microsoft Azure cloud is:

A) XI-Leap
B) Cloud Connect
C) Acropolis Block Service