Which subnet is reserved for internal connectivity within a Nutanix Cluster?
- A . 192.168.5.0/24
- B . 192.168.254.0/24
- C . 192.168.5.0/23
- D . 192.168.5.0/26
A customer has an ESXi Cluster with two 10GbE NICs on each node with the following requirements:
* Solution must follow Nutanix Best Practices
* Network configuration should be redundant
* A vSphere Standard Switch must be utilized
Which load balancing method should be used?
- A . Route based on originating port ID
- B . Route based on physical NIC load
- C . Route based on IP hash
- D . Route based on source MAC hash
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
A consultant creates an AHV cluster and connects the Intel X550T NICs to the top of rack switch using Twinax cables. The activity and link lights are green. The cluster cannot communicate over the 10GbE link.
What is the first command the consultant should perform to troubleshoot the issue?
- A . manage_ovs show_bridges
- B . manage_ovs show_interfaces
- C . manage_ovs update_uplinks
- D . manage_ovs show_uplinks
A consultant is viewing an ESXi host via console without external network connectivity.
Which two IP addresses can be used to connect to the CVM (Choose two.)
- A . 192.168.5.253
- B . 192.168.5.2
- C . 192.168.5.254
- D . 192.168.5.1
A consultant is setting up a new vSphere cluster. Customer requirements are as follows:
* VMs should automatically failover to another host if the host crashes
* Host CPU and Memory resources should be evenly balanced
* New VMs should be placed on the host with the most resources available
Which two settings should be turned on to meet the requirements? (Choose two.)
- A . vShpere DRS
- B . vSphere HA
- C . vSphere vMotion
- D . vSphere Power Management
A consultant is planning an installation and needs to collect configuration items to be used during the install. The data needed from the customer are IP addresses, Gateway, DNS servers, and NTP Servers.
Which Cluster Deployment document must be completed with the customer?
- A . Project Plan
- B . Operations Guide
- C . Questionnaire
- D . Technical Checklist
A consultant creates a Windows VM after installing a new Nutanix cluster running AHV. The consultant has statically assigned an IP address to the VM but it is unable to communicate on the network.
Which action should the consultant take to resolve this issue?
- A . Confirm that IPv6 is enabled on the guest VM.
- B . Confirm that the VM vNIC is tied to the correct VLAN in Prism Element.
- C . Mount and install the Nutanix Guest Tools.
- D . Set a Group Policy to make sure the Windows Firewall is disabled.
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:
* The consultant’s laptop and Nutanix nodes are plugged into a flat switch.
* The laptop, switch and nodes are plugged into supported power supplies.
* 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 would like to re-image an existing cluster. The Foundation Applet and Foundation VM is unavailable to them.
How can the consultant access Foundation-as-a-Service (FaaS)?
- A . Through <cluster-IP> :9443
- B . Through <cluster-IP> :8000
- C . Through <CVM-IP> :9443
- D . Through <CVM-IP> :8000
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.
A consultant has deployed a new Nutanix AHV cluster with Foundation. The customer requests separating the management and production traffic in the CVM.
Which feature should the consultant configure?
- A . Micro-segmentation
- B . Multi-homing
- C . Network Segmentation
- D . VLAN Tagging
Where in the Support Portal is the Best Practices guide for vSphere Networking located?
- A . Product Notices
- B . Solutions Documentation
- C . Software Documentation
- D . Knowledge Base
A Nutanix cluster has 10TB usable storage. The customer wants to create a 100GB datastore for ISO images to eliminate too much storage being consumed by unnecessary images.
Which setting should be used to accomplish this goal?
- A . From Container Advanced Settings, configure 100GB for advertised capacity.
- B . From Container Advanced Settings, enable erasure coding.
- C . From Container Advanced Settings, turn on compression and deduplication.
- D . From Container Advanced Settings, configure 100GB for reserved capacity.
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.
Where can a consultant find Nutanix Enablement Starter Packs (ESPs)?
- A . In the Partner Portal
- B . In the Nutanix .NEXT Community Forum
- C . In the Support Portal
- D . In the Services section of the Nutanix website.
During a six-node cluster deployment, one node fails to image successfully and Foundation is unable to automatically configure the cluster. The consultant decides to manually complete cluster formation with the successful nodes, then expand the cluster with the remaining unconfigured node.
Which command should be used to begin the process?
- A . cluster status
- B . cluster create
- C . cluster start
- D . cluster expand
During a technical call with a customer, it is identified that this installation will be software only on Dell servers. The out-of-band management interfaces will not be given IP addresses until the consultant is onsite.
Which Foundation method should be used for this type of installation?
- A . Bare metal using iDRAC MAC addresses.
- B . Bare metal using LAN MAC addresses.
- C . Bare metal using block serial numbers.
- D . Bare metal using node serial numbers.
A consultant creates a new cluster using ESXi as the hypervisor. After creating the cluster, the consultant begins to run Life Cycle Manager (LCM) updates. During the LCM upgrade pre-checks, an error is returned.
Which configuration is causing this issue?
- A . ESXi cluster admission control is disabled.
- B . ESXi cluster DRS is enabled.
- C . ESXi cluster HA is enabled.
- D . ESXi cluster admission control is enabled.
A consultant creates a four-node AHV cluster with two 1GbE (eth0, etc1) and two 10GbE (eth2, eth3) NICs per node. The 1GbE NICs will not be placed into service, but the customer wants the network to be preconfigured for their eventual use.
The consultant removes the 1GbE NIC from the default bond and creates a second bridge(br1), but is unable to add the 1GbE NIC using the below command:
manage_ovs Cbridge_name br1 Cinterfaces 1g Cbond_name br1-up update_uplinks
Which parameter is missing from this command?
- A . –bond_duplex full
- B . –require_link=false
- C . –interfaces eth0
- D . –bridge_duplex full
For a new AHV cluster installation, a customer has 20 NX-8155-G6 nodes with quad port SFP NICs.
The customer wants to meet the following guidelines:
* Take advantage of all available 10GbE links
* Achieve maximum throughput per VM
* Use of redundant ToR switches
* Fastest reconvergence during link failure
How should the load balancing be configured on the host?
- A . ovs-vsctl set port br0-up bond_mode=balance-slb ovs-vsctl set port br0-up other_config:bond-rebalance-interval=30000 ovs-vsctl set port br0 tag=10
- B . ovs-vsctl set port br0-up bond_mode=active-backup
ovs-vsctl set port br0-up other_config:bond-rebalance-interval=30000 - C . ovs-vsctl set port br0-up bond_mode=balance-slb
- D . ovs-vsctl set port br0-up other_config:lacp-fallback-ab=true
ovs-vsctl set port br0-up lacp=active
ovs-vsctl set port br0-up bond_mode=balance-tcp
A consultant creates a Nutanix cluster using the 10.10.10.0/24 network and VLAN 10. The customer creates a VM network inside the Prism using VLAN 20. The customer starts to create VMs but is unable to ping the default gateway from these new systems.
What is causing the issue?
- A . The CVM/hypervisor must be on an untagged VLAN.
- B . The switch port is not set up as a trunk.
- C . Only one VLAN is supported on AHV.
- D . The CVM/hypervisor cannot use the same VLAN as guest VMs.
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 . Upload ESXi image to /home/Nutanix/foundation/nos/hypervisor/esx.
- B . Restart Foundation VM and refresh Foundation page.
- C . Update the Foundation whitelist from the support portal.
- D . Upload ESXi image to /home/Nutanix/foundation/isos/hypervisor/esx.
While preparing for a new four-node cluster installation, the consultant has a Tech Review Call with the customer.
The hardware is as follows:
* 4 nodes in 1 Block
* 8 x 10 GbE Ports
* 4 x 1 GbE IPMI Ports
* Adequate Ethernet ports are available
* Ethernet cables are correct and available
* Adequate rack space is available
Which remaining item must be confirmed as available onsite?
- A . Crash Cart
- B . Fibre Channel switches
- C . Redundant 208v power
- D . Redundant 110v power
A customer has a G6 AHV cluster with 4x10GbE NICs on each node and the following configuration:
* Networking is set to default
* Only two NICs are connected
The customer receives the following critical message:
The NIC is disconnected from the switch, or the switchport is failing.
What should the consultant verify to resolve the issue?
- A . The NICs are configured for active-backup.
- B . The VLANs are configured correctly on the switch or tagged on the cluster.
- C . The other two 10GbE connections are removed from the default bond.
- D . The NICs are connected for balance-slb.