NCS-CORE Online Practice Questions and Answers

A customer has a G6 AHV cluster with 4x10GbE NICs on each node and the following configuration:

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Networking is set to default

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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.

A consultant is performing a Nutanix Cluster installation on Dell XC Core hardware. The consultant decides to use Foundation Portable for Mac to perform the installation. When the consultant arrives onsite, Foundation Portable is unable to locate the new nodes.

Which log should the consultant check to troubleshoot this issue?

A. /home/nutanix/foundation/log

B. ~/data/logs/foundation.out

C. foundation.app/contents/resouces/log

D. ~/data/logs/foundation

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% Clusterstorage 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. Add more memory to the VMs.

B. Reduce the number of vCPUs assigned to VMs.

C. Replace high core count CPUs with high clock rate CPUs. (also can be but is physical invas)

D. Reduce the number of VMs on the hosts.

Refer to the exhibit.

User 1 and User 2 belong to the AAPM group

What are two descriptions of how Files perform quota management? (Choose two.)

A. User 2 can continue to add another 3GB file butwill receive a daily notification email.

B. User 1 can continue to add another 5GB file but will receive a daily notification email.

C. User 1 can add an 8GB file to the share without receiving notification.

D. User 2 can add an 8GB file without receivinga notification email.

An administrator needs to relocate an AHV cluster to a new datacenter during a maintenance window. The cluster will use the same IPs in the new datacenter. Which two steps should be taken to prepare forthis task? (Choose two.)

A. Stop all Nutanix Files clusters

B. Relocate the linked LDAP servers

C. Shut down all user VMs in the cluster

D. Reconfigure IPMI for the new datacenter

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

An administrator has an existing Nutanix seven-nodecluster running at RF2 that must be changed to have the following capabilities:

RF3 set for the cluster Performance tier deduplication What is the minimum memory needed on the CVMs to allow for these capabilities?

A. 24GB

B. 28GB

C. 32GB

D. 20G?

An administrator inherits a new Nutanix environment and logs in to a CVM to check the network configuration. The configuration is as follows:

Which action should the administrator take to improve network performance?

A. Configure VLAN tagging both on br0 and br1 and their physical interfaces.

B. Add eth0 and eth1 to the br0-up bond

C. Configure balance-sib or balance-tcp mode for br0-up if switch configuration allows

D. Remove one 10 Gbs interface from br0-up to make sure all 10 Gbs can be used.

An administrator of a Nutanix Enterprise Cloud has microsegmentation enabled and a firewall VM installed. The security team notifies the administrator that one of the VMs hosted in the environment has been exhibiting suspect network activity. The administrator wants to isolate the VM from the production network, but must still be able to access it to perform diagnostics.

What should the administrator do to meet the requirement?

A. Disable the vNIC on the affected VM

B. Quarantine the VM using the Forensic Method

C. Create a firewall rule that blocks VM traffic but permits diagnostic access

D. Create asecurity policy with a service chain directing that VMs traffic to the firewall VM

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.