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Question #1Topic 1
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

Correct Answer: C

Question #2Topic 1
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

Correct Answer: A
Reference:
[Link]
NOS_v4_0:wc_security_authentication_wc_t.html

Question #3Topic 1
Which best practice should be followed when creating a bond in a Nutanix cluster?

 A. Place NICs of different speeds within the same bond

 B. Configure the bond to use LACP
 C. Only utilize NICs of the same speed within the same bond
 D. Use the default bond configuration after installation

Correct Answer: B
Reference:
[Link]
open-vswitch-6312
 

louiscloudie
 1 day, 20 hours ago
 Answer should be C. Nutanix does not recommend to always use LACP

Question #4Topic 1
A customer wants to isolate a group of VMs within their Nutanix environment for
security reasons. The customer creates a VM with two NICs to act as a firewall and
installs the appropriate software and certificates. However, no one from the outside
can access the application.
What is the likely cause of this problem?

 A. A shared volume group must be used by all isolated VMs

 B. More than one NIC cannot be added to a VM
 C. One of the NICs needs to be configured on the internal VLAN
 D. Wireshark is installed on the NAT VM

Correct Answer: C

Question #5Topic 1
In Files, how many FSVMs are deployed by default?

 A. 1
 B. 2
 C. 3
 D. 5

Correct Answer: C
Reference:
[Link]

Question #6Topic 1
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

Correct Answer: BC

louiscloudie
 1 day, 20 hours ago

Answer should be AB. Migration is at Hypervisor level. V

 Question #7Topic 1

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

 A. iSER
 B. SAML
 C. CHAP
 D. LDAP

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Correct Answer: C
Reference:
[Link]
Prism-v51:[Link]
Question #8Topic 1

An administrator is working on a one-node ROBO cluster configuration.

Which statement is true for this configuration?

 A. CVM should be assigned 8 vCPUs and 20 GB memory

 B. Supported hardware is NX-1175S-G5 and NX-1175S-G6
 C. The minimum RPO for this from factor is 8 hours
 D. A Witness VM is required to break the quorum

Hide Solution    Discussion  

Correct Answer: B
Reference:
[Link]
launch-of-nutanix-1-node-cluster

Question #9Topic 1

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
 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

Hide Solution    Discussion  

Correct Answer: B
Reference:
 [Link]
targetId=kA00e000000CslNCAS

Question #10Topic 1

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

Hide Solution    Discussion  

Correct Answer: B
Reference:
[Link]

Question #11Topic 1

An administrator needs to boot a VM to a bootable CD. The administrator tries to

configure the VM to boot to it, selects to add disk, and goes to the images
available. The image for the bootable CD is unavailable.
What is the likely issue?

 A. The CD-ROM interface is too slow

 B. The bootable CD image is corrupted during creation
 C. The VM needs to have a standard disk attached before it can boot to a CD
 D. The administrator selected a disk instead of an ISO when creating the image

Hide Solution    Discussion  

Correct Answer: B
Reference:
[Link]
drives-present-31800

Question #12Topic 1

Which three cluster operations require an administrator to reclaim licenses?

(Choose three.)

 A. Upgrade a cluster
 B. Migrate a cluster
 C. Destroy a cluster
 D. Move Nodes between clusters
 E. Remove a Node from a cluster

Hide Solution    Discussion  

Correct Answer: CDE
Reference:
[Link]

Question #13Topic 1

Refer to the exhibit.

An administrator logs in to Prism Element, goes to the Network view, and sees the
output shown in the exhibit.
Which three steps must the administrator take to increase throughput to the host?
(Choose three.)

 A. Change the VLAN ID to a higher priority ID

 B. Connect the 10Gb interfaces to the physical switch
 C. Remove any 1Gb interfaces still connected from the default bond
 D. Change the bond mode to balance-slb or balance-tcp
 E. Add a new switch to the network and connect 1Gb interfaces to it

Hide Solution    Discussion  

Correct Answer: ABD

Question #14Topic 1

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

Hide Solution     Discussion   1

Correct Answer: A
Reference:
[Link]
Prism-v5_16:Web-Console-Guide-Prism-v5_16

Question #15Topic 1

An administrator is configuring data protection and DR for a multi-tier application.

All VMs must be protected at the same time.
What must the administrator do to meet this requirement?

 A. Create a consistency group for each VM with identical schedules

 B. Create a consistency group for the application and place all VMs in it
 C. Create a protection domain for the application and select auto-protect related
entities
 D. Create a protection domain for each VM with identical schedules

Hide Solution    Discussion  

Correct Answer: B

Question #16Topic 1

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

Hide Solution    Discussion  

Correct Answer: B

Question #17Topic 1

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%.
 B. On a CVM, use ncli to set the VM CPU Check 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.
 D. On a CVM, configure a cron job to run the VM CPU Check more frequently and
email the result.

Hide Solution    Discussion  

Correct Answer: C
Reference:
[Link]
Prism-v5_16:Web-Console-Guide-Prism-v5_16

Question #18Topic 1

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
 D. The VM-host affinity cannot be applied on a cluster that has HA reservations
configured

Hide Solution    Discussion  

Correct Answer: D

Question #19Topic 1

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

Hide Solution    Discussion  

Correct Answer: AB

Question #20Topic 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 ([Link])
 C. Certificate Signing Request ([Link])
 D. Public Server Key (public_server.key)
 E. CA Certificate or Chain (ca_chain_certs.cer)

Hide Solution    Discussion  

Correct Answer: ABE
Reference:
[Link]
Prism-v55:[Link]

Question #21Topic 1

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

Hide Solution    Discussion  

Correct Answer: AB

Question #22Topic 1
 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

Hide Solution    Discussion  

Correct Answer: C
Reference:
[Link]

Question #23Topic 1

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

Hide Solution    Discussion  

Correct Answer: CD

Question #24Topic 1

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: ✑ Select the VM from the VMs list ✑
Perform a graceful shutdown ✑ Choose Update ✑ 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

Hide Solution    Discussion  

Correct Answer: C
 Question #25Topic 1

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

Hide Solution    Discussion  

Correct Answer: A
Reference:
[Link]
considered-upgrade-sequence-and-preaparation-guidelines-33524
Question #26Topic 1

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.

Hide Solution    Discussion  

Correct Answer: C

Question #27Topic 1

An administrator is trying to create an additional account on the Nutanix cluster in

Prism Element but is unable to create new users.
What is the most likely cause of this issue?

 A. The administrator's account is assigned a Cluster Admin role

 B. The cluster has reached the maximum number of accounts
 C. The OpenLDAP server was temporarily down for maintenance
 D. The connection to Active Directory server is disconnected

Hide Solution    Discussion  

 Correct Answer: A
Reference:
[Link]
and-ldap-s-setup-in-prism-element-and-prism-central-37338? postid=50119

Question #28Topic 1

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

Hide Solution    Discussion  

Correct Answer: C
Reference:
[Link]
Prism-v5_10:Prism-Central-Guide-Prism-v5_10

Question #29Topic 1

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
 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

Hide Solution    Discussion  

Correct Answer: B
Reference:
[Link]
focus-running-workloads

Question #30Topic 1

Which three upgrades should an administrator be able to perform using Life Cycle
Management? (Choose three.)

 A. AOS
 B. BMC
 C. BIOS
 D. Hypervisor
 E. HBA Firmware

Hide Solution    Discussion  

Correct Answer: ADE
Reference:
[Link]
targetId=kA00e000000LMgICAW

Question #31Topic 1

Which data savings technique utilizes stripes and parity calculation in a Nutanix
cluster?

 A. Compression
 B. Parity strip
 C. Erasure coding
 D. Deduplication

Hide Solution    Discussion  

Correct Answer: C
Reference:
[Link]

Question #32Topic 1

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

Hide Solution    Discussion  

Correct Answer: B
Reference:
[Link]
nutanix-environment-33538

Question #33Topic 1

What is the expected operation during node addition when the new node has a
different AOS version?
 A. The node is automatically re-imaged using the software currently running in the
cluster
 B. The node is added and a separate upgrade operation must be performed
 C. The entire cluster is upgraded to the latest one-click release
 D. The addition fails and forces the administrator to image using standalone
Foundation

Hide Solution    Discussion  

Correct Answer: D

Question #34Topic 1

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

Hide Solution     Discussion   1

Correct Answer: A

Neospark
 21 hours, 44 minutes ago

should be C

Question #35Topic 1

Which command should an administrator run from the CLI to view the uplink state
of all AHV nodes in the cluster?

 A. allssh show_uplinks
 B. manage_ovs show_uplinks
 C. allssh manage_ovs show_uplinks
 D. manage ovs show uplinks

Hide Solution    Discussion  

Correct Answer: C
Reference:
[Link]
 Question #36Topic 1

Which configuration should an administrator make in Prism to receive a summary

of the alerts every 24 hours?

 A. Syslog
 B. Email Digest
 C. SNMP
 D. Individual Alerts

Hide Solution    Discussion  

Correct Answer: B
Reference:
[Link]
Prism-v55:[Link]

Question #37Topic 1

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

Hide Solution    Discussion  

Correct Answer: CD
Reference:
[Link]
[Link]
31786

Question #38Topic 1

An administrator needs to report on any alerts generated by a Nutanix cluster that

affected the cluster's availability over the past 10 days.
Which method should be used to locate these events?

 A. Configure an Alert Policy to generate an email with the data on the Health
dashboard
 B. On the Alerts dashboard, filter based on Impact Type and the desired Time
Range
 C. On the Health dashboard, use the Log Collector to export data based on time
stamp
 D. Export the cluster event log to a CSV on the Alerts dashboard

Hide Solution    Discussion  

Correct Answer: B
Reference:
[Link]
Prism-v55:[Link]

Question #39Topic 1

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

 A. active-backup
 B. balance-tcp
 C. balance-slb
 D. active-active

Hide Solution    Discussion  

Correct Answer: A
Reference:
[Link]
targetId=kA00e000000Xf2qCAC

Question #40Topic 1

An administrator cables all interfaces on a newly added AHV host and starts
migrating VMs to it. Users report that network connections are much slower to the
VMs after the migration.
What is a possible reason for this issue?

 A. The host still has the default bond configuration

 B. The VMs do not use the same interfaces as the CVM
 C. The network is slower because the host is farther away
 D. The CVM on the node has not fully joined the cluster

Hide Solution    Discussion  

Correct Answer: A

Question #41Topic 1

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.

Hide Solution    Discussion  

Correct Answer: A

Question #42Topic 1

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

Hide Solution    Discussion  

Correct Answer: BD

Question #43Topic 1

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

Hide Solution    Discussion  

Correct Answer: D

Question #44Topic 1

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

Hide Solution    Discussion  

Correct Answer: D

Question #45Topic 1

Two HDDs fail simultaneously on a single AHV host.

What are the chances of data loss?

 A. 0%
 B. 25%
 C. 50%
 D. 100%

Hide Solution    Discussion  

Correct Answer: A
Reference:
[Link]
tolerance-question-33903

Question #46Topic 1

Which two capabilities does IPAM provide in a Nutanix networking configuration?

(Choose two.)

 A. Allows proxy server settings to be set up for a defined network

 B. Allows AHV to assign IP addresses automatically to VMs using DHCP
 C. Configures a VLAN with an IP subnet and assigns a group of IP addresses
 D. Configures firewall rules to prevent or allow certain TCP/IP traffic

Hide Solution    Discussion  

Correct Answer: BC
Reference:
[Link]

Question #47Topic 1

How should an administrator make sure that the LCM Framework is always up to
date and upgraded to the latest version?
 A. From the Life Cycle Management page in Prism Element, click Perform
Inventory, then edit settings and set LCM Auto Inventory to Daily
 B. From the Life Cycle Management page in Prism Central, click Perform
Inventory, then edit settings and click the Enable LCM Auto Inventory checkbox
 C. From the Life Cycle Management page in Prism Element, click Perform
Inventory, then edit settings and click the Enable LCM Auto Inventory checkbox
 D. From the Life Cycle Management page in Prism Central, click Perform Inventory
every morning

Hide Solution    Discussion  

Correct Answer: C

Question #48Topic 1

AHV IPAM assigns an IP address from the address pool when creating a managed
VM NIC.
At which two instances does the address release back to the pool? (Choose two.)

 A. The VM is deleted
 B. The IP address lease expires
 C. The IP address is changed to static
 D. The VM NIC is deleted

Hide Solution    Discussion  

Correct Answer: AD
An IP address is assigned from the pool of addresses when a managed VM NIC is
created; the address is released back to the pool when the VM NIC or VM is
deleted. Be sure to work with your network team to reserve a range of addresses
for VMs before enabling the IPAM feature to avoid address overlap.
Reference:
[Link]
hypervisor-6640

Question #49Topic 1

HOTSPOT -
An administrator needs to shut down an AHV cluster to relocate hardware. The
administrator upgrades NCC and runs health checks.
Which steps should the administrator perform next?
Item instructions: For each procedure, indicate the order in which that procedure
must take place to meet the item requirements.
Hot Area:

Hide Solution    Discussion  

Correct

Answer: 
Reference:
[Link]
cluster-hardware-if-you-need-to-shut-down-all-the-nodes-in-your-ahv-cluster-here-
s- how-37326

Question #50Topic 1
 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

Hide Solution    Discussion  

Correct Answer: CD
Reference:
[Link]
vm/#[Link]

Question #51Topic 1

Refer to the exhibit.

An administrator is reviewing performance of a core banking system that routinely

has 20,000 concurrent users. During business hours, the CPU on the applications
servers runs at close to 100%. The administrator needs to determine if there is a
performance issue specific to the app servers, the database servers, or all servers
on the cluster.
Which metrics should the administrator review in Prism Analytics Graphs?

 A. Cluster CPU and Memory Only

 B. Cluster IO, Network, Database and App Server CPU
 C. Cluster IO, CPU, Memory and Database and App Server CPU
 D. Cluster IO, CPU, Memory, Network, App Server CPU

Hide Solution    Discussion  

Correct Answer: B

Question #52Topic 1
 A Nutanix cluster is equipped with four nodes. Four VMs on this cluster have been
configured with a VM-VM anti-affinity policy and are each being hosted by a
different node.
What occurs to the cluster and these VMs during an AHV upgrade?

 A. One VM out of the four powers down when the node hosting it reboots
 B. The AHV pre-upgrade checks fail until the four VMs are powered off
 C. The AHV pre-upgrade checks fail until the administrator disables the anti-affinity
policy
 D. One node hosts two VMs while the node being upgraded is in maintenance
mode

Hide Solution    Discussion  

Correct Answer: A

Question #53Topic 1

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

Hide Solution    Discussion  

Correct Answer: A

Question #54Topic 1

HOTSPOT -
What is the proper sequence to perform a one-click upgrade to a Nutanix cluster?
Item instructions: For each procedure, indicate the order in which that procedure
must take place to meet the item requirements. Not all procedures are valid.
Identify any invalid procedures using the drop-down option.
Hot Area:

Hide Solution    Discussion  

Correct
Answer: 
 Question #55Topic 1

Where are Leap Availability Zones configured?

 A. Prism Central
 B. Controller VM
 C. Prism Element
 D. Cloud Connect

Hide Solution    Discussion  

Correct Answer: A
Reference:
[Link]
Guide:Xi-Leap-Admin-Guide

Question #56Topic 1

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

Hide Solution    Discussion  

Correct Answer: A
AOS tracks snapshots with a fine-grained redirect-on-write algorithm that allows
fine-grained control and maximizes both efficiency and performance. Clone
hundreds of new workloads in seconds, and create deep snapshot chains without
impacting applications.
Reference:
[Link]

Question #57Topic 1

How should an administrator correct an SSL error when connecting to a Nutanix

cluster?

 A. Add the SSL certificate to the workstation's trusted people store

 B. Create a new self-signed certificate for the cluster with a 4096 bit key
 C. Create a new SSL certificate for the cluster signed by an AD certificate authority
 D. Add the SSL certificate to an AD group policy applied to all computer objects

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Correct Answer: C

Question #58Topic 1

Which three statements are true about Agent VMs? (Choose three.)

 A. An Agent VM is automatically migrated to another host

 B. Agent VMs are never migrated to another host
 C. Agent VMs are powered on before other VMs
 D. Agent VMs are powered off if an HA event occurs
 E. A running Agent VM can be moved to another host

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Correct Answer: BCD

Question #59Topic 1

A VM in a 12-node Nutanix cluster is hosting an application that has specific

physical GPU requirements. Only three nodes in the cluster meet this requirement.
The administrator wants to allow a general workload to be distributed across all
nodes in the cluster and must make sure that the node hosting the VM meets its
requirements.
How should the administrator perform this task?

 A. Configure anti-affinity rules between the application VM and the other VMs
running on the cluster.
 B. Over-provision the application VM with additional virtual GPUs.
 C. Create a separate three-node cluster using the nodes that meet the
requirement.
 D. Configure VM-Host affinity for the nodes that meet the application's GPU
requirement.

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Correct Answer: D

Question #60Topic 1

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

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Correct Answer: C
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Question #61Topic 1
 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

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Correct Answer: A

Question #62Topic 1

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

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Correct Answer: D

Question #63Topic 1

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

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Correct Answer: C
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Question #64Topic 1

An administrator wants to use Volumes to connect to physical servers that are not
able to be virtualized.
 Which three things must be configured for Volumes to support iSCSI clients?
(Choose three.)

 A. Data Services IP address

 B. Cluster Virtual IP address
 C. iSCSI Multipathing I/O
 D. Client OS iSCSI initiator
 E. Enable external client access

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Correct Answer: ADE
Reference:
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Prism-v5_16:Web-Console-Guide-Prism-v5_16

Question #65Topic 1

An administrator is trying to set up Role Mapping. A dialog box states:

Directories have not been configured for Role Mappings
What must the administrator do to fix this issue?

 A. Connect to Nutanix Directory Services in Prism Central

 B. Enable Nutanix's IPAM services
 C. Configure Nutanix Directory Services in Prism Element
 D. Connect to Active Directory or OpenLDAP

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Correct Answer: A

Question #66Topic 1

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
 C. Verify the data resiliency status of the cluster
 D. Reclaim the licenses to the Nutanix Support Portal

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Correct Answer: AC

Question #67Topic 1

Which two access protocols are supported by Files? (Choose two.)

 A. iSCSI
 B. NFS
 C. SMB
 D. FCOE

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Correct Answer: BC
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Question #68Topic 1

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

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Correct Answer: B
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Question #69Topic 1

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

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Correct Answer: ADE
Reference:
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Prism-v5_16:Web-Console-Guide-Prism-v5_16

Question #70Topic 1

In Prism Central, which two chart types are available for analysis? (Choose two.)
 A. Metric
 B. Entity
 C. Performance
 D. Network Latency

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Correct Answer: AB
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Question #71Topic 1

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

 A. 1
 B. 5
 C. 256
 D. 2048

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Correct Answer: A
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Question #72Topic 1

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

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Correct Answer: BCD
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Question #73Topic 1
 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

 B. 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

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Correct Answer: AC

Question #74Topic 1

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

 A. bond0
 B. br0-up
 C. br1
 D. br0

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Correct Answer: A
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Question #75Topic 1

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

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Correct Answer: C
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