Nutanix Certified Services Core Infrastructure Professional (NCS-Core) Free Practice Test

Question 1

An administrator needs to configure snapshots for DR scenarios. The databases get refreshed on Friday nights regularly. The search service application re-indexes the new application on Saturday nights regularly. The remaining front-end and middle tier VMs are static but do get minor version updates weekly.
The administrator needs to have 2 weeks of daily snapshots for all the VMs in an app group and 2 weeks application consist local snapshots only on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays on the same group of VMs.
Which two options should the administrator use to configure snapshots?

A. Create a protection domain for all VMs

B. Create a schedule in a protection domain for all applicable VMs to snap daily with application consistency enabled with 6 days of retention and with no application consistency and 14 days local retention.

C. Create two consistency groups in a protection domain, one for front-end and middle tier apps with no application consistency, one for database and Search apps with application consistency, and apply the correct schedule to both groups.

D. Create one protection domain for all VMs in an application group with scheduled daily non-application consistent snapshots and another protection domain for all VMs in an application group with scheduled Friday. Saturday, Sunday application consistent snapshots.

Correct Answer: D

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Question 2

Where can the Foundation version included with an AOS bundle be found?

A. Upgrade Paths menu

B. AOS Release Notes

C. Field Installation Guide

D. Compatibility and Interoperability Matrix

Correct Answer: B

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Question 3

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. 192.168.5.2

B. 192.168.5.1

C. 192.168.5.253

D. 192.168.5.254

Correct Answer: C,D

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Question 4

During Foundation, all nodes are imaged successfully. The cluster creation step fails. The consultant troubleshoots the issue and verifies that all Hosts and CVMs are up and running and responding to network pings.
Which method should the consultant select to create the cluster?

A. Log into one of the hosts and run the cluster create command.

B. Image the Bare Metal nodes.

C. Factory reset the nodes and re-start the Foundation process.

D. Log into one of the CVMs and run the cluster create command.

Correct Answer: D

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Question 5

A consultant needs to upgrade the ESXi hosts on a Nutanix cluster from version 6.7 to 7.0. vSphere DRS and wMoton are working properly. The consultant needs to use One-Click Upgrade.
Which setting should be verified by the consultant?

A. DRS automation level on all CVMs is disabled.

B. vSphere HA is enabled.

C. Nutanix Prism HA is enabled.

D. vSphere DRS Automation level is set to Conservative.

Correct Answer: B

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Question 6

A consultant is running Foundation discovery with Foundation VM and is unable to dynamically discover the nodes. The consumer needs another method to image the nodes.
What information does the consultant need to do bare metal Foundation?

A. LAN MAC Address

B. Serial # of Block

C. IPMI MAC Address

D. Serial # of Node

Correct Answer: C

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Question 7

During the cluster deployment, a consultant conducts operational tests on a vCenter-managed ESXi hypervisor.
As a part of tests, vCenter must place the host into maintenance mode, however, the task is stuck and the CVM is not shutting down automatically.
What should the consultant do to resolve the issue?

A. Shutdown the CVM using cvn_shutdown -P now.

B. Put the node into maintenance mode using '-/serviceability/bin/esx-shutdown -s cwn_.ep_addr

C. Put the node into maintenance mode using

D. Shutdown the CVM using shutdown -h now.

E. acli host.enter_maintenance_mode Hypervisor address.

Correct Answer: D

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Question 8

A consultant deployed a Nutanix Files cluster using separate networks for client and storage.
For testing a SMB standard share, a VM has been deployed on storage network. However, the consultant cannot access the share.
What is the cause of the issue?

A. The CVM network segmentation is configured.

B. Clients on the same subnet as the storage network can only access the distributed shares.

C. Clients on the same subnet as the storage network cannot access the shares.

D. An iSCSI Data Services IP is not configured for the cluster.

Correct Answer: C

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Question 9

A customer is deploying Nutanix AHV clusters over hundreds of remote sites worldwide. Prism Central will be used to centrally manage all clusters. Customer security policy requires the use of MS Active Directory (AD).groups to authenticate all network devices.
Which method should be consultant use to meet the requirements?

A. Integrate AD authentication on Prism Central Only.

B. Integrate AD authentication on all Prism Element Clusters.

C. Proxy Prism Element traffic through Prism Central.

D. Integrate AD authentication on all CVMs.

Correct Answer: B

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Question 10

After finishing foundation on an AHV cluster, a consultant is preparing to plug into the customer network given the following set of requirements:
* All network traffic on trunks is tagged
* Customer is using LACP
* A native VLAN is not in use
Which set of commands should the consultant use to ensure cluster connectivity on customer equipment?

A. change_cvm_vlan 0
ovs-vsctl set port br0 tag=0
ovs-vsctl set port br0-up bond_mode=balance-tcp

B. change_cvm_vlan 10
ovs-vsctl set port br0 tag=10
ovs-vsctl set port br0-up bond_mode=balance-tcp

C. change_cvm_vlan 0
ovs~vsctl set port br0 tag=0
ovs~vsctl set port br0-up bond_mode=active-backup

D. change_cvm_vlan 10
ovs-vsctl set port br0 tag=10
ovs-vsctl set port br0-up bond_mode=balance-slb

Correct Answer: B

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Question 11

A consultant notices while assigning VLAN tags to hosts and CVMs in a running cluster, that Prism Element displays alerts indicating a node is down.
What should the consultant do to prevent these alerts?

A. Restart the Nutanix cluster.

B. Stop the Nutanix cluster before changing VLANs.

C. Only change the hypervisor VLANs.

D. Only change the Controller Virtual Machine VLANs.

Correct Answer: B

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Question 12

An administrator is planning to deploy a Nutanix cluster to support a few high-performance VMs. This deployment will have the following considerations:
* Individual VMs will likely generate network throughputs in the range of 90-100Mbps
* Due to the configuration of the VMs, it is unlikely that a node will host more than one or two of them at a time
* Individual VMs will communicate with only a few (one or two) remote hosts at a time
* Multicast will not be used in the environment
* The hosts are connected via two 1GbE network connections
How should the administrator configure the network bonds to meet this requirement while maintaining the simplest switch configuration?

A. Configure bond0 as balance-lacp

B. Configure bond0 as active-backup

C. Configure bond0 as balance-sib

D. Configure bond0 as balance-tcp

Correct Answer: C

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Question 13

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. Verify the virtual NIC in the Foundation VM is bound to the correct physical Host adapter.

B. Verify the virtual NIC in the Foundation VM is bound to the correct wireless network adapter.

C. Confirm the IP addresses and subnet masks are correct.

D. Remove and re-import the Foundation VM to ensure the virtual NIC is set to Host-Only.

Correct Answer: C,D

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