Cohesity Certified Installation Professional
(CCIP) Practice Exam.
Overview
The CCIP exam validates your ability to:
Plan and size a Cohesity cluster
Perform physical installation of Cohesity nodes
Configure networking and IPMI
Deploy a new cluster
Join nodes to an existing cluster
Upgrade software and firmware
Perform post-install validation
Integrate with VMware, Active Directory, DNS, and NTP
Troubleshoot installation and connectivity issues
You should be comfortable working with:
Rack mounting hardware
Network configuration (VLANs, bonding, MTU, DNS)
IPMI configuration
Cohesity cluster deployment wizard
Expansion workflows
Initial security hardening
Key Cohesity Features
1. Scale-out hyperconverged architecture
2. Distributed file system (SpanFS)
3. Global deduplication
4. Compression
5. Erasure coding
6. Linear scalability
7. Node-based expansion
8. Web-based UI (Helios / Cluster UI)
9. Role-based access control
,10.Multi-tenancy
11.Cloud integration (AWS, Azure, GCP)
12.Policy-based protection
13.Instant Mass Restore
14.Instant VM Recovery
15.Backup as a Service capability
16.Integrated ransomware detection
17.Immutable snapshots
18.DataLock (WORM)
19.SmartFiles
20.SmartArchive
21.Replication
22.CloudArchive
23.Secure boot
24.IPMI remote management
25.VLAN tagging support
26.LACP bonding
27.NTP synchronization
28.DNS integration
29.Active Directory integration
30.SNMP alerts
31.Syslog forwarding
32.REST APIs
33.Remote support tunnel
34.Rolling upgrades
35.Online cluster expansion
36.Self-healing architecture
37.Automatic rebalancing
38.Node health monitoring
39.Capacity forecasting
40.Encryption at rest
41.Encryption in transit
42.Key management support
43.Multi-cluster management via Helios
44.RBAC controls
45.Audit logging
46.Cluster redundancy
47.SSD + HDD tiering
48.Data locality optimization
49.Backup verification
,50.High availability design
1. What is the minimum number of nodes required to create a Cohesity
cluster?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Answer: C
Three nodes are required to establish quorum and enable distributed fault
tolerance.
2. Which protocol is required for time synchronization?
A. SNMP
B. DNS
C. NTP
D. LDAP
Answer: C
NTP ensures consistent timestamps across nodes, which is critical for distributed
systems.
3. What must be configured before cluster creation?
A. Backup policy
B. IPMI and node IP addresses
C. Cloud archive
D. Replication partner
Answer: B
Each node must have network and IPMI configuration prior to cluster formation.
, 4. Which bonding mode is commonly used with switch LACP?
A. Active-backup
B. XOR
C. 802.3ad
D. Round robin
Answer: C
802.3ad enables LACP aggregation with supported switches.
5. What service resolves hostnames?
A. DHCP
B. DNS
C. LDAP
D. FTP
Answer: B
DNS provides name resolution necessary for cluster communication.
6. What happens if MTU mismatches across nodes?
A. Faster performance
B. Cluster auto-corrects
C. Packet fragmentation/issues
D. No effect
Answer: C
Mismatched MTU can cause packet drops and cluster instability.
7. IPMI is primarily used for:
A. Backup
B. Remote hardware management
(CCIP) Practice Exam.
Overview
The CCIP exam validates your ability to:
Plan and size a Cohesity cluster
Perform physical installation of Cohesity nodes
Configure networking and IPMI
Deploy a new cluster
Join nodes to an existing cluster
Upgrade software and firmware
Perform post-install validation
Integrate with VMware, Active Directory, DNS, and NTP
Troubleshoot installation and connectivity issues
You should be comfortable working with:
Rack mounting hardware
Network configuration (VLANs, bonding, MTU, DNS)
IPMI configuration
Cohesity cluster deployment wizard
Expansion workflows
Initial security hardening
Key Cohesity Features
1. Scale-out hyperconverged architecture
2. Distributed file system (SpanFS)
3. Global deduplication
4. Compression
5. Erasure coding
6. Linear scalability
7. Node-based expansion
8. Web-based UI (Helios / Cluster UI)
9. Role-based access control
,10.Multi-tenancy
11.Cloud integration (AWS, Azure, GCP)
12.Policy-based protection
13.Instant Mass Restore
14.Instant VM Recovery
15.Backup as a Service capability
16.Integrated ransomware detection
17.Immutable snapshots
18.DataLock (WORM)
19.SmartFiles
20.SmartArchive
21.Replication
22.CloudArchive
23.Secure boot
24.IPMI remote management
25.VLAN tagging support
26.LACP bonding
27.NTP synchronization
28.DNS integration
29.Active Directory integration
30.SNMP alerts
31.Syslog forwarding
32.REST APIs
33.Remote support tunnel
34.Rolling upgrades
35.Online cluster expansion
36.Self-healing architecture
37.Automatic rebalancing
38.Node health monitoring
39.Capacity forecasting
40.Encryption at rest
41.Encryption in transit
42.Key management support
43.Multi-cluster management via Helios
44.RBAC controls
45.Audit logging
46.Cluster redundancy
47.SSD + HDD tiering
48.Data locality optimization
49.Backup verification
,50.High availability design
1. What is the minimum number of nodes required to create a Cohesity
cluster?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Answer: C
Three nodes are required to establish quorum and enable distributed fault
tolerance.
2. Which protocol is required for time synchronization?
A. SNMP
B. DNS
C. NTP
D. LDAP
Answer: C
NTP ensures consistent timestamps across nodes, which is critical for distributed
systems.
3. What must be configured before cluster creation?
A. Backup policy
B. IPMI and node IP addresses
C. Cloud archive
D. Replication partner
Answer: B
Each node must have network and IPMI configuration prior to cluster formation.
, 4. Which bonding mode is commonly used with switch LACP?
A. Active-backup
B. XOR
C. 802.3ad
D. Round robin
Answer: C
802.3ad enables LACP aggregation with supported switches.
5. What service resolves hostnames?
A. DHCP
B. DNS
C. LDAP
D. FTP
Answer: B
DNS provides name resolution necessary for cluster communication.
6. What happens if MTU mismatches across nodes?
A. Faster performance
B. Cluster auto-corrects
C. Packet fragmentation/issues
D. No effect
Answer: C
Mismatched MTU can cause packet drops and cluster instability.
7. IPMI is primarily used for:
A. Backup
B. Remote hardware management
