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COHESITY CERTIFIED INSTALLATION
PROFESSIONAL (CCIP) 2026 PRACTICE
EXAM COMPLETE (150) CURRENT TESTING
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
WITH DETAILED
EXPLANATIONS|GUARANTEED PASS.
COHESITY
Ace the Cohesity Certified Installation Professional (CCIP) Practice
Exam with targeted questions covering Cohesity platform
deployment, installation procedures, cluster configuration, data
protection, troubleshooting, and system management. This study
resource helps reinforce essential technical concepts and
supports effective certification preparation. Designed to improve
practical knowledge and boost confidence in enterprise backup
and storage environments. Suitable for IT, cloud, and data
management professionals.
MULTIPLE CHOICE.
Questions 1-150
1. What is the minimum number of nodes required to form a new Cohesity cluster?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
Answer: C
*Rationale: A Cohesity cluster requires a minimum of 3 nodes to establish quorum and
ensure high availability. A single node can run in a special "Starter Cluster" configuration
for non-production use, but a production cluster requires 3.*
2. Which network interface on a Cohesity node is designated as the primary management
interface?
A) eth0
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B) eth1
C) eth2
D) bond0
Answer: A
Rationale: eth0 is the primary management interface by default. It is used for initial IP
assignment, GUI access, and cluster communication.
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3. Before installing a Cohesity cluster, which two time synchronization protocols are
supported? (Choose two)
A) NTP
B) PTP
C) SNTP
D) Chrony
Answer: A and C
Rationale: Cohesity supports NTP (Network Time Protocol) and SNTP (Simple Network
Time Protocol). PTP and Chrony are not currently supported.
4. What is the purpose of the BMC (Baseboard Management Controller) port on a Cohesity
node?
A) Data replication
B) Out-of-band management
C) Cluster heartbeat
D) Metadata storage
Answer: B
Rationale: The BMC port provides out-of-band management (i.e., IPMI) for remote power
control, console access, and hardware monitoring independent of the node's OS.
5. A customer wants to deploy a Cohesity cluster across two physical data centers. What is
the maximum supported round-trip latency between nodes?
A) 1 ms
B) 5 ms
C) 10 ms
D) 50 ms
Answer: B
Rationale: Cohesity supports a maximum of 5 ms RTT latency between nodes in a single
cluster. Higher latency can cause stability issues and timeouts.
6. During the initial cluster creation wizard, which of the following must you provide?
A) License file
B) Cluster name
C) SMTP server
D) LDAP configuration
Answer: B
Rationale: The cluster name is mandatory during initial setup. License can be added later,
and SMTP/LDAP are optional post-install configurations.
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7. Which Cohesity role is required to create a new cluster?
A) Viewer
B) Operator
C) ClusterAdmin
D) BackupAdmin
Answer: C
Rationale: Only users with the ClusterAdmin role (or the implicit 'admin' user) have
permissions to create a new cluster.
8. A Cohesity node fails to join an existing cluster. Which log file should you check first?
A) /var/log/messages
B) /cohesity/smash/log/smashd.log
C) /cohesity/iris/log/iris.log
D) /var/log/boot.log
Answer: C
Rationale: The iris.log file contains cluster join and discovery events. Smashd handles
storage, while messages is OS-level.
G. What is the default VLAN ID assigned to the management network on a Cohesity cluster?
A) 0
B) 1
C) 100
D) None (untagged)
Answer: D
Rationale: By default, the management network is untagged (no VLAN ID). Customers can
configure tagged VLANs during or after installation.
10. Which disk type is used by Cohesity for metadata storage?
A) SATA SSD
B) NVMe
C) SAS HDD
D) Any disk in the metadata tier
Answer: D
Rationale: Cohesity creates a metadata tier on the fastest available disks (automatically
detected). In all-ffash nodes, metadata resides on SSDs. In hybrid nodes, it uses the first
two HDDs or dedicated SSDs if present.
COHESITY CERTIFIED INSTALLATION
PROFESSIONAL (CCIP) 2026 PRACTICE
EXAM COMPLETE (150) CURRENT TESTING
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
WITH DETAILED
EXPLANATIONS|GUARANTEED PASS.
COHESITY
Ace the Cohesity Certified Installation Professional (CCIP) Practice
Exam with targeted questions covering Cohesity platform
deployment, installation procedures, cluster configuration, data
protection, troubleshooting, and system management. This study
resource helps reinforce essential technical concepts and
supports effective certification preparation. Designed to improve
practical knowledge and boost confidence in enterprise backup
and storage environments. Suitable for IT, cloud, and data
management professionals.
MULTIPLE CHOICE.
Questions 1-150
1. What is the minimum number of nodes required to form a new Cohesity cluster?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
Answer: C
*Rationale: A Cohesity cluster requires a minimum of 3 nodes to establish quorum and
ensure high availability. A single node can run in a special "Starter Cluster" configuration
for non-production use, but a production cluster requires 3.*
2. Which network interface on a Cohesity node is designated as the primary management
interface?
A) eth0
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B) eth1
C) eth2
D) bond0
Answer: A
Rationale: eth0 is the primary management interface by default. It is used for initial IP
assignment, GUI access, and cluster communication.
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3. Before installing a Cohesity cluster, which two time synchronization protocols are
supported? (Choose two)
A) NTP
B) PTP
C) SNTP
D) Chrony
Answer: A and C
Rationale: Cohesity supports NTP (Network Time Protocol) and SNTP (Simple Network
Time Protocol). PTP and Chrony are not currently supported.
4. What is the purpose of the BMC (Baseboard Management Controller) port on a Cohesity
node?
A) Data replication
B) Out-of-band management
C) Cluster heartbeat
D) Metadata storage
Answer: B
Rationale: The BMC port provides out-of-band management (i.e., IPMI) for remote power
control, console access, and hardware monitoring independent of the node's OS.
5. A customer wants to deploy a Cohesity cluster across two physical data centers. What is
the maximum supported round-trip latency between nodes?
A) 1 ms
B) 5 ms
C) 10 ms
D) 50 ms
Answer: B
Rationale: Cohesity supports a maximum of 5 ms RTT latency between nodes in a single
cluster. Higher latency can cause stability issues and timeouts.
6. During the initial cluster creation wizard, which of the following must you provide?
A) License file
B) Cluster name
C) SMTP server
D) LDAP configuration
Answer: B
Rationale: The cluster name is mandatory during initial setup. License can be added later,
and SMTP/LDAP are optional post-install configurations.
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7. Which Cohesity role is required to create a new cluster?
A) Viewer
B) Operator
C) ClusterAdmin
D) BackupAdmin
Answer: C
Rationale: Only users with the ClusterAdmin role (or the implicit 'admin' user) have
permissions to create a new cluster.
8. A Cohesity node fails to join an existing cluster. Which log file should you check first?
A) /var/log/messages
B) /cohesity/smash/log/smashd.log
C) /cohesity/iris/log/iris.log
D) /var/log/boot.log
Answer: C
Rationale: The iris.log file contains cluster join and discovery events. Smashd handles
storage, while messages is OS-level.
G. What is the default VLAN ID assigned to the management network on a Cohesity cluster?
A) 0
B) 1
C) 100
D) None (untagged)
Answer: D
Rationale: By default, the management network is untagged (no VLAN ID). Customers can
configure tagged VLANs during or after installation.
10. Which disk type is used by Cohesity for metadata storage?
A) SATA SSD
B) NVMe
C) SAS HDD
D) Any disk in the metadata tier
Answer: D
Rationale: Cohesity creates a metadata tier on the fastest available disks (automatically
detected). In all-ffash nodes, metadata resides on SSDs. In hybrid nodes, it uses the first
two HDDs or dedicated SSDs if present.
