NUTANIX NCP 5.5 TEST PREP QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
/. Nutanix Files or Acropolis File Services - Answer-✅Enables you to share files across
user work stations .or VMs.
/.Maximum amount of File Server VMs - Answer-✅16 or equal to the number of CVMs
(choose the lowest number)
/.Prism Element Dashboards - Answer-
✅Home,Health,VM,Storage,Network,Hardware,File Server,Data Protection,
Analysis,Alerts, Tasks,Settings, Self Service.
/.Home Dashboard - Answer-✅This page displays cluster-level performance and usage
on the left, health in the middle, and alerts on the right.
/.Health Dashboard - Answer-✅Location where NCC summaries can be found and
checks run.
/.VM Dashboard - Answer-✅VM creation page
/.Affinity Rules - Answer-✅Allow you to restrict host VMs can run on or prevent 2 VMs
from running on the same host at the same time.
/.Steps to Configure VM to Host Affinity - Answer-✅1.) VM Dashboard 2.) Select VM.
3.) Update VM 4.) Set bffinity button. 5.) Select the host(s).
/.Steps to Configure VM to VM Affinity - Answer-✅1.)USE ACLI. 2.) Create VM group
3.) Add VMs to group. 4.) set anti affinity for the group.
/.Switch Configuration Requirements - Answer-✅Switch Management IP, Host
IP,SNMP Profile, SNMP Version, SNMP Security Level, SNMP Community Name,
SNMP Username, SNMP Auth type, SNMP Pass Phrase, SNMP Privacy Type, SNMP
Privacy Pass Phrase
/.Reserved Capacity - Answer-✅Guaranteed Storage Container Capacity
/.Advertised Capacity - Answer-✅Capacity shown, but not guaranteed.
, /.Async Disaster Recovery Configuration Steps - Answer-✅1.)Configure Remote Site
2.) Data Protection Dashboard 3.)Protection Domain 4.)ASYNC DR 5.) Name. 6.) select
entities 7.) Schedule 8.) Select Remote Site 9.) Create Schedule
/.What can be used to create image services? - Answer-✅ISO or Disk images. ( any
images supported by ESXi or Hyper-V)
/.Metro Availability - Answer-✅Storage container specific synchronous disaster
recovery
/.Enhanced vmotion compatability - Answer-✅Ensures vMotion compatibility for the
hosts even if CPUs differ.
/.Where do you download Powershell CMDLETS? - Answer-✅User Menu (upper right)
/.What is the first step after downloading and installing Nutanix Powershell CMDLETS -
Answer-✅Connect to a cluster
/.ACLI - Answer-✅Provides an interface for managing Hosts,Networks,Snapshots, and
VMs.
/.NCLI - Answer-✅Provides an interface for executing Administrative commands.
/.How does Nutanix provide cluster security? - Answer-✅User account control access,
SSL certs, and cluster control access.
/.What is the cluster lockdown process? - Answer-✅1.) Select Gear. 2.) Select Cluster
Lockdown. 3.) Enable public keys. 4.) Distribute public keys
/.What are the benefits of DARE? - Answer-✅• Data is encrypted on all drives at all
times
• Data cannot be accessed in the event of drive or node theft
• Data can be securely destroyed
• No performance penalty
• Protection can be enabled or disabled at anytime\
Read/Write access is enabled by default but the server can be locked down
/.How do you prepare DARE? - Answer-✅1. Configure a key management server
2. Generate a CSR .
3. Login to the CA portal to get the CSRs signed.
4. Download the certs on all nodes.
5. Add Key Management server.
6. Upload certs to all nodes.
7. Upload the CA cert
ANSWERS
/. Nutanix Files or Acropolis File Services - Answer-✅Enables you to share files across
user work stations .or VMs.
/.Maximum amount of File Server VMs - Answer-✅16 or equal to the number of CVMs
(choose the lowest number)
/.Prism Element Dashboards - Answer-
✅Home,Health,VM,Storage,Network,Hardware,File Server,Data Protection,
Analysis,Alerts, Tasks,Settings, Self Service.
/.Home Dashboard - Answer-✅This page displays cluster-level performance and usage
on the left, health in the middle, and alerts on the right.
/.Health Dashboard - Answer-✅Location where NCC summaries can be found and
checks run.
/.VM Dashboard - Answer-✅VM creation page
/.Affinity Rules - Answer-✅Allow you to restrict host VMs can run on or prevent 2 VMs
from running on the same host at the same time.
/.Steps to Configure VM to Host Affinity - Answer-✅1.) VM Dashboard 2.) Select VM.
3.) Update VM 4.) Set bffinity button. 5.) Select the host(s).
/.Steps to Configure VM to VM Affinity - Answer-✅1.)USE ACLI. 2.) Create VM group
3.) Add VMs to group. 4.) set anti affinity for the group.
/.Switch Configuration Requirements - Answer-✅Switch Management IP, Host
IP,SNMP Profile, SNMP Version, SNMP Security Level, SNMP Community Name,
SNMP Username, SNMP Auth type, SNMP Pass Phrase, SNMP Privacy Type, SNMP
Privacy Pass Phrase
/.Reserved Capacity - Answer-✅Guaranteed Storage Container Capacity
/.Advertised Capacity - Answer-✅Capacity shown, but not guaranteed.
, /.Async Disaster Recovery Configuration Steps - Answer-✅1.)Configure Remote Site
2.) Data Protection Dashboard 3.)Protection Domain 4.)ASYNC DR 5.) Name. 6.) select
entities 7.) Schedule 8.) Select Remote Site 9.) Create Schedule
/.What can be used to create image services? - Answer-✅ISO or Disk images. ( any
images supported by ESXi or Hyper-V)
/.Metro Availability - Answer-✅Storage container specific synchronous disaster
recovery
/.Enhanced vmotion compatability - Answer-✅Ensures vMotion compatibility for the
hosts even if CPUs differ.
/.Where do you download Powershell CMDLETS? - Answer-✅User Menu (upper right)
/.What is the first step after downloading and installing Nutanix Powershell CMDLETS -
Answer-✅Connect to a cluster
/.ACLI - Answer-✅Provides an interface for managing Hosts,Networks,Snapshots, and
VMs.
/.NCLI - Answer-✅Provides an interface for executing Administrative commands.
/.How does Nutanix provide cluster security? - Answer-✅User account control access,
SSL certs, and cluster control access.
/.What is the cluster lockdown process? - Answer-✅1.) Select Gear. 2.) Select Cluster
Lockdown. 3.) Enable public keys. 4.) Distribute public keys
/.What are the benefits of DARE? - Answer-✅• Data is encrypted on all drives at all
times
• Data cannot be accessed in the event of drive or node theft
• Data can be securely destroyed
• No performance penalty
• Protection can be enabled or disabled at anytime\
Read/Write access is enabled by default but the server can be locked down
/.How do you prepare DARE? - Answer-✅1. Configure a key management server
2. Generate a CSR .
3. Login to the CA portal to get the CSRs signed.
4. Download the certs on all nodes.
5. Add Key Management server.
6. Upload certs to all nodes.
7. Upload the CA cert
