After reviewing the questionnaire provided by a customer, the consultant is completing the Foundation Configuration on the Nutanix website. According to the customer requirements, the cluster should be prepared off site in a safe room, and moved afterwards to the datacenter.

Add virtual switch dedicated to the IPMI network.

Prepare multi-homing with two IP addresses.

another physical laptop port to the Foundation VM.

Create a firewall rule blocking customer subnets.

During Foundation using a customer-provided network switch, a consultant is facing time-out issues.What action should the consultant take to resolve this issue?

Check jumbo frames support of the network switch.

Ensure the firmware of network switch is updated.

Enable queue depth on ports connected to nodes.

Disable STP on ports connected to Nutanix nodes.

During the knowledge transfer session, a consultant conducts a storage management demo. In the Creating a Storage Container workflow, the customer notices the Reserved Capacity parameter and asks for best practices related to it.How should the consultant respond?

Reserve capacity for a storage container only if the storage pool consists of single storage container.

Nutanix recommends to configure at least 2 storage pools with at least one storage container each.

Do not reserve less than 90% of the total space in the storage pool.

Reserve capacity for a storage container only if the storage pool consists of single storage container.

Reserve capacity for a storage container only if the storage pool consists of multiple storage containers.

A consultant is showing the Prism Element Web Console to a customer and wants to check that cluster health is OK. During validation, the Health menu raises critical alerts about components using default passwords.The cluster is based on ESXi as hypervisor, where Prism Central and Nutanix Files are deployed. Passwords have already been changed for a few components, but some of them have been left by default.How can the consultant check and handle that situation?

Check NCC results and review the associated KB.

Activate Cluster lockdown in Prism Element.

Check accounts and passwords in Local User Management in the vCenter.

Check NCC results and review the associated KB.

Deploy and connect the cluster to Prism Security Central.

A consultant is working with a customer on a new cluster deployment.While reviewing the customer questionnaire, the consultant notices that the customer has documented their DNS servers as follows:* CompanyDNSI 192.168.5.10* CompanyDNS2 192.1685.20What should the consultant consider regarding this deployment?

New IP's provided should be verified to not conflict with the customers network.

Everything has been accounted for to ensure a successful deployment.

Internal Nutanix networking will interfere with the installation's ability to complete.

During deployment, the CVMs should be configured to use a separate network.

New IP's provided should be verified to not conflict with the customers network.

Refer to Exhibit: A consultant is conducting cluster deployment using Foundation VM on a laptop.What troubleshooting step is required?

Disable local machine firewall to ensure its not blocking traffic.

Verify Foundation VM is configured with at least 4GB of memory.

Confirm that TCP port 5123 is open.

Ensure that adaptive endpoint security agents are enabled.

Imaging fails for one or more nodes in the cluster A log file displays this output:Interface ethO has an uplink.Downloading livefs files... Connecting to 10.249.230.171:8000 (10.249.230.171:8000) [ 80.852033] random: nonblocking pool is initialized tar: short read livecd files not found.What is the possible root cause?

There is a problem connecting to the Foundation VM.

Hypervisor version is not on the whitelist (iso_whitelist. j son).

After a consultant runs a bare metal Foundation, the imaging process fails.In which two locations can the consultant find the logs? (Choose two.)

On the Foundation VM - /home/nutanix/foundation/logs

View Logs link on the Foundation Imaging progress screen

On the CVM - /home /nutanix/foundation/logs

On the Hypervisor - /home/nutanix/foundation/logs

On the Foundation VM - /home/nutanix/foundation/logs

View Logs link on the Foundation Imaging progress screen

A customer has a mail server and needs Nutanix to send email notifications about errors that might occur in Prism. The following information is included under SMTP Server SettingsIP Address of mail serverPort Security ModeFrom email addressWhat should the consultant set up before arriving onsite?

SMTP server to allow emails from Cluster VIP and CVM IP addresses

SMTP server to allow emails from all IPs in customer network

SMTP server to allow emails from Cluster VIP and CVM IP addresses

SMTP to allow emails from Cluster VIP

SMTP server to allow emails from Host IP addresses

A consultant needs to image nodes that cannot be discovered with the Foundation VMThe nodes are connected to a flat stitch and are already part of a Nutanix cluster.What course of action would result in Foundation success?

Use the customer's top of rack switch.

Change the physical connections.

In preparing to install a new cluster for a company, a consultant needs to complete an installation worksheet.Which values must be documented prior to initial base system setup?

Hypervisor, CVM, and IPMI IP Addresses

A customer already has a Prism Central (PC) instance deployed in their environment and expects the consultant to unregister the old cluster before registering the new clusterWhat steps should the consultant take to safely and successfully unregister the customer's former cluster from PC?

Login to the PC Web Ul, navigate to Cluster Registrations found under settings in the Admin Center, check the box next to the desired PE. and click Remove

Login to any CVM using SSH and use the multicluster command found within NCLi, followed by the unregistration_cleanup.py script on PE and PC.

Login to the PC Web UI, locate the PE cluster and click Unregister from the Actions dropdown menu.

Login to any PCVM using SSH and run the PE_unreglster.py script located in the Nutanix scripts directory, followed by the unregistratlon_cleanup.py script

Login to the PC Web Ul, navigate to Cluster Registrations found under settings in the Admin Center, check the box next to the desired PE. and click Remove

A consultant has been tasked with increasing security on a Nutanix cluster by disabling password authentication when accessing the CVM and AHV hosts and instead moving to key-based SSH.What is the easiest way for the consultant to meet these requirements?

Enable Cluster Lockdown and provide an RSA key.

Enable STlGs via command line on SSH to a CVM.

Configure LDAP authentication through a secure server.

Enable Cluster Lockdown and provide an RSA key.

Restrict access with User Management in Prism.

The installation process stops before imaging any of the nodes and an error message is displayed notifying the IPMI IP address is unreachable.What should consultant do to fix the issue?

Check the service. log and the individual node log files for more detailed information.

Ensure the Foundation VM is not in the same broadcast domain as the Controller VMs.

Re-try Foundation using a non-flat switch.

Check the service. log and the individual node log files for more detailed information.

if the nodes are in the same subnet go to the Cluster page and configure multi-homing.

A customer wants to ensure that the Data Protection configuration using Protection Domains is fully functional.The consultant has configured a protection domain for newly-created VMs with static IP addresses on multiple VLANs. The network administrator confirmed that the correct subnets exist at both physical sites.After performing a failover operation, the virtual machines are turned back on but have no network access.Which statement describes this issue?

Network mappings are not configured for the Remote Site.

Nutanix Guest Tools (NGT) are mandatory to use Data Protection.

VirtIO drivers need to be reinstalled after a failover.

Remote Virtual IP addresses are missing for the Remote Site.

A consultant has completed a cluster build according to the following requirements:* Syslog Setup with ERROR level Logging* Proxy Setup* SNMP v3 Trap setupWhen adding the cluster to an existing Prism Central with a proxy setup, the following error is triggered in the Prism Gateway logs:Caused by: corn.nutanix.util .base.ValidationException: Prism Central is unreachableWhat configuration is likely missing?

Whitelist of Prism Central VIP inside of Prism Element and Prism Element VIP inside of Prism Central

Whitelist of Prism Central OSIP inside of Prism Element and all Prism Element CVMs inside of Prism Central

Whitelist of Prism Central VIP inside of Prism Element and Prism Element VIP inside of Prism Central

Whitelist of AHV Host IP addresses in Prism Central

Whitelist of Prism Central DSIP inside of Prism Element

As a part of a cluster deployment test plan, a customer asks the consultant for some additional performance and resiliency tests.How should the consultant best satisfy this request?

Deploy X-Ray and conduct any relevant tests.

Run diagnostics.py directly from CVM.

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?

Shutdown the CVM using shutdown -h now.

Shutdown the CVM using cvn_shutdown -P now.

Put the node into maintenance mode using

acli host.enter_maintenance_mode Hypervisor address.

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

Shutdown the CVM using shutdown -h now.

Refer to Exhibit: A customer has completed and given the pre-delivery questionnaire to the consultant. The customer has indicated that they are using HPE/OEM hardware.Which action should the consultant take to prepare the laptop and Foundation networking for the installation?

Set IP Addresses in both CVM/Host and IPMI subnets.

Configure Backplane Traffic Isolation.

Set IP Addresses in CVM/Host subnet only.

Set IP Addresses in both CVM/Host and IPMI subnets.

A consultant wants to expand a Nutanix cluster based on Dell PowerEdge servers and notices the nodes have arrived software-less.Which two actions should the consultant take to expand the cluster? (Choose two.)

Image nodes using Foundation VM/App.

Use Expand cluster to expand duster.

Image nodes using Foundation VM/App.

Use Expand cluster to expand duster.

Return nodes to factory for imaging.

Use Expand cluster to image the nodes.

While reviewing the BOM during the kickoff call, a consultant notices that there are six NX nodes and 12 SFP+ modules, but no fiber cables are listed.Which statement is correct regarding this scenario?

The consultant should remind the customer that it is their responsibility to procure compatible fiber cables.

Only copper cables, not fiber cables, are required for SFP* modules.

The customer can use any fiber cable from existing network devices.

Nutanix provides fiber cables based on the fiber channel ports on the server.

The consultant should remind the customer that it is their responsibility to procure compatible fiber cables.

A customer needs a 20-node cluster built. The consultant only has a 16-port flat network switch, and the customer is using VLAN tagging for the hosts and CVMs.How should the consultant create the cluster?

Create the Nutanix cluster manually.

Set VLAN tags on all hosts and CVMs.

Create the Nutanix cluster manually.

Connect the cluster to the production network.

Create a separate four-node cluster.

A consultant is planning to use a flat switch for installation.What is the network requirement for Foundation VM, CVM, Hypervisor, and IPMI

Foundation VM, CVM, and Hypervisor must be on the same subnet. IPMI can be on a different subnet.

CVM, Hypervisor, and IPMI must be on the same subnet. Foundation VM can be on a different subnet.

Foundation VM and CVM must be on the same subnet. Hypervisor and IPMI can be on a different subnet.

Foundation VM, CVM, and IPMI must be on the same subnet. Hypervisor can be on a different subnet.

Refer to the exhibit. A consultant migrated multiple VMs to a new cluster. VMs were previously in VLAN 10.Why can the VMs no longer communicate on their network?

The VNIC type should be set to VMXNET2.

The GuestOS firewall is blocking traffic in the new cluster.

Static IP addresses have not been assigned to the new VMs.

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?

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

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

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

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

Where in the Support Portal can it be determined if a version of AOS is supported on a particular hardware platform.

Compatibility and Interoperability Matrix

A consultant deploys a new ESXi-based Nutanix cluster and migrates a sphere deployment to the cluster, After completing the deployment, the customer states they are experiencing VM performance issues.Upon observing logs and performance data, the consultant identified the following symptoms.Excessive read/write 1/Os on CVMsExcessive Motion of VMsWhat is causing this issue?

Sphere cluster DRS migration threshold is set to Aggressive

Sphere cluster DRS migration threshold is set to Conservative.

DRS is in use and the cluster is configured to use Erasure Coding.

DRS is in use and the cluster is configured to use Deduplication.

Sphere cluster DRS migration threshold is set to Aggressive

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A consultant notes that a customer environment requires Nutanix storage containers to be mounted on non-Nutanix hosts for manual data migration workflows.

What configuration should the consultant validate to ensure setup was performed properly?

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