NCP Cluster Deployment and Configuration 4

Question 1

An administrator is deploying a Nutanix cluster and wants to use a non-default MTU of 9000 for storage traffic. When must this be configured?

Accepted Answer

Before Foundation begins imaging the nodes

Answer

Jumbo frames (MTU 9000) must be configured on the physical switch ports before Foundation runs, as Foundation validates network connectivity during imaging.

Question 2

Which Nutanix feature allows a single physical cluster to be logically divided into isolated groups of nodes for different workloads?

Accepted Answer

Availability Zones

Answer

Availability Zones in Prism Central allow logical grouping of nodes within or across clusters to provide fault domain isolation for different workloads.

Question 3

What is the recommended approach when replacing a failed node in a Nutanix cluster to avoid data loss?

Accepted Answer

Wait for cluster redundancy to be restored before removing the failed node

Answer

Best practice is to wait until the cluster has rebuilt redundancy (data is re-replicated to surviving nodes) before physically replacing the failed node.

Question 4

Which storage container setting enables thin provisioning and allows VMs to consume more logical space than is physically available?

Accepted Answer

Advertised Capacity

Answer

The Advertised Capacity setting in a storage container sets the maximum capacity reported to VMs, enabling thin provisioning by presenting more space than physically exists.

Question 5

When deploying Nutanix clusters across multiple racks for rack-level fault tolerance, which configuration must be applied?

Accepted Answer

Configure fault domains using node-to-rack mapping

Answer

Fault domains must be configured to map nodes to their physical racks, allowing Nutanix to ensure replicas are placed on nodes in different racks.

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