Nutanix NCP Flashcards

Which Nutanix network service provides IP address management (IPAM) and DHCP capabilities natively within AHV?

Answer: Acropolis IP Address Management

Acropolis IP Address Management (IPAM) provides built-in DHCP and IP management for VM networks directly within the AHV hypervisor environment.

In Nutanix Prism Central, which feature allows administrators to apply consistent policies—such as security rules and QoS settings—across multiple clusters?

Answer: Categories

Categories in Prism Central are key-value metadata tags applied to entities (VMs, clusters) that drive policy enforcement such as security and protection policies.

What technology does Nutanix use to provide micro-segmentation and network security policy enforcement for VMs on AHV?

Answer: Nutanix Flow

Nutanix Flow provides software-defined network security with micro-segmentation, allowing granular traffic control between VMs without additional hardware.

Which Nutanix service manages the lifecycle of databases, including provisioning, patching, and cloning on multiple database engines?

Answer: Nutanix Era

Nutanix Era is a database-as-a-service platform that automates database provisioning, patching, cloning, and backup across Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, and other engines.

In a Nutanix cluster, which component serves as the single management interface for hypervisor operations on an AHV host?

Answer: Acropolis Master

The Acropolis Master is an elected service within the CVM cluster that coordinates AHV hypervisor operations such as VM scheduling and host management.

What is the role of Zookeeper in the Nutanix distributed system?

Answer: Provides distributed configuration and coordination services

Zookeeper in Nutanix provides distributed coordination, configuration management, and leader election services critical to cluster stability.

When configuring a Nutanix protection domain, what is the minimum number of nodes required in a remote site to support asynchronous replication?

Answer: 3 nodes

A remote Nutanix cluster used as a replication target requires a minimum of 3 nodes to maintain cluster quorum and data integrity.