NCP-5.15 Exam Questions

Total 277 Questions

Last Updated Exam : 15-Apr-2025

Topic 1 : Main Questions

An administrator needs to relocate an AHV cluster to a new datacenter during a maintenance window. The cluster will use the same IPs in the new datacenter. Which two steps should be taken to prepare for this task? (Choose two.)



A.

Reconfigure IPMI for the new datacenter


B.

Shut down all user VMs in the cluster


C.

Relocate the linked LDAP server


D.

Stop all Nutanix Files clusters





C.
  

Relocate the linked LDAP server



D.
  

Stop all Nutanix Files clusters



What is the function of the virbr0 bridge on AHV?


A.

To carry all traffic between the user VMs and the upstream network.


B.

To carry management and storage communication between user VMs and the CVM.


C.

To carry management and storage communication between user VMs and AHV host.


D.

To carry storage communication between the guest VMs and the CVM





C.
  

To carry management and storage communication between user VMs and AHV host.



Which data savings technique utilizes stripes and parity calculation in a Nutanix cluster?


A.

Compression


B.

Parity strip


C.

Erasure coding


D.

Deduplication





C.
  

Erasure coding



A Nutanix cluster is equipped with four nodes. Four VMs on this cluster have been configured with a VM-VM anti-affinity policy and are each being hosted by a different node.
What occurs to the cluster and these VMs during an AHV upgrade?


A.

One node hosts two VMs while the node being upgraded is in maintenance mode.


B.

One VM out of the four powers down when the node hosting it reboots.


C.

The AHV pre-upgrade checks fail until the administrator disables the anti-affinity policy.


D.

The AHV pre-upgrade checks fail until the four VMs are powered off





C.
  

The AHV pre-upgrade checks fail until the administrator disables the anti-affinity policy.



Which two access protocols are supported by Files? (Choose two.)


A.

ISCSI


B.

SMB


C.

FCOE


D.

NFS





B.
  

SMB



D.
  

NFS



What requires iSCSI initiator configuration in the guest OS to use Volumes?


A.

SQL Server Always On Availability Group


B.

Microsoft Windows Failover Cluster


C.

Oracle RAC


D.

Exchange DAG





B.
  

Microsoft Windows Failover Cluster



Which node type does not deploy a Nutanix Controller VM?


A.

Storage Only


B.

Hyper Converged


C.

Compute Only


D.

All Flash





D.
  

All Flash



An administrator needs to report on any alerts generated by a Nutanix cluster that affected the cluster's availability over the past 10 days. Which method should be used to locate these events? 


A.

On the Health dashboard, use the Log Collector to export data based on time stamp.


B.

Export the cluster event log to a CSV on the Alerts dashboard.


C.

On the Alerts dashboard, filter based on Impact Type and the desired Time Range.


D.

Configure an Alert Policy to generate an email with the data on the Health dashboard.





C.
  

On the Alerts dashboard, filter based on Impact Type and the desired Time Range.



What is the default network bond setting for an AHV host configuration?


A.

active-backup


B.

active-active


C.

balance-slb


D.

balance-tcp





A.
  

active-backup



https://next.nutanix.com/blog-40/network-load-balancing-with-acropolis-hypervisor-6463

An administrator wants to have a VM on an AHV cluster with access to multiple VLANs. What is the most efficient way to achieve this?


A.

Update a vNIC on the VM to operate in trunked mode for all desired VLANs.


B.

Create a network in AHV associated with all those VLANs on all hosts.


C.

Use SFPs that allow the needed VLANs.


D.

Use one vNIC per VLAN for the VM.





A.
  

Update a vNIC on the VM to operate in trunked mode for all desired VLANs.




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