Free NCS-Core 6.8 Sample Questions — Nutanix Certified Services - Core (NCS-Core) 6.8

During a Site Readiness Check, a customer informed the consultant that there is no NTP server currently configured in the environment. Which two statements should the consultant consider for continuing the cluster deployment? (Choose two.)

• A. An NTP server is not required for cluster Foundation and can be added later
• B. At least one external NTP server must be used to complete Foundation process
• C. At least 3 NTP servers must be provided in a comma-separated list
• D. If an NTP server is provided using FQDN, a DNS server is required

A consultant asks a customer to verify the ToR Switch data port configuration was done according to Nutanix best practices. The switch configuration must simplify future deployments and expansions. Which two configuration actions will satisfy this requirement? (Choose two.)

• A. Disable multicast and broadcast flood optimizations
• B. Configure the CVM and hypervisor host VLAN as the native
• C. Use a tagged VLAN for the CVM and hypervisor hosts
• D. Configure the connected switch ports as access

A consultant attempts to perform an LCM inventory after successfully creating the cluster, but is met with the following error: LCM Exception [LcmExceptionHandler]: Could not find a module for entity with reference name nutanix.ncc.update What is the most likely reason LCM inventory/update is failing?

• A. Nameservers are not reachable
• B. Nutanix CVMs are blocking TCP port 54
• C. IPMI network is unable to reach the Internet
• D. Clusters must be licensed before LCM inventory

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?

• A. Nutanix recommends to configure at least 2 storage pools with at least one storage container each
• B. Do not reserve less than 90% of the total space in the storage pool
• C. Reserve capacity for a storage container only if the storage pool consists of multiple storage containers
• D. Reserve capacity for a storage container only if the storage pool consists of single storage container

After deployment of a Nutanix cluster, a customer has requested to validate the peak performance of the cluster. Which tool can a consultant use to satisfy this request?

• A. diagnostics.py
• B. Nutanix perfmon
• C. Nutanix X-Ray
• D. Nutanix HCIBench