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Question 1
An architect is helping an organization with the Physical Design of an NSX-T Data Center solution. This information was gathered during a workshop: ✑ Any proposed solution must provide low latency. ✑ Any proposed solution must provide high throughput. ✑ Customer is running stock trading applications. Which two selections should the architect recommend to meet high-performance workload requirements? (Choose two.)
A. Leverage ESXi as the compute host
B. Use LACP for all uplink profiles
C. Leverage KVM as the compute host
D. Enable enhanced data path mode on the N-VDS
E. Enable latency sensitivity mode on the N-VDS
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Correct Answer:
B. Use LACP for all uplink profiles
D. Enable enhanced data path mode on the N-VDS
Question 2
An architect is helping an organization with the Physical Design of an NSX-T Data Center solution. This information was gathered during a workshop: ✑ There are six hosts and hardware has already been purchased. ✑ Customer is planning a collapsed Management/Edge/Compute cluster. ✑ Each host has two 10Gb NICs connected to a pair of switches. ✑ There should be no single point of failure in any proposed design. Which virtual switch design should the architect recommend to the organization? (Choose the best answer.)
A. Create a vSphere Distributed Switch (vDS) for Management VMkernel traffic and assign one NIC. Also, create an NSX-T Virtual Distributed Switch (N-VDS) for overlay traffic and assign one NIC
B. Create an NSX-T Virtual Distributed Switch (N-VDS) for Management VMkernel traffic and assign one NIC. Also, create an NSX-T Virtual Distributed Switch (N-VDS) for overlay traffic and assign one NIC
C. Create an NSX-T Virtual Distributed Switch (N-VDS) for Management VMKernel and overlay traffic and assign both NICs
D. Create an NSX-T Virtual Distributed Switch (N-VDS) for Management VMkernel and overlay traffic and assign a new virtual NIC
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Correct Answer:
C. Create an NSX-T Virtual Distributed Switch (N-VDS) for Management VMKernel and overlay traffic and assign both NICs
Question 3
A customer has a requirement to implement a next generation firewall (NGFW) to improve security network introspection. The customer wants to apply the NGFW to all workloads exposed both internally and externally. The customer wants the NGFW to work seamlessly with NSX-T Data Center and vSphere. Which solution should be recommended to the customer? (Choose the best answer.)
A. Use network introspection only on the external workloads and use NSX DFW for internal workloads
B. Apply the NGFW on bare metal hosts which will offer better performance of inline network introspection
C. Apply the NGFW to internal and external workloads for increased protection and use NSX-T Data Center with Federation to set network policies
D. Use NSX-T Data Center leveraged with NSX Intelligence to protect all workloads at the network inspection level
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Correct Answer:
C. Apply the NGFW to internal and external workloads for increased protection and use NSX-T Data Center with Federation to set network policies
Question 4
A telecom company has purchased NSX-T as part of a Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) initiative. The company wants to ensure the highest performance for network traffic leaving the virtual environment. Which two selections would an architect recommend to achieve the customer's goal? (Choose two.)
A. Configure Equal-Cost Multi-Pathing on the NSX Edges
B. Configure SR-IOV for the virtual NSX Edges
C. Use bare metal NSX Edges
D. Select Network cards that support VXLAN Offload
E. Set "Latency Sensitive" option to High when deploying the virtual NSX Edges
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Correct Answer:
A. Configure Equal-Cost Multi-Pathing on the NSX Edges
C. Use bare metal NSX Edges
Question 5
Which selection is associated with the Review Task of the Engagement Lifecycle? (Choose the best answer.)
A. Gather and document requirements, assumptions, and constraints
B. Build, deploy, implement, and test the design
C. Measure performance against customer's objective
D. Create and document the logical and physical design
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Correct Answer:
C. Measure performance against customer's objective
Question 6
An NSX-T Architect is working in a brownfield environment with 4 ESXi hosts. These constraints were documented: ✑ new servers cannot be purchased ✑ North/South bandwidth must be guaranteed ✑ Top-of-Rack switches have additional uplinks Which three recommendations should the architect implement? (Choose three.)
A. Remove one of the ESXi hosts and install a bare-metal Edge
B. Use a resource pool for production workloads
C. Use a resource pool to deploy the Edge nodes on
D. Recommend obtaining 2 new physical NICs for the servers
E. Install Edge nodes on a separate cluster
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Correct Answer:
B. Use a resource pool for production workloads
C. Use a resource pool to deploy the Edge nodes on
D. Recommend obtaining 2 new physical NICs for the servers
Question 7
An architect is helping an organization with the Physical Design of an NSX-T Data Center solution. This information was gathered during a workshop: ✑ The company will use a Leaf and Spine physical network architecture with Layer 3 gateways for top of rack switches. ✑ The company is planning to deploy 120 ESX hosts across 10 racks. ✑ There will be a total of a 12 clusters where each cluster has one host per rack. What should the architect recommend to allow applications to run on any host in the cluster? (Choose the best answer.)
A. Deploy all application networks on NSX segments
B. Deploy an L2 VPN to allow the networks to extend to each host
C. Deploy a Tier-0 gateway per Rack and configure BGP between racks
D. Deploy a Tier-1 gateway per Rack and configure BGP between racks
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Correct Answer:
A. Deploy all application networks on NSX segments
Question 8
A customer wants to use ECMP to provide additional throughput and availability for their critical business applications. Some applications require load balancing for scale and availability. Which two Edge design choices can an architect present to the customer? (Choose two.)
A. Create a Tier-0 gateway in Active/Standby mode and a Tier-1 gateway in Active/Standby mode
B. Configure ECMP and Load Balancing on the Tier-0 gateway
C. Create a Tier-0 gateway in Active/Active mode and a Tier-1 gateway in Active/Standby mode
D. Create a Tier-0 gateway in Active/Standby mode
E. Configure ECMP on the Tier-0 gateway and Load Balancing on the Tier-1 gateway
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Correct Answer:
C. Create a Tier-0 gateway in Active/Active mode and a Tier-1 gateway in Active/Standby mode
E. Configure ECMP on the Tier-0 gateway and Load Balancing on the Tier-1 gateway
Question 9
An architect is helping an organization with the Physical Design of an NSX-T Data Center solution. This information was gathered during a workshop: ✑ Migrating existing data center to KVM hosts. ✑ Redundancy and high availability are required. ✑ No component can be a single point of failure. Which selection should the architect recommend? (Choose the best answer.)
A. Linux Bridge redundancy with Active/Active Mode and multiple pNICs with necessary binding
B. Linux Bridge redundancy with Active/Active Mode and single pNIC with static binding
C. vSS/vDS in Active/Standby Mode with necessary binding
D. vSS/vDS in Active/Active Mode with necessary pNICS and required binding modes
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Correct Answer:
A. Linux Bridge redundancy with Active/Active Mode and multiple pNICs with necessary binding
Question 10
Which two resources can be used by an NSX architect during the Assessment Phase? (Choose two.)
A. vRealize Network Insight
B. VMware Validated Design
C. VMware customer references
D. key stakeholder interviews
E. application licensing
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Correct Answer:
A. vRealize Network Insight
D. key stakeholder interviews
Question 11
An architect is helping an organization with the Logical Design of an NSX-T Data Center solution. This information was gathered during the Assessment Phase: ✑ Customer is concerned with NSX Manager availability. ✑ 3 cabinets/racks are available in the data center. No integration with 3 - ✑ party solution is required. ✑ There is no budget for physical equipment acquisition. ✑ The 3 cabinets/racks do not share the same L2 domain. Which three selections should the architect include in their design to address the customer's concern with NSX Manager availability? (Choose three.)
A. Deploy 2 cold standby NSX Manager appliances in rack 2/3
B. Use separate IP per NSX Manager appliance per rack
C. Use another NSX Manager IP in case an appliance fails
D. Deploy a single active NSX Manager appliance in rack 1
E. Deploy an NSX Manager Appliance per rack and cluster them
F. Use a physical/internal load-balancer with the cluster
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Correct Answer:
B. Use separate IP per NSX Manager appliance per rack
E. Deploy an NSX Manager Appliance per rack and cluster them
F. Use a physical/internal load-balancer with the cluster
Question 12
An administrator is asked to improve Recovery Point Objective (RPO) and Recovery Time Objective (RTO) for Disaster Recovery (DR) in their company network. The network has a primary site and a secondary site. The ability to support outages with minimum loss of connectivity to the company's core application is a priority. Which design should the administrator recommend? (Choose the best answer.)
A. NSX-T Data Center using an Orchestrator to recover VMs across sites
B. NSX-T Data Center using Federation and dependencies set between primary and secondary sites
C. NSX-T Data Center using a registered third-party DR solution
D. NSX-T Data Center using built-in standard automation DR and secondary site recovery setup
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Correct Answer:
B. NSX-T Data Center using Federation and dependencies set between primary and secondary sites
Question 13
A Solutions Architect is designing an environment with 1,200 services being offered through the NSX-T Data Center Load Balancer. Which three selections are necessary to meet the minimum requirements to support the solution? (Choose three.)
A. Extra Large Load Balancer
B. Tier 1 Gateway
C. Tier 0 Gateway
D. Large Edge Node
E. Extra Large Edge Node
F. Large Load Balancer
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Correct Answer:
A. Extra Large Load Balancer
B. Tier 1 Gateway
E. Extra Large Edge Node
Question 14
An architect is helping an organization with the Logical Design of an NSX-T Data Center solution. This information was gathered during the Assessment Phase: ✑ There is a performance based SLA for East "" West traffic. ✑ The business critical applications require prioritization of their traffic. ✑ One of the services is a file share and has a high demand for bandwidth. Which selection should the architect include in their design? (Choose the best answer.)
A. Review average North/South traffic from the core switches and firewall
B. Include a segment QoS profile and review the impact of utilizing this feature
C. Meet with the organization's application team to get additional information
D. Monitor East-West traffic throughout normal business cycles
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Correct Answer:
B. Include a segment QoS profile and review the impact of utilizing this feature
Question 15
An architect is helping an organization with the Logical Design of an NSX-T Data Center solution. Which two statements should the architect consider as non-technical requirements? (Choose two.)
A. Any solution should add more value to current and future customers engagements
B. The design should offer agility and freedom for application phases
C. All application servers have hardcoded IP addresses
D. Current business continuity and disaster recovery plans are based on tape technology
E. Different vendors are used for the storage solution
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Correct Answer:
A. Any solution should add more value to current and future customers engagements
B. The design should offer agility and freedom for application phases
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