July 28, 2020
Nutanix NCSE Level 1 Exam Prep Notes Part – 5
This is the “NCSE Level 1 Exam Prep Notes Part – 5” blog that covers the questions and answers I used for brainstorming and self-learning. Furthermore, the remaining once will follow in subsequent posts. Please note, these notes are based on the recommended topics mention in NCSE level 1 blueprint, the topics covered are such as
- Apply Pre-Sales Knowledge
- Match Workloads to Solutions
- Size Nutanix Solutions
- Apply Tools and Resources
Questions & Answers – Part 5
71 | What is the two of example of POC success criteria? |
A | 1) Deployed 100 desktops on AHV using Citrix MCS plugin 2) Restored VMs from Protection Domain |
72 | what happens if an SSD fail in a single node cluster |
A | If an SSD fails, the cluster goes into a read-only state. In the read-only state, there are no create, read, update, or delete operations and no cluster changes. If the cluster experiences an unresponsive SSD, data loss is a risk. The Prism Central console offers an override option that allows users to continue writing to single-node clusters after it has entered the read-only mode. Otherwise, be sure there is more than 1 SSD available for the system to place metadata |
72 | Which Nutanix feature addresses this latency and network performance issues? |
A | Data Locality |
73 | What is the freedom of choice offered by Nutanix for the customers |
A | Hypervisor Choice ( Nutanix AHV, Vmware vSphere & Microsoft Hyper-V), Platform Choice ( Nutanix, Dell EMC, Lenovo, Cisco, HP, Fujitsu, etc) and Cloud Choice ( Nutanix, AWS, GCP, and Azure) |
74 | What is v-TAX means |
A | It is the hypervisor license cost customer need to pay normally to the vendors |
73 | In which scenario should shadow clones be explicitly disabled? |
A | When deploying an Oracle RAC database |
75 | What is the main value proposition of Acropolis: Hyperconverged Infrastructure |
A | Replaces enterprise SAN and NAS storage, Powers all apps – virtual and container-based and scale one node at a time with no theoratical limits |
76 | What is the key differentiator for the Nutanix |
A | One-clikc Infrastructure management, one-click operational insights, self healing systems, world class global support, Rich automation and analytics, All intelligence in software |
74 | Which Oracle output gives accurate sizing information? |
A | Automatic Workload Repository Report |
77 | what is the use case of Nutanix Era |
A | Nutanix Era provides one -click database provisioning and full lifecycle management |
78 | What is the new name of Nutnaix Buckets |
A | Nutanix Objects |
75 | What action should be taken to avoid the POC to evaluate Microsoft SQL server peformance for the customer? |
A | Share database related Nutanix case studies with the customer. |
79 | What is the main use of Nutanix Objects |
A | Can be use for collaboration, file sharing, backup and archive |
80 | If customer is looking for an archival solution which Nutanix product can be offered to the customer |
A | Nutanix objects |
Summary & Next Steps
Clearly, for passing the exam, the topics covered part of these QA notes is not enough. However, this could be a good starting point for you to get deep into each of the topics. Additionally, I would strongly recommend you to read the remaining part also to get the full scenarios and topics.
For the remaining part of this NCSE-Level 1 series, please visit section Nutanix. Happy learning