Nutanix NCP-CI-AWS Nutanix Certified Professional - Cloud Integration - AWS (NCP-CI-AWS6.7) Exam Exam Practice Test

The 192.168.5.0/24 range is often reserved for internal cluster communication within Nutanix deployments.

Using this CIDR range for other purposes could lead to network conflicts and connectivity issues, as it might interfere with the internal operations and communication channels of the Nutanix cluster.

Ensuring that the CIDR range is not overlapping with any reserved ranges is crucial for maintaining proper network connectivity and cluster functionality.

References:Refer to the Nutanix documentation on network configuration and best practices for NC2 deployments to confirm reserved IP ranges and their appropriate use.

To manually create an AWS VPC with Public access to Prism Element for testing purposes, the following components must be created:

VPC: A Virtual Private Cloud to provide an isolated network for the resources.

Delegated Subnets: Subnets within the VPC to segment the network and allocate IP ranges.

Route Tables: To define routing rules for the subnets to ensure proper traffic flow.

NAT Gateway: To enable instances in the private subnets to access the internet.

Internet Gateway: To allow direct internet access to instances in the public subnets.

Load Balancer: To distribute traffic across multiple instances for improved availability and redundancy.

References:Refer to the AWS documentation on VPC creation and Nutanix documentation on network setup for Prism Element access.

After the NC2 free trial expires, to continue using all features of NC2 on existing clusters, the administrator needs to switch to a paid subscription plan.

A paid subscription ensures uninterrupted access to the full range of features and support for NC2 clusters.

Without switching to a paid plan, the features might be limited, and support may not be available, impacting the cluster's operations and management.

References:Refer to the Nutanix billing and subscription documentation for details on switching from a trial to a paid plan and the benefits associated with paid subscriptions.

The NC2 Tile within the my.nutanix.com portal is the correct interface to deploy NC2. This portal provides an integrated and user-friendly interface specifically designed for deploying and managing Nutanix Clusters on AWS.

NC2 Deployment Interface:

NC2 Tile within the my.nutanix.com portal: This portal provides the necessary tools and options to deploy and manage NC2 clusters. It includes functionalities for setting up the clusters, configuring network settings, and managing resources.

Advantages:

User-Friendly Interface: Simplifies the deployment process with a guided setup.

Integrated Tools: Provides access to all necessary tools for managing the deployment and monitoring of NC2 clusters.

References:

Nutanix Cloud Clusters on AWS Administration Guide

Nutanix my.nutanix.com Portal Documentation

Nutanix Best Practices for Cluster Deployment

For a VM deployed in an NC2 cluster on AWS to be accessed by resources within the on-premises datacenter, the security group associated with the User VM (UVM) subnet must allow inbound traffic on the specific ports required by the application.

If the security group rules do not permit inbound traffic on these ports, the communication will fail, even if other network configurations are correct.

The administrator should ensure that the UVM Security Group includes rules to allow inbound traffic for the application's required ports, facilitating proper communication between the VM and on-premises resources.

References:Refer to the AWS documentation on security group configurations and Nutanix NC2 documentation for details on configuring network access and security group rules.

When creating user VM subnets for multiple NC2 clusters in AWS, the best approach is to create guest-VM subnets for each cluster. This ensures that each cluster has its own dedicated subnets, which simplifies network management and avoids potential IP conflicts.

Advantages of Dedicated Subnets:

Isolation: Each cluster operates in its own subnet, providing better isolation and security.

Management: Easier to manage and troubleshoot network issues when each cluster has its own subnets.

Scalability: More scalable as each subnet can be managed and expanded independently.

Steps to Create Guest-VM Subnets:

Identify the IP range for each subnet.

In the AWS VPC console, create a new subnet for each cluster using the identified IP ranges.

Associate the new subnets with the respective clusters during or after the cluster deployment process.

Why Not Shared Subnets:

Shared subnetscould lead to IP conflicts and make network management more complex, especially as the number of clusters grows.

References:

Nutanix Cloud Clusters on AWS Administration Guide

AWS VPC Subnet Creation Documentation

Traffic from the on-premises network is not permitted by VM and Management security groups:

Ensure that the security groups assigned to the VMs and management interfaces in AWS allow inbound traffic from the on-premises network. Without appropriate security group rules, the traffic will be blocked.

The AWS VPC traffic is blocked by a firewall in the on-premises network:

Check if the firewall on the on-premises network is configured to allow traffic from the AWS VPC. Firewalls may have restrictive rules that block incoming traffic, preventing communication.

References:Refer to AWS documentation on security groups and firewalls and Nutanix documentation on configuring networking for NC2 clusters.

With the Nutanix AOS Pro licensing, several advanced features and add-on products become available. Specifically, in the AWS cluster deployment wizard, the following add-ons are available:

Files:

Nutanix Files provides a software-defined, scale-out file storage solution that simplifies the management and scaling of unstructured data.

Advanced Replication:

Advanced Replication features in Nutanix include synchronous and asynchronous replication capabilities, allowing for robust disaster recovery and data protection solutions.

DARE (Data-At-Rest Encryption):

DARE ensures that all data stored on Nutanix clusters is encrypted, providing a higher level of security for sensitive information.

These features are included in the AOS Pro licensing tier, offering enhanced data management, protection, and security capabilities.

References:

Nutanix Licensing Guide

Nutanix Cloud Clusters on AWS Administration Guide

Nutanix Best Practices for Advanced Features

When planning to leverage NC2 on AWS for an elastic DR scenario where the initial cluster is using 13en.metal, the following additional node types are supported for cluster expansion:

I3.metal: These instances provide high IOPS and low latency with NVMe SSDs, making them suitable for storage-intensive applications.

i4i.metal: These instances offer higher performance with AWS Nitro SSDs, improved network bandwidth, and better compute performance compared to the I3.metal instances.

References:

Nutanix Cloud Clusters on AWS Documentation

Amazon EC2 I4i Instances – AWS

Amazon EC2 I3 Instances – AWS

Given the company's large spend commitments as part of an AWS Enterprise Discount Program (EDP) totaling $15 million, purchasing Nutanix licenses through the AWS Marketplace ensures that the costs contribute to the EDP commitment.

This approach integrates the Nutanix license costs into the overall AWS spend, thereby maximizing the benefits of the EDP.

Purchasing directly from Nutanix or leveraging existing licenses might not count towards the AWS EDP commitment, and trial licenses are typically for evaluation purposes and do not contribute to the committed spend.

References:Refer to the Nutanix and AWS documentation on licensing and marketplace purchases, and EDP program details.

The clusters that are to be protected must be registered with the same instance of Prism Central (Answer C):

For Cluster Protect to function correctly, all clusters intended for protection must be registered under the same Prism Central instance. This ensures consistent management and coordination of protection policies and operations across clusters.

The Cluster Protect feature requires AOS version 6.7 or higher (Answer D):

Cluster Protect is a feature that is available starting from AOS version 6.7. To utilize this feature, ensure that the Nutanix clusters are running this version or a newer one.

References:

Nutanix Cluster Protection Documentation

Nutanix AOS Release Notes

To create a cluster in Nutanix Cloud Integration with AWS, the role needed is Cluster Super Admin.

The Cluster Super Admin role provides the highest level of privileges required to perform critical operations such as creating, managing, and deleting clusters.

This role is essential for overseeing the cluster setup and configuration processes, ensuring the user has full control over the cluster lifecycle.

References:Refer to the Nutanix documentation on roles and permissions for NC2 on AWS for further details on the capabilities and required permissions for cluster creation.

To control network traffic at the individual User VM (UVM) subnet level, creating a custom security group is the appropriate action. This approach allows for fine-grained control over inbound and outbound traffic rules that can be applied to specific subnets or individual instances within those subnets.

Custom Security Group:

Custom security groups enable administrators to define specific traffic rules tailored to the needs of individual subnets or VMs. This includes specifying allowed IP ranges, ports, and protocols.

By applying these custom security groups to the UVMs, the organization can control access and enhance security according to their policies and requirements.

Steps to Create a Custom Security Group:

Navigate to the AWS Management Console and go to the VPC service.

Select "Security Groups" under the "Security" section.

Click on "Create Security Group" and define the name, description, and VPC.

Add inbound and outbound rules according to the desired traffic control policies.

Attach the custom security group to the UVMs or subnets in question.

References:

Nutanix Cloud Clusters on AWS Administration Guide

AWS Security Group Documentation

Nutanix Best Practices for Security Groups

For a new NC2 on AWS deployment where workload VMs have low storage and memory requirements but high CPU frequency (>3.0 GHz) requirements, and the goal is to minimize the number of CPU cores to reduce application licensing costs, thei3.metalinstance type is the most suitable.

i3.metal:

High CPU Frequency: i3.metal instances offer high-frequency Intel Xeon processors (up to 3.1 GHz) which meet the high CPU frequency requirement.

Low Storage and Memory: These instances come with a balanced amount of storage and memory, suitable for workloads with low requirements in these areas.

Minimized CPU Cores: i3.metal instances have fewer CPU cores compared to other high-frequency instances like i4i.metal, making them ideal for minimizing application licensing costs.

Other Instance Types:

z1d.metal: While also offering high CPU frequency, these instances typically come with a higher core count and more memory, which may not be optimal for minimizing licensing costs.

i4i.metal: Designed for I/O intensive applications with higher core counts.

m5d.metal: Balanced instance type but with more cores and not as high CPU frequency as required.

References:

AWS EC2 Instance Types Documentation

Nutanix Cloud Clusters on AWS Administration Guide

Nutanix Best Practices for Instance Selection

When selecting the NC2 subscription plan from the Nutanix Billing portal, the available options include:

Pay-as-you-Go (PayG): A flexible payment option where users are billed based on their actual usage, providing cost efficiency for variable workloads.

Bring your own License (BYOL): Allows users to utilize existing Nutanix licenses they have purchased, offering a cost-effective way to leverage existing investments in Nutanix software.

References:Refer to the Nutanix billing and subscription documentation for detailed descriptions of subscription plans and their benefits.

To ensure that the newly created NC2 organization named Finance can only deploy clusters into certain cloud regions, the administrator should specify the allowed regions during the cloud account configuration.

This action restricts the regions available for cluster deployment, ensuring compliance with organizational policies or regulatory requirements.

The allowed regions can be set in the cloud account settings associated with the Finance NC2 organization, defining the geographical scope of operations.

References:Refer to the Nutanix documentation on NC2 cloud account configuration and region restrictions.

To backup Prism Central configuration data to an Amazon S3 bucket, thepcdr-clicommand with theprotectparameter is used. This parameter is specifically designed for creating protection policies and backing up Prism Central data.

References:

Nutanix Prism Central Documentation

Nutanix pcdr-cli Command Reference

The role of "Customer Administrator" in Nutanix Cloud Integration with AWS (NC2) is designed to meet the requirements of creating and managing multiple organizations and clusters, as well as managing user access for the entire company.

Roles and Permissions:

Customer Administrator: This role has the broadest set of permissions, allowing the user to create and manage organizations, clusters, and user access across the entire company. It encompasses administrative control over multiple aspects of the NC2 environment.

Capabilities:

Organization Management: Ability to create and manage multiple organizations.

Cluster Management: Full control over creating, configuring, and managing clusters.

User Access Management: Manage user roles and permissions, ensuring that the right individuals have access to the necessary resources.

Why Not Other Roles:

Organization Administrator: Limited to managing organizations but not clusters and user access at the company level.

Customer Security Administrator: Focuses on security aspects, lacking broader administrative capabilities.

Cluster Administrator: Limited to managing clusters without the ability to manage organizations and user access comprehensively.

References:

Nutanix Cloud Clusters on AWS Administration Guide

Nutanix Role-Based Access Control Documentation

The exhibit shows two cloud accounts, one for Azure and one for AWS, with their statuses indicated. The AWS cloud account status is marked as "U" (which likely stands for "Unavailable" or "Unreachable"). This indicates that the AWS cloud account configuration is not properly connected or accessible.

Status Check:

The AWS cloud account is marked with an "U" status, meaning it is not active or accessible.

This status prevents the creation of an NC2 cluster because the necessary cloud resources cannot be allocated or managed without a proper connection.

Action:

The best course of action is to create a new cloud account in the organization. This involves setting up the cloud account details correctly and ensuring it is properly configured to communicate with Nutanix and AWS.

Steps to Create a New Cloud Account:

Log in to the Nutanix console.

Navigate to the "Organizations" section.

Select "Add Cloud Account" and provide the required AWS credentials and permissions.

Ensure the new cloud account is active and correctly configured.

References:

Nutanix Cloud Clusters on AWS Administration Guide

Nutanix Best Practices for Cloud Account Management

For a VM to be accessible over the internet through a load balancer, the VM itself must have a public IP address.

In this case, the health check for the VM target is failing and the DNS returns a "NOT Found" message because web-1 does not have a public IP assigned.

Without a public IP, the load balancer cannot route traffic to web-1 from the internet.

Assigning a public IP to web-1 ensures that the VM can be accessed via the load balancer, resolving the connectivity issue.

References:Refer to the AWS documentation on network load balancers and public IP assignments, and Nutanix documentation on VM network configurations.

The requirement for two private subnets in the NC2 cluster configuration workflow serves the same purposes:

One subnet is designated for user VMs, ensuring user workloads are separated from management operations.

The other subnet is designated for cluster management, maintaining the integrity and security of management processes and internal communications.

References:

Nutanix Clusters on AWS Deployment Guide

Nutanix Cloud Clusters on AWS Administration

To ensure that only application servers from the source subnet 10.79.1.0/24 can access the SQL databases running on the NC2 cluster in the subnet 10.78.1.0/24, the administrator can take the following actions:

Option A: Create a custom Security Group with the following rules:

Key = tag:nutanix:clusters

Key = tag:nutanix:clusters:external

and value = the clusters' UUID

Key = tag:nutanix:clusters:external

and value = 10.78.1.0/24

Option D: Create a custom Security Group with the following:

Key = nutanix:clusters

Key = nutanix:clusters:external

and value = the clusters' UUID

Key = nutanix:clusters:external

and value = 10.79.1.0/24

These actions help create security rules that restrict access to the databases only from the specified source subnet, ensuring secure and controlled access.

References:

Nutanix Cloud Clusters on AWS Administration

AWS Security Groups Documentation