July 30, 2020
Nutanix NCSE Level 1 Exam Prep Notes Part – 8
This is the Nutanix “NCSE Level 1 Exam Prep Notes Part – 8” 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 8
101 | A storage administrator is concerned about deploying Nutanix for their vSphere server virtualization environment due to anticipated increases to data retention for compliance purposes and associated costs. Which Nutanix feature should an SE discuss to convince the prospect to move forward? |
A | Adding storage only nodes |
102 | What is the use of Nutanix XI |
A | it is a subscription based disaster recovery solution |
103 | A customer plans to migrate a business-critical, highly transactional SQL Server database to Nutanix Currently, the databases are running on a physical server with 256GB of RAM and 12CPU cores at > 80% utilization. To run the VM on a single NUMA node, which processor configuration should the SE recommend for this workload? |
A | Intel E5 2667v4 ( 8 cores each @ 3.2GHZ, 16 Cores total) |
104 | A system admin indicates a requirement to replicate data offsite for a production workload. Which three questions the SE ask about the prospect’s requirement? |
A | What are the retention requirements? , How much data needs to be replicated? & What are the WAN speed and latency between source and target sites? |
105 | What is the main three use of Nutanix Calm |
A | 1) Application centric orchastration and life cycle management 2) Integrated application market place 3) self-service provisioning |
106 | IT manager is interested in evaluating Nutanix at no cost for a few months but wants to use existing test hardware to deploy a few VMs. Their primary interest is in experiencing platform management and not an application or benchmark performance. Which approach should an SE recommend? |
A | Nutanix Community Edition |
107 | What is Xi Frame |
A | It is a DaaS ( Desktop as a service ) offering from Nutanix |
108 | What is the service offered by Nutanix for a customer who do not have DR capability |
A | Nutanix Xi leap ( DaaR) |
109 | CIO customer wants to build a private cloud in addition to provisioning workloads across multiple public cloud providers. Presently, the staff lacks the time and skillset for on-premises infrastructure management. Which one feature should qualify this project as a Nutanix opportunity? |
A | Calm and 1- click operation |
110 | what is the main use case of Nutanix Calm |
A | it can be used for deploy/manage apps on any cloud |
Clearly, for passing the NCSE Level 1 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