Nutanix NCSE Level 1 Exam Prep Notes Part – 3
This is the “NCSE Level 1 Exam Prep Notes Part – 3” blog that covers “part 3” of the questions and answers I used for brainstorming and self-learning. Furthermore, the remaining once will follow in subsequent posts. Moreover, 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
Indeed, this exam is one of the hardest in the field with most of the questions are based on scenarios. As a result, I tried capturing all the relevant pre-sales questions covering architecture, planning, sizing, and positioning and here it comes!
Questions & Answers – Part 3
| No: | Questions and Answers |
| 43 | What are the list of infrastructure redundancy test supported on Nutanix X-RAY |
| A | Sequential node failure test, rolling upgrade test and extended node failure tests |
| 44 | what is the infrastructure scalability tests supported on X-RAY |
| A | Database co-locaiton and HCI workflow |
| 45 | How do you position X-RAY as a not biased around Nutanix |
| A | Indeed, mentioned about X-RAY is an open-source |
| 46 | Does X-tract requires an agent |
| A | No |
| 47 | What is the tool for migrating from legacy 3 tier or also from the cloud |
| A | X-Tract |
| 48 | What are the onboarding stages of Xtract |
| A | Architecture, discover and assess, migration plan and cutover |
| 49 | Is the extract requires a license ? |
| A | No |
| 50 | Can Xtract used for P2V migration |
| A | No |
| 51 | What is the type of data tiering done by the Splunk |
| A | Hot, cold, frozen and concurrent |
| 52 | What are the minimum nodes required for RF3 |
| A | Five |
| 53 | What is the redundancy capability with RF3 |
| A | RF3 clusters should ideally be sized to account for N+2 availability |
| 54 | What is the redundancy capability with RF2 |
| A | RF2 clusters should be sized to account for N+1 availability |
| 55 | How do the two-node clusters achieve redundancy |
| A | It leverage an external witness VM to arbitrate in the event of a node failur |
| 56 | Can node with different CPU generations mixed with the same block? |
| A | Obviously, nodes that use different CPU generations cannot be mixed in the same block. |
| 57 | Can node with different CPU generations can be part of the same cluster? |
| A | Indeed, supported. |
| 58 | Is it supported to mixing node within same cluster with multiple hardware vendors |
| A | Obviously, not supported. |
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. Moreover, for the next part of questions and answers please use NCSE Level 1 Exam Notes Part – 4 and for the previous part use NCSE Level 1 Exam Notes Part – 3
Above all, also please read “Nutanix solutions from an architectural perspective” blog post for doing architectural discussion around the Nutanix solutions – Happy Learning
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