NS0-171.network appliance Number: NS0-171 Passing Score: 800 Time Limit: 120 min
Exam A QUESTION 1 An administrator is deploying a FlexPod solution for use with VMware vsphere 6.0. The storage environment consists of a two-node AFF8040 cluster running clustered Data ONTAP 8.3 with a single DS2246 disk shelf fully populated with 800 GB SSD drives. The system is configured to use Advanced Drive Partitioning (ADP). The administrator wants to ensure that each node is configured with the same amount of recourses while also using hot spares for resiliency. In this scenario, how many total disk partitions will each node have available for the data aggregate? A. 12 B. 8 C. 11 D. 22 Correct Answer: B QUESTION 2 You are asked to configure the computer resources in a FlexPod solution to ensure that jumbo frames are configured end-to-end. Which three actions must you perform to accomplish this task? (Choose three.) A. Set the MTU size to 1500 on the vnic template B. Enable jumbo frames on all of the switches between the initiator and the isci target. C. Configure a UCS QoS System Class with the jumbo frames. D. Configure jumbo frames on the switch VLANs. E. Enable jumbo frames on the operating system adapter. Correct Answer: BCE
Reference https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/servers-unified-computing/ucs-b-series-blade-servers/117601-configure-ucs-00.html QUESTION 3 The NetApp Vistual Storage Console is used to set which three setting categories on ESXi hosts? (Choose three.) A. MPIO Settings B. Adapter Settings C. Logging Settings D. NFS Settings E. Security Settings Correct Answer: ABD Reference https://library.netapp.com/ecm/ecm_download_file/ecmlp2371569 QUESTION 4 A server administrator calls you complaining that an uplink on both UCS Fabric Interconnects went down. Each Fabric Interconnect has a vpc to the Nexus 500 switches. After logging in to the switches, you notice that all vpc member ports on the secondary vpc peer switch are down. The vpc peer keepalive is still operational. What is the problem in this scenario? A. The vpc peer link is down. B. Both UCS Fabric Interconnects rebooted. C. The vpc feature is disabled. D. A new VLAN was added to the UCS vpc member ports. Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 5 An administrator has a FlexPod solution with VMware vsphere. The administrator is migrating all network traffic from standard switches to vsphere distributed switches. Virtual machines (VMs) are currently using VM port groups called VLAN_500 and VLAN_501 on standard virtual switch vswitch3. A new distributed switch called dvswitch_vm is created and new distributed port groups are configured for each VM traffic VLAN. VMs are configured to use the new port groups. After the change, VMs on VLAN 501 report a loss of network connectivity; however, VMs on VLAN 500 are not showing any connectivity issues. The symptoms are experienced for VMs on all ESXi hosts. Which action must the administrator perform to solve the problem? A. Reboot the virtual machines to re-establish network connectivity. B. Create a new vmkernel port on dvswitch_vm for VLAN 501. C. Configure the dvswitch_vm port binding to Ephemeral. D. Add the correct VLAN ID to the new distributed port group for VLAN 501. Correct Answer: C QUESTION 6 Which two database types are supported with the VMWare vcenter 6.0 Server Appliance? (Choose two.) A. Oracle B. vpostgres (embedded) C. Microsoft SQL Server Express D. Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise Correct Answer: AB Reference https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/ucs_cvds/flexpod_esxi60_n9k.html QUESTION 7 Which three actions are required to configure two Cisco Nexus switches as vpc peers? (Choose three.)
A. Enable the vpc feature. B. Configure matching vpc domain IDs. C. Create a peer link between switches. D. Configure different vpc domain IDs for each switch. E. Modify the network QoS policy. Correct Answer: BCE QUESTION 8 Click the Exhibit button.
You have FCoE configured between your Nexus 5672UP switches and UCS Fabric Interconnects running in FC end-host mode. You are experiencing disk I/O errors on your VMware FCoE datastore, but the NFS datastores on the same NetApp storage system are not experiencing any problems. Referring to the Nexus output shown in the exhibit, what would cause this problem? A. Port flow-control is currently off. B. The no-drop QoS classes on the Fabric Interconnects are different than those on the Nexus switches. C. The FCoE uplinks from the Fabric Interconnects must use the ports on the far right side of the Nexus switches. D. VL bmap is hard to set to off. Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 9 Click the Exhibit button. Which Cisco switch is shown in the exhibit? A. Nexus 2232 B. Nexus 5548 C. Nexus 5596 D. Nexus 7004 Correct Answer: B QUESTION 10 Which two technologies must be deployed for a Cisco Nexus 9000 ACI design? (Choose two.) A. spine switch B. VSM C. APIC D. LACP Correct Answer: AC
Reference https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/collateral/data-center-virtualization/application-centric-infrastructure/white-paper-c11-737909.html QUESTION 11 Your customer has the storage configuration for a FlexPod solution shown below. --FAS8040 HA-pair --Disk stack one-4x DS4243 disk shelves (2TB SATA disk drives) --Disk stack two- 2x DS 2246 disk shelves (1.2TB disk drives) --There are no unused SAS ports on either controller --There are no expansion slots available on either controller The customer wants to attach a single DS2246 disk shelf with 800 GB SSD drives. In this scenario, what are two ways to connect the new shelf for optimal performance? (Choose two). A. Cable the new shelf to the end of stack one. B. Cable the new shelf to the end of stack two. C. Cable a new stack for the SSD shelf. D. Cable the new shelf to the beginning of stack two. Correct Answer: CD QUESTION 12 Which type of pools do you need to create vhba templates? A. MAC B. WWNN C. IQN D. WWPN Correct Answer: D
Reference https://www.cisco.com/en/us/docs/unified_computing/ucs/sw/gui/config/guide/141/ UCSM_GUI_Configuration_Guide_141_chapter28.html#task_8F07617D52184F6D93395113FF849DA9 QUESTION 13 Click the Exhibit button.
An iscsi SAN boot is not working for a new Cisoc UCS service profile. The new vnic template was created using the settings shown in the exhibit. What should you do to make iscsi SAN boot work? A. Specify a QoS policy. B. Change the MAC pool to <not set>. C. Set the iscsi-a-vlan as the Native VLAN. D. Change the vnic template to type Initial Template. Correct Answer: A QUESTION 14 Which two operating modes are available with the Nexus 9000 Series switches? (Choose two.) A. Cisco NX-OS B. Cisco ACI C. Cisco IOS D. Cisco IOS EX Correct Answer: AB Reference https://www.cisco.com/c/en_au/products/switches/nexus-9000-series-switches/index.html QUESTION 15
You have a FlexPod solution with Cisco 6296UP Fabric Interconnects. You currently have a direct-attached AFF8040 system using FCoE for storage connectivity. You would like to reconfigure the FlexPod so that the storage is connected through the upstream switches. Using UCS Manager, which two steps would you perform to accomplish this task? (Choose two.) A. Using the Configure Unified Ports wizard, change the port types to Ethernet. B. Using the Configure Unified Ports wizard, change the port types to FC. C. Configure the FI ports with the FCoE Uplink role. D. Configure the FI ports with the Uplink role. Correct Answer: BD QUESTION 16 You want to verify that you have configured Multipath HA correctly for all of the attached disk shelves on a NetApp cluster. Which two commands would you execute from the cluster CLI prompt to accomplish this task? (Choose two.) A. sysconfig -a B. node run node * -command disk show C. node run node * storage show disk -p D. node run node * sysconfig -a Correct Answer: AC QUESTION 17 Click the Exhibit button.
You have a FlexPod solution with vsphere ESXi. When you click the icons shown in the exhibit, you do not see any network connectivity details. Which Cisco UCS policy type should you create to enable visibility of these details? A. Link Profile Policy B. Link Protocol Policy C. LAN Connectivity Policy D. Network Control Policy Correct Answer: C Reference https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/sw/gui/config/guide/2-2/b_ucsm_gui_configuration_guide_2_2/ b_ucsm_gui_configuration_guide_2_2_chapter_010101.html QUESTION 18 You are creating the Gold Master Boot LUN for Windows 2012 R2 Hyper-V hosts. In this scenario, which three steps are needed to ensure that all Hyper-V hosts will work as desired? (Choose three.) A. Disassociate the service profile before cloning the LUN. B. Map all Hyper-V hosts to the same Gold Master Boot LUN for consistency.
C. Use Sysprep to prepare the operating system for duplication. D. Use a temporary service profile to install and configure the OS. E. Enter in the Windows license key to activate Windows before cloning the LUN. Correct Answer: BDE QUESTION 19 You installed a new NetApp cluster running clustered Data ONTAP. There is a single Storage Virtual Machine (SVM) named esx1 on the cluster. A volume named esx_datastore1 is created in the SVM esx1. The name of the root volume for the esx1 SVM is esx1_rootvol. The default export policy was applied to the volume esx1_rootvol. You verified that the export policy applied to esx_datastore1 contains a single rule that allows all clients to mount the volume as read/write using any version of NFS. A Linux client attempts to NFS mount the volume and receives a Permission Denied error. In this scenario, what caused this error? A. NFS has not been configured on the SVM esx1. B. The volume esx_datastore1 has not been mounted into the namespace of the esx1 SVM. C. UNIX permissions for the volume esx1_rootvol are not set to read/write. D. The default export-policy does not have at least one rule to allow all clients read-only access. Correct Answer: D QUESTION 20 A customer asks you to configure QoS on a Cisco Nexus 7000 Series switch within a FlexPod solution. Which three steps are required to accomplish this task? (Choose three.)
A. Attach policies to logical or physical interfaces and VLANs. B. Define traffic classes. C. Associate policies and actions with each traffic class. D. Attach policies to logical or physical interfaces and VSANs. E. Perform a shut/no shut on the affected interfaces. Correct Answer: BCD Reference https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/nexus5000/sw/configuration/guide/cli_rel_4_0_1a/cliconfigurationguide/qos.html QUESTION 21 Click the exhibit button. Your vsphere host is booting off an SD and is displaying the error shown in the exhibit. What should you do to correct the problem?
A. Enable Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI). B. Enable SD card mirroring. C. Update the current ESXi scratch location. D. Reinstall ESXi on a larger SD card. Correct Answer: C Reference https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_us&cmd=displaykc&externalid=2032823 QUESTION 22 You are deploying a new virtual machine (VM). Your customer requires that the VM cannot reserve space on the VMFS filesystem, and the VM can only consume blocks when data is written to disk from and within the VM/Guest OS. Which virtual disk should you create to meet these requirements? A. Thick Provision Lazy Zeroed B. Thin Provision C. Thick Provision Eager Zeroed D. Independent Nonpersistent Correct Answer: B Reference https://communities.vmware.com/thread/534974 QUESTION 23 You are asked to create an interface group on a NetApp clustered Data ONTAP system. The system is connected to a Cisco Nexus switch in a vpc configuration with the port-channel mode set to active. Which NetApp interface group made matches this switch configuration? A. multimode B. multimode_lacp
C. singlemode D. mode active Correct Answer: C Reference https://library.netapp.com/ecmdocs/ecmp1155586/html/guid-efa72201-e035-41e2-ac53-cd81a472b5ed.html QUESTION 24 You run NetApp Config Advisor against you FAS8060A storage system. The report states that the flow control settings for ports e0a on each node are incorrect. Which set of commands will correct this problem? A. network interface modify- node netapp-01 port e0a flowcontrol admin none network interface modify node netapp-02 port e0a flowcontrol admin none B. network interface modify- node netapp-01 port e0a-flowcontrol-admin full network interface modify- node netapp-02 port e0a-flowcontrol-admin full C. network port modify- node netapp-01 port e0a-flowcontrol-admin none network port modify- node netapp-02 port e0a-flowcontrol-admin none D. network port modify- node netapp-01 port e0a-flowcontrol-admin full network port modify- node netapp-02 port e0a-flowcontrol-admin full Correct Answer: C QUESTION 25 Which management tool is used to configure and monitor centralized policies for multiple Cisco UCS domains? A. UCS Manager B. UCS Director C. UCS Central D. UCS Performance Manager
Correct Answer: C Reference https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/servers-unified-computing/ucs-central-software/index.html QUESTION 26 An administrator has a FlexPod solution for use with a VMware vsphere 6.0 environment. The virtual environment consists of virtual machines running both Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2008. The administrator determines that the Windows Server 2008 virtual machine VMDKs are misaligned. The problem needs to be solved without incurring downtime on the virtual machines. Which tool enables the administrator to solve the problem without virtual machine downtime? A. VMware vrealize Operations B. NetApp mbralign toolkit C. NetApp Virtual Storage Console D. UCS Central Correct Answer: D QUESTION 27 Which three management tools would you use to configure the NetApp storage component in a FlexPod Datacenter solution? (Choose three.) A. NetApp OnCommand Perfromance Manager B. Cisco UCS Central C. NetApp Virtual Storage Console (VSC) for VMware Sphere D. Cisco UCS Director E. NetApp OnCommand System Manager Correct Answer: BCE
QUESTION 28 Click the Exhibit button. An administrator built a FlexPod solution using VMware vsphere 6.0. The ESXi hosts are using NFS for storage connectivity. NFS is configured on the ESXi hosts
and the NetApp storage virtual machine (SVM). NFS LIFs are reachable using the ping command form the ESXi hosts. The administrator creates a volume called datastore_nfs_0 on the SVM to use for the NFS datastore. When the administrator attempts to connect to the NFS datastore from the vsphere client, the task fails with the error shown in the exhibit. What should the administrator do to ensure that the NFS datastore will be created? A. Verify that the export policy contains the ESXi hosts. B. Verify that the number of connected NFS mounts is less than 255 on the ESXi hosts. C. Verify that the default security style of the datastore_nfs_0 volume is set to UNIX. D. Execute the vmkping command to verify jumbo frames are working end to end. Correct Answer: A Reference https://www.reddit.com/r/vmware/comments/35qxcv/unable_to_mount_nfs_on_only_one_esxi_host/#bottom-comments QUESTION 29 Click the Exhibit button.
An administrator is configuring a NetApp 8-node AFF8060 system as part of a FlexPod solution and will be cabling the system based on the recommended guidelines shown in the exhibit. Based on this information, which switch would be used for the cluster interconnect connections? A. Nexus 5596 B. NetApp CN1601
C. NetApp CN1610 D. Nexus 5548 Correct Answer: C