Nutanix NCP-MCI Exam Dumps

The Update Guest OS feature (Option D) in Nutanix allows administrators to apply patches and updates to a VM template by creating a temporary VM instance for modification.

How It Works:

A temporary VM is deployed from the template.

Administrators apply updates to the OS.

Once complete, the changes are saved back to the template.

Option A (Create VM from Template) is incorrect:

This feature creates a new VM from an existing template but does not update the template itself.

Option B (Complete Guest OS Update) is incorrect:

There is no specific Nutanix feature named 'Complete Guest OS Update.'

Option C (Update Configuration) is incorrect:

Updates VM hardware and policies but not the OS.

Nutanix Prism Central Managing VM Templates and Guest OS Updates

Nutanix Bible OS Management and Updates in Nutanix Environments

Nutanix KB How to Patch OS in a Nutanix VM Template

The Bully VMs List (Option C) in Prism Central's Intelligent Operations identifies VMs consuming excessive CPU, memory, or storage, which negatively affects other VMs.

Option A (Inactive VMs List) is used for identifying unused VMs but does not detect performance issues.

Option B (Overprovisioned VMs List) helps identify VMs with excessive allocated resources, but it does not focus on live performance impact.

Option D (Constrained VMs List) highlights VMs suffering from resource contention, not those causing it.

Nutanix Prism Central Intelligent Operations and Performance Tuning

Nutanix KB Identifying and Managing Resource-Hogging VMs

Active-Active bonding allows multiple network interfaces to be used simultaneously, improving bandwidth and redundancy.

Option B (Active-Active) is correct:

This mode enables load balancing across all available adapters, providing higher throughput and fault tolerance.

Option A (No Uplink Bond) is incorrect:

Without a bond, VMs cannot benefit from multiple adapters.

Option C (Active-Active with MAC pinning) is incorrect:

MAC pinning binds traffic to a single NIC, limiting bandwidth distribution.

Option D (Active-Backup) is incorrect:

This mode only provides failover, not increased bandwidth.

Nutanix AHV Networking Guide Bonding Modes and Load Balancing

Nutanix KB Optimizing Network Throughput in AHV

Nutanix uses IPv4 multicast for automatic node discovery and cluster expansion.

Option D (IPv4 multicast must be allowed) is correct:

When adding new nodes, the Nutanix Cluster automatically detects them using IPv4 multicast traffic.

If multicast is blocked at the switch level, the new nodes will not be discovered automatically.

Option A (Hypervisor version must match) is incorrect:

While the hypervisor version should be compatible, it does not impact node discovery.

Option B (IPv6 multicast) is incorrect:

Nutanix does not use IPv6 multicast for cluster discovery.

Option C (AOS version must match) is incorrect:

Nodes can have slightly different AOS versions, but discovery still works as long as they are compatible.

Nutanix Best Practices Cluster Expansion & Auto-Discovery

Nutanix KB Why Nutanix Requires IPv4 Multicast for Node Discovery