Nutanix NCP-MCI Exam - Topic 4 Question 53 Discussion

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Nutanix NCP-MCI Exam - Topic 4 Question 53 Discussion

Due to user complaints of slow VM performance, an administrator is reviewing performance metrics on their Nutanix cluster and executes `iostat` on a Controller VM (CVM).The following output is captured:`#TIMESTAMP 1768953673 : 01/21/2026 12:01:13 AM``avg-cpu: %user %nice %system %iowait %steal %idle`` 2.32 0.09 7.53 83.20 0.00 6.86`Based on this output, which statement most accurately describes the current state of the CVM?

B) The CVM is suffering from excessive network throughput congestion, resulting in a high percentage of CPU cycles being dedicated to interrupt processing.

C) The CVM is under heavy computational load from Nutanix services, as evidenced by the high percentage of active processing cycles currently in use.

D) The CVM is experiencing significant CPU contention from the hypervisor, as indicated by the discrepancy between low user percentage and high system overhead.

Accepted Answer

A) The CVM is likely waiting on disk I/O operations to complete, suggesting a potential bottleneck in the storage subsystem or underlying physical drives.

Nutanix NCP-MCI Exam - Topic 4 Question 53 Discussion

Nutanix NCP-MCI Exam - Topic 4 Question 53 Discussion

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