Discuss Nutanix NCP-US Exam Topic 1 Question 6

After a security audit, a company is being required to implement a new subnet for all Nutanix services.

Which action should the administrator take immediately following the implementation of the new subnet?

ARestart cluster services on the Nutanix cluster,

BLog out form existing iSCSI sessions.

CDelete any DHCP assignments for the old subnet,

DRediscover the new target or reestablish Files Sessions.

Suggested Answer: D

After implementing a new subnet for all Nutanix services, it is necessary to rediscover the new target or reestablish file sessions. When Nutanix is configured with a new network subnet, all the services running on the Nutanix cluster need to communicate with each other over the new network. Rediscovering the new target or reestablishing file sessions allows Nutanix to start using the new IP addresses on the new subnet, ensuring that communication between the different Nutanix services is established.

According to Nutanix Support & Insights1, ''If you change the IP address of a Controller VM, hypervisor or IPMI interface on any node in a cluster that has iSCSI or Files enabled, you must rediscover the new target or reestablish Files sessions.'' This is because ''the iSCSI and Files services use static IP addresses for communication.''

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13 comments · newest first

Bulah 11 months ago

Wait, do we really need to log out of all sessions? That seems excessive!

Kina 11 months ago

Rediscovering targets sounds right, but isn't that a bit complicated?

Therese 11 months ago

Deleting DHCP assignments is a must, can't leave old configs hanging.

Kimbery 12 months ago

I think logging out of iSCSI sessions is more critical first.

Felix 12 months ago

Definitely need to restart cluster services after changing the subnet.

Sherell 1 year ago

I feel like rediscovering the new target is crucial, but I’m not clear if it should be done immediately after the subnet change.

Marcos 1 year ago

Deleting DHCP assignments for the old subnet sounds right, but I wonder if we should do that before or after rediscovering the new target.

Laquita 1 year ago

I remember a practice question where we had to log out of iSCSI sessions, but I can't recall if that applies here.

Mattie 1 year ago

I think we might need to restart the cluster services after changing the subnet, but I'm not entirely sure if that's the first step.

Maurine 1 year ago

I'm not entirely sure about this one. The question doesn't give a lot of context, and the options seem a bit random. I'll have to make an educated guess, but I'm not feeling super confident about it.

Jeanice 1 year ago

This seems pretty straightforward. I think the two methods I would select are Random and Imported.

Dierdre 1 year ago

Functional escalation? Service requests? This terminology is throwing me off a bit. I'll have to review my notes before attempting this.

Xochitl 1 year ago

I'm pretty confident about this one. Zero-based budgeting treats each activity as a new project, so I'll go with option A.

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