Task 8
An administrator has environment that will soon be upgraded to 6.5. In the meantime, they need to implement log and apply a security policy named Staging_Production, such that not VM in the Staging Environment can communicate with any VM in the production Environment, Configure the environment to satisfy this requirement.
Note: All other configurations not indicated must be left at their default values.
正解:
See the Explanation for step by step solution.
Explanation:
To configure the environment to satisfy the requirement of implementing a security policy named Staging_Production, such that no VM in the Staging Environment can communicate with any VM in the production Environment, you need to do the following steps:
Log in to Prism Central and go to Network > Security Policies > Create Security Policy. Enter Staging_Production as the name of the security policy and select Cluster A as the cluster.
In the Scope section, select VMs as the entity type and add the VMs that belong to the Staging Environment and the Production Environment as the entities. You can use tags or categories to filter the VMs based on their environment.
In the Rules section, create a new rule with the following settings:
Direction: Bidirectional
Protocol: Any
Source: Staging Environment
Destination: Production Environment
Action: Deny
Save the security policy and apply it to the cluster.
This will create a security policy that will block any traffic between the VMs in the Staging Environment and the VMs in the Production Environment. You can verify that the security policy is working by trying to ping or access any VM in the Production Environment from any VM in the Staging Environment, or vice versa.
You should not be able to do so.



質問 2:
A company who offers Infrastructure as a Service needs to onboard a new customer. The new customer requires a dedicated cloud plan which tolerates two host failures.
The customer is planning to move current workloads in three waves, with three months between waves starting today:
* Wave One: 100 VMs
* Wave Two: 50 VMs
* Wave Three: 20 VMs
Workload profile is:
* vCPU: 4
* vRAM: 16 GB
* Storage: 200 GB
The service provider company needs to estimate required resources upfront, to accommodate customer requirements, considering also that:
* limit the number of total nodes
* selected system vendor HPE
* selected model DX365-10-G11-NVMe
* full-flash node (including NVMe + SSD)
* 12 months runway
Create and save the scenario as IaaS and export to the desktop, name the file IaaS-requirement.pdf Note: You must export the PDF to the desktop as IaaS-requirement.pdf to receive any credit.
正解:
See the Explanation below for detailed answer.
Explanation:
Here is the step-by-step solution to create and export the capacity planning scenario. This task is performed within Prism Central.
1. Navigate to the Planning Dashboard
* From the Prism Central main menu (hamburger icon), navigate to Operations > Planning.
2. Create and Define the Scenario
* Click the + Create Scenario button.
* In the dialog box:
* Scenario Name: IaaS
* Scenario Type: Select New Workload
* Click Create. This will open the scenario editor.
3. Configure Cluster and Runway Settings
* In the "IaaS" scenario editor, find the Runway setting (top left) and set it to 12 Months.
* Find the Cluster configuration tile and click Edit.
* Set Number of Host Failures to Tolerate to 2.
* Click Save.
4. Define the Workload Profile
* In the Workloads section, click the + Add Workload button.
* Select Create a new workload profile.
* Fill in the VM specifications:
* Workload Name: Customer-VM (or similar)
* vCPU per VM: 4
* Memory per VM: 16 GB
* Storage per VM: 200 GB
* Click Add.
5. Set the Workload Growth Plan (Waves)
* You will be returned to the main scenario editor. In the timeline section ("Workload Plan"), add the VMs:
* Wave One (Today):
* Click + Add under the "Today" column.
* Select the Customer-VM profile.
* Enter 100 VMs.
* Click Add.
* Wave Two (3 Months):
* Click the + icon on the timeline itself.
* Set the date to 3 Months from today.
* Click + Add under this new "3 Months" column.
* Select the Customer-VM profile.
* Enter 50 VMs.
* Click Add.
* Wave Three (6 Months):
* Click the + icon on the timeline.
* Set the date to 6 Months from today.
* Click + Add under this new "6 Months" column.
* Select the Customer-VM profile.
* Enter 20 VMs.
* Click Add.
6. Select the Hardware
* In the Hardware configuration tile, click Change Hardware.
* In the "Select Hardware" pane:
* Vendor: Select HPE.
* Model: Search for and select DX365-10-G11-NVMe.
* Note: This model is full-flash by definition, satisfying the requirement.
* Click Done. The planner will recalculate the required nodes.
7. Save and Export the Scenario
* Click the Save icon (floppy disk) in the top-right corner to save the IaaS scenario.
* Click the Export icon (arrow pointing down) in the top-right corner.
* Select PDF from the dropdown menu.
* A "Save As" dialog will appear.
* Navigate to the Desktop.
* Set the file name to IaaS-requirement.pdf.
* Click Save.
質問 3:
The DB team is requesting an SQL database instance and has requested it be configured for best performance.
This VM has been migrated from a 3 tier solution into Nutanix.
The database VM hosts 4 databases, each set to a 20 GB limit. Logs are expected to not grow beyond 20 GB and should be limited to within 25% to avoid runaway processes. Do not configure more storage than is needed.
The VM that has been migrated is identified as sql3532. Once the VM has been properly reconfigured, the DBA team will reconfigure the OS and database.
The VM should be configured as per KB-3532.
While this VM is being tested, make sure it is the first VM to power up in the event the node it is on goes down.
To maximize performance, ensure as much of the VM as possible will be kept on SSD drives.
Note: The VM does not need to be powered on. The VM should remain on the default container and should not be configured with a volume group. No network is required at this time.
正解:
See the Explanation below for detailed answer.
Explanation:
Here is the step-by-step solution to reconfigure the sql3532 virtual machine.
This task is performed from the Prism Element interface for the cluster the VM is on (e.g., Cluster 1).
1. Locate and Update the VM
* From the Prism Element main dashboard, navigate to the VM view.
* Find the VM named sql3532 in the VM table.
* Select the checkbox next to sql3532 and click the Update button.
2. Configure HA Priority and Flash Mode
In the "Update VM" dialog, configure the HA and SSD performance settings:
* HA Priority:
* Find the VM High Availability section.
* Select the High Priority radio button. This ensures it is one of the first VMs to power on during an HA event.
* Flash Mode (SSD Performance):
* Scroll down to the Flash Mode section.
* Check the box to Enable Flash Mode. This pins the VM's vDisks to the SSD tier, satisfying the requirement to keep as much of the VM as possible on SSDs, especially since it's on the default (hybrid) container.
3. Reconfigure Disks (per KB-3532)
While still in the "Update VM" dialog, scroll to the Disks section to add the new data and log disks. The key to "best performance" (KB-3532) is to place Data and Logs on separate vSCSI controllers.
* (The VM already has an OS disk, which we will assume is on scsi.0.)
* Add Data Disk:
* Click the + Add New Disk button.
* Storage Container: default (as required).
* Size: 80 GB (for the 4 x 20 GB databases).
* Bus Type: SCSI.
* Device Index: 1. (This creates a new vSCSI controller, scsi.1, for the data disk).
* Click Add.
* Add Log Disk:
* Click the + Add New Disk button.
* Storage Container: default (as required).
* Size: 20 GB.
* Bus Type: SCSI.
* Device Index: 2. (This creates a third vSCSI controller, scsi.2, for the log disk).
* Click Add.
4. Save Configuration
* After adding the disks and setting HA/Flash Mode, click the main Save button at the bottom of the
"Update VM" dialog.
The VM is now configured with high availability, its storage is pinned to SSD, and its disk layout follows performance best practices by separating the OS, Data, and Log I/O paths onto three different controllers.
質問 4:
Due to new security requirements, an administrator has been tasked with updating the security settings for user accounts within Prism Element on Cluster 1.
An SSL Certificate Signing Request with Subject Alternative Name should be generated for submission to the security team's Certificate Authority with the following details:
countryName = US
stateOrProvinceName = North Carolina
localityName = Durham
organizationName = ACME
organizationalUnitName = Infrastructure
commonName = prism_element.ACME.org
emailAddress = [email protected]
Alternate names = cvm1.ACME.org, cvm2.ACME.org, cvm3.ACME.org
Encryption: RSA 2048, sha256
When the Certificate Signing Request is generated, place a copy of both the .cnf file and the .csr file on the desktop named 'prism_element_acme.cnf' and 'prism_element_acme.csr' Save a copy of the command(s) used for this scenario to a new file on the desktop named "Task 5.txt".
Note: You must copy and paste the command(s) and output from SSH to the "Task 5.txt" file to achieve all points available.
正解:
See the Explanation below for detailed answer.
Explanation:
Here is the step-by-step solution to generate the Certificate Signing Request (CSR) on Cluster 1.
This entire process is performed from an SSH session connected to a CVM (Controller VM) on Cluster 1.
1. Access Cluster 1 CVM
* From Prism Central, navigate to Hardware > Clusters and click on Cluster 1 to open its Prism Element (PE) interface.
* In the Cluster 1 PE, navigate to Hardware > CVMs to find the IP address of any CVM in the cluster.
* Use an SSH client (like PuTTY) to connect to the CVM's IP address.
* Log in with the admin user and password.
2. Create the Configuration File (.cnf)
To include the Subject Alternative Names (SANs), you must first create a configuration file.
* In the CVM's command line, create the .cnf file using a text editor:
vi prism_element_acme.cnf
* Press i to enter "Insert" mode.
* Paste the following text exactly into the editor:
Ini, TOML
[ req ]
default_bits = 2048
distinguished_name = req_distinguished_name
req_extensions = v3_req
prompt = no
[ req_distinguished_name ]
C = US
ST = North Carolina
L = Durham
O = ACME
OU = Infrastructure
CN = prism_element.ACME.org
emailAddress = [email protected]
[ v3_req ]
subjectAltName = @alt_names
[ alt_names ]
DNS.1 = cvm1.ACME.org
DNS.2 = cvm2.ACME.org
DNS.3 = cvm3.ACME.org
* Press Esc to exit "Insert" mode, then type :wq and press Enter to save and quit vi.
3. Generate the CSR and Key
* Run the following openssl command. This command uses the .cnf file to generate the new CSR (.csr) and a corresponding private key (.key), applying the sha256 encryption as requested.
Bash
openssl req -new -nodes -out prism_element_acme.csr -keyout prism_element_acme.key -config prism_element_acme.cnf -sha256
* The command will output the following, confirming the key generation:
* Generating a 2048 bit RSA private key
* ...................+++++
* ..................................+++++
* writing new private key to 'prism_element_acme.key'
* -----
4. Save Files to the Desktop
You will now copy the contents of the generated files from the CVM to your desktop.
* For Task 5.txt (Commands and Output):
* Open a new Notepad file on the desktop.
* Copy and paste all the commands you ran in the SSH session and their full output (as shown in steps 2 and 3) into this file.
* Save the file on the desktop as Task 5.txt.
* For prism_element_acme.cnf:
* In the CVM SSH session, display the file's content:
cat prism_element_acme.cnf
* Copy the entire text output (starting from [ req ]).
* Open a new Notepad file on the desktop.
* Paste the content and save the file as prism_element_acme.cnf.
* For prism_element_acme.csr:
* In the CVM SSH session, display the file's content:
cat prism_element_acme.csr
* Copy the entire text output, including the -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST----- and ----- END CERTIFICATE REQUEST----- lines.
* Open a new C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Notepad file on the desktop.
* Paste the content and save the file as prism_element_acme.csr.
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