Management Interfaces Flashcards

0
Q

How do you access Prism Element

A

Enter the IP / name of any controller VM into browser

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1
Q

What is the full name of the web GUI

A

Prism Element

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2
Q

What browsers are supported for using Prism Element

A

IE9 or later, Chrome, Safari, Firefox 3 or higher

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3
Q

What is the secure port for Prism Element

A

9440

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4
Q

What username format is used for LDAP Auth

A

UPN (user@domain)

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5
Q

How do you disable the background video on Prism Element login page

A

novideo=true argument at end of URL

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6
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What are the five UI areas of Prism Element

A

Main Menu bar, Entity Views, Screen Menu bar, Usage and Performance, Alerts and Events

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7
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What are the 8 entity views available from the Main menu bar

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Home, Health, VM, Hardware, Analysis, Alerts, Data Protection, Storage

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8
Q

From which two machines can you run nCLI commands

A

Local computer, CVM

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9
Q

What runtime language is required for the local nCLI

A

Java

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10
Q

From where can you install the nCLI?

What is the path to retrieve it?

A

Prism Element

From the user dropdown, select download nCLI

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11
Q

How can you run the nCLI without downloading and installing it

A

Connect directly to a controller VM via Putty or other console client

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12
Q

What is the preferred method of accessing the nCLI?

Why?

A

Using local install package.

Local access to controller VM can be risky

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13
Q

How do you start the nCLI in interactive mode

A

Type “ncli” and press enter

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14
Q

What are the default admin credentials

A

Admin/admin

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15
Q

What is the basic syntax of nCLI commands

A

Entity Action Parameters

16
Q

What information will not be returned using tab completion

A

User defined values (names, etc)

17
Q

How do you use nCLI in non-interactive mode

A

From the shell, type “ncli “ where is in the “Entity Action Parameters” syntax

18
Q

What is a drawback to nCLI non-interactive mode

A

No tab completion

19
Q

What is the multi-cluster management UI called

A

Prism Central

20
Q

What infrastructure is required for Prism Central?

A

A Prism Central VM

21
Q

How can you get the Prism Central VM

A

Through the Nutanix support portal. Also from the user drop down menu in Prism Element, which takes you to the download

22
Q

Which hypervisors can Prism Central run on

A

ESXi and Hyper-V

23
Q

What must be done before using Prism Central to manage a cluster?
What are the 5 steps on each cluster?

A

Register the cluster with Prism Central.

  1. Login to Prism Element
  2. Go to the gear icon
  3. Select “Prism central registration”
  4. Enter Prism Central VM address and credentials
  5. Click Save
24
Q

What are the 4 REST API request types and what does each do

A

Get: returns information about a class or element
Post: adds an element
Put: updates an element
Delete: Removes an element

25
Q

What utility provides an introduction to the REST API? How is it accessed?

A

The REST API Explorer.

From the user drop down menu

26
Q

How do you install the PowerShell cmdlets

A

From the user drop down menu, choose “Download cmdlets installer”

27
Q

What is the complete PoSH command,with parameters, to access a cluster?

A

Connect-nutanixcluster -server -username -password

28
Q

What is the complete command to disconnect from a cluster via PoSH

A

Disconnect-nutanixcluster

29
Q

What PoSH command returns cluster information for a connected cluster?
How do you specify the cluster if connected to multiple clusters?

A

Get-nutanixcluster

Get-nutanixcluster -server

30
Q

What PoSH command returns the cmdlets version info

A

Get-nutanixcmdletsinfo

31
Q

What are two output formatting parameters for the POSH cmdlets

A

Grid

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