Nutanix Certified Professional (NCP) — Question 9

A customer has a newly-deployed AHV cluster with nodes that have 2 x 10GbE and 2 x 1GbE interfaces. The customer wants to use all available network interfaces to provide connectivity to the VMs.
Which option should the administrator use to achieve this while remaining consistent with Nutanix recommendations?

Answer options

• A. Create bond1 on virbr0 and add the 1GbE interfaces to it for VM use
• B. Create a second bridge on each host and assign the 1GbE interfaces to it
• C. Create a second bond on br0 on each host and assign the 1GbE interfaces to it
• D. Create separate VLANs that map 10GbE and 1GbE interfaces

Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is B because creating a second bridge for each host allows for effective management of the 1GbE interfaces while adhering to Nutanix's best practices. Option A is incorrect as bonding the 1GbE interfaces to virbr0 does not provide optimal performance and management. Option C is not recommended since adding a second bond to br0 may complicate the network setup unnecessarily. Option D does not address the need for direct connectivity to the VMs using the 1GbE interfaces.