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Question 1Nutanix VDI Solution Architecture and Components

In a Nutanix VDI deployment, which component is responsible for creating and brokering user sessions to desktop VMs?

  1. Prism Central
  2. Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops or VMware Horizon connection broker Correct answer.
  3. Nutanix AHV hypervisor
  4. Volumes block service

Explanation

Nutanix provides the infrastructure layer (AHV, Prism, storage), while session brokering and desktop provisioning logic come from the VDI vendor such as Citrix or VMware Horizon. The broker authenticates users and selects which desktop VM to assign.

Question 2Nutanix VDI Solution Architecture and Components

Which Nutanix feature lets a VDI administrator take space-efficient, redirect-on-write snapshots that can be cloned rapidly to provision many full-clone desktops?

  1. Protection domains
  2. Erasure coding
  3. Async replication
  4. Nutanix snapshots and clones Correct answer.

Explanation

Nutanix snapshots use redirect-on-write metadata so clones are near-instant and space efficient, which is the basis for fast full-clone desktop provisioning. Erasure coding and replication address capacity and DR, not rapid cloning.

Question 3Nutanix VDI Solution Architecture and Components

A customer wants VDI desktops to use Nutanix Files for user profile and home-directory storage. Which statement about Nutanix Files is accurate?

  1. It requires an external Windows file server cluster.
  2. It stores data only on the CVM boot disk.
  3. It is a scale-out SMB/NFS file service managed from Prism. Correct answer.
  4. It only supports NFSv3 and cannot serve SMB shares.

Explanation

Nutanix Files is a software-defined scale-out file server that presents SMB and NFS shares and is deployed and managed through Prism. It removes the need for separate NAS hardware for profiles and home directories.

Question 4Nutanix VDI Solution Architecture and Components

Which Nutanix product provides a native load balancer that is commonly used to distribute traffic to VDI gateway or broker services running on AHV?

  1. Nutanix Calm
  2. Nutanix Mine
  3. Nutanix Flow Network Security
  4. Nutanix NLB Correct answer.

Explanation

Nutanix NLB is the native load-balancing service for workloads on AHV, and it can front VDI gateway or broker tiers. Flow handles microsegmentation, Calm handles automation, and Mine handles backup integration.

Question 5Nutanix VDI Solution Architecture and Components

Which AHV capability allows a desktop VM to have its virtual-disk data pinned to the hot storage tier for improved storage performance?

  1. Snapshot restore
  2. Live migration
  3. Memory overcommit
  4. AHV VM Flash Mode Correct answer.

Explanation

AHV VM Flash Mode pins virtual-disk data to the hot storage tier, helping performance-sensitive desktop workloads access that data quickly. It is a storage-placement capability and does not save or restore the VM's guest memory or resume a previous running session.

Question 6Nutanix VDI Solution Architecture and Components

An architect is sizing a Nutanix cluster for 500 non-persistent desktops and wants to reduce capacity consumption from full clones. Which approach best meets this goal on Nutanix?

  1. Disable compression on the container
  2. Use RDMs for each desktop
  3. Assign a dedicated vDisk per desktop
  4. Use thin-provisioned clones that share base image blocks Correct answer.

Explanation

Nutanix clones share unchanged blocks with the base image, so many desktops consume far less capacity than independent full copies. Dedicated vDisks, disabled compression, and RDMs all increase storage consumption.

Question 7Nutanix VDI Solution Architecture and Components

What is the primary role of Prism Central in a Nutanix VDI environment spanning multiple clusters?

  1. It acts as the storage controller for each node.
  2. It runs the desktop operating systems.
  3. It provides centralized management, monitoring, and multi-cluster operations. Correct answer.
  4. It replaces the connection broker.

Explanation

Prism Central gives a single pane for managing and monitoring many registered clusters and enables services like categories and policies. It does not host desktops, broker sessions, or replace the per-node CVM storage controller.

Question 8Nutanix VDI Solution Architecture and Components

A VDI team needs to isolate desktop traffic from server traffic without physical separation. Which Nutanix capability supports creating isolated virtual networks on AHV?

  1. Prism Element dashboards
  2. Nutanix Volumes
  3. Protection domains
  4. AHV virtual networks with VLAN-backed bridges Correct answer.

Explanation

AHV virtual networks map to VLANs and provide Layer 2 isolation for desktop traffic on the same physical infrastructure. Volumes and protection domains address storage concerns, and dashboards are monitoring only.

Question 9Nutanix VDI Solution Architecture and Components

Which statement best describes how Nutanix supports GPU-accelerated VDI for graphics-heavy workloads?

  1. GPU support requires an external hypervisor.
  2. GPUs can only be used by the CVM.
  3. GPU acceleration is unavailable for VDI on AHV.
  4. AHV supports passthrough and virtual GPU configurations on GPU-equipped nodes. Correct answer.

Explanation

AHV supports GPU passthrough and virtual GPU (vGPU) modes so graphics-intensive desktops can be hosted natively. This keeps GPU workloads within the Nutanix platform rather than requiring another hypervisor.

Question 10Nutanix VDI Solution Architecture and Components

An administrator wants desktop images to be patched centrally and then rolled out to many desktops quickly. Which Nutanix-aligned workflow is most appropriate?

  1. Update each desktop individually by hand
  2. Maintain a golden image and deploy clones from a snapshot of it Correct answer.
  3. Store the image on a USB device attached to each host
  4. Rebuild the cluster for every patch cycle

Explanation

A golden image updated on a template VM, snapshotted, and cloned to many desktops is the standard rapid-provisioning pattern on Nutanix. Manual per-desktop updates and cluster rebuilds are slow and error-prone.

Question 11Nutanix VDI Solution Architecture and Components

Which Nutanix component stores the metadata and data for a cluster and runs as a VM on each node?

  1. Controller VM (CVM) Correct answer.
  2. Guest desktop VM
  3. Prism Central VM
  4. Connection broker VM

Explanation

Each node runs a Controller VM that participates in the distributed storage fabric and serves I/O for local and remote VMs. Prism Central, desktops, and brokers are separate workloads.

Question 12Nutanix VDI Solution Architecture and Components

A designer is choosing between persistent and non-persistent desktops for a task-worker use case with strict cost limits. Which combination is most appropriate on Nutanix?

  1. Non-persistent desktops without any profile solution
  2. Non-persistent desktops cloned from a golden image with profile management Correct answer.
  3. Persistent full clones with dedicated storage per user
  4. Persistent desktops with local host disks only

Explanation

Non-persistent desktops cloned from a shared image minimize storage and management overhead for task workers, while a profile solution preserves user settings. Persistent full clones and local-disk designs raise cost and reduce flexibility.

Question 13Nutanix VDI Solution Architecture and Components

Which Nutanix capability helps a VDI architect right-size desktops by observing actual CPU and memory usage over time?

  1. Prism analytics and performance monitoring Correct answer.
  2. AHV Flash Mode
  3. Erasure coding
  4. Nutanix Mine

Explanation

Prism provides performance and capacity analytics that reveal real utilization, supporting accurate desktop sizing. Mine, Flash Mode, and erasure coding address backup, resume speed, and capacity efficiency rather than sizing insight.

Question 14Nutanix VDI Solution Architecture and Components

Which statement about Nutanix Flow Network Security in a VDI deployment is correct?

  1. It only inspects north-south traffic at the physical switch.
  2. It replaces the AHV hypervisor.
  3. It provides distributed firewall policy enforcement at the VM level. Correct answer.
  4. It is a storage policy engine.

Explanation

Flow enforces security policy at the virtual NIC level, enabling microsegmentation between desktop tiers. It does not replace AHV, is not limited to physical-switch inspection, and is not a storage engine.

Question 15Nutanix VDI Solution Architecture and Components

A customer requires that desktop data remain available if an entire Nutanix cluster fails. Which design element addresses this requirement?

  1. Replication to a second site with protection domains Correct answer.
  2. Erasure coding within the cluster
  3. AHV Flash Mode
  4. A larger Prism Central VM

Explanation

Cross-site replication configured through protection domains provides a copy of desktop data at a second location for cluster-level failure. Erasure coding, Flash Mode, and Prism Central sizing address intra-cluster efficiency, resume speed, and management scale.

Question 16Nutanix VDI Solution Architecture and Components

Which Nutanix service allows VDI administrators to automate desktop provisioning workflows with versioned blueprints?

  1. Nutanix Calm Correct answer.
  2. Nutanix Volumes
  3. Nutanix NLB
  4. Nutanix Files

Explanation

Calm provides application-centric automation with blueprints that can standardize and repeat desktop or infrastructure provisioning. NLB, Files, and Volumes provide load balancing, file services, and block storage respectively.

Question 17Nutanix VDI Solution Architecture and Components

In a Nutanix VDI architecture, what is the purpose of a desktop pool's base image being stored as a read-only template?

  1. To allow many clones to share unchanged blocks safely Correct answer.
  2. To disable snapshots on the container
  3. To force every desktop to use local storage
  4. To prevent any desktop from booting

Explanation

A read-only base image ensures clones share unchanged blocks without risking modification of the shared data. This underpins space-efficient, rapid cloning for desktop pools.

Question 18Nutanix VDI Solution Architecture and Components

Which AHV feature enables a running desktop VM to move to another host with no user session interruption during planned maintenance?

  1. Cold migration
  2. Snapshot clone
  3. Flash Mode
  4. Live migration Correct answer.

Explanation

Live migration relocates a running VM between hosts while preserving memory state, so users stay connected during host maintenance. Cold migration requires a power-off, and snapshot clone and Flash Mode do not move running VMs.

Question 19Nutanix VDI Solution Architecture and Components

A VDI architect must ensure profile data is highly available across nodes. Which Nutanix Files design consideration supports this?

  1. Configuring a Files instance with multiple FSVMs across nodes Correct answer.
  2. Deploying a single Files VM on one node
  3. Storing profiles on the CVM boot disk
  4. Using an unmirrored container

Explanation

A Nutanix Files instance uses multiple File Server VMs distributed across nodes so shares remain available if one node fails. Single-instance, boot-disk, and unmirrored designs lack redundancy.

Question 20Nutanix VDI Solution Architecture and Components

Which statement correctly distinguishes Prism Element from Prism Central in a VDI deployment?

  1. Prism Element manages a single cluster, while Prism Central manages multiple clusters. Correct answer.
  2. Prism Element is a storage-only tool, while Prism Central is a hypervisor.
  3. Prism Element and Prism Central are identical in scope.
  4. Prism Element brokers user sessions, while Prism Central runs desktops.

Explanation

Prism Element is the per-cluster management interface, and Prism Central aggregates many clusters for centralized operations. Neither brokers sessions or acts as a hypervisor, and their scopes differ.

Question 21Nutanix VDI Solution Architecture and Components

When planning storage for a large non-persistent VDI pool, which Nutanix practice most directly reduces write amplification and improves endurance?

  1. Using RAID 0 on each node
  2. Assigning one container per desktop
  3. Disabling all caching
  4. Aligning guest partitions and using supported cluster sizes Correct answer.

Explanation

Proper guest alignment and supported configurations help the distributed storage fabric handle I/O efficiently and reduce unnecessary writes. Disabling caching, per-desktop containers, and unsupported RAID schemes hurt performance or supportability.

Question 22Nutanix VDI Solution Architecture and Components

Which Nutanix feature allows an administrator to tag desktop VMs and apply consistent policies such as protection or placement across clusters?

  1. AHV Flash Mode
  2. Erasure coding
  3. Nutanix Volumes
  4. Categories in Prism Central Correct answer.

Explanation

Prism Central categories let administrators group VMs by tags and apply policies consistently across registered clusters. Flash Mode, Volumes, and erasure coding do not provide policy tagging.

Question 23Nutanix VDI Solution Architecture and Components

A VDI environment must support users connecting from outside the data center. Which Nutanix-aligned component typically terminates these connections before reaching the broker?

  1. A protection domain
  2. The CVM
  3. A gateway or unified access gateway appliance Correct answer.
  4. Prism Central

Explanation

External access is usually terminated by a gateway or unified access gateway that secures and forwards traffic to the broker. CVMs, Prism Central, and protection domains do not provide user-facing remote access.

Question 24Nutanix VDI Solution Architecture and Components

Which statement about using Nutanix AHV as the hypervisor for VDI is accurate?

  1. AHV cannot run Windows desktop guests.
  2. AHV is included with the Nutanix platform and managed through Prism. Correct answer.
  3. AHV requires a separate license from a third-party hypervisor vendor.
  4. AHV lacks snapshot and clone support.

Explanation

AHV is the native Nutanix hypervisor, included with the platform and administered via Prism, and it supports Windows guests plus snapshot and clone operations. It does not require a third-party hypervisor license.

Question 25Nutanix VDI Solution Architecture and Components

An architect is evaluating a design where all desktop VMs run on a single Nutanix node to simplify management. What is the primary architectural concern?

  1. It reduces storage efficiency.
  2. It creates a single point of failure and prevents HA. Correct answer.
  3. It disables Prism Central.
  4. It prevents the use of snapshots.

Explanation

Concentrating all desktops on one node removes redundancy, so a node failure takes down the entire pool. Storage efficiency, Prism Central, and snapshots are not inherently disabled by node placement.

Question 26Nutanix VDI Solution Architecture and Components

In a Nutanix VDI deployment, which component provides the distributed storage layer that aggregates local disks from every node into a single pool?

  1. Nutanix Flow
  2. Prism Central
  3. Nutanix Files
  4. Nutanix AOS with the Distributed Storage Fabric Correct answer.

Explanation

The Distributed Storage Fabric is part of AOS and runs a Controller VM on each node, presenting all local disks as one logical datastore for desktop VMs. Prism Central is a management plane, Flow provides microsegmentation, and Files is a file-services product, so none of them supply the block storage pool itself.

Question 27Nutanix VDI Solution Architecture and Components

Which Nutanix capability lets an architect place desktop VMs so that their compute and storage remain local to the same node for best performance?

  1. Async replication
  2. Prism Central categories
  3. Volume groups
  4. Data locality with VM-host affinity Correct answer.

Explanation

AOS keeps a VM's data on the node where the VM runs through data locality, and affinity policies help keep desktop VMs pinned to preferred hosts. Volume groups expose block storage to external hosts, replication is for DR copies, and categories are labels used by policies rather than placement engines for locality.

Question 28Nutanix VDI Solution Architecture and Components

A VDI architect needs each desktop VM to keep its own installed applications and user-installed drivers across reboots. Which desktop model satisfies this requirement?

  1. Session-hosted desktops with a shared writable disk
  2. Streamed applications delivered from a shared image
  3. Persistent desktops with dedicated writable disks Correct answer.
  4. Non-persistent desktops reset from a base image at logoff

Explanation

Persistent desktops assign each user a dedicated writable disk so installed applications and drivers survive reboots. Non-persistent pools discard changes at logoff, application streaming delivers only the app layer, and a shared writable disk across sessions would cause conflicts rather than preserving per-user state.

Question 29Nutanix VDI Solution Architecture and Components

Which Nutanix feature should an architect use to protect a desktop pool so that it can be recovered to a previous point in time after accidental deletion of VMs?

  1. Prism Central reports
  2. Nutanix Guest Tools
  3. Flow network policies
  4. Protection domains with local snapshots Correct answer.

Explanation

Protection domains group VMs and apply snapshot schedules, enabling point-in-time recovery of a desktop pool. Flow policies govern traffic, Guest Tools enables guest-level integration such as VSS, and reports are read-only analytics, so none of them restore deleted desktops.

Question 30Nutanix VDI Solution Architecture and Components

An architect is designing a VDI environment where desktop traffic must be inspected by a central firewall appliance before reaching servers. Which Nutanix networking approach supports this?

  1. A Nutanix Flow isolated overlay network
  2. A VLAN-backed network with traffic routed through the firewall Correct answer.
  3. An AHV internal-only virtual switch
  4. A host-only network with no uplink

Explanation

Routing desktop traffic through a VLAN whose gateway is the firewall appliance lets the appliance inspect traffic before it reaches servers. An isolated overlay, an internal-only switch, and a host-only network all keep traffic local and never traverse the firewall.

Question 31Nutanix VDI Solution Architecture and Components

Which statement describes the role of a Nutanix cluster's Controller VM in a VDI design?

  1. It runs the storage services and serves I/O for desktop VMs on that node Correct answer.
  2. It stores only backup copies of desktop images
  3. It hosts the desktop VMs directly as the hypervisor
  4. It provides the graphical console for end users

Explanation

The Controller VM is a VM on each node that runs the AOS storage services and serves I/O for the desktop VMs on that host. AHV is the hypervisor that runs desktop VMs, consoles are delivered through other components, and the CVM is not a backup-only store.

Question 32Nutanix VDI Solution Architecture and Components

A VDI team wants to apply a security policy to all desktops in a pool without editing each VM individually. Which Nutanix mechanism best supports this?

  1. Place each desktop VM in its own protection domain
  2. Create a separate VLAN for every desktop VM
  3. Assign a category to the pool's VMs and reference it in a Flow policy Correct answer.
  4. Disable Prism Central management for the cluster

Explanation

Categories are labels that policies such as Flow network security can reference, so tagging all pool VMs with one category applies the policy consistently. Per-VM VLANs, disabling management, and one protection domain per VM increase complexity without giving a single policy target.

Question 33Nutanix VDI Solution Architecture and Components

Which Nutanix capability is most appropriate for delivering a shared, highly available home-directory store for VDI users?

  1. Local disks inside each desktop VM
  2. Nutanix Files with multiple FSVMs Correct answer.
  3. An iSCSI volume group attached to one desktop
  4. A single desktop VM acting as a file server

Explanation

Nutanix Files runs multiple File Server VMs to provide a scale-out, highly available SMB store suitable for user home directories and profiles. A single file-server VM is a single point of failure, a volume group attached to one desktop is not shared storage, and per-desktop local disks cannot provide a common home directory.

Question 34Nutanix VDI Solution Architecture and Components

What is the primary function of a connection broker in a Nutanix-based VDI architecture?

  1. Providing the distributed storage fabric
  2. Enforcing microsegmentation between tiers
  3. Authenticating users and directing each session to an available desktop Correct answer.
  4. Replicating desktop images to a remote site

Explanation

The connection broker authenticates users and assigns sessions to desktops in a pool, acting as the entry point for user connections. Storage, network policy, and replication are provided by AOS, Flow, and protection domains respectively, so the broker does not perform those functions.

Question 35Nutanix VDI Solution Architecture and Components

An architect must size a Nutanix cluster so that it can lose one node and still run all desktops with acceptable performance. Which design principle applies?

  1. Pin all desktops to the node with the most memory
  2. Reduce the replication factor to one to save space
  3. Configure every desktop VM with a single replica
  4. Reserve enough capacity so the remaining nodes absorb the failed node's workload Correct answer.

Explanation

N-plus-one headroom ensures that after a node failure the surviving nodes can still host every desktop with acceptable performance. Single replicas, a replication factor of one, and pinning workloads to one node all remove redundancy and worsen the impact of a failure.

Question 36Nutanix VDI Solution Architecture and Components

Which Nutanix feature allows a desktop VM to be relocated automatically to another host when its current host fails?

  1. Nutanix Files
  2. AHV high availability Correct answer.
  3. Prism Central reports
  4. Volume groups

Explanation

AHV high availability detects a host failure and restarts the affected desktop VMs on surviving hosts in the cluster. Reports are analytics, Files is a file-service product, and volume groups present block storage, so none of them restart VMs after a host failure.

Question 37Nutanix VDI Solution Architecture and Components

A designer wants to reduce the storage footprint of a large non-persistent pool whose desktops share nearly identical content. Which Nutanix capability contributes most directly?

  1. Disabling snapshots for the pool
  2. Assigning each desktop a separate protection domain
  3. Per-desktop thick-provisioned disks
  4. Content-based deduplication and compression on the container Correct answer.

Explanation

Content-based deduplication and compression identify and collapse duplicate blocks, which is highly effective when many desktops share identical image content. Thick provisioning, disabling snapshots, and per-desktop protection domains do not reduce duplicate block storage.

Question 38Nutanix VDI Solution Architecture and Components

Which statement about Prism Element in a Nutanix VDI deployment is accurate?

  1. It replaces the connection broker for user sessions
  2. It is the hypervisor that runs desktop VMs
  3. It manages a single cluster and is accessed through a virtual IP on that cluster Correct answer.
  4. It provides global management across many clusters

Explanation

Prism Element is the per-cluster management interface reached through the cluster virtual IP, covering that cluster's VMs, storage, and health. Multi-cluster management is Prism Central's role, the broker is a separate product, and AHV is the hypervisor.

Question 39Nutanix VDI Solution Architecture and Components

An architect is choosing between AHV and another hypervisor for a Nutanix VDI design. Which consideration most strongly favors AHV?

  1. It cannot use Nutanix Flow policies
  2. It is native to AOS and needs no separate hypervisor licensing layer Correct answer.
  3. It requires an external storage array for desktop data
  4. It supports only persistent desktops

Explanation

AHV is bundled with AOS, so the design avoids an additional hypervisor licensing and management layer while integrating natively with Nutanix features. It supports both persistent and non-persistent desktops, uses the distributed storage fabric rather than an external array, and works with Flow.

Question 40Nutanix VDI Solution Architecture and Components

Which Nutanix component should an architect use to automate the repeated creation and update of desktop images through versioned workflows?

  1. Nutanix Files
  2. Nutanix Calm Correct answer.
  3. Prism Element alerts
  4. Nutanix Flow

Explanation

Nutanix Calm provides application-centric automation with versioned blueprints, which fits repeatable image build and deployment workflows. Files is file storage, Flow is network policy, and Prism Element alerts are monitoring notifications, so none of them automate provisioning.

Question 41Nutanix Frame and Xi Frame Desktop-as-a-Service

In Nutanix Frame, what does a Frame Account primarily represent?

  1. A single hypervisor host reserved for one end user
  2. A tenant-scoped container for published applications and desktops Correct answer.
  3. A physical network switch used for streaming traffic
  4. A backup policy applied to the Nutanix cluster

Explanation

A Frame account is the tenant-level construct that groups the published applications and desktops delivered to a set of users, along with its own configuration and cloud credentials. It is not a host, a switch, or a backup policy; those are infrastructure objects outside the account boundary.

Question 42Nutanix Frame and Xi Frame Desktop-as-a-Service

In a private-network deployment using a Streaming Gateway Appliance, which Nutanix Frame component forwards the published desktop session stream from the workload VM to the user's browser or client?

  1. Frame Guest Agent
  2. Frame Cloud Adapter
  3. Frame App Controller
  4. Frame Streaming Gateway Correct answer.

Explanation

The Frame Streaming Gateway forwards session traffic between the user's browser or client and the workload VM in the specified gateway-mediated deployment. The Guest Agent captures and encodes the desktop and supplies the stream; the gateway provides the forwarding path rather than generating the display stream.

Question 43Nutanix Frame and Xi Frame Desktop-as-a-Service

Which protocol does Nutanix Frame use to deliver remote sessions to end users?

  1. VNC over SSH
  2. Nutanix Frame Streaming Protocol Correct answer.
  3. RDP over a VPN tunnel
  4. SPICE over TCP

Explanation

Frame delivers sessions using its own streaming protocol, which is optimized for browser-based access and adaptive bandwidth. RDP, SPICE, and VNC are alternatives but are not the transport Frame uses for its published sessions.

Question 44Nutanix Frame and Xi Frame Desktop-as-a-Service

A Frame administrator wants users to launch only a specific line-of-business application without seeing a full Windows desktop. Which publishing model should be used?

  1. Published desktop
  2. Published application Correct answer.
  3. Published image
  4. Published template

Explanation

Publishing an application delivers only that application's window to the user, hiding the underlying desktop. A published desktop gives the user the entire remote desktop session instead.

Question 45Nutanix Frame and Xi Frame Desktop-as-a-Service

What is the role of a Frame utility server in an account?

  1. It stores the Frame account's billing records
  2. It replaces the App Controller for orchestration
  3. It hosts the published user sessions directly
  4. It provides supporting services such as Active Directory domain join and file services for the account Correct answer.

Explanation

Utility servers supply supporting infrastructure services, such as domain controllers or file servers, that the session hosts in the account rely on. They are not the session hosts themselves, nor do they replace orchestration or billing functions.

Question 46Nutanix Frame and Xi Frame Desktop-as-a-Service

Which statement describes how Frame capacity is consumed in a public cloud deployment?

  1. Frame requires a dedicated physical appliance shipped by Nutanix
  2. Frame capacity is always shared across all tenants of the provider
  3. Frame provisions workloads in the customer's cloud subscription using provider APIs Correct answer.
  4. Frame runs only on Nutanix AHV clusters in the customer's datacenter

Explanation

In public cloud deployments, Frame uses the customer's cloud subscription and provider APIs to create and manage the workload VMs that host sessions. This keeps the compute and storage charges on the customer's own cloud account.

Question 47Nutanix Frame and Xi Frame Desktop-as-a-Service

What does a Frame sandbox allow an administrator to do?

  1. Test changes in an isolated copy before applying them to production Correct answer.
  2. Bypass multi-factor authentication for administrators
  3. Permanently delete audit logs
  4. Run workloads without any cloud subscription

Explanation

A sandbox provides an isolated environment where configuration changes can be validated before they affect production users. It does not remove authentication requirements, eliminate subscription needs, or destroy audit records.

Question 48Nutanix Frame and Xi Frame Desktop-as-a-Service

Which Frame feature lets an administrator define a pool of pre-provisioned session hosts that users draw from on demand?

  1. Frame Audit Trail
  2. Frame Capacity Pool Correct answer.
  3. Frame Image Library
  4. Frame Backup Vault

Explanation

A capacity pool maintains pre-provisioned session hosts so that users can be placed quickly without waiting for a full provisioning cycle. The other options describe unrelated storage, image, or logging features.

Question 49Nutanix Frame and Xi Frame Desktop-as-a-Service

An administrator needs to let users authenticate to Frame using their existing corporate identity provider with SAML. Which configuration should be enabled on the Frame account?

  1. A shared administrator password
  2. Local Frame user accounts only
  3. Guest access with no authentication
  4. An identity provider integration using SAML SSO Correct answer.

Explanation

Configuring an identity provider integration with SAML SSO allows users to authenticate against the corporate IdP and be federated into Frame. Local accounts, shared passwords, and unauthenticated guest access do not provide federated corporate identity.

Question 50Nutanix Frame and Xi Frame Desktop-as-a-Service

A Frame account is configured with an auto-scaling policy that keeps two session hosts always running and scales up when utilization exceeds a threshold. What happens when user demand drops below the threshold?

  1. The pool scales back down toward the minimum of two hosts Correct answer.
  2. All session hosts are terminated immediately
  3. The account is placed into maintenance mode
  4. The pool continues to add hosts to absorb spare capacity

Explanation

Auto-scaling maintains the configured minimum number of running hosts and removes excess hosts when demand falls, returning toward that floor. It does not terminate all hosts or add capacity when demand drops.