2V0-41.23 Practice Exam Questions with Answers VMware NSX 4.x Professional Certification

A node profile is a configuration template that can be applied to multiple NSX Edge nodes or transport nodes at once. A node profile can include settings such as NTP server, DNS server, syslog server, and so on1. By using a node profile, an administrator can efficiently configure or update the network settings of multiple NSX Edge nodes or transport nodes in a single operation2. The other options are incorrect because they are either not efficient or not supported. Using the CLI on each Edge node would require manual and repetitive commands for each node, which is not efficient. Using a Transport Node Profile would not work, because a Transport Node Profile is used to configure the NSX-T Data Center components on a transport node, such as the transport zone, the N-VDS, and the uplink profiles3. Using a PowerCLI script might work, but it would require writing and testing a custom script, which is not as efficient as using a built-in feature like a node profile.

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-NSX/4.1/administration/GUID-B4AE1432-690E-480E-91C4-903C1E549C23.html?hWord=N4IghgNiBcIHYHsAmBTABABwE4IGYEsIUQBfIA

The four types of role-based access control (RBAC) permissions are Read, None, Full access, and Execute1. Read permission allows the user to view the configuration and status of the system. None permission denies any access to the system. Full access permission grants all permissions including Create, Read, Update, and Delete (CRUD). Execute permission includes Read and Update permissions1. Auditor, Enterprise Admin, and Network Admin are not types of permissions, but types of roles that have different sets of permissions. References: NSX Features

There are four types of permissions. Included in the list are the abbreviations for the permissions that are used in the Roles and Permissions and Roles and Permissions for Manager Mode tables.

• Full access (FA) - All permissions including Create, Read, Update, and Delete
• Execute (E) - Includes Read and Update
• Read (R)
• None

NSX-T Data Center has the following built-in roles. Role names in the UI can be different in the API. In NSX-T Data Center, if you have permission, you can clone an existing role, add a new role, edit newly created roles, or delete newly created roles.

Role-Based Access Control (vmware.com)

According to the VMware NSX Documentation1, a segment is mapped to a unique Geneve segment that is distributed across the ESXi hosts in a transport zone. The Geneve segment uses a virtual network identifier (VNI) as an overlay network identifier. The VNI ID can be used to identify overlay segments in an NSX environment if troubleshooting is required.

According to the web search results, the command that is used to verify the Local Control Plane (LCP) connectivity with Central Control Plane (CCP) on ESXi is get control-cluster status. This command displays the status of the LCP and CCP components on the ESXi host, such as the LCP agent, CCP client, CCP server, and CCP connection. It also shows the IP address and port number of the CCP server that the LCP agent is connected to. If the LCP agent or CCP client are not running or not connected, it means that there is a problem with the LCP connectivity .

The RouterLink port is automatically created when a Tier-1 Gateway is connected with a Tier-0 Gateway from the NSX UI1. The RouterLink port is a logical interface that is assigned an IP address and is associated with a physical or virtual interface. The RouterLink port acts as an end point of the IPSec tunnel and routes traffic between the Tier-1 Gateway and the Tier-0 Gateway2. The other options are incorrect because they involve manual creation of logical switches or segments, which are not required for RouterLink port creation. References: Configure NSX for Virtual Networking from vSphere Client, Virtual Private Network (VPN)

https://docs.vmware.com/jp/VMware-NSX/4.0/administration/GUID-3F163DEE-1EE6-4D80-BEBF-8D109FDB577C.html

L2 VPN is a feature of NSX that allows extending Layer 2 networks across different sites or clouds over an IPsec tunnel. L2 VPN has an advantage of enabling VM mobility with re-IP, which means that VMs can be moved from one site to another without changing their IP addresses or network configurations. This is possible because L2 VPN allows both sites to use the same broadcast domain, which means that they share the same subnet and VLAN .

The correct answer is to enable the option All LB VIP Routes on the Tier-1 gateway route advertisement settings. This option allows the Tier-1 gateway to advertise the NSX Advanced Load Balancer LB VIP routes to the Tier-0 gateway and other peer routers, so that the end users can reach the production website by using the VIP address1. The other options are not relevant for this scenario.

To mark the correct answer by clicking on the image, you can click on the toggle switch next to All LB VIP Routes to turn it on. The switch should change from gray to blue, indicating that the option is enabled. See the image below for reference:

According to the VMware NSX Documentation1, NSX-T Data Center supports the following types of DHCP configuration on a segment:

• Local DHCP server: This option creates a local DHCP server that has an IP address on the segment and provides dynamic IP assignment service only to the VMs that are attached to the segment.
• Gateway DHCP server: This option is attached to a tier-0 or tier-1 gateway and provides DHCP service to the networks (overlay segments) that are directly connected to the gateway and configured to use a gateway DHCP server.
• DHCP Relay: This option relays the DHCP client requests to the external DHCP servers that can be in any subnet, outside the SDDC, or in the physical network.

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-NSX/4.0/administration/GUID-486C1281-C6CF-47EC-B2A2-0ECFCC4A68CE.html

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-NSX/4.1/administration/GUID-26C44DE8-1854-4B06-B6DA-A2FD426CDF44.html

The correct answers are A. Files and anti-malware (file) events from the NSX Edge nodes and the Security Analyzer, D. IDS/IPS events from the ESXi hosts and NSX Edge nodes, and E. Suspicious Traffic Detection events from NSX Intelligence. According to the VMware NSX Documentation3, these are the three data collection sources that are used by NSX Network Detection and Response to create correlations/intrusion campaigns.

The other options are incorrect or not supported by NSX Network Detection and Response. East-West anti-malware events from the ESXi hosts are not collected by NSX Network Detection and Response3. Distributed Firewall flow data from the ESXi hosts are not used for correlation/intrusion campaigns by NSX Network Detection and Response3.

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-NSX-T-Data-Center/3.2/administration/GUID-14BBE50D-9931-4719-8FA7-884539C0D277.html

According to the VMware NSX Documentation, these are the prerequisites for adding nodes to an NSX Management Cluster using the NSX UI:

• All nodes must be in the same subnet and have IP connectivity with each other.
• A compute manager must be configured and associated with the NSX Manager node.
• The NSX Manager node must have a valid license.
• The NSX Manager node must have a valid certificate.

The command ifconfig is used to display the network configuration of the Tunnel Endpoint (TEP) IP on a bare metal transport node2. The TEP IP is assigned to a network interface on the bare metal server that is used for overlay traffic. The ifconfig command can show the IP address, netmask, broadcast address, and other information of the network interface. For example, the following command shows the network configuration of the TEP IP on a bare metal transport node with interface name ens192:

ifconfig ens192

The output of the command would look something like this:

ens192: flags=4163 mtu 1500 inet 10.10.10.10 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 10.10.10.255 inet6 fe80::250:56ff:fe9a:1b8c prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20 ether 00:50:56:9a:1b:8c txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) RX packets 123456 bytes 123456789 (123.4 MB) RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 TX packets 234567 bytes 234567890 (234.5 MB) TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

The TEP IP in this example is 10.10.10.10.

References:

• IBM Cloud Docs

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-NSX/4.1/administration/GUID-69DF70C2-1769-4858-97E7-B757CAED08F0.html#:~:text=On%20the%20north%2Dsouth%20traffic,Guest%20Introspection%20(GI)%20platform .

The main components on the edge node for north-south malware prevention perform the following functions:

• IDS/IPS engine: Extracts files and relays events and data to the security hub

North-south malware prevention uses the file extraction features of the IDS/IPS engine that runs on NSX Edge for north-south traffic.

• Security hub: Collects file events, obtains verdicts for known files, sends files for local and cloud-based analysis, and sends information to the security analyzer

• RAPID: Provides local analysis of the file

• ASDS Cache: Caches reputation and verdicts of known files

The Traceflow tool identifies issues in a network by injecting synthetic traffic into the data plane and observing the results in the control plane. This allows the tool to identify any issues in the network and provide a detailed report on the problem. You can use the Traceflow tool to test connectivity between any two endpoints in your NSX-T Data Center environment.

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-NSX-T-Data-Center/3.2/nsx-application-platform/GUID-42EDE0AD-CD65-41AC-9694-AD0CCEC35969.html

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-NSX/4.0/administration/GUID-D57429A1-A0A9-42BE-A299-0C3C3546ABF3.html

According to the web search results, network segmentation is a feature of NSX that improves the security of today’s modern workloads by preventing lateral movement. Lateral movement is a technique used by attackers to move from one compromised system to another within a network, exploiting vulnerabilities or credentials . Network segmentation prevents lateral movement by dividing a network into smaller segments or zones, each with its own security policies and controls. This way, if one segment is compromised, the attacker cannot access other segments or resources . NSX enables network segmentation by using micro-segmentation, which applies granular firewall rules at the virtual machine level, regardless of the physical network topology .

The MAC table on an ESXi host is used to determine the location of a particular workload for a frame-forwarding decision. The MAC table maps the MAC addresses of the workloads to their corresponding tunnel endpoint (TEP) IP addresses. The TEP IP address identifies the ESXi host where the workload resides. The MAC table is populated by learning the source MAC addresses of the incoming frames from the workloads. The MAC table is also synchronized with other ESXi hosts in the same transport zone by using the NSX Controller.

https://nsx.techzone.vmware.com/resource/nsx-reference-design-guide

To generate the support bundle logs on the NSX Manager via API, the NSX administrator needs to use the POST method with the URL https://nsxmgr_ip/api/1.0/appliance-management/techsupportlogs/NSX, where nsxmgr_ip is the IP address of the NSX Manager 1. This will create a tech support bundle file with a name like vcpnv.tgz. To download the generated tech support bundle file via CLI, the NSX administrator needs to use the get support-bundle file vcpnv.tgz command on the NSX Manager1. The other commands are incorrect because they either do not generate or download the support bundle logs, or they are not related to the NSX Manager.

According to the VMware NSX Documentation, these are two NAT rule types that are supported for a tier-0 gateway configured in active-standby high availability mode. NAT stands for Network Address Translation and is a feature that allows you to modify the source or destination IP address of a packet as it passes through a gateway.

• Destination NAT: This rule type allows you to change the destination IP address of a packet from an external IP address to an internal IP address. You can use this rule type to provide access to your internal servers from external networks using public IP addresses.
• Source NAT: This rule type allows you to change the source IP address of a packet from an internal IP address to an external IP address. You can use this rule type to provide access to external networks from your internal servers using public IP addresses.

• Route Aggregation and and D) BGP neighbours are available when configuring BGP in a VRF. "Route distribution" does not exist, what you can do is a "Route Re-Distribution" via BGP. https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-NSX/4.1/administration/GUID-4CB5796A-1CED-4F0E-ADE0-72BF7B3F762C.html

According to the VMware Knowledge Base article 1, the CLI command to set the log level of the NSX Manager to debug mode is set service manager logging-level debug. This command can be used when the NSX UI is inaccessible or when troubleshooting issues with the NSX Manager1. The other commands are incorrect because they either use a wrong syntax or a wrong service name. The NSX Manager service name is manager, not nsx-manager2. The log level parameter is logging-level, not log-level3.

https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/55868

The correct answer is to enable the OSPF toggle and to add an Area Definition for the Tier-0 gateway in the image. These two items are required to configure OSPF on the Tier-0 gateway, as explained in the web search results123.

To mark your answers by clicking twice on the image, you can double-click on the toggle switch next to OSPF to turn it on. The switch should change from gray to blue, indicating that the option is enabled. Then, you can double-click on the Set button next to Area Definition to add an area definition. A pop-up window should appear where you can specify the area ID and type. 

1. Click the OSPF toggle to enable OSPF 2. In the Area Definition field, click Set to add an area definition https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-NSX-T-Data-Center/3.2/administration/GUID-5BEC626C-5312-467D-B873-8E117349E9FC.html

According to the VMware NSX 4.x Professional documents and tutorials, IPSec VPN secures traffic flowing between two networks connected over a public network through IPSec gateways called endpoints. NSX Edge supports a policy-based or a route-based IPSec VPN. Beginning with NSX-T Data Center 2.5, IPSec VPN services are supported on both Tier-0 and Tier-1 gateways1. NSX Edge also leverages the DPDK accelerated performance library to optimize the performance of IPSec VPN2.

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-NSX/4.0/administration/GUID-7D9F7199-E51B-478B-A8BC-58AD5BBAA0F6.html