Explain PowerScale Networking (smart Connect) POWERSCALE-DESIGN-V2 Practice Questions (Page 6)

Questions 26–30

1. 26application · medium

   A multi-tenant service provider hosts a PowerScale cluster and wants to offer separate access points for different customers. Each customer should have its own hostname and set of IP addresses, isolated from other customers. Which SmartConnect feature should they use?

   • AEnable SmartConnect DNS on the management network
   • BUse a single zone with multiple subnets
   • CCreate multiple SmartConnect zones
   • DAssign static IPs to each customer's nodes
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2. 27application · medium

   A research institute runs a PowerScale cluster with a SmartConnect zone for high-performance computing (HPC) workloads. The HPC applications open many short-lived connections to the cluster. The administrators want to minimize the overhead of DNS lookups and connection setup. Which SmartConnect feature or setting would best help achieve this?

   • ADisable SmartConnect DNS
   • BIncrease the number of IP addresses in the zone
   • CEnable connection persistence to keep client connections alive
   • DUse round-robin balancing policy
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4. 28foundation · easy

   Which benefit does SmartConnect provide for client access to a PowerScale cluster?

   • AIt encrypts all client connections using TLS
   • BIt automatically redirects clients to the node with the most free storage capacity
   • CIt allows clients to access the cluster without any network configuration
   • DIt provides a single DNS name that resolves to multiple node IP addresses
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5. 29foundation · easy

   What role does SmartConnect play in high availability for a PowerScale cluster?

   • AIt monitors the health of all nodes and restarts failed services
   • BIt provides a backup power supply for the cluster
   • CIt replicates data to a secondary cluster for disaster recovery
   • DIt ensures that client connections are distributed across nodes and can fail over to healthy nodes
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6. 30application · medium

   A financial services firm uses a PowerScale cluster to serve NFS exports to trading applications. The applications are configured with a single mount point that must remain valid even if a node fails. The cluster has multiple SmartConnect zones. Which SmartConnect feature should the administrators use to provide a stable, single access point that automatically redirects clients if a node becomes unavailable?

   • ASmartConnect service IP address
   • BConnection count balancing policy
   • CStatic IP address on each node
   • DRound-robin DNS policy
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