Exam NCP-NS-7.5 Topic 1 Question 87 Discussion
Actual exam question for Nutanix's NCP-NS-7.5 exam
Question #: 87
Topic #: 1
Question #: 87
Topic #: 1
An administrator needs to ensure all web traffic (HTTP/HTTPS) from a specific subnet (10.100.20.0/24) is redirected through a third-party virtual firewall inside the VPC for Layer 7 inspection before reaching the internet. The firewall VM has an IP of 10.100.30.5 and is connected to a different subnet. What should be done to enforce this specific traffic path?
Suggested Answer: A Vote an answer
This item is best solved by thinking like an operator in Prism Central: first identify whether the problem is design, control-plane state, or policy logic, then pick the option tied to that layer. The correct response is A, meaning "Configure a Policy-Based Route (PBR) on the VPC with a re-route IP 10.100.30.5.". The winning option is the one tied to the native Nutanix object or control that governs the outcome described in the scenario. In practice, this falls into virtual network design: VPC structure, subnet type, external network behavior, routing intent, and address exposure are what determine the result.
Seen from a design perspective, the correct answer is the least ambiguous and most supportable implementation path inside Prism Central and AHV. Notice that B does not fit because it targets a different layer of the Nutanix networking and security stack than the one causing the outcome here. C does not fit because it targets a different layer of the Nutanix networking and security stack than the one causing the outcome here. That is the underlying Nutanix principle being validated: solve the issue at the feature that owns the behavior, not by changing unrelated infrastructure settings that happen to sound network-oriented.
Seen from a design perspective, the correct answer is the least ambiguous and most supportable implementation path inside Prism Central and AHV. Notice that B does not fit because it targets a different layer of the Nutanix networking and security stack than the one causing the outcome here. C does not fit because it targets a different layer of the Nutanix networking and security stack than the one causing the outcome here. That is the underlying Nutanix principle being validated: solve the issue at the feature that owns the behavior, not by changing unrelated infrastructure settings that happen to sound network-oriented.
by Beau at Aug 02, 2026, 04:45 AM
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