Nutanix Certified Master – Multicloud Infrastructure (NCM-MCI) — Question 48
An administrator is planning to deploy a Nutanix cluster to support a few high-performance VMs. This deployment will have the following considerations:
✑ Individual VMs will likely generate network throughputs in the range of 90-100Mbps
✑ Due to the configuration of the VMs, it is unlikely that a node will host more than one or two of them at a time
✑ Individual VMs will communicate with only a few (one or two) remote hosts at a time
✑ Multicast will not be used in the environment
✑ The hosts are connected via two 1GbE network connections
How should the administrator configure the network bonds to meet this requirement while maintaining the simplest switch configuration?
Answer options
- A. Configure bond0 as balance-sib
- B. Configure bond0 as active-backup
- C. Configure bond0 as balance-tcp
- D. Configure bond0 as balance-lacp
Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is A, as configuring bond0 as balance-sib allows for efficient use of the available bandwidth while maintaining simplicity in the switch configuration. Options B, C, and D introduce unnecessary complexity or do not adequately utilize the network capacity given the low likelihood of high simultaneous VM traffic.