VMware Cloud Foundation 5.x Administrator (2025) — Question 20

An administrator is configuring a newly provisioned workload domain within a VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) environment. The workload domain will contain virtual machines hosting applications which are considered business critical, and the administrator wants to ensure that the virtual machines are given priority over other network traffic types.
Which three steps should the administrator perform to achieve this goal? (Choose three.)

Answer options

• A. Configure a bandwidth resource allocation for the virtual machine traffic type.
• B. Enable Network I/O control (NIOC) on the workload domain vSphere Distributed Switch (vDS).
• C. Create a new vSphere Distributed Switch (vDS) specifically for virtual machine traffic.
• D. Configure dedicated physical network adapters for the ESXi management traffic.
• E. Disable bandwidth resource allocations for all other traffic types to ensure virtual machine traffic gets full bandwidth.
• F. Configure a new network resource pool to assign shares, limits and reservations for the virtual machine traffic.

Correct answer: A, B, F

Explanation

The correct steps to prioritize virtual machine traffic are A, B, and F. Configuring a bandwidth resource allocation (A) ensures that the virtual machines have a guaranteed amount of bandwidth. Enabling NIOC (B) allows for better control of network traffic prioritization on the vDS. Creating a new network resource pool (F) helps to assign specific shares, limits, and reservations for the virtual machines. The other options either do not directly contribute to prioritization or are not necessary for this requirement.