VMware vSphere 8.x Professional (VCP-DCV 2022) — Question 77

An administrator is asked to deploy a virtual machine (VM) that can sniff packets for the Security team.
Which setting must be set to `accept` on the VM's port group?

Answer options

• A. Promiscuous mode
• B. Forged transmits
• C. MAC address changes
• D. Traffic shaping

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is A, Promiscuous mode, because it allows the VM to receive all traffic on the network segment, not just the packets addressed to it. The other options, while relevant to network configurations, do not specifically enable packet sniffing functionality like Promiscuous mode does.