VMware vSphere 8.x Advanced Design (VCAP-DCV Design) — Question 31
An architect is designing the virtual networking components of a vSphere-based solution that will provide an environment for the development of a new latency sensitive stock trading application.
The following information was identified within the initial meeting with the customer:
The customer has vCenter Standard and vSphere Standard licenses left over from a previous project.
The customer's CFO has approved budget for additional purchases, if required.
The following requirements were also identified during the meeting:
The solution must support 500 development workloads concurrently running in the secondary site.
The solution must support the ability to complete all vSphere Operational Management centrally.
The solution must ensure business-critical applications are not impacted by vSphere system-level operations.
Given the requirements, the architect has decided on a single 20-node cluster for development.
Which three additional design decisions should the architect make to meet these requirements? (Choose three.)
Answer options
- A. The solution will configure Traffic Shaping policies to restrict network bandwidth on ingress and egress.
- B. The solution will deploy VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus on all hosts within the cluster.
- C. The solution will deploy VMware vSphere Standard on all hosts within the cluster.
- D. The solution will deploy a single VMware Standard Switch that will be configured identically on each host.
- E. The solution will deploy a single vSphere Distributed Switch with each host connected to it.
- F. The solution will configure Network I/O control to ensure that system-level bandwidth does not impact workload network traffic.
Correct answer: B, E, F
Explanation
Option B is correct as VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus provides advanced features necessary for managing a large cluster effectively. Option E is also suitable since a vSphere Distributed Switch offers centralized management of network configurations across all hosts, which is essential for the requirements. Option F is appropriate as it ensures that system-level operations do not disrupt critical workload traffic. Options A, C, and D do not align with the requirements for managing network performance and capacity effectively.