VMware NSX-T Data Center Advanced (VCAP-NV Design) — Question 2

An architect is helping an organization with the Physical Design of an NSX-T Data Center solution.
This information was gathered during a workshop:
✑ There are six hosts and hardware has already been purchased.
✑ Customer is planning a collapsed Management/Edge/Compute cluster.
✑ Each host has two 10Gb NICs connected to a pair of switches.
✑ There should be no single point of failure in any proposed design.
Which virtual switch design should the architect recommend to the organization? (Choose the best answer.)

Answer options

• A. Create a vSphere Distributed Switch (vDS) for Management VMkernel traffic and assign one NIC. Also, create an NSX-T Virtual Distributed Switch (N-VDS) for overlay traffic and assign one NIC.
• B. Create an NSX-T Virtual Distributed Switch (N-VDS) for Management VMkernel traffic and assign one NIC. Also, create an NSX-T Virtual Distributed Switch (N-VDS) for overlay traffic and assign one NIC.
• C. Create an NSX-T Virtual Distributed Switch (N-VDS) for Management VMKernel and overlay traffic and assign both NICs.
• D. Create an NSX-T Virtual Distributed Switch (N-VDS) for Management VMkernel and overlay traffic and assign a new virtual NIC.

Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is C because using both NICs for Management VMKernel and overlay traffic eliminates potential single points of failure by providing redundancy. Options A and B only allocate one NIC for each type of traffic, which does not meet the requirement for no single points of failure. Option D suggests using a new virtual NIC, which is not necessary when both physical NICs can be utilized for better reliability.