VMware Cloud Director Specialist (2022) — Question 116

An administrator is tasked with providing additional North-South throughput to the workloads hosted on overlay-backed networks in a VI Workload Domain stretched cluster. A two-node NSX Edge cluster was previously deployed through SDDC Manager before the cluster was stretched.
Which option is valid to add two nodes to the existing edge cluster while maintaining password rotation capability?

Answer options

• A. Create a new NSX Edge cluster using SDDC Manager on the same stretched Workload Domain cluster.
• B. Expand the existing NSX Edge cluster using SDDC Manager, and place the additional NSX Edge nodes on the same stretched Workload Domain cluster.
• C. Expand the existing NSX Edge cluster using SDDC Manager, and place the additional NSX Edge nodes on a different stretched Workload Domain cluster.
• D. Expand the existing NSX Edge cluster using NSX Manager, and import the additional nodes in SDDC Manager.

Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is B because expanding the existing NSX Edge cluster using SDDC Manager and placing the additional nodes in the same stretched Workload Domain preserves password rotation capabilities. Options A and C incorrectly suggest creating a new cluster or placing nodes in a different cluster, which would disrupt the password management. Option D incorrectly uses NSX Manager instead of SDDC Manager for expanding the cluster.