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VMware 3V0-21.23 Exam - Topic 2 Question 17 Discussion

Actual exam question for VMware's 3V0-21.23 exam
Question #: 17
Topic #: 2
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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.)

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Suggested Answer: B, E, F

The solution will deploy VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus on all hosts within the cluster.

VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus offers advanced networking and storage features that will support the required high availability, performance, and management capabilities. Features such as Distributed Switches and Network I/O Control (NIOC) are critical to meeting the business-critical application and performance requirements for the latency-sensitive stock trading application.

The solution will deploy a single vSphere Distributed Switch with each host connected to it.

A vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS) is ideal for managing network configurations centrally across multiple hosts, which meets the requirement for centralized vSphere operational management. It also ensures consistent network configurations and simplifies network management at scale.

The solution will configure Network I/O control to ensure that system-level bandwidth does not impact workload network traffic.

Network I/O Control (NIOC) is essential for prioritizing network traffic, ensuring that latency-sensitive workloads are not impacted by other system-level or less critical traffic. This is crucial for the performance requirements of the stock trading application.


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Ryan
9 hours ago
A single vSphere Distributed Switch sounds like the best option here.
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Ollie
6 days ago
Totally agree, they should go for vSphere Enterprise Plus!
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Elza
11 days ago
The customer has vCenter Standard and vSphere Standard licenses.
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Abel
16 days ago
Network bandwidth shaping (Option A) is a must for a latency-sensitive app like this.
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Cyril
21 days ago
Haha, I bet the CFO is hoping they don't need to buy any more licenses after this project!
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Lenita
26 days ago
Deploying vSphere Enterprise Plus (Option B) will give us the advanced networking features we need.
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Ahmad
1 month ago
Definitely need to configure Network I/O control (Option F) to ensure the trading app doesn't get impacted.
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Dorothy
1 month ago
Option E is the way to go. Distributed Switches are the way to manage networking at scale.
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Martha
1 month ago
I think Network I/O control is crucial here to prevent system operations from affecting the trading application, but I’m not 100% confident about the specifics.
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Justine
2 months ago
This is a tricky one. I'm not sure if the Enterprise Plus license is really necessary, or if the Standard license would be sufficient. I'll need to weigh the tradeoffs carefully.
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Colette
2 months ago
I'm feeling pretty confident about this one. The distributed switch and network I/O control seem like the obvious choices to ensure the required performance and centralized management. The other options just don't seem to fully address the needs.
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Lashawn
2 months ago
Okay, let's see. I think the distributed switch and network I/O control are key to meeting the requirements. The traffic shaping and standard switch options don't seem like they'd provide the level of control and management needed.
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Yolande
2 months ago
I practiced a similar question where we had to decide between Standard and Enterprise Plus. I feel like Enterprise Plus would be better for this scenario.
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Dahlia
2 months ago
I'm not entirely sure, but I think Traffic Shaping might be useful to control bandwidth for those 500 workloads.
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Ilene
2 months ago
I remember we discussed the importance of using a distributed switch for better management and performance, especially for a large cluster like this one.
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Celia
3 months ago
But we have Standard licenses. Option C might be more cost-effective.
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Chauncey
3 months ago
Hmm, I'm a bit unsure about the networking aspects here. I'll need to carefully review the options and think through how each one might impact the latency-sensitive trading app.
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Samira
3 months ago
This seems like a pretty straightforward design question. I'd focus on the key requirements - supporting 500 development workloads, ensuring business-critical apps aren't impacted, and enabling centralized vSphere management.
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Earnestine
3 months ago
Centralized management is key, so we need to ensure that’s in place.
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