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VCP 5 Section 2.1 - vNetwork Standard Switch
Covers vSS for VCP 5
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01/15/2013

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T/F: vSS Supports vLANs and Traffic Shaping
Definition
True
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Name the two types of port groups on vSS
Definition
1. Virtual Machine Port Group
2. VMKernel Port Group
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What is Virtual Machine Port Group used for?
Definition
This port group is designed to route traffic between the virtual machines as well as the external network. Be sure if you plan to use vMotion that each Virtual Switch you set up is on the same broadcast domain.
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What is VMKernel Port Group used for?
Definition
Provides management connectivity to the host, as well as vMotion, iSCSI, NFS (IP storage), and Fault tolerance traffic.
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Why does the vCLI show 8 more ports than shown in the VI client?
Definition
Because 8 ports are used for management purposes which cannot be used by virtual machines
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Why is it important to have consistent naming accross your port groups?
Definition
Features like vMotion and FT will fail if VMs are on a different Network. Differently named networks will be identified as different networks. This is case sensitive!
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What object is a vSphere Standard Switch created on?
Definition
On each host.
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T/F: When adding a physical NIC, You can add a physical NIC which is not used by any other VSwitch or which is currently being used by a vSwitch
Definition
True
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Name the three network services that you can select on a vmkernel port on a vNetwork Standard Switch
Definition
1. vMotion
2. Fault Tolerance
3. Management Traffic
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What happens if you create a Virtual Machine Port Group without a physical adapter?
Definition
Virtual Machines connected to the same port group will be able to communicate with each other, but they will not be able to access any external networks
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