Which of the following VSX Gateway configuration is valid?

Question

Options

• AA shared NIC assigned to different Virtual Systems, with the same IP addresses on the same
• BA shared NIC assigned to different Virtual Systems, with the same IP address on different
• CMultiple NICs assigned to different Virtual Systems in Bridge Mode, performing Hide NAT
• DMultiple NICs assigned the same IP addresses, for each Virtual System in the configuration but
• EA shared NIC assigned to different Virtual Systems, with different IP addresses on the same

• A
  5% (2)
• B
  84% (31)
• C
  3% (1)
• D
  8% (3)

Explanation

Option B is correct because in VSX, a shared NIC can be logically divided using VLANs, allowing different Virtual Systems to use the same IP address on different VLANs without conflict - each VLAN creates an isolated Layer 2 domain, so the same IP (e.g., 192.168.1.1) can exist independently in each Virtual System.

Why the distractors fail:

• A - Same IP on the same VLAN/interface across Virtual Systems creates a direct IP conflict; there's no isolation to make this valid.
• C - Bridge Mode makes a Virtual System act as a transparent L2 device; Hide NAT requires L3 routing, so these two concepts are mutually exclusive.
• D - Assigning the same IP to multiple NICs on the same network segment causes IP collision; the truncated wording ("but...") also signals this is a deliberately broken distractor.
• E - Different IPs on the same VLAN means multiple Virtual Systems share one broadcast domain, which breaks traffic isolation and routing determinism - the core purpose of VSX segmentation.

Memory tip: Think "Same IP, Different VLAN = Valid VSX" - VSX uses VLANs as the separator, not unique IPs. If two things differ (IP vs. VLAN), exactly one must be "same" and one must be "different" for a valid config, and the VLAN is what changes, not the IP.

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