1V0-601 · Question #103
You have deployed a virtual environment that is utilizing 7 physical servers and you determine the average resource utilization during non-business hours is very low. Your manager is concerned that…
The correct answer is D. Distributed Power Management (DPM). See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
Question
You have deployed a virtual environment that is utilizing 7 physical servers and you determine the average resource utilization during non-business hours is very low. Your manager is concerned that the company is wasting money on power consumption. Which technology can help reduce excess power consumption?
Options
- AvSphere Distributed Switch (vDS)
- BvSphere APIs for Storage Awareness (VASA)
- CA kick-start file
- DDistributed Power Management (DPM)
How the community answered
(21 responses)- A5% (1)
- B5% (1)
- C19% (4)
- D71% (15)
Community Discussion
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Wesley A.Jun 10, 2026D is your answer. DPM monitors cluster-wide resource utilization and automatically powers down hosts when demand is low, then powers them back on when load picks up, which is exactly the fix for wasted power during off-peak hours.
Konstantin H.Jun 11, 2026D is right, but worth flagging for the exam that DPM's power-on path depends entirely on a working BMC channel (IPMI, iLO, or DRAC) per host, so if the hardware side isn't configured, vCenter will evacuate and power off just fine and then fail silently when load climbs back up.
Grigory K.Jun 19, 2026Thought vDS first, but DPM literally powers hosts down when load drops. D.
Konstantin H.Jun 14, 2026Saw this exact scenario word-for-word on my 1V0-601 sitting, chose D without hesitating - DPM consolidates VMs and powers down idle hosts.