2V0-21.20 · Question #107
An administrator is asked to deploy a virtual machine (VM) that can sniff packets for the Security team. Which setting must be set to "accept" on the VM's port group? (Choose the best answer.)
The correct answer is A. Promiscuous mode. Placing a guest adapter in promiscuous mode causes it to detect all frames passed on the vSphere distributed switch that are allowed under the VLAN policy for the port group that the adapter is connected to…
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An administrator is asked to deploy a virtual machine (VM) that can sniff packets for the Security team. Which setting must be set to "accept" on the VM's port group? (Choose the best answer.)
Options
- APromiscuous mode
- BForged transmits
- CMAC address changes
- DTraffic shaping
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(38 responses)- A79% (30)
- B3% (1)
- C13% (5)
- D5% (2)
Explanation
Placing a guest adapter in promiscuous mode causes it to detect all frames passed on the vSphere distributed switch that are allowed under the VLAN policy for the port group that the adapter is connected to. https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere.hostclient.doc/GUID- AA716A9F-F63F-4EBE-87F8-F3FB17E736BF.html
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