2V0-620 Question #5: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

The correct answer is A: Route based on physical NIC workload. Prior to vSphere 6.x, the 'Route based on physical NIC load' (workload) policy was exclusively available on vSphere Distributed Switches (vDS), which require vSphere Enterprise Plus licensing. In vSphere 6.x, VMware made this policy available on vSphere Standard Switches (vSS) as

Question

Which load balancing policy, previously limited to vSphere Distributed Switches, is now available on vSphere Standard Switches with vSphere 6.x?

Options

ARoute based on physical NIC workload
BRoute based on IP Hash
CRoute based on the originating virtual port
DRoute based on Source MAC Hash

Explanation

Prior to vSphere 6.x, the 'Route based on physical NIC load' (workload) policy was exclusively available on vSphere Distributed Switches (vDS), which require vSphere Enterprise Plus licensing. In vSphere 6.x, VMware made this policy available on vSphere Standard Switches (vSS) as well, extending dynamic load balancing to environments without vDS. The other options - IP Hash, originating virtual port, and Source MAC Hash - were already supported on Standard Switches in earlier versions.

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