An administrator is using Auto Deploy to create several ESXi 6.x hosts that will be connected to a vSphere Distributed Switch. After the hosts are deployed, the administrator notices that LACP…

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Options

• ALACP is not enabled on the vCenter Server.
• BThe LACP support settings do not exist in the host profile.
• CThe LACP installation bundle is not included in the image profile.
• DLACP has not been configured on the Auto Deploy server.

• A
  4% (1)
• B
  77% (20)
• C
  4% (1)
• D
  15% (4)

Explanation

When ESXi hosts are provisioned via Auto Deploy, they are stateless and receive their full configuration - including distributed switch settings - from a host profile applied by the Auto Deploy rule set. LACP (Link Aggregation Control Protocol) configuration on a vSphere Distributed Switch is stored as part of the host profile. If the host profile was created or exported before LACP was configured on the VDS, the LACP settings will be absent from the profile, and the deployed hosts will never negotiate LACP with the upstream switches. LACP is a standard 802.3ad protocol, not a separately installable bundle, so Option C is incorrect. LACP is not configured on vCenter Server itself (A) or the Auto Deploy server (D); it is a per-host network setting driven by the host profile.

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