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2V0-621 · Question #240
2V0-621 Question #240: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation
The correct answer is C: 128. ESXi 6.x imposes a per-VM maximum of 128 vCPUs regardless of physical core count, making 128 the correct upper limit.
Question
An administrator is building a large virtual machine that will require as many vCPUs as the host can support. An ESXi 6.x host has these specifications: Four 24-core Intel Xeon Processors 256 GB of Memory 512 GB Local disk space using VMFS5 What is the maximum number of virtual CPUs that the virtual machine can be allocated?
Options
- A64
- B96
- C128
- D192
Explanation
ESXi 6.x imposes a per-VM maximum of 128 vCPUs regardless of physical core count, making 128 the correct upper limit.
Common mistakes.
- A. 64 vCPUs is well below both the ESXi 6.x per-VM limit and the physical core count, and does not represent the maximum the platform supports.
- B. 96 matches the number of physical cores on the host but ignores ESXi's ability to over-provision vCPUs beyond physical cores and is not the documented per-VM maximum.
- D. 192 matches the logical processor count with hyperthreading enabled, but ESXi 6.x enforces a hard per-VM cap of 128 vCPUs, making 192 an invalid allocation.
Concept tested. ESXi 6.x maximum vCPUs per virtual machine limit
Reference. https://configmax.esp.vmware.com/guest?vmwareproduct=vSphere&release=vSphere%206.7&categories=1-0
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