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2V0-621D · Question #174

An administrator wants to select a Host Power Management Policy for an ESXi 6.x host that will disable most hardware power management features. Which Host Power Management Policy should be selected to

The correct answer is A. High Performance. To disable most hardware power management features on an ESXi 6.x host for maximum performance, an administrator should select the 'High Performance' Host Power Management Policy.

Section 7 – Administer and Analyze vSphere 6.x Performance

Question

An administrator wants to select a Host Power Management Policy for an ESXi 6.x host that will disable most hardware power management features. Which Host Power Management Policy should be selected to meet this requirement?

Options

  • AHigh Performance
  • BBalanced
  • CLow Power
  • DDisabled

How the community answered

(55 responses)
  • A
    91% (50)
  • B
    5% (3)
  • C
    2% (1)
  • D
    2% (1)

Why each option

To disable most hardware power management features on an ESXi 6.x host for maximum performance, an administrator should select the 'High Performance' Host Power Management Policy.

AHigh PerformanceCorrect

The 'High Performance' power management policy is designed to maximize CPU performance by disabling most hardware power-saving features, such as CPU C-states and P-states. This ensures that the CPU cores consistently run at their highest frequency, providing the best possible performance at the expense of increased power consumption.

BBalanced

The 'Balanced' policy attempts to balance performance and power consumption, enabling some power-saving features rather than disabling most of them.

CLow Power

The 'Low Power' policy prioritizes energy efficiency over performance, aggressively enabling hardware power management features to reduce power consumption.

DDisabled

There is no standard 'Disabled' power management policy option in ESXi specifically for hardware power management features; 'High Performance' serves this purpose.

Concept tested: ESXi host power management policies

Source: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.5/com.vmware.vsphere.hostmanagement.doc/GUID-4A1C007C-6194-4FDD-AD62-4D789B100EC4.html

Topics

#host power management#ESXi configuration#performance policy

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