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2V0-622 · Question #184

Which two identification sources can a vSphere Auto Deploy rule use to identify target hosts? (Choose two.)

The correct answer is C. SMBIOS information D. BIOS UUID. vSphere Auto Deploy rule sets use SMBIOS information and BIOS UUID to uniquely identify and match target ESXi hosts during the boot process.

Section 8 – Deploy and Administer VMware Virtual Machines

Question

Which two identification sources can a vSphere Auto Deploy rule use to identify target hosts? (Choose two.)

Options

  • AProcessor Serial Number
  • BSecurity Identifier
  • CSMBIOS information
  • DBIOS UUID

How the community answered

(21 responses)
  • A
    5% (1)
  • B
    5% (1)
  • C
    90% (19)

Why each option

vSphere Auto Deploy rule sets use SMBIOS information and BIOS UUID to uniquely identify and match target ESXi hosts during the boot process.

AProcessor Serial Number

Processor Serial Number is not an identification attribute supported by Auto Deploy rule sets; modern CPUs no longer expose accessible serial numbers and vSphere does not use this field.

BSecurity Identifier

Security Identifier (SID) is a Windows Active Directory concept used for user and computer account identity and has no relevance to bare-metal ESXi host identification in Auto Deploy.

CSMBIOS informationCorrect

SMBIOS (System Management BIOS) data - including vendor, model, and serial strings embedded in the firmware - is readable at PXE boot time and provides hardware-level attributes Auto Deploy rules can match against.

DBIOS UUIDCorrect

The BIOS UUID is a globally unique identifier stored in system firmware that Auto Deploy can use to target a specific physical host, ensuring the correct image profile and host profile are applied to the right machine.

Concept tested: vSphere Auto Deploy rule set host identification attributes

Source: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere.install.doc/GUID-E0A48AA1-6BC8-4B90-BEA3-0B27AFF59B8A.html

Topics

#Auto Deploy#host identification#SMBIOS#BIOS UUID

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