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.
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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)- A5% (1)
- B5% (1)
- C90% (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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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