2V0-642 · Question #287
What are two roles of vmnics? (Choose two)
The correct answer is A. ESXi hosts reach the physical network through vmnics. C. ESXi hosts are segmented using vmnics, also called virtual trunk ports. The term "NIC" has two meanings in a VMware virtualized environment; it can refer to a physical network adapters (vmnic) of the host server hardware and it can also refer to a virtual NIC (vNIC), a virtual hardware device presented to the virtual machine by VMware's hardware…
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What are two roles of vmnics? (Choose two)
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- AESXi hosts reach the physical network through vmnics.
- BVirtual machines require vmnics to communicate with their host
- CESXi hosts are segmented using vmnics, also called virtual trunk ports
- DVirtual machines require vmnics to communicate with physical networks
How the community answered
(53 responses)- A75% (40)
- B19% (10)
- D6% (3)
Explanation
The term "NIC" has two meanings in a VMware virtualized environment; it can refer to a physical network adapters (vmnic) of the host server hardware and it can also refer to a virtual NIC (vNIC), a virtual hardware device presented to the virtual machine by VMware's hardware abstraction layer. While a vNIC is solely a virtual device, it can leverage the hardware acceleration features offer by the physical NIC - because the vmnic is a PHYSICAL network adapter - so the answers above must be for the ESXI host and not the VMs
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