5V0-21.21 · Question #19
A customer is planning to deploy a vSAN cluster to host their in-house distributed ERP system. The hardware specifications for their server nodes include: 2 x Intel Xeon CPU E5-2697 v3 @ 2.60GHz 1TB…
The correct answer is A. A 16GB single-level cell (SLC) SATADOM device must be used. If the memory of the ESXi host has 512 GB of memory or less, you can boot the host from a USB, SD, or SATADOM device. If the memory of the ESXi host has more than 512 GB, consider the following guidelines. You can boot the host from a SATADOM or disk device with a size of at…
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A customer is planning to deploy a vSAN cluster to host their in-house distributed ERP system. The hardware specifications for their server nodes include:
- 2 x Intel Xeon CPU E5-2697 v3 @ 2.60GHz
- 1TB memory
Which boot device is supported for the vSAN ESXi nodes for this customer?
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- AA 16GB single-level cell (SLC) SATADOM device must be used.
- BA 4GB USB or SD device must be used.
- CA 16GB multiple-level cell (MLC) SATADOM device must be used.
- DESXi Hosts must boot from a PMEM device.
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(53 responses)- A77% (41)
- B4% (2)
- C11% (6)
- D8% (4)
Explanation
If the memory of the ESXi host has 512 GB of memory or less, you can boot the host from a USB, SD, or SATADOM device. If the memory of the ESXi host has more than 512 GB, consider the following guidelines. You can boot the host from a SATADOM or disk device with a size of at least 16 GB. When you use a SATADOM device, use a single-level cell (SLC) device. https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere.vsan- planning.doc/GUID-B09CE19D-A3F6-408C-AE69-35F65CBE66E1.html
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