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NCP-MCI-6.10 · Question #68

An administrator has received reports of users being disconnected from remote desktop sessions to a specific VM. Which VM metric is most useful isolating the cause of the issue?

The correct answer is D. Virtual NIC receive packet dropped. Remote desktop (RDP/ICA) disconnections are a network-layer symptom. The most direct metric to isolate this cause is 'Virtual NIC receive packet dropped,' which shows whether the VM's virtual network interface is dropping incoming packets-a direct indicator of network…

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Question

An administrator has received reports of users being disconnected from remote desktop sessions to a specific VM. Which VM metric is most useful isolating the cause of the issue?

Options

  • AStorage Controller Bandwidth
  • BSwap-Out Rate
  • CHypervisor CPU Ready time (%)
  • DVirtual NIC receive packet dropped

How the community answered

(25 responses)
  • A
    4% (1)
  • B
    12% (3)
  • C
    4% (1)
  • D
    80% (20)

Explanation

Remote desktop (RDP/ICA) disconnections are a network-layer symptom. The most direct metric to isolate this cause is 'Virtual NIC receive packet dropped,' which shows whether the VM's virtual network interface is dropping incoming packets-a direct indicator of network congestion, misconfiguration, or oversubscription causing session interruptions. Storage Controller Bandwidth (A) relates to storage throughput, not network connectivity. Swap-Out Rate (B) indicates memory pressure that could slow a VM but does not directly cause disconnections. Hypervisor CPU Ready time (C) indicates CPU scheduling contention, which could degrade performance but is not the primary cause of remote session disconnections.

Topics

#VM Monitoring#Network Troubleshooting#RDP#Packet Dropped

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