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SK0-005 · Question #580

A server administrator needs a server to have the fastest network performance possible. Which of the following would provide this function?

The correct answer is C. NIC teaming. NIC teaming combines multiple network interface cards into a single logical interface to increase bandwidth and provide redundancy, offering the fastest network performance.

Server administration

Question

A server administrator needs a server to have the fastest network performance possible. Which of the following would provide this function?

Options

  • ARound robin
  • BMRU
  • CNIC teaming
  • DPort forwarding

How the community answered

(53 responses)
  • A
    6% (3)
  • B
    2% (1)
  • C
    91% (48)
  • D
    2% (1)

Why each option

NIC teaming combines multiple network interface cards into a single logical interface to increase bandwidth and provide redundancy, offering the fastest network performance.

ARound robin

Round robin is a scheduling algorithm often used for load balancing or DNS, not directly for increasing a single server's raw network throughput.

BMRU

MRU (Maximum Receive Unit) is a parameter defining the largest packet size a network interface can receive, which is a configuration detail, not a function for overall performance improvement.

CNIC teamingCorrect

NIC teaming (Network Interface Card teaming), also known as Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) or bonding, combines multiple physical network adapters into a single logical interface. This aggregation increases the available bandwidth and provides fault tolerance, resulting in significantly faster network performance and resilience.

DPort forwarding

Port forwarding redirects traffic from one port to another, often across a network address translation (NAT) boundary, and does not inherently increase a server's network speed.

Concept tested: Network adapter aggregation for performance

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/networking/technologies/nic-teaming/nic-teaming

Topics

#NIC teaming#Network performance#Server networking#Throughput

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