A requirement in a server consolidation project states: “The consolidation ratio must be as high as
possible.” This has resulted in a lower number of larger-capacity hosts in the vSphere HA cluster.
Which of the following is true?

A host has three dual-port network cards. What is the maximum number of vSwitches that can be
integrated with the physical network, assuming that network redundancy is not a requirement?

As a platform designer, you have been asked to create a design for a vSphere 5 platform. Based
on existing capacity state analysis, the platform will require 30 hosts and 250 guest VMs. Due to
an existing vendor relationship with the enterprise, the preferred database for all datacenter
systems is Microsoft SQL 2008. Which of the following vCenter deployments can be used based
on this constraint?

RTO and RPO requirements can have a direct impact on the size and number of virtual datastores
used in a vSphere platform.

You are a platform designer constructing a physical design from an existing approved logical
design. Out of the vendor proposals, there are two proposed solutions that could be used. Which
of the following options is the most important factor when making a decision?

You have been asked to design a virtual machine for a new application developed in-house. The
application will be load tested before it is finally made production ready. The application
developers have created documentation based on data flow and entity dependency. The
functionality of the application is critical to the business for a defined project with a client base of a
maximum of 12,000 users. Which of the following scaling approaches would best suit this
scenario?

You are a virtualization consultant at a company that develops its own inhouse website trading
systems. The new website will be deployed in a vSphere 5 platform, which consists of two clusters
and four ESXi hosts (one for each project—the SDLC hosts—for all levels of testing and
development prior to production deployment).
The production cluster has been configured for fully automated DRS and VMware HA. During the
SDLC, the website platform was developed on a single development ESXi host inside a single
VLAN. The system was successfully tested within the SDLC ESXi hosts and then deployed to the
production cluster in a single vApp and a single VLAN.
Following a successful midweek, the new application starts to show signs of latency. Suddenly
several applications across the cluster are being impacted by network latency issues. Metrics are
collected and show that the amount of network traffic between the database and application
servers of the new website platform are at 96% utilization on the physical switch links between
ESXi hosts in the production cluster. What should you do?

You are working on a project to deploy a critical multitier web application. The application is as follows:

In the scenario described, the SAN space is limited. Which of the following options would help
save space while still providing the infrastructure shown above?

You are working on a project to deploy a critical multitier web application. The application is as follows:

In the scenario described, which of the following would be a good design choice for memory
management in the vSphere platform?

You are working on a project to deploy a critical multitier web application. The application is as follows:

In the scenario described, which of the following would be a good alternate design choice to
discuss with the vendor/web development team?