QUESTION 301
Which three features are only available in the vSphere Client when using a vSphere Distributed Switch? (Choose three.)

A.    Port Mirroring
B.    PVLAN tagging
C.    Storage I/O Control
D.    Inress Traffic Shaping
E.    802.1q VLAN Tagging

Answer: ABD
Explanation:
http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-51/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-51-networking-guide.pdf

QUESTION 302
Click the Exhibit button. An administrator has been tasked with adding a newly installed uplink to vSwitch1.

Based on the exhibit, what is a true statement about this environment?

A.    The server does not have available vSwitches to be assigned to this uplink.
B.    The available uplinks are not compatible with a standard vSwitch.
C.    The host needs a driver installed for the newly installed uplink.
D.    The current uplinks cannot be attached because they are in use by other port groups.

Answer: C
Explanation:
As you can see that the Next button is greyed out. This means the host needs driver installed on the newly installed uplink. Once the driver in installed, the Next button will become active.

QUESTION 303
What are three methods of adding virtual machine networking to a vSphere Distributed Switch? (Choose three.)

A.    A portgroup can be created using the vSphere client and virtual machines can be added using their
Properties tab.
B.    A portgroup can be created as part of the Migrate Virtual Machine Networking wizard before virtual
machines are moved to the vDS.
C.    A portgroup can be cloned from a vSphere Standard Switch, inheriting the virtual machines that were
attached to the cloned portgroup.
D.    A portgroup can be created using the vSphere client and virtual machines can be migrated using the
Migrate Virtual Machine Networking wizard.
E.    A portgroup can be created during the creation of the vDS and virtual machines can be migrated using
the Migrate Virtual Machine Networking wizard.

Answer: ADE
Explanation:
http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-51/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-51-networking-guide.pdf

QUESTION 304
Click the Exhibit button. Based on the exhibit, what is the appropriate action to set a preferred path?

A.    Paths cannot be set to preferred on this array.
B.    Right-click the path you want to prefer and then select Preferred.
C.    Right-click the path you want to prefer then select Active.
D.    Double-click the new path you wish to prefer. The other existing paths will be set to Standby.

Answer: A
Explanation:
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1011340

QUESTION 305
A VMFS3 datastore has just been upgraded to VMFS5.
In what two ways does this affect the datastore? (Choose two.)

A.    The existing VMFS3 block size is retained.
B.    The block size will be changed to 8MB.
C.    Any existing VMDK can be expanded up to 2TB.
D.    VMDKs retain their size limit from the VMFS3 block size.

Answer: AC
Explanation:
http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2011/08/2tb-vmdks-on-upgraded-vmfs-3-to-vmfs-5-really.html

QUESTION 306
When planning for an upgrade from vSphere4 to vSphere5 what will be the effect of upgrading a 1TB VMFS3 datastore with a 2MB block size to VMFS5?

A.    Thick virtual disks can be expanded to a maximum of 2TB.
B.    Thick virtual disks can be expanded to a maximum of 512GB.
C.    Thin virtual disks can be expanded to a maximum of 512GB.
D.    Thin virtual disks can be expanded to a maximum of 2TB.

Answer: D
Explanation:
http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/vmw-vsphere-p4000-lefthand-san-solutions.pdf (page 20, 3rd bullet on the page)

QUESTION 307
Click the Exhibit button. Based on the exhibit, what is the reason that two of the paths are marked as Stand by?

A.    The other two paths were set to Active.
B.    The path configuration is required by the attached storage array.
C.    The active paths were set to Preferred.
D.    The storage adapters need to be rescanned before the paths will be set to Active.

Answer: B
Explanation:
The paths are standby because path configuration is required by the attached storage array.

QUESTION 308
What are two consequences of deleting a VMFS datastore from an ESXi 5.x host? (Choose two.)

A.    The datastore is unaccessible from all connected ESXi hosts.
B.    The datastore and all virtual machines are removed from the storage device.
C.    The datastore and all virtual machines remain on the storage device.
D.    The datastore is only removed from that specific ESXi host.

Answer: AB
Explanation:
The datastore will become inaccessible from all connected ESXi hosts. All the contents including datastore and all virtual machines will be removed from the storage device as well.

QUESTION 309
What are three valid objects to place in a vApp? (Choose three.)

A.    Folders
B.    Hosts
C.    Resource pools
D.    vApps
E.    Virtual machines

Answer: CDE
Explanation:

http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/index.jsp?topic=/com.vmware.vsphere.vcenterhost.doc_50/GUID-3B5AF2B1-C534-4426- B97A- D14019A8010F.html

QUESTION 310
Which three Storage I/O Control conditions might trigger the Non-VI workload detected on the datastore alarm? (Choose three.)

A.    The datastore is connected to an ESX/ESXi 4.0 host that does not support Storage I/O Control.
B.    The datastore is on an array that is performing system tasks such as replication.
C.    The datastore is utilizing active/passive multipathing or NMP (Native Multi-Pathing).
D.    The datastore is storing virtual machines with one or more snapshots.
E.    The datastore is connected to an ESX/ESXi 4.0 host that is not managed by vCenter.

Answer: ABE
Explanation:
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1020651
http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/topic/com.vmware.vsphere.troubleshooting.doc_50/GUID- 38F95285-DB4F-462F-AFD7-0F4D812B085F.html

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