Which BIOS setting is required for a VMware ESXi 5.0 host to support Cisco VM-FEX universal pasthrough mode?

Which BIOS setting is required for a VMware ESXi 5.0 host to support Cisco VM-FEX universal
pasthrough mode?

Which BIOS setting is required for a VMware ESXi 5.0 host to support Cisco VM-FEX universal
pasthrough mode?

A.
VT for Directed IO

B.
ACPI 10 Support

C.
VEMDPA Agent

D.
Execute Disabled Bit

E.
Processor C State



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Michael Churchill

Michael Churchill

Cisco recommend that you create a named BIOS policy as VMwarePassThru so that you can identify it as being used for VM-FEX in high-performance mode.

You must enable these specific parameters in the following BIOS settings:
• Processor—Enable Virtual Technology (VT) and Direct Cache Access.

You must enable VT if you intend to run 64-bit VMs on the ESX/ESXi host. An
ESX/ESXi host will not run 64-bit VMs unless VT is enabled

For directed IO – Cisco recommend the following parameters are set

◦VT for Directed IO
◦Interrupt Remap
◦Coherency Support
◦ATS Support
◦Pass Through DMA Support

see

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/sw/vm_fex/vmware/gui/config_guide/b_GUI_VMware_VM-FEX_UCSM_Configuration_Guide.pdf

so A look correct