What can you do to reduce the impact to the peer virtual machines?

You are the administrator for a new VMware installation and you have an application that is
running within a virtual machine that creates a high amount of inbound traffic. This traffic seems to
be affecting other virtual machines on the same virtual switch. What can you do to reduce the
impact to the peer virtual machines?

You are the administrator for a new VMware installation and you have an application that is
running within a virtual machine that creates a high amount of inbound traffic. This traffic seems to
be affecting other virtual machines on the same virtual switch. What can you do to reduce the
impact to the peer virtual machines?

A.
Use a standard switch with Network I/O Control configured

B.
Use a distributed switch with traffic shaping configured

C.
Use a distributed switch with Netflow enabled

D.
Use a standard switch with traffic shaping configured

Explanation:
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=display
KC&externalId=1010555(see the bulleted points)



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bob

bob

Why not a standard switch??? Distributed switches can do inbound/outbound, but a standard switch can still do inbound.

bob

bob

Never mind, I had it backwards. Standard switches can do outbound.