An administrator is creating a virtual machine that will be running Windows 2008 Enterprise (64- bit). The application to be installed in the virtual machine requires eight vCPUs to run effectively. During installation, the only available options are one, two, three, or four vCPUs.
What condition explains the available vCPU selections?
A.
The virtual machine hardware version is 8.
B.
The guest operating system for the virtual machine is 64-bit.
C.
The ESXi host has two AMD dual-core CPUs.
D.
The ESXi host has two Intel dual-core CPUs.
How do I distinguish between possible answers C. and D.?
It is assumed that the Intel processors will have hyperthreading enabled. 2 CPUs * 2 Cores * 2 (hyperthreading) = 8 Usable CPUs.