VCP-DCV Configure and Manage vSphere Networking Practice Question
An administrator needs to provide redundancy for VM traffic across multiple physical NICs on a vSphere Standard Switch. Which NIC teaming policy should be used to ensure fault tolerance without load balancing?
⚠ Common exam trap
Many exam-takers confuse 'fault tolerance without load balancing' with load-balancing policies like IP hash or source MAC hash, mistakenly thinking any teaming policy provides redundancy, but only the explicit failover order ensures a single active path with no traffic distribution.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Use explicit failover order (Active/Standby)
The 'Use explicit failover order (Active/Standby)' policy designates one or more NICs as active and the rest as standby, providing pure fault tolerance without any load balancing. When the active NIC fails, traffic automatically fails over to the standby NIC, ensuring redundancy without distributing traffic across multiple uplinks.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Route based on IP hash
Why it's wrong here
This is a load-balancing policy that also provides fault tolerance.
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Route based on originating virtual port
Why it's wrong here
This is a load-balancing policy.
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Use explicit failover order (Active/Standby)
Why this is correct
This provides fault tolerance without load balancing.
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Route based on source MAC hash
Why it's wrong here
This is a load-balancing policy.
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