VCP-VVF IT Architectures Technologies Standards Practice Question
An administrator is designing a new vSphere Foundation 9.0 cluster using 32-core AMD EPYC processors. Which hardware design standard must be verified to ensure maximum VM density and NUMA efficiency without cross-socket memory latency penalties?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Size virtual machine vCPUs to fit within the core and cache boundaries of a single physical NUMA node.
Ensuring the VM vCPU count fits neatly within a single physical NUMA node prevents cross-socket memory access, maintaining low latency.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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Size virtual machine vCPUs to fit within the core and cache boundaries of a single physical NUMA node.
Why this is correct
Correct. Keeping vCPUs within a single NUMA node optimizes memory access and reduces remote memory latency.
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Configure the hypervisor to span all vCPUs evenly across all sockets regardless of core counts.
Why it's wrong here
Spreading vCPUs across sockets increases remote NUMA memory access and lowers performance.
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Enable Fault Tolerance for every virtual machine to force physical socket load-balancing.
Why it's wrong here
Fault Tolerance is for high availability and places high overhead, not a NUMA sizing method.
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Disable hyperthreading globally across all hosts in the vCenter Server cluster settings.
Why it's wrong here
Disabling hyperthreading does not resolve NUMA boundary sizing requirements.
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