VCP-VVF IT Architectures Technologies Standards Practice Question
An administrator is planning storage design for a vSphere Foundation 9.0 cluster. Which TWO file-level storage protocols are supported by ESXi for mounting external shared file datastores? (Choose two.)
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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Network File System (NFS) version 4.1
ESXi supports NFS version 3 and NFS version 4.1 for external file-level datastore mounting.
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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Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS)
Why it's wrong here
HTTPS is a web transport protocol, not an ESXi datastore protocol.
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Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP)
Why it's wrong here
SFTP is used for secure file transfers, not as a hypervisor datastore protocol.
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Network File System (NFS) version 4.1
Why this is correct
Correct. NFSv4.1 with native multipathing is a supported file-level storage protocol in ESXi.
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Network File System (NFS) version 3
Why this is correct
Correct. NFSv3 is a supported file-level storage protocol in ESXi.
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Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
Why it's wrong here
TFTP is for lightweight booting/file loading, not shared enterprise datastores.
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