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GVT Guest VLAN Tagging using vNetwork Standard Switch

VMware supports VLAN tagging by Virtual Machines, this feature is called a guest VLAN tagging. GVT support depends on a Guest OS installed. Some OSs support VLAN tagging natively as long as NIC driver is available. Others require NIC driver for vNIC. VMXNET3 driver for Windows support VLAN tagging from Guest OS, so you can insert VLAN ID.

This is what I want to achieve here. I want to configure standard vNetwork Switch to have VLAN 2001 and 2002 and VMs in each VLANs to communicate each other.

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VMware network configuration

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VCAP5-DCA Objective 1.1 – Implement and Manage Complex Storage Solutions – Knowledge

Objective 1.1 – Implement and Manage Complex Storage Solutions – Knowledge

Identify RAID Levels

Not sure how VMware will test me about RAID Levels in VCAP5-DCA Exam, but it is important to understand different types of RAID levels and their performance implication and disk failure supported. I’m sure if you are attempting for DCD exam, this will be one of the key factors of selecting right LUNs for the requirement.

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