VCP4 - Networking

Question 1

Max number of e1000 1GB Ethernet ports (PCI-x) per host

Answer 1

32 max per host

Question 2

Max number of e1000e 1GB Ethernet ports (PCI-e) per host

Answer 2

24 max per host

Question 3

Max number of igb (Intel) 1GB Ethernet ports per host

Answer 3

16 max per host

Question 4

Max number of tg3 1GB Ethernet ports (Broadcom) per host

Answer 4

32 max per host

Question 5

Max number of bnx2 1GB Ethernet ports (Broadcom) per host

Answer 5

16 max per host

Question 6

Max number of forcedeth 1GB Ethernet ports (NVIDIA)

Answer 6

2 max per host

Question 7

Max number of s2io 10GB Ethernet ports (Neterion) per host

Answer 7

4 max per host

Question 8

Max number of nx_nic 10GB Ethernet ports (NetXen) per host

Answer 8

4 max per host

Question 9

Max number of ixgbe Oplin 10GB Ethernet ports (Intel) per host

Answer 9

4 max per host

Question 10

Max number of bnx2x 10GB Ethernet ports (Broadcom) per host

Answer 10

4 max per host

Question 11

Max number of VMDirectPath PCI/PCIe devices per host

Answer 11

8 max per host

Question 12

Max number of VMDirectPath PCI/PCIe devices per virtual machine

Answer 12

4 max per VM

Question 13

The maximum number of virtual network ports of any type per host is

Answer 13

4096 max per host

Question 14

The maximum number of ACTIVE virtual network ports of any types per host

Answer 14

1016 max per host

Question 15

The max number of virtual network creation ports per standard switch

Answer 15

4088 max per host

Question 16

The maximum number of port groups per standard switch is

Answer 16

512 max per VSS

Question 17

The max number of Static or Dynamic port groups per distributed switch is

Answer 17

5000 max per VDS

Question 18

The maximum number of ephemeral port groups per distributed switch is

Answer 18

1016 max per VDS

Question 19

The maximum number of ports per distributed switch is

Answer 19

20,000 max per VDS

Question 20

The maximum number of virtual distributed switch ports per vCenter instance

Answer 20

20,000 max per vCenter instance

Question 21

The maximum number of Static or Dynamic port groups per vCenter instance

Answer 21

5000 max per vCenter instance

Question 22

The maximum number of ephemeral port groups per vCenter instance

Answer 22

1016 max per vCenter instance

Question 23

The max number of distributed switches per vCenter instance

Answer 23

32 max per vCenter instance

Question 24

The max number of distributed switches per host

Answer 24

16 max per host

Question 25

List of 1 GB nics and max count per host

Answer 25

e1000 (PCI-x)   32
e1000e (PCI-e)  24
igb  16
tg3  32
bnx2 16
forcedeth  2

Question 25

The max number of hosts attached to distributed switch

Answer 25

350 max per distributed switch