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A system administrator has an application installed on a physical machine that is licensed to the MAC address of the physical NIC. This system needs to be virtualized.
What two methods could an administrator use to ensure the license will function in the virtual machine? (Choose two.)
A. Manually set the MAC address for the vNIC in the guest OS
B. Install the NIC from the physical server into the ESXi host
C. Manually set the MAC address for the vNIC using the Web Client
D. Configure the physical server’s MAC address in the virtual switch
Correct Answer: AC
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
You can assign static MAC addresses to the virtual NIC of a powered off virtual machine by using the vSphere Web Client. You can also edit the MAC address in the guest operating system if it is allowed on the virtual switch.
Incorrect Answers:
B: Physical NIC’s are assigned to a switch, not installed into an ESXi host.
C: MAC addresses are assigned to a virtual NIC, not the Virtual switch.
References:
http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-55/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.vsphere.networking.doc%2FGUID-F9243FED-F081-498F-B4A9-EF950292AF77.html
http://download3.vmware.com/vcat/vcat31_documentation_center/index.html#page/Consuming%20a%20vCloud/3c%20Consuming%20a%20VMware%20vCloud.2.54.html