The ability to live-migrate all virtual machines between two clusters is a requirement in the customer’s design. Which two clusters and EVC configurations will accomplish this? (Choose two.)
A.
B.
C.
D.
Which two clusters and EVC configurations will accomplish this?
B + D
(A) – Can not cross venders
(C) – AMD Steamroller is not on the ESX 6.5 compatibly list
Sticking w B & D
I don’t see AMD “Steamroller” in EVC Mode below of C
ESXi 5.5 supports these EVC modes:
AMD Opteron Generation 1 (Rev. E)
AMD Opteron Generation 2 (Rev. F)
AMD Opteron Generation 3 (Greyhound)
AMD Opteron Generation 3 (no 3Dnow!) (Greyhound)
AMD Opteron Generation 4 (Bulldozer)
AMD Opteron “Piledriver” Generation
Intel “Merom” Generation (Intel Xeon Core 2)
Intel “Penryn” Generation (Intel Xeon 45nm Core2)
Intel “Nehalem” Generation (Intel Xeon Core i7)
Intel “Westmere” Generation (Intel Xeon 32nm Core i7)
Intel “Sandy Bridge” Generation
Intel “Ivy Bridge” Generation
For “D” – Intel Broadwell and Sandybridge are below. I also run EVC in a cluster at work w both. I can assure, there are zero compatibility issues
ESXi 6.5 supports these EVC modes:
AMD Opteron Generation 1 (Rev. E)
AMD Opteron Generation 2 (Rev. F)
AMD Opteron Generation 3 (Greyhound)
AMD Opteron Generation 3 (no 3Dnow!) (Greyhound)
AMD Opteron Generation 4 (Bulldozer)
AMD Opteron “Piledriver” Generation
AMD Opteron “Steamroller” Generation
Intel “Merom” Generation (Intel Xeon Core 2)
Intel “Penryn” Generation (Intel Xeon 45nm Core2)
Intel “Nehalem” Generation (Intel Xeon Core i7)
Intel “Westmere” Generation (Intel Xeon 32nm Core i7)
Intel “Sandy Bridge” Generation
Intel “Ivy Bridge” Generation
Intel “Haswell” Generation
Intel “Broadwell” Generation
For C
An Intel Skylake does not work w Steamroller AMD
Correct answers are B & C
A) No – EVC doesn’t work with different CPU vendors
B) Yes, but officialy not possible – same CPU and family, EVC disabled would make it a Yes. However, Broadwell is not officially supported on 6.0 as per VCG
C) Yes – same CPU, different family but EVC enabled to the lowest family on both clusters (https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1005764 for EVC support)
D) No – same CPU, different family and EVC enabled on a newer family (Broadwell) on one cluster (so can’t migrate from Broadwell to Sandy Bridge as some features won’t be available)
B and D gents.
Cluster AND EVC Config
B will work
D will work
A Definitely wont work – AMD and INTEL
C definitely wont
B,C, and D seem correct.
Why would D be incorrect? The ESXi versions are the same so its should have the least complication.
In B, EVC is disabled, so does it really count as an EVC configuration?
The answer is B & C.
C and D are the correct ones.
https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1005764
B & C are correct
The correct answers are B & C
B and C , sorry
C is incompatible in the matrix, the correct answer is B and D. Sandy and Broadwell on versione 6.5 are compatible in the matrix.
If you restart/poweron a VM on Intel Broadwell ESXi 6.5, would you be able to migrate it to older generation EVC enabled Cluster.
B and C are correct answers
The answer is B & C.