2V0-41.24 Question 2
Single answerAn organization is designing a multi-cloud strategy and plans to use VMware NSX for its network virtualization needs. They want to ensure secure and consistent networking across their on-premises data center and two public cloud environments. Which VMware NSX capability would best address this requirement?
- A
NSX Federation to unify management and enable consistent policies across multiple sites
- B
NSX-T Distributed Firewall for micro-segmentation within a single data center
- C
NSX Advanced Load Balancer for application delivery and traffic optimization
- D
NSX Data Center Edge for managing north-south traffic in a single site
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The organization's requirement is to ensure secure and consistent networking across their on-premises data center and two public cloud environments. NSX Federation is specifically designed for such use cases, enabling unified management and consistent policy enforcement across multiple sites, regardless of whether they are on-premises or in the public cloud. Other options address different aspects of NSX functionality but do not meet the specific requirements of the scenario.
- A. Correct.
NSX Federation allows centralized management and consistent policy enforcement across multiple sites, including on-premises and public cloud environments, making it the appropriate solution for the given scenario.
- B. Incorrect.
The NSX-T Distributed Firewall is primarily used for micro-segmentation within a single data center, not for multi-cloud environments.
- C. Incorrect.
NSX Advanced Load Balancer is used for application delivery and traffic optimization but does not address the requirement for consistent networking across multi-cloud environments.
- D. Incorrect.
NSX Data Center Edge is designed for managing north-south traffic within a single site and is not suitable for multi-cloud scenarios.