2V0-41.24 Question 27
Select 2An administrator is deploying an NSX Management Cluster in a production environment. During the deployment process, they are asked to ensure the cluster is highly available and follows VMware best practices. Which of the following configurations should the administrator implement?
- A
Deploy a minimum of three NSX Manager nodes within the cluster.
- B
Place all NSX Manager nodes in the same physical data center to reduce latency.
- C
Use an external load balancer to distribute management traffic across the NSX Manager nodes.
- D
Ensure that each NSX Manager node is deployed in a different availability zone or fault domain.
- E
Configure a single NSX Manager node as the primary and keep the others in standby mode.
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Correct answers: A, D
Explanation
To ensure high availability and follow VMware best practices for an NSX Management Cluster, a minimum of three NSX Manager nodes should be deployed. Additionally, these nodes should be distributed across different availability zones or fault domains to prevent single points of failure. This configuration enhances resilience and reliability in a production environment.
- A. Correct.
Deploying a minimum of three NSX Manager nodes is a VMware best practice to ensure high availability and fault tolerance within the NSX Management Cluster.
- B. Incorrect.
Placing all NSX Manager nodes in the same physical data center increases the risk of a single point of failure in case of a hardware or site-related issue, which is not recommended.
- C. Incorrect.
NSX Management Cluster nodes natively handle intra-cluster communication and high availability without requiring an external load balancer for management traffic.
- D. Correct.
Deploying each NSX Manager node in a different availability zone or fault domain ensures fault isolation and enhances the resilience of the Management Cluster.
- E. Incorrect.
VMware does not recommend configuring a single NSX Manager node as the primary with others in standby mode; instead, all nodes in the cluster are active and contribute to the high availability of the system.