The Bottom Line - Mastering VMware vSphere 5.5 - page 751

Appendix

h e Bottom Line

Each of The Bottom Line sections in the chapters suggest exercises to deepen skills and under-
standing. Sometimes there is only one possible solution, but often you are encouraged to use
your skills and creativity to create something that builds on what you know and lets you
explore one of many possible solutions.

Chapter 1: Introducing VMware vSphere 5.5

Identify the role of each product in the vSphere product suite. The VMware vSphere
product suite contains VMware ESXi and vCenter Server. ESXi provides the base virtualiza-
tion functionality and enables features like Virtual SMP. vCenter Server provides manage-
ment for ESXi and enables functionality like vMotion, Storage vMotion, vSphere Distributed
Resource Scheduler (DRS), vSphere High Availability (HA), and vSphere Fault Tolerance (FT).
Storage I/O Control (SIOC) and Network I/O Control (NIOC) provide granular resource con-
trols for VMs. The vStorage APIs for Data Protection (VADP) provide a backup framework
that allows for the integration of third-party backup solutions into a vSphere implementation.
Master It Which products are licensed features within the VMware vSphere suite?
Solution Licensed features in the VMware vSphere suite are Virtual SMP, vMotion,
Storage vMotion, vSphere DRS, vSphere HA, and vSphere FT.
Master It Which two features of VMware ESXi and VMware vCenter Server together
aim to reduce or eliminate downtime due to unplanned hardware failures?
Solution vSphere HA and vSphere FT are designed to reduce (vSphere HA) and elimi-
nate (vSphere FT) the downtime resulting from unplanned hardware failures.
Master It Name two storage-related features that are new to vSphere 5.5.
Solution vSAN and vFlash are both storage-related features that are new to vSphere 5.5
and were not present in earlier releases.
Recognize the interaction and dependencies between the products in the vSphere
suite. VMware ESXi forms the foundation of the vSphere product suite, but some features
require the presence of vCenter Server. Features like vMotion, Storage vMotion, vSphere
DRS, vSphere HA, vSphere FT, SIOC, and NIOC require ESXi as well as vCenter Server.
Master It Name three features that are supported only when using vCenter Server
along with ESXi.
Solution All of the following features are available only with vCenter Server: vSphere
vMotion, Storage vMotion, vSphere DRS, Storage DRS, vSphere HA, vSphere FT, SIOC,
and NIOC.