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Pop Quiz: Windows Server 2012: Hyper-V VLANs

Applies to the "Configure Hyper-V" objective of Exam 70-417.

Q: A company's administrator is planning the virtualization of eight network-services servers using Windows Server 2012.

Which of the following Hyper-V virtual switch function would allow the administrator to set up a specific VM as a virtual appliance, and then direct traffic from various VLANs to that VM in Windows Server 2012?

  1. Trunk mode to a VM
  2. Port ACLs
  3. DHCP Guard protection
  4. Isolated (private) VLAN

Answer and explanation are below.


Answer is A. Trunk mode to a VM enables administrators to set up a specific VM as a virtual appliance, and then direct traffic from various VLANs to that VM.

Quick Tip: The Set-VMNetworkAdapterVlan cmdlet configures virtual LAN settings for the traffic through a virtual network adapter. Access, Trunk, Private VLAN (isolated, community, or promiscuous), and untagged, are mutually exclusive.

References:

Bonus Question: Inter-site replication for Active Directory Domain Services Domain Controller servers occurs how often? (The answer, of course, will be revealed next time!)

Answer to bonus question from last time: ARP/ND Poisoning (spoofing) protection is an important function of the Hyper-V Virtual Switch found in Windows Server 2012.

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