CompTIA Server+ SK0-005 Practice Question
You are configuring storage connectivity for three VMware ESXi 8.0 hosts that will boot from and run production VMs on a dual-controller iSCSI SAN. Each host has two dedicated 10 GbE adapters that connect to redundant storage switches. The network team prohibits any form of link aggregation (LACP or EtherChannel) on the storage VLAN. You must ensure that every host has at least two active paths to every LUN and that I/O can be balanced across both SAN controllers without introducing a single point of failure. Which of the following host configurations will BEST meet these requirements while aligning with VMware best practices?
Create two dedicated iSCSI VMkernel adapters on separate physical uplinks, bind each one to the software iSCSI initiator, and enable the Round Robin path-selection policy.
Place both storage NICs in an LACP team on a vSphere Standard Switch and connect the LUN using the software iSCSI initiator.
Replace the 10 GbE adapters with converged network adapters, enable Fibre Channel over Ethernet, and present the LUN as an FCoE target.
Mount the datastore via NFS 4.1 and enable NIC teaming with the Route based on originating virtual port policy to distribute traffic.