– One HPE O3940 Storage Module with 40 SSDs – All required cables and options Which statement about this request is true?

Your customer plans to deploy a VMware ESXi with HPE Synergy platform. They also plan a vSAN

deployment leveraging HPE D3940 Storage Modules and SSD drives

The customer requested the following components:

– HPE Synergy frame with ten HPE Synergy 480 Gen10 Plus compute modules

– Two HPE Virtual Connect SE 100Gb F32 Modules for Synergy

– An appropriate number of vSAN Standard licenses for each compute node

– One HPE O3940 Storage Module with 40 SSDs – All required cables and options Which statement about this request is true?
A . vSphere licenses should be added, as vSAN licenses do not replace vSphere licenses
B . vSphere Standard licenses should be replaced with Enterprise Plus licenses to enable vSAN
C . One HPE Virtual Connect SE 100Gb F32 Module for Synergy should be replaced with 50GD/S ILM
D . 20 SSD drives should be removed from this setup, as D3940 supports only 20 SSD or SAS drives.

View Answer

Answer: A

Explanation:

vSAN licenses and vSphere licenses are separate entities. While vSAN licenses cover the storage virtualization aspect of VMware’s hyper-converged infrastructure, vSphere licenses are required for the actual hypervisor operations. Therefore, the customer must ensure they have the appropriate vSphere licenses in addition to vSAN licenses for their compute nodes.

Reference: VMware vSAN Licensing Guide