An enterprise data center infrastructure deploys virtualized server hosts running Type 1 hypervisors. On a single physical host, multiple Virtual Machines (VMs) belong to different VLANs. Network monitoring reveals that intra-VLAN frame delivery between VMs on the host occurs locally without utilizing physical switch bandwidth, whereas inter-VLAN traffic between VMs on the same host must be forwarded out to an external Layer 3 gateway device. Which component operating within the hypervisor framework is responsible for performing local Layer 2 frame forwarding while enforcing VLAN isolation on the host?
- The internal virtual switch (vSwitch) provisioned within the hypervisor softwareCevap
- BThe host operating system kernel managing hosted workloads through a Type 2 hypervisor layer
- CThe physical network interface card (pNIC) functioning as an unmanaged hardware device that terminates broadcast domains
- DThe Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) management agent running inside the guest operating system
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The internal virtual switch (vSwitch) provisioned within the hypervisor software is responsible for switching intra-VLAN frames locally on the physical host while leaving inter-VLAN forwarding to a Layer 3 routing boundary.
The internal virtual switch (vSwitch) operates at Layer 2 within the hypervisor software environment. It inspects Ethernet frame headers and MAC addresses to bridge traffic between virtual machines assigned to the same VLAN on the same physical host. Because it operates at Layer 2, frames destined for a different VLAN must be sent across a trunk link to a Layer 3 device (such as a router or L3 switch) for inter-VLAN routing.
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Hypervisor Virtual Switching and Traffic Isolation
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