Choose two supported functionalities when enabling Workload Management with a VMware vSphere Distributed Switch? (Choose two.)

When enabling VMware Workload Management (vSphere with Tanzu) using a vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS) for networking, a specific set of functionalities is supported. This configuration requires an external load balancer, for which the NSX Advanced Load Balancer (formerly Avi Networks) is the supported solution to provide L4 load balancing for the Supervisor Cluster and Kubernetes services. The primary purpose of this configuration is to deploy and manage upstream-conformant Tanzu Kubernetes clusters (TKC). Notably, certain features, such as running vSphere Pods directly on ESXi hosts, are not available with the VDS networking stack and require the more advanced capabilities of NSX-T Data Center.

B. NSX Load Balancer: This refers to the load balancer integrated within NSX-T Data Center and is used only when Workload Management is deployed with NSX-T networking, not VDS.
D. Embedded Harbor Registry: While the Embedded Harbor Registry is a supported service with VDS networking, the NSX ALB is a mandatory architectural component and TKCs are the primary workload, making them more fundamental answers.
E. vSphere Pods: This functionality, which allows running pods directly on ESXi hosts, is exclusively available when using NSX-T Data Center for networking due to its advanced routing and security requirements.

1. VMware vSphere 8.0 Documentation

"vSphere with Tanzu Configuration and Management"

Chapter: Networking for vSphere with Tanzu.

Section: Compare vSphere Networking and NSX-T Data Center for vSphere with Tanzu

Content: A comparison table explicitly states that for "vSphere Networking" (VDS)

the required "Load Balancer" is the "NSX Advanced Load Balancer". The same table indicates that "Tanzu Kubernetes cluster" is a supported "Kubernetes Cluster Type"

while "vSphere Pod" is not a supported "Pod Type". This directly supports answers A and C and refutes E.

2. VMware vSphere 8.0 Documentation

"vSphere with Tanzu Configuration and Management"

Chapter: Deploying vSphere with Tanzu with VDS Networking.

Section: Prerequisites for Setting Up vSphere with Tanzu on a vSphere Distributed Switch

Content: This section details the requirement to deploy and configure the NSX Advanced Load Balancer before enabling Workload Management on a cluster that is configured with a VDS. This confirms that the NSX Advanced Load Balancer (A) is a core

supported part of this architecture.

3. VMware vSphere 8.0 Documentation

"vSphere with Tanzu Configuration and Management"

Chapter: Creating and Operating Tanzu Kubernetes Clusters.

Section: Overview of Tanzu Kubernetes Clusters

Content: The documentation describes the provisioning of Tanzu Kubernetes clusters as a key capability of the vSphere with Tanzu platform

available on both VDS and NSX-T networking topologies. This supports answer C.