An administrator is configuring uplinks on an AHV cluster and wants guest VMs to use...

Nutanix AHV networking documentation identifies Active-Active with MAC pinning, also known as balance-slb, as the bond mode that can increase host and VM bandwidth utilization across multiple adapters without requiring additional physical-switch configuration. That makes D the correct answer. By contrast, balance-tcp is associated with LACP and therefore depends on switch-side configuration. ( portal.nutanix.com , portal.nutanix.com , portal.nutanix.com )

This is one of the most fundamental AHV bond-type questions. Active-Backup gives redundancy but not simultaneous bandwidth use. No Uplink Bond provides neither aggregation nor redundancy. Because the requirement explicitly says “across multiple physical adapters” and “without additional switch configuration,” the answer must be balance-slb.