350-601 Practice Test 29 — 15 Questions

Question 1

An engineer is integrating a UCS C-series rack server into UCS Manager. The server is currently managed by CIMC. Which mode must be enabled on the C-series server to allow UCS Manager to discover and manage it?

Choose an answer to begin — your selection is scored in the full session.

Accepted Answer

UCS-Managed mode. UCS Manager can manage C-series servers in UCS-Managed mode, which requires the server to be in UCSM mode via CIMC.

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Standalone mode

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Cisco IMC Supervisor mode

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Direct Connect mode

Question 2

An organization wants to encrypt Fibre Channel traffic in-flight between storage and servers. Which standard should be used?

Accepted Answer

FC-SP-2. FC-SP-2 provides encryption for Fibre Channel data in transit.

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IPsec

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MACsec

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SED

Question 3

An organization uses FCIP to extend their SAN between two data centers over a 100 Mbps WAN link with 80 ms latency. The storage traffic includes large sequential writes. Which statement best describes the benefit of enabling compression on the FCIP tunnel?

Accepted Answer

Compression improves effective throughput over the WAN link. Enabling compression on an FCIP tunnel reduces the amount of data transmitted over the WAN link by compressing FC frames before encapsulation. For large sequential writes, this directly improves effective throughput because more actual storage data can be sent within the same 100 Mbps bandwidth, compensating for the high latency and low bandwidth.

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Compression reduces end-to-end latency

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Compression is recommended only when the link has high packet loss

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Compression eliminates the need for jumbo frames

Question 4

An organization wants to integrate their UCS C-series rack servers into an existing UCS Manager domain. Which mode should be used to achieve centralized management of the C-series servers through UCS Manager?

Accepted Answer

UCS Managed mode. UCS Managed mode allows a C-series rack server to be integrated into an existing UCS Manager domain, enabling centralized management through UCS Manager. In this mode, the server is discovered and managed by UCS Manager, and it can participate in compute pools, service profiles, and other UCS features. This is the correct mode for achieving centralized management of C-series servers through UCS Manager.

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Direct Connect mode

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Standalone mode

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Cisco IMC Supervisor mode

Question 5

In a data center running MST, which region configuration parameter must match on all switches for them to be part of the same region?

Accepted Answer

Region name, revision number, and VLAN-to-instance mapping. In Multiple Spanning Tree (MST), switches must agree on three parameters to belong to the same MST region: the region name, the revision number, and the VLAN-to-instance mapping. These parameters are exchanged in MST BPDUs, and if any differ, the switches treat each other as being in different regions, which can lead to suboptimal or incorrect spanning-tree behavior.

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Spanning-tree mode

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Bridge priority

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Max-age and hello time

Question 6

An engineer wants to automate the configuration of VLANs on a Nexus switch using Ansible. Which module from the cisco.nxos collection should be used?

Accepted Answer

nxos_vlan. The cisco.nxos collection provides purpose-built modules for Nexus devices, and nxos_vlan is the module specifically designed to create, modify, and delete VLANs on NX-OS switches. It accepts parameters such as vlan_id, name, state, and interfaces, making it the correct choice for automating VLAN configuration. Using nxos_config would work but requires raw CLI lines rather than structured parameters.

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nxos_config

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nxos_bgp

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nxos_interface

Question 7

An administrator wants to prevent a rogue DHCP server from assigning IP addresses on a Nexus switch. Which feature should be enabled?

Accepted Answer

DHCP Snooping. DHCP snooping filters DHCP server messages on untrusted ports.

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Dynamic ARP Inspection

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IP Source Guard

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Port Security

Question 8

A Cisco MDS switch is configured for NPV mode. An upstream NPIV-enabled switch is connected. The administrator notices that the NPV switch is not logging in to the NPIV switch. The NPV switch shows the following: 'show npv status' indicates NPV is enabled but no traffic. Which three conditions could cause this issue?

Accepted Answer

The uplink interface on the NPV switch is not configured as an NP port.. In NPV mode, the uplink interface on the NPV switch must be explicitly configured as an NP port (np). If the interface is left as a default F port or another port type, it cannot establish a connection to the upstream NPIV-enabled switch. The 'show npv status' output showing NPV enabled but no traffic indicates that the NPV switch is operational but the uplink is not properly configured to initiate the FLOGIN process.

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FSPF is not enabled on the NPV switch.

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The NPV switch does not have the proper license for NPV mode.

Question 9

A company is deploying a multi-tenant environment with several virtualized hosts using NPIV. Each virtual machine requires its own WWPN. During testing, some VMs cannot log into the SAN. The MDS switch logs show 'FLOGI rejected: no available resources'. What is the most likely cause?

Accepted Answer

The NPIV limit or the number of allowed logins has been exceeded on the upstream switch. The error 'FLOGI rejected: no available resources' on an MDS switch in an NPIV environment indicates that the switch has exhausted its allocated resources for handling fabric logins (FLOGIs) from N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) initiators. NPIV allows multiple virtual WWPNs to share a single physical FC port, but each virtual login consumes a login resource on the upstream switch. When the NPIV limit or the maximum number of allowed logins per interface or per VSAN is exceeded, the switch rejects new FLOGIs, preventing VMs from logging into the SAN.

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The maximum FC frame size is set incorrectly on the switch

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The VSAN maximum number of devices has been reached

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The zone set is full and cannot accept more members

Question 10

Which TWO statements about NPV (N_Port Virtualization) are correct? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

NPV allows a NPV switch to forward traffic from multiple host ports to the core switch via a few uplinks.. NPV (N_Port Virtualization) allows a NPV switch to aggregate traffic from multiple host ports (NP ports) and forward it to the core switch via a few uplinks (NP uplinks). This reduces the number of physical connections required between edge and core switches, simplifying cabling and management.

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NPV uses Inter-VSAN Routing (IVR) to forward traffic between VSANs.

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NPV requires FCoE encapsulation.

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NPV allows a single physical port to have multiple N-port IDs.

Question 11

An organization is deploying UCS C-series rack servers in standalone mode. Which two management capabilities are available through Cisco IMC? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

KVM console access. Option B (KVM console access) is correct because Cisco IMC on standalone C-series servers provides an out-of-band, browser-based or Java-based KVM (Keyboard, Video, Mouse) console that lets administrators remotely view and control the server as if sitting in front of it, independent of the OS state. Option D (Virtual media mounting) is correct because Cisco IMC supports mapping local or network ISO/IMG files as virtual CD/DVD or floppy drives to the server, enabling remote OS installation and boot operations. These two capabilities are core features of the standalone IMC web UI and CLI. Option A (UCS Manager integration) is not available in standalone mode, since UCS Manager requires the 6200/6300 series fabric interconnects and managed-mode C-series integration. Option C (HyperFlex cluster management) is handled by HyperFlex Connect/Installer, not by IMC. Option E (Fibre Channel zoning) is performed on SAN fabric switches or Cisco MDS/Nexus, not by IMC.

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UCS Manager integration

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HyperFlex cluster management

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Fibre Channel zoning

Question 12

In a spine-leaf data center architecture, what is the primary purpose of using equal-cost multipath (ECMP) routing?

Accepted Answer

To provide load balancing across multiple paths between leaf and spine switches. In a spine-leaf architecture, ECMP is used to distribute traffic across multiple equal-cost paths between leaf and spine switches. This provides load balancing by hashing flows across available uplinks, maximizing bandwidth utilization and ensuring no single link is overwhelmed. ECMP is a Layer 3 routing feature that operates with protocols like OSPF or BGP, not a Layer 2 or encapsulation mechanism.

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To enable VXLAN encapsulation between VTEPs

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To ensure loop-free Layer 2 topology

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To reduce the number of VLANs required in the fabric

Question 13

A storage architect is designing a disaster recovery solution with a storage array supporting replication. Which three factors should be considered when choosing between synchronous and asynchronous replication? (Choose three.)

Accepted Answer

Network bandwidth availability. Option B (Network bandwidth availability) is correct because asynchronous replication depends on sufficient WAN bandwidth to ship changed blocks or writes to the remote site without falling behind, and insufficient bandwidth directly increases lag and RPO risk. Option D (Distance between sites) is correct because synchronous replication requires round-trip latency low enough (typically within a few milliseconds, often limited to metropolitan distances) to avoid degrading application performance, while asynchronous replication tolerates long-distance links. Option E (Recovery Point Objective requirements) is correct because RPO dictates how much data loss is acceptable: synchronous replication offers near-zero RPO, whereas asynchronous replication inherently exposes a nonzero RPO based on replication lag. Option A (Fibre Channel zoning configuration) is not a deciding factor between sync and async replication, since zoning is a SAN fabric access-control mechanism that applies regardless of replication mode. Option C (Storage array RAID level) is also not a deciding factor, because RAID level affects local redundancy and performance within each array, not the choice of inter-site replication mode.

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Fibre Channel zoning configuration

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Storage array RAID level

Question 14

An administrator needs to configure zoning on a Cisco MDS switch. After creating zones and adding members, what must be done to activate the zoning configuration?

Accepted Answer

Assign zones to a zone set and then activate the zone set.. After creating zones and adding members, the zones must be assigned to a zone set, and then that zone set must be activated for the configuration to take effect. In Cisco MDS, zoning changes are not enforced until the zone set is activated, which distributes the configuration to all switches in the VSAN.

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Reboot the switch for changes to take effect.

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Activate the zone set using the 'zone activate' command.

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Save the configuration to startup-config.

Question 15

A storage administrator is setting up iSCSI connectivity between a server and a storage array. To enhance security, the administrator wants to authenticate the initiator and target during the login process. Which authentication method should be configured?

Accepted Answer

CHAP. CHAP (Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol) is used to authenticate iSCSI initiators and targets during the login process. It provides mutual authentication using a shared secret. CHAP is the standard method for iSCSI authentication.

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IPsec

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RADIUS

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Kerberos