350-601 Practice Test 49 — 15 Questions

Question 1

An administrator is configuring Cisco HyperFlex with VMware vSphere. The cluster will use HX Data Platform. The administrator needs to ensure that the storage controller is set to the correct mode for HyperFlex. Which setting should be used?

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

Accepted Answer

JBOD. HyperFlex requires the storage controller to be in JBOD or HBA mode to allow the HX Data Platform to directly manage the disks. RAID modes, including RAID 0, 5, and 10, hide the physical disks and are not supported. JBOD mode is a mandatory configuration for HyperFlex clusters.

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RAID 0

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RAID 5

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RAID 10

Question 2

A financial services company is deploying a Cisco ACI fabric with a strict security policy that requires all management traffic to be encrypted and authenticated. The automation team plans to use the APIC REST API to configure tenants and application profiles. The security team mandates that the API communication must use TLS 1.2 or higher and that the APIC must present a certificate signed by the company's internal certificate authority. Which action must the automation team take to meet these requirements?

Accepted Answer

Import the internal CA certificate into the APIC trust store and configure the APIC to use a certificate signed by that CA for HTTPS.. The security policy requires TLS with a certificate signed by the internal CA. The APIC must be configured to use such a certificate by importing the CA certificate into its trust store and assigning a CA-signed identity certificate for HTTPS. This ensures both encryption and authentication.

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Configure the APIC to use a self-signed certificate and distribute it to all automation clients.

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Enable TLS 1.3 on the APIC and use a pre-shared key for authentication.

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Use HTTP instead of HTTPS and encrypt the payload with AES-256 before sending.

Question 3

An engineer is developing a Python script to configure a Cisco Nexus 9000 switch using the NX-API REST interface. The script must authenticate, send a configuration command, and handle the response. The engineer uses the requests library with basic authentication and posts to the URL 'https://<switch-ip>/api/aaaLogin.json' to obtain a token. Which additional step is required to successfully send a configuration command?

Accepted Answer

Include the token in the 'X-Auth-Token' header for subsequent requests.. After authenticating via the aaaLogin endpoint, the returned token must be included in the HTTP header 'X-Auth-Token' for all subsequent NX-API REST requests. This header-based token authentication is required to authorize configuration commands and other operations.

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Use the token as a query parameter in the URL, such as ?token=<token>.

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Include the token in the request body as a JSON field named 'token'.

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Send the username and password again with each configuration request.

Question 4

A data center engineer is configuring a Cisco UCS B-Series chassis. The engineer needs to connect the chassis to the fabric interconnects using the appropriate cabling. Which type of cable is used to connect the chassis I/O modules to the fabric interconnects in a UCS 5108 chassis?

Accepted Answer

Cisco Twinax copper or optical cables. The chassis I/O modules in a UCS 5108 connect to the fabric interconnects using Cisco Twinax copper cables for short runs or optical cables for longer distances. These cables support the required bandwidth and are part of the UCS fabric interconnect architecture. They ensure reliable, high-speed communication between the chassis and the fabric interconnects.

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Standard CAT6a Ethernet cables

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InfiniBand cables

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Fiber Channel (FC) cables

Question 5

A network automation engineer is using Ansible to manage a Cisco ACI fabric. The engineer needs to ensure that a new tenant is created only if it does not already exist, and that the task reports no change if the tenant is present. Which Ansible module and parameter should be used to achieve this idempotent behavior?

Accepted Answer

aci_tenant module with state: present. The aci_tenant module with state: present provides idempotent creation of ACI tenants. It checks for the tenant's existence and creates it only if missing, reporting no change if already present. This declarative approach is fundamental to Ansible automation in ACI environments.

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aci_tenant module with state: absent

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aci_rest module with method: post and a JSON payload

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aci_tenant module with state: query

Question 6

A data center administrator is configuring Cisco HyperFlex HX Data Platform. The cluster must tolerate the failure of one node while maintaining data availability with minimal storage overhead. The administrator wants to use the default replication factor for a 4-node cluster. Which replication factor should be configured?

Accepted Answer

Replication Factor 2 (RF2). In Cisco HyperFlex, replication factor determines how many copies of data are stored. RF2 is the default for clusters with 3 or 4 nodes, providing tolerance for one node failure with 50% overhead. RF3 is for larger clusters and higher fault tolerance. RF1 offers no redundancy. Erasure coding is a different scheme. Thus RF2 is correct.

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Replication Factor 1 (RF1)

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Erasure Coding

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Replication Factor 3 (RF3)

Question 7

A network engineer is configuring a Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect in a data center. The requirement is to connect the Fabric Interconnect to a Cisco Nexus switch for LAN connectivity. Which type of port should be used on the Fabric Interconnect to connect to the upstream LAN switch?

Accepted Answer

Uplink port. To connect a Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect to an upstream LAN switch, the correct port type is an uplink port. Uplink ports are designed for switch-to-switch connections and carry traffic from the UCS domain to the LAN. They support trunking and can be configured with VLANs to segment traffic. This is a basic connectivity requirement in UCS deployments.

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FCoE port

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Appliance port

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Server port

Question 8

An engineer is deploying a Cisco Nexus 9000 Series switch pair as a vPC domain. The peer link is a 40 Gbps port-channel carrying all VLANs, and the peer keepalive link is a dedicated 1 Gbps link in a separate management VRF. During a maintenance window, the peer link is shut down on the primary switch. Which behavior should the engineer expect?

Accepted Answer

The secondary switch suspends all vPC member ports, and the primary switch continues forwarding on its vPC member ports.. With the peer keepalive link operational, a peer link failure is detected as a link failure rather than a peer failure. The vPC primary switch keeps its member ports up and forwards traffic, while the secondary switch suspends its member ports. This design avoids split-brain forwarding and maintains connectivity through the primary device.

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Both switches suspend their vPC member ports until the peer link is restored, causing a complete outage for all vPC VLANs.

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Both switches keep their vPC member ports up and forward independently, relying on STP to block redundant paths.

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The primary switch suspends its vPC member ports, and the secondary switch becomes the sole forwarding device for the domain.

Question 9

A network administrator is configuring a Cisco Nexus 9000 Series switch running Cisco NX-OS in a VXLAN EVPN fabric. The administrator wants to verify that the switch is learning remote MAC addresses through the EVPN control plane. Which command should be used?

Accepted Answer

show bgp l2vpn evpn. To verify that a Nexus 9000 switch is learning remote MAC addresses through the EVPN control plane, the administrator should use show bgp l2vpn evpn. This command displays the BGP EVPN routes, including Type-2 MAC/IP advertisement routes, which carry remote MAC reachability information. It directly confirms EVPN MAC learning.

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show vxlan interface

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show mac address-table

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show nve peers

Question 10

A network administrator is managing a Cisco UCS domain with two fabric interconnects in a cluster configuration. The administrator needs to upgrade the firmware on the fabric interconnects. The requirement is to minimize downtime and ensure that management connectivity remains available during the upgrade. Which upgrade method should the administrator use?

Accepted Answer

Use the Cisco UCS Manager GUI to upgrade the fabric interconnects one at a time, starting with the subordinate fabric interconnect.. Upgrading fabric interconnects one at a time, starting with the subordinate, ensures that the primary remains active and management connectivity is maintained. This approach minimizes downtime and allows the cluster to function during the upgrade. Simultaneous upgrades or disruptive methods do not meet the requirement.

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Perform a disruptive upgrade on both fabric interconnects simultaneously.

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Upgrade the fabric interconnects using the Cisco Intersight appliance.

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Perform a non-disruptive upgrade by activating the new firmware on both fabric interconnects at the same time.

Question 11

A data center administrator is configuring Cisco UCS Manager to support a new blade server that will run a high-performance database. The administrator needs to ensure that the server has redundant connectivity to both Fabric Interconnects for SAN boot. Which two actions must the administrator take when configuring the service profile? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

Create two vHBAs and assign them to different fabric interconnects.. Redundant SAN boot requires two vHBAs assigned to different fabric interconnects, and a boot policy that includes both as boot targets. This ensures path redundancy and failover. Zoning is done externally, and a single vHBA or local disk boot does not meet the redundancy requirement.

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Enable Fibre Channel zoning on the fabric interconnects.

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Assign a single vHBA with two WWPNs to the service profile.

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Configure the boot policy to use a local disk as the primary boot device.

Question 12

A data center administrator is configuring Cisco UCS Manager to support a stateless computing environment. The requirement is that when a blade server is replaced, the new blade automatically receives the same LAN and SAN connectivity configuration without manual intervention. Which Cisco UCS Manager feature should the administrator configure to meet this requirement?

Accepted Answer

LAN and SAN connectivity policies referenced in a service profile. The requirement is to automatically apply LAN and SAN connectivity when a blade is replaced. Cisco UCS Manager achieves this through LAN and SAN connectivity policies that are part of a service profile. These policies contain the vNIC and vHBA definitions, ensuring that the new blade inherits the exact same network identity and connectivity settings without manual configuration.

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Boot policy with iSCSI and SAN boot parameters

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BIOS policy with memory and CPU settings

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Server pool policies with automatic assignment

Question 13

A data center is deploying a Cisco HyperFlex cluster with 4 nodes. The administrator needs to configure the replication factor to ensure that the cluster can tolerate the failure of one node while maintaining data availability. The cluster will host mission-critical workloads. Which replication factor should be configured?

Accepted Answer

Replication Factor 2 (RF2). For a 4-node Cisco HyperFlex cluster that must tolerate the failure of one node while maintaining data availability, Replication Factor 2 (RF2) is the correct choice. RF2 stores two copies of data across different nodes, so if one node fails, the other copy remains accessible. RF3 would provide additional redundancy but is unnecessary for a single node failure and reduces usable capacity. RF1 and RF0 do not provide the required fault tolerance.

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Replication Factor 3 (RF3)

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Replication Factor 0 (RF0)

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Replication Factor 1 (RF1)

Question 14

A data center engineer is configuring a Cisco UCS C-Series rack server that is integrated with Cisco UCS Manager. The engineer needs to apply a BIOS policy to the server to enable Turbo Boost and set the power profile to performance. The server is currently associated with a service profile. Where should the engineer attach the BIOS policy?

Accepted Answer

In the service profile's BIOS policy section, by creating or selecting a BIOS policy.. In Cisco UCS Manager, BIOS settings for a server are applied via a BIOS policy that is attached to the service profile. The service profile is associated with the server, so the BIOS policy settings are applied to that server's BIOS. This method ensures centralized management and stateless computing. The other options involve manual or incorrect locations that would not properly apply the BIOS policy in a UCS Manager environment.

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In the chassis profile, under the server's slot configuration.

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Directly to the server's CIMC via the Cisco Integrated Management Controller interface.

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In the server's physical BIOS setup menu, accessed during boot by pressing F2.

Question 15

A data center engineer is using Cisco Intersight to manage a UCS domain. The engineer needs to deploy a new service profile template that will be used for multiple servers. The template must include a vNIC configuration that allows the servers to use VMware ESXi with VXLAN offload. Which UCS network adapter policy setting must be enabled to support VXLAN offload?

Accepted Answer

VXLAN. To support VXLAN offload on VMware ESXi, the UCS network adapter policy must have the VXLAN setting enabled. This allows the adapter to offload VXLAN encapsulation and decapsulation, improving performance. Other settings such as RoCEv2, NVGRE, or ARP offload do not provide VXLAN offload capabilities and are not applicable to this requirement.

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ARP offload

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NVGRE

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RoCEv2