350-601 Compute Practice Test 18 — 15 Questions

Question 1

When configuring a UCS service profile for a blade server that needs to boot from the local disk, which boot order setting is appropriate?

Accepted Answer

Set the boot order to local disk first, with no other boot devices.. When a blade server must boot from its local disk, the service profile's boot order should place local disk (or 'Local Disk' / 'Embedded Local Disk') as the first and only boot device. This ensures the blade uses its installed OS on local storage and does not waste time attempting PXE, SAN, or virtual media boot.

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Enable PXE boot only.

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Configure boot from CD/DVD as first device.

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Set the boot order to SAN first, then local disk.

Question 2

In a HyperFlex cluster with hybrid nodes (HDD+SSD), which statement best describes the role of the SSD cache?

Accepted Answer

SSD acts as a write cache and read cache to accelerate I/O.. In HyperFlex, the SSD (or flash) in hybrid nodes serves as a cache for frequently accessed data, while the HDDs provide bulk storage. The HXDP uses SSDs for both caching and persistent storage in all-flash nodes.

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SSD is used only for metadata storage.

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SSD is used for long-term persistent storage, while HDD is used for caching.

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SSD is not used; all data is stored on HDD.

Question 3

Which two are benefits of using Cisco UCS Central for multi-domain management? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

Allows creation of global service profile templates.. Option C is correct because Cisco UCS Central enables administrators to define global service profile templates that can be shared and instantiated across multiple UCS domains, ensuring consistent policy and configuration deployment at scale. Option D is correct because UCS Central provides a single pane of glass, a unified management interface that lets administrators monitor and manage multiple UCS Manager-managed domains from one centralized point. Options A and B are incorrect because UCS Central operates on top of, not instead of, Fabric Interconnects and UCS Manager—each domain still requires its own Fabric Interconnects and UCS Manager instance. Option E is incorrect because UCS Central does not perform direct CIMC management of servers; CIMC management remains within each domain's UCS Manager, while UCS Central manages policies and service profiles at the domain level.

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Eliminates the need for Fabric Interconnects.

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Replaces the need for UCS Manager in each domain.

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Enables direct CIMC management of all servers.

Question 4

Which three components are required for a basic Cisco UCS B-Series deployment? (Choose three.)

Accepted Answer

Blade Servers (B-Series). For a basic Cisco UCS B-Series deployment, the essential hardware components are the blade servers themselves, the Fabric Interconnects, and the blade chassis. Option B (Blade Servers (B-Series)) is correct because the B-Series blades are the compute nodes that host the workloads and are the defining element of a B-Series system. Option C (Fabric Interconnects) is correct because the Fabric Interconnects (e.g., UCS 6200 or 6300 series) provide the unified network and storage connectivity, management, and fabric switching that all B-Series components depend on. Option E (UCS 5108 Blade Chassis) is correct because the 5108 chassis physically houses and powers the B-Series blades and provides the backplane connections to the Fabric Interconnects via IOMs. Option A (UCS C-Series Rack Server) is not required because C-Series rack servers are a separate product line and are not part of a basic B-Series blade deployment. Option D (HyperFlex Cluster) is not required because HyperFlex is a hyperconverged infrastructure solution built on UCS servers, not a mandatory component of a basic B-Series deployment.

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UCS C-Series Rack Server

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HyperFlex Cluster

Question 5

A network engineer is configuring a UCS service profile for a new blade server. The requirement is that if the blade fails, it can be replaced with any blade of the same model without reconfiguration. Which UCS feature enables this capability?

Accepted Answer

Stateless computing. Stateless computing in Cisco UCS decouples the server identity (UUID, MAC addresses, WWNN/WWPN, firmware, BIOS settings) from the physical blade by storing it in a service profile. When a blade fails, the service profile can be associated with any same-model blade, and all identity and configuration are reapplied automatically without manual reconfiguration.

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VLAN configuration

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RAID configuration

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Firmware management policies

Question 6

An engineer is designing a UCS environment for a virtualized workload that requires high availability. Two Fabric Interconnects are deployed in an active-active configuration. Which statement about the role of the Fabric Interconnects is accurate?

Accepted Answer

Both FIs are active and can forward traffic, but only one manages the chassis at a time.. In a Cisco UCS environment with two Fabric Interconnects in an active-active cluster, both FIs are operational and can forward data traffic, but only one FI acts as the primary manager for the chassis at any given time. This provides high availability: if one FI fails, the other takes over management and continues forwarding traffic. Option B accurately describes this behavior.

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The FIs are used only for management traffic and not for data traffic.

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One FI acts as primary and the other as secondary, forwarding traffic only if the primary fails.

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The FIs operate in a standalone mode and must be configured independently.

Question 7

A company is deploying UCS C-Series rack servers and wants to integrate them into UCS Manager for centralized management. The servers are currently managed individually via CIMC. Which integration mode must be configured on the C-Series servers to allow UCS Manager to discover and manage them?

Accepted Answer

UCS Managed mode. To integrate standalone C-series rack servers into UCS Manager for centralized management, the servers must be configured in UCS Managed mode (also called UCSM integration mode). In this mode, the CIMC is repurposed so UCS Manager can discover, inventory, and manage the server through the Fabric Interconnects.

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IMC Supervisor mode

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Direct connect mode

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Standalone mode

Question 8

In a HyperFlex cluster configured with replication factor 2 (RF2), a storage node fails. What is the impact on data availability?

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Data remains available, but the cluster is degraded and cannot tolerate another node failure until repaired.. With replication factor 2, each data block has two replicas on separate nodes. When one node fails, the surviving replica keeps data available, but the cluster is in a degraded state and cannot survive a second simultaneous node failure until the failed node is repaired or replaced and data is re-replicated.

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Data is lost because only one copy remains.

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The cluster stops serving data until the failed node is replaced.

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The cluster automatically switches to RF3 to maintain redundancy.

Question 9

An engineer is configuring a UCS service profile for a blade server that will boot from SAN. The storage is connected via FC SAN. Which policy must be included in the service profile to define the WWPNs for the HBAs?

Accepted Answer

SAN connectivity policy. The SAN connectivity policy in a UCS service profile defines the WWPNs and WWNNs for the Fibre Channel HBAs (vHBAs) on the blade. It specifies the vHBA interfaces, their fabric assignments (A/B), and the WWPN pool used to assign addresses. Without a SAN connectivity policy, the service profile cannot present FC HBAs to the OS, and boot-from-SAN would fail.

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Network control policy

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Boot policy

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vNIC placement policy

Question 10

Which management interface is used for out-of-band management of UCS C-Series rack servers, providing features like KVM, virtual media, and remote firmware upgrade?

Accepted Answer

CIMC. Cisco Integrated Management Controller (CIMC) is the out-of-band management interface built into UCS C-Series rack servers, providing KVM, virtual media, and remote firmware upgrade capabilities independent of the host OS. It is accessed via a dedicated management port and is the correct answer for out-of-band management of C-Series.

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Cisco IMC Supervisor

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UCS Central

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UCS Manager

Question 11

A company plans to deploy multiple UCS domains across different geographical locations. They want a single pane of glass to manage service profiles globally. Which Cisco solution should be used?

Accepted Answer

UCS Central. UCS Central provides centralized management of multiple UCS domains, enabling global service profile policies and management across domains.

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UCS Manager

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HyperFlex Connect

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Cisco IMC Supervisor

Question 12

Which component in a UCS 5108 blade chassis provides the connectivity between the blade servers and the Fabric Interconnects?

Accepted Answer

I/O Module (IOM). In a UCS 5108 chassis, the I/O Modules (IOMs) sit in the back of the chassis and provide the data path between the blade servers' mezzanine adapters and the Fabric Interconnects. Each IOM maps to a fabric (A or B) and forwards traffic from the blades to the FIs, making it the connectivity component in question.

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Chassis management controller (CMC)

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Midplane

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Fabric Extender (FEX)

Question 13

An engineer is configuring a UCS service profile for a blade that will boot from local disk. The blade has two SAS drives configured as a RAID 1 mirror. Which policy is required to specify the local disk boot order?

Accepted Answer

Boot policy. The Boot Policy in UCS defines the boot order and boot devices for a service profile, including local disk, SAN, LAN (PXE), and virtual media. To specify that a blade boots from its local RAID 1 SAS drives, you configure a boot policy with Local Disk (or 'any' local disk) as the first boot device. The boot policy is the single policy that controls boot device selection.

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SCSI policy

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Disk policy

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Storage policy

Question 14

A UCS administrator is planning to deploy stateless computing using service profiles. Which three components are abstracted from the physical hardware and defined in the service profile? (Choose three.)

Accepted Answer

Boot order. In Cisco UCS stateless computing, the service profile holds all identity and configuration data that can follow a server across hardware. Option A (Boot order) is correct because the boot policy, including boot order, is defined in the service profile and applied to the server. Option B (MAC addresses for vNICs) is correct because MAC addresses are pool-derived identities assigned to vNICs in the service profile, enabling consistent network identity. Option D (Server UUID) is correct because the server UUID is a logical identity defined in the service profile and presented to the OS. Option C (Physical disk serial numbers) is not abstracted; disk serial numbers are physical hardware identifiers tied to the actual drives. Option E (CPU model) is not abstracted; the CPU model is a physical hardware attribute of the server and cannot be defined in a service profile.

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Physical disk serial numbers

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CPU model

Question 15

An engineer is troubleshooting a UCS blade server that fails to boot from SAN. The server is associated with a service profile that includes a SAN connectivity policy. Which two items should be verified to ensure the boot from SAN works? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

The boot policy includes the SAN target as the first boot device.. Option A is correct because a boot-from-SAN service profile must reference a boot policy whose boot order lists the SAN target (the vHBA and its boot LUN/target) as the first boot device; otherwise the blade will not attempt to boot from the SAN LUN. Option C is correct because the WWPNs assigned to the vHBAs must be zoned correctly on the SAN switches so the blade's initiator can see and log in to the target storage array; without proper zoning the boot LUN is invisible and boot fails. Option B is incorrect because vNIC placement/fabric failover applies to Ethernet vNICs, not to vHBA SAN boot. Option D is incorrect because a QoS policy on the vHBA affects bandwidth/priority, not the ability to boot from SAN. Option E is incorrect because a local disk is irrelevant to boot from SAN and is not required.

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The vNIC placement policy is set to fabric failover.

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The QoS policy is applied to the vHBA.

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The server has a local disk installed.