350-601 Compute Practice Question
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?
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Both FIs are active and can forward traffic, but only one manages the chassis at a time.
In a UCS system with two Fabric Interconnects in active-active mode, both FIs forward data traffic simultaneously. However, for management functions such as chassis discovery and firmware management, only one FI acts as the primary management controller at a time, while the other is standby. This ensures consistency and avoids conflicts in managing the chassis and blades.
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The FIs are used only for management traffic and not for data traffic.
Why it's wrong here
FIs handle both data and management traffic.
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Both FIs are active and can forward traffic, but only one manages the chassis at a time.
Why this is correct
Both FIs are active for data traffic, but the chassis management is handled by a single FI (primary) elected via the management protocol.
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One FI acts as primary and the other as secondary, forwarding traffic only if the primary fails.
Why it's wrong here
UCS FIs are active-active, not active-passive.
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The FIs operate in a standalone mode and must be configured independently.
Why it's wrong here
FIs form a unified management domain and are not standalone.
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