350-601 Compute Practice Question
An engineer is designing a UCS Mini deployment for a remote office. The chassis will contain four blade servers. Each server needs two 10GbE connections for data and one 1GbE for management. What is the minimum number of fabric interconnects required?
⚠ Common exam trap
Cisco often tests the misconception that each blade server's management connection requires a separate physical port or that two FIs are always needed for any UCS deployment, but UCS Mini's integrated architecture allows a single FI to handle both data and management for up to eight blades.
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A single UCS Mini fabric interconnect (FI) can provide both data and management connectivity for up to eight blade servers in a single chassis. Each blade server requires two 10GbE data connections (from the integrated VIC) and one 1GbE management connection (from the Cisco Integrated Management Controller, or CIMC). The FI aggregates these connections internally, so one FI is sufficient for a four-server deployment, as UCS Mini supports a single FI configuration for non-redundant setups.
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One
Why this is correct
UCS Mini can operate with a single FI for up to four blades, meeting the requirement.
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Three
Why it's wrong here
UCS Mini does not support three FIs.
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Four
Why it's wrong here
UCS Mini only supports one or two FIs.
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Two
Why it's wrong here
Two FIs provide redundancy but are not the minimum.
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