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A UCS administrator needs to update the firmware on a remote rack server that is not reachable via the production network. Which two features of Cisco IMC can be used? (Choose two.)
Medium2In a HyperFlex cluster with hybrid nodes (HDD+SSD), which statement best describes the role of the SSD cache?
Hard3Which HyperFlex node type offers the best performance for all-flash workloads and does not include HDDs?
Easy4In a dual-fabric UCS environment, Fabric Interconnect A and Fabric Interconnect B provide redundancy. If Fabric Interconnect A fails, what happens to the traffic from servers using vNICs assigned to Fabric A?
Easy5Which type of UCS service profile allows an administrator to define a configuration that can be used as a starting point for multiple servers, with each server potentially having unique settings?
Medium6In a UCS service profile, which configuration allows a blade server to boot from a SAN LUN without local storage?
Medium7An organization uses UCS Central to manage multiple UCS domains. They need to create a global VLAN policy that applies to all domains. How is this achieved?
Medium8An engineer is designing a HyperFlex cluster with strict fault tolerance requirements. Which three considerations should be taken into account? (Choose three.)
Hard9Which two methods can be used to boot a UCS C-Series rack server in a UCS Manager managed environment? (Choose two.)
Medium10An organization is deploying UCS C-series rack servers in standalone mode. Which two management capabilities are available through Cisco IMC? (Choose two.)
Medium11An 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?
Medium12In a HyperFlex cluster with replication factor 2 (RF2), what is the minimum number of nodes required to sustain a single node failure?
Medium13A UCS C-series server is deployed in standalone mode and managed via CIMC. The administrator needs to mount an ISO image for OS installation. Which CIMC feature should be used to remotely attach the ISO?
Medium14A HyperFlex cluster with 6 nodes using RF3 experiences a node failure. After the failed node is replaced, the administrator notices degraded performance. Which THREE factors could contribute to the performance degradation?
Hard15Which of the following best describes stateless computing in Cisco UCS?
Easy16A UCS B-series blade has two vHBAs configured for Fibre Channel SAN connectivity. The engineer wants to ensure that if one vHBA fails, the other can take over. What must be configured in the service profile?
Medium17An engineer is deploying UCS B-series blades in a 5108 chassis connected to a pair of Fabric Interconnects. To ensure high availability, each blade's vNICs must be pinned to both FIs. Which configuration method should be used in the service profile to achieve this?
Medium18A data center administrator is designing a HyperFlex cluster for a virtualized environment. The cluster must be able to tolerate the failure of any two nodes. Which two configuration choices are required? (Choose two.)
Medium19A company is designing a HyperFlex cluster with 4 nodes and wants to tolerate the failure of any two nodes simultaneously while maintaining data availability. Which replication factor and cluster configuration should be used?
Hard20A network engineer is configuring a UCS service profile for a B-series blade server. The goal is to allow the blade to be replaced without requiring reconfiguration of network identities. Which UCS feature enables this capability?
Easy21A 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?
Medium22A UCS administrator wants to deploy a Cisco UCS C-Series rack server in a UCS Manager-managed environment. The server is currently in standalone mode using CIMC. Which step is required to integrate the C-Series server into UCS Manager?
Hard23An administrator is configuring a HyperFlex cluster with 4 nodes. To ensure data availability in the event of two simultaneous node failures, what replication factor should be configured?
Hard24An 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?
Medium25Which component provides out-of-band management for Cisco UCS C-Series rack servers, including KVM console access?
Easy26A 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?
Hard27In a HyperFlex cluster, what is the function of the cluster witness VM when replication factor 3 (RF3) is used?
Hard28A data center administrator needs to manage multiple UCS domains from a single pane of glass, including the ability to push global service profile policies. Which Cisco management tool should be used?
Hard29A UCS C-Series rack server is being integrated into UCS Manager. Which mode allows the server to be managed directly by UCS Manager using a Fabric Interconnect?
Medium30In a Cisco UCS Central environment, which feature enables global consistency of boot order and firmware policies across multiple UCS domains?
Hard31In a HyperFlex cluster with replication factor 3 (RF3), a node fails completely. The cluster has five nodes. What is the minimum number of nodes that must be operational for the cluster to continue serving data without interruption?
Hard32In a HyperFlex cluster, what is the function of the witness VM?
Easy33A UCS C-Series server is initially deployed in standalone mode using CIMC. Later, the server is moved into a UCS domain managed by UCS Manager. What must be done to the CIMC configuration to allow UCS Manager to take control?
Medium34In a HyperFlex cluster configured with replication factor 2 (RF2), a storage node fails. What is the impact on data availability?
Medium35An organization is deploying a HyperFlex cluster for a database workload requiring low latency and high IOPS. Which node type should be selected?
Hard36An engineer needs to deploy a stateless UCS B-series blade with a boot from SAN configuration. Which components must be defined in the service profile to achieve this?
Medium37A UCS Central administrator is creating a global service profile policy that applies to multiple UCS domains. The policy must include boot order settings. What is the recommended approach to ensure consistency across domains?
Hard38A data center administrator is deploying a HyperFlex cluster and needs to choose between hybrid (HDD+SSD) and all-flash node configurations. Which two factors should be considered when making this decision? (Choose two.)
Medium39In a UCS 5108 chassis, which component provides the connectivity between the blade servers and the Fabric Interconnects?
Easy40A data center administrator is using UCS Central to manage multiple UCS domains. They need to create a global service profile policy that defines the boot order for all blades across domains. What is the correct approach?
Hard41Which Cisco UCS feature allows a failed blade server to be replaced with a new one without any reconfiguration, because all identity and configuration information is abstracted?
Easy42An organization is deploying UCS B-series blades in a 5108 chassis connected to Fabric Interconnects A and B. Each blade has two vNICs. How should the vNICs be connected to the fabric to ensure maximum redundancy and bandwidth?
Medium43A UCS administrator wants to apply a consistent set of QoS policies across multiple UCS domains. Which tool should be used to centrally manage these policies?
Medium44A network engineer is configuring a Cisco UCS service profile for a blade server that must boot from a LUN on a SAN. Which boot policy type should be selected in the service profile?
Medium45A HyperFlex cluster is configured with RF3 and has 6 nodes. If one node fails completely, how many nodes are still required to maintain data availability and cluster quorum?
Hard46An engineer is configuring PXE boot for a UCS B-series blade. The blade's vNIC is associated with a VLAN that has no IP helper address configured. What is required to allow the blade to obtain an IP address from a DHCP server on a different subnet?
Hard47A UCS C-series server is deployed in a standalone environment. The administrator needs to update the server's firmware remotely. Which CIMC feature should be used?
Hard48Which UCS C-Series management mode allows the server to be managed as part of a UCS domain using service profiles, while still retaining the ability to use CIMC for direct out-of-band management?
Medium49Which HyperFlex replication factor ensures that data is stored on at least three nodes, providing higher data protection?
Easy50A HyperFlex cluster uses RF2 and consists of 5 nodes. One node fails. Data is re-replicated to the remaining nodes. After re-replication, what is the largest number of additional node failures that can occur without data loss?
Hard51An engineer is deploying a UCS B-Series blade server and needs to configure connectivity to the SAN. Which component is responsible for the physical connection between the blade and the Fabric Interconnect?
Medium52A UCS B-series blade is configured to boot from SAN using a vHBA that connects to a Fibre Channel SAN. The storage administrator reports that the LUN is not being presented to the blade. Which component in the UCS domain is responsible for mapping the vHBA WWPN to the physical Fibre Channel interface?
Medium53A UCS administrator needs to replace a failed blade server in a chassis with a new blade. The new blade must automatically receive the same configuration as the failed one. Which feature enables this?
Medium54What is the primary purpose of Cisco UCS service profiles?
Easy55An engineer is configuring a UCS service profile for a blade server that will boot from local disk. However, the engineer wants to ensure that if the local disk fails, the server will attempt to boot from the SAN. Which boot policy setting should be used?
Medium56Which two features are provided by Cisco IMC on UCS C-series rack servers? (Choose two.)
Easy57An engineer is configuring a UCS service profile for a blade server that will be used for a critical application. The application requires high availability for both network and storage connectivity. Which three policies should be configured in the service profile to meet these requirements? (Choose three.)
Hard58In a UCS domain, fabric interconnects are deployed in an end-host mode. What is a characteristic of this mode?
Medium59A UCS administrator needs to implement boot-from-SAN for a B-series blade. Which two components must be properly configured in the service profile? (Choose two.)
Medium60An organization uses UCS Central to manage multiple UCS domains. A global service profile policy is created in UCS Central to enforce a common boot policy across all domains. However, one UCS domain needs a different boot order for a specific set of blades. How should the administrator implement this deviation while maintaining centralized manageability?
Hard61Which two are benefits of using Cisco UCS Central for multi-domain management? (Choose two.)
Medium62A UCS C-series rack server is being integrated into UCS Manager using direct connect mode. Which statement about management connectivity is true?
Medium63A data center administrator is configuring a Cisco UCS C-series rack server in standalone mode using CIMC. Which interface must be used to mount an ISO image for OS installation over the network?
Hard64A UCS B-Series chassis has four IOM modules installed. The chassis is connected to two Fabric Interconnects. How many uplink connections are typically used from each IOM to the Fabric Interconnects to ensure full bandwidth redundancy?
Medium65An administrator needs to perform a remote firmware upgrade on a UCS C220 rack server. The server has CIMC configured with an IP address. Which method should the administrator use to upgrade the CIMC firmware?
Medium66An engineer is configuring a UCS service profile for a blade server that will use FCoE to connect to a Fibre Channel SAN. What must be configured in the service profile to support FCoE traffic?
Medium67An administrator needs to replace a faulty blade server in a UCS chassis. The blade is associated with a service profile that has a persistent WWPN pool. What is the correct procedure to maintain stateless computing?
Hard68Which three components are required for a basic Cisco UCS B-Series deployment? (Choose three.)
Medium69A UCS administrator is creating a boot policy for a service profile that will be used for B-series blades. The requirement is to boot from a LUN on a SAN-attached storage array. Which boot order should be configured in the service profile boot policy?
Medium70A UCS service profile includes a vHBA that is bound to a WWPN. The blade server fails and is replaced with a new blade of the same model. What happens to the WWPN configuration after the replacement?
Medium71An administrator is configuring a UCS service profile for a blade that will run a database workload. The requirements: high network throughput and redundancy. Which TWO vNIC features should be enabled in the service profile?
Medium72During a UCS service profile configuration, an engineer needs to specify that the server should boot from a SAN LUN. Which boot policy type should be configured?
Hard73A data center uses HyperFlex HX Data Platform with a 3-node cluster configured with replication factor 2 (RF2). One node fails permanently. What is the impact on data availability and cluster operation?
Hard74A network administrator is planning a UCS C-Series rack server deployment. Which two statements correctly describe the integration modes with UCS Manager? (Choose two.)
Medium75What is the purpose of the Cisco Integrated Management Controller (CIMC) for UCS C-Series rack servers?
Easy76A UCS B-series blade server is experiencing boot issues. The service profile is configured to boot from local disk first, then SAN. The blade has local disks but they are not recognized. Which TWO actions should be taken to diagnose the issue?
Medium77An organization has deployed a 4-node HyperFlex cluster with all-flash storage and replication factor 3 (RF3). One node fails. How many nodes are required to remain operational for the cluster to continue serving data without interruption?
Medium78In a Cisco UCS B-Series deployment, which component provides the physical connectivity between blade server mezzanine cards and the Fabric Interconnects?
Easy79An engineer is connecting a Cisco UCS C-Series rack server to the network. The server must be managed by UCS Manager alongside existing B-Series blades. Which mode should the C-Series server be configured in?
Medium80What is the primary benefit of using UCS service profiles for server deployment?
Easy81Which Cisco UCS component is responsible for aggregating traffic from multiple blade servers in a 5108 chassis to the Fabric Interconnect?
Medium82In UCS service profile templates, when you update the template, how do the changes propagate to the service profiles derived from it?
Medium83An 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?
Medium84Which component in a UCS domain is responsible for aggregating and forwarding all management traffic between the chassis and the fabric interconnects?
Medium85Which THREE components are part of a HyperFlex HX Data Platform (HXDP) cluster? (Choose three.)
Hard86A service profile is configured to boot from local disk, but the blade server has no local storage. What will happen when the blade is associated with this service profile?
Medium87A UCS C-series rack server is to be integrated into UCS Manager. The server will be managed by CIMC and must participate in compute pools. Which operating mode should be configured on the C-series server to allow UCS Manager to discover and manage it?
Easy88A company is deploying a multi-site UCS environment with UCS Central. Which three capabilities does UCS Central provide over individual UCS Manager instances? (Choose three.)
Hard89In a UCS B-series chassis, which component provides the management connectivity between the blades and the Fabric Interconnects?
Medium90Which UCS B-Series chassis component provides the physical slot for a blade server?
Easy91An organization has deployed Cisco UCS Central to manage multiple UCS domains. A global service profile template is created in UCS Central. When a local UCS domain administrator tries to modify the service profile derived from this global template in UCS Manager, what happens?
Hard92Which 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?
Easy93An organization is deploying UCS Central to manage multiple UCS domains. Which THREE benefits does UCS Central provide over using individual UCS Managers?
Medium94What is the purpose of a cluster witness VM in a HyperFlex cluster?
Easy95When configuring a UCS service profile for a blade server that needs to boot from the local disk, which boot order setting is appropriate?
Medium96In a UCS B-Series environment, where are vNICs and vHBAs defined to provide network and storage connectivity to a blade server?
Medium97A network engineer is configuring a UCS service profile for a B-series blade server that will boot from SAN. Which WWPN assignment method should be used to ensure the boot LUN remains accessible if the blade is replaced with another blade of the same type?
Medium98A HyperFlex cluster is being designed with 4 nodes using RF2. Which three statements are true about the cluster's data availability and management? (Choose three.)
Hard99A 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.)
Hard100A HyperFlex cluster requires a cluster witness VM for quorum. The cluster is deployed with 5 nodes using RF2. If one node fails, the cluster remains operational. However, if a second node fails simultaneously, what determines whether the cluster remains available?
Medium101An engineer is deploying a HyperFlex cluster with all-flash nodes and replication factor 3. What is the minimum number of converged nodes required for the cluster to be fully operational?
Hard102In a Cisco UCS B-Series environment, which component provides the physical connectivity between blade chassis and Fabric Interconnects?
Easy103Which component in a UCS B-series chassis provides the connectivity between blade servers and the Fabric Interconnects?
Easy104What is the purpose of a witness VM in a HyperFlex cluster?
Easy105An 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.)
Medium106An 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?
Medium107In a Cisco HyperFlex cluster, which component is responsible for ensuring data redundancy and consistency across nodes, and typically requires a separate VM for proper operation?
Medium108Which TWO statements accurately describe Cisco UCS service profiles? (Choose two.)
Medium109A UCS blade server has two vHBAs configured. The storage array is connected to both Fabric Interconnects. Which multipathing configuration should be used on the host to provide path redundancy without needing additional storage ports?
Easy110Which of the following correctly describes the role of Fabric Interconnects A and B in a UCS domain?
Medium111Which TWO methods can be used to manage Cisco UCS C-series rack servers out-of-band? (Choose two.)
Easy112A network engineer needs to replace a failed UCS B-Series blade server with a new blade of the same model. The original blade had a custom service profile with specific vNIC and vHBA settings. What is the most efficient method to apply the same configuration to the new blade without manual reconfiguration?
Medium113A HyperFlex cluster uses replication factor 3 (RF3) and consists of 4 all-flash nodes. One node fails permanently. After replacing the node, the cluster re-replicates data. What is the minimum number of additional node failures that can be tolerated without data loss after re-replication completes?
Hard114An engineer is configuring a HyperFlex cluster with three nodes. Which three components are required for a functional cluster? (Choose three.)
Hard115An engineer is configuring a UCS service profile for PXE boot. The server must obtain an IP address from a DHCP server and then download the OS image from a TFTP server. Which boot policy parameters must be configured?
Medium116A UCS administrator needs to perform a firmware upgrade on a UCS B-Series blade server. Which management interface should be used to perform the upgrade remotely?
Medium117An 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?
Hard118A 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?
Easy119A UCS domain has two Fabric Interconnects (FI-A and FI-B) in a redundant configuration. A blade server is configured with two vNICs: one for FI-A and one for FI-B. What happens if FI-A fails?
Medium120Which type of I/O module (IOM) is installed in a UCS 5108 blade chassis to provide connectivity between blade servers and the fabric interconnects?
Easy121Which component connects a UCS 5108 blade chassis to the Fabric Interconnects?
Easy122An administrator needs to replace a faulty UCS B200 M5 blade with a new blade of the same model. The original blade had a service profile associated. What is the minimum required action to allow the new blade to take over the workload with the same configuration?
Medium123Which TWO components are required in a HyperFlex cluster to provide both compute and storage functionality?
Easy124Which component in a UCS 5108 blade chassis provides the connectivity between the blade servers and the Fabric Interconnects?
Easy125In a UCS service profile, which construct is used to abstract the network interface configuration so that the same profile can be used with different blade models?
Easy126A network engineer is configuring a new UCS B-series blade server. The engineer wants the server to automatically inherit network and storage settings without manual configuration when replaced. Which UCS technology enables this capability?
Easy127An engineer is deploying a HyperFlex cluster with three nodes using all-flash storage and replication factor 2 (RF2). What is the minimum number of nodes required to tolerate a single node failure?
Medium128What is the primary function of the Cisco Integrated Management Controller (CIMC) on UCS C-series rack servers?
Easy129Which management interface is used for out-of-band configuration and remote KVM access to a standalone UCS C-series rack server?
Easy130An engineer is deploying a HyperFlex cluster and needs to ensure that if a disk fails in a hybrid node, the system can rebuild the data from parity. Which RAID configuration is required on the disk controller for the cache SSD and HDDs in a HyperFlex hybrid node?
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