350-601 Compute Practice Question
Your company integrates UCS B-Series blades with VMware vSphere using UCS Manager and vCenter. You have configured a UCS service profile with a boot policy that boots from SAN. The virtual infrastructure administrator reports that a new ESXi host (blade 6) fails to meet host profile compliance for the 'Boot Device' policy. The host profile requires the boot LUN to be set to 'VMware LUN' but the UCS boot policy uses a generic 'SAN Target' setting. The ESXi host boots and runs, but compliance checks fail. You cannot modify the host profile because it is managed by a separate team. Which action should you take to resolve the compliance failure while maintaining boot functionality?
⚠ Common exam trap
Cisco often tests the distinction between 'functional boot' and 'compliance check'—candidates may assume that because the host boots fine, no change is needed, but the question explicitly requires resolving the compliance failure while maintaining boot functionality, meaning the boot policy must be adjusted to match the host profile's expected target type.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Change the UCS boot policy to use the 'VMware LUN' target type and ensure the LUN is presented correctly
The host profile compliance failure is caused by the UCS boot policy using a generic 'SAN Target' type instead of the 'VMware LUN' target type. By changing the boot policy to 'VMware LUN' and ensuring the correct LUN is presented, the ESXi host will boot from the same LUN but now the boot device name will match what the host profile expects, resolving the compliance check without affecting boot functionality.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
- ✗
Create a new vCenter cluster with a different host profile
Why it's wrong here
Overly complex and disruptive
- ✗
Use a local disk boot policy and install ESXi locally
Why it's wrong here
Changes boot method, may not be desired
- ✗
Request the host profile to be updated to accept generic SAN targets
Why it's wrong here
Cannot modify host profile as per stem
- ✓
Change the UCS boot policy to use the 'VMware LUN' target type and ensure the LUN is presented correctly
Why this is correct
Aligns with host profile requirement
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