Implementing Cisco Data Center Unified Computing (DCUCI)

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1 Implementing Cisco Data Center Unified Computing (DCUCI) Number: Passing Score: 800 Time Limit: 90 min File Version: Exam Topics Implement C-Series stand alone Implementing Cisco Data Center Unified Computing (DCUCI) Implement UCS C-Series rack servers Implement Firmware updates Configuring CIMC Configuring network and storage connectivity Provision hard drives Installing ESXI on local hard drives Configure logging and monitoring the methods for Cisco UCS Configure Cisco UCS B-Series Connectivity Configure B-Series overall connectivity Implement UCS B-Series component installation Configure B-Series LAN connectivity Configure B-Series SAN connectivity Manage Cisco UCS B-Series Implement security in a Cisco UCS Identify the steps necessary to manage software and firmware versions and upgrades in a Cisco UCS Implement backup and import for Cisco UCS database Configure logging and monitoring the methods for Cisco UCS Configure the Call Home feature in a Cisco UCS system Describe High Availability for the Fabric interconnect cluster Provision Cisco UCS compute resources Provision network connectivity in a Cisco UCS Provision storage sources in a Cisco UCS Provision resource pools in a Cisco UCS Provision resource policies in a Cisco UCS Provision service profiles in a Cisco UCS Provision O/S parameters in a Cisco UCS Provision the base UCS system configuration Provision virtual HBAs

2 Provision VNICs and VNIC policies in a Cisco UCS Provision C-Series integration Implement Cisco UCS server virtualization features Provision UCS integration with Vmware vcenter server Provision UCS vm-fex Provision direct path I/O Sections 1. Questions 2. Drag & Drop 3. Hot Spot

3 Exam A QUESTION 1 When upgrading a standalone Cisco UCS C-Series server, which method is correct? A. direct upgrade on all components B. Cisco Hardware Upgrade Utility C. Cisco Host Upgrade Utility D. Cisco Server Upgrade Utility Correct Answer: C /Reference: The Cisco Host Upgrade Utility (hereafter referred to as the ""HUU"") is a tool that upgrades the following firmware: Cisco Integrated Management Controller (CIMC) System BIOS LAN on motherboard (LOM) RAID controllers (for any third-party RAID controllers that are installed) Cisco UCS P81E Virtual Interface Card (VIC) Cisco UCS VIC 1225 Broadcom PCI adapters Dual and Quad port adapters Dual port adapter GBaseT adapter The HUU includes the options to download ISO images for a selected platform on a Windows operating system. The image file for the firmware is embedded in the ISO and the HUU displays a menu that allows you to choose which firmware components to upgrade. QUESTION 2 In a standalone Cisco UCS C-Series server, which recommendations can be used to upgrade the BIOS? A. Cisco IMC B. Cisco UCS Manager C. iflash32 Utility D. Flash ROM Utility E. EFI Interface F. Cisco Host Upgrade Utility G. USB Flash Utility Correct Answer: F /Reference: The Cisco Host Upgrade Utility (hereafter referred to as the ""HUU"") is a tool that upgrades the following firmware: Cisco Integrated Management Controller (CIMC) System BIOS LAN on motherboard (LOM) RAID controllers (for any third-party RAID controllers that are installed) Cisco UCS P81E Virtual Interface Card (VIC) Cisco UCS VIC 1225

4 Broadcom PCI adapters Dual and Quad port adapters Dual port adapter GBaseT adapter The HUU includes the options to download ISO images for a selected platform on a Windows operating system. The image file for the firmware is embedded in the ISO and the HUU displays a menu that allows you to choose which firmware components to upgrade. QUESTION 3 What are the default settings of the Cisco IMCCIMC NIC properties on a standalone Cisco UCS C- Series server? A. 'Shared LOM' NIC mode with 'Active-active' NIC redundancy and DHCP enabled B. 'Shared LOM' NIC mode with 'Active-standby' NIC redundancy and DHCP enabled C. 'Dedicated' NIC mode with 'Active-standby' NIC redundancy DHCP disabled D. 'Dedicated' NIC mode with 'None' NIC redundancy and DHCP enabled E. 'Cisco Card' NIC mode with 'Active-active' NIC redundancy and DHCP enabled Correct Answer: D /Reference: The NIC Mode drop-down list in the NIC Properties area determines which ports can reach the CIMC. The following mode options are available, depending on your platform: 1. Cisco Card A connection to the CIMC is available through an installed adapter card. 2. Dedicated A connection to the CIMC is available through the management Ethernet port or ports. 3. Shared LOM A connection to the CIMC is available only through the LAN On Motherboard (LOM) Ethernet host ports. Shared LOM EXT mode enables the 1-Gb Ethernet ports and the ports on any installed Cisco virtual interface card (VIC) to access the Cisco Integrated Management Interface (CIMC). In some platforms, a 10 Gigabit Ethernet LOM option is available. 4. Shipping (if supported) A connection to the CIMC is available through the management Ethernet port or ports using a limited factory default configuration. The NIC Redundancy drop-down list in the NIC Properties area determines how NIC redundancy is handled: 1. None Redundancy is not available. 2. Active-Active All Ethernet ports operate simultaneously. This mode provides multiple paths to the CIMC. 3. Active-Standby One port fails over to the other. QUESTION 4 Which ports can access the Cisco IMC if you select Shared LOM NIC mode in the Cisco IMC Configuration Utility for a Cisco UCS C-Series server? A. the ports on an installed Cisco network adapter card B. the two 1-Gb Ethernet ports C. the two 10/100 management ports D. the two 10/100 management ports, but each port has a default setting Correct Answer: B /Reference: The NIC Mode drop-down list in the NIC Properties area determines which ports can reach the CIMC. The following mode options are available, depending on your platform: 1. Cisco Card A connection to the CIMC is available through an installed adapter card. 2. Dedicated A connection to the CIMC is available through the management Ethernet port or ports.

5 3. Shared LOM A connection to the CIMC is available only through the LAN On Motherboard (LOM) Ethernet host ports. Shared LOM EXT mode enables the 1-Gb Ethernet ports and the ports on any installed Cisco virtual interface card (VIC) to access the Cisco Integrated Management Interface (CIMC). In some platforms, a 10 Gigabit Ethernet LOM option is available. 4. Shipping (if supported) A connection to the CIMC is available through the management Ethernet port or ports using a limited factory default configuration. The NIC Redundancy drop-down list in the NIC Properties area determines how NIC redundancy is handled: 1. None Redundancy is not available. 2. Active-Active All Ethernet ports operate simultaneously. This mode provides multiple paths to the CIMC. 3. Active-Standby One port fails over to the other. QUESTION 5 Which NIC redundancy modes allow the LOMs to be discovered by the operating system or hypervisor? A. Dedicated mode B. Active/Active C. Active/Standby D. Cisco Card Mode Correct Answer: A /Reference: QUESTION 6 Which two are true with respect to the unified ports on the Cisco Unified Computing System 62XX Fabric Interconnect? (Choose two.) A. The port mode is automatically discovered after plugging in a LAN or Fibre Channel-attached cable. B. By default, unified ports that are changed to Ethernet port mode are set to uplink Ethernet port type. C. Ethernet ports must be grouped together in a block and must start with the first port and end with an odd numbered port. D. Alternating Ethernet and Fibre Channel ports is supported on the expansion module. E. After making port mode changes on an expansion module, the module will reboot. F. In a standalone configuration, making port mode changes to the fixed module will not cause the fabric interconnect to reboot. Correct Answer: BE /Reference: "Port Modes The port mode determines whether a unified port on the fabric interconnect is configured to carry Ethernet or Fibre Channel traffic. The port mode is not automatically discovered by the fabric interconnect; it is configured

6 in Cisco UCS Manager Port Types The port type defines the type of traffic carried over a unified port connection. By default, unified ports changed to Ethernet port mode are set to uplink Ethernet port type. Unified ports changed to Fibre Channel port mode are set to the Fibre Channel uplink port type. Fibre Channel ports cannot be unconfigured. Changing the port type does not require a reboot. Port Mode Placement Ethernet ports must be grouped together in a block. For each module (fixed or expansion), the Ethernet port block must start with the first port and end with an even numbered port. Fibre Channel ports must be grouped together in a block. For each module (fixed or expansion), the first port in the Fibre Channel port block must follow the last Ethernet port and extend to include the rest of the ports in the module. For configurations that include only Fibre Channel ports, the Fibre Channel block must start with the first port on the fixed or expansion module. Alternating Ethernet and Fibre Channel ports is not supported on a single module. Impact of Port Mode Changes on an Expansion Module After you make port mode changes on an expansion module, the module reboots. All traffic through ports on the expansion module is interrupted for approximately one minute while the module reboots. b_ucsm_gui_configuration_guide_2_0_chapter_0101.html" QUESTION 7 Which two are true with respect to the switching modes on the Cisco Unified Computing System 62XX Fabric Interconnect? (Choose two.) A. End-host mode presents a link to a northbound uplink switch as a host trunk with loop detection that is provided by STP. B. For northbound traffic, server MAC addresses are statically pinned to an uplink; the return path is controlled by the unified fabric switches. C. A fabric interconnect port in Ethernet switching mode appears to the uplink switch as a host with many MAC addresses. D. Server-to-server traffic on a common VLAN are locally switched by the fabric interconnect and not the northbound switches. E. A MAC forwarding table is not used to forward traffic to the uplink switch. F. A MAC address forwarding table is maintained for server-to-server communications across VLANs. Correct Answer: DE /Reference: QUESTION 8 What is true statement concerning port personalities on the Cisco Unified Computing System 62XX Fabric Interconnect? A. Fibre Channel uplink ports must operate in Fibre Channel switching mode. B. The fabric interconnects use native FCoE storage ports to directly attach to the SAN infrastructure. C. By default, all Fibre Channel ports are unconfigured. D. The Fibre Channel uplink ports do not support VSAN trunking and Fibre Channel port channels. E. The Fibre Channel storage ports support VSAN trunking and Fibre Channel port channels.

7 Correct Answer: C /Reference: QUESTION 9 What is a true statement concerning automatic Fibre Channel pinning on a Cisco Unified Computing System 62XX Fabric Interconnect? A. By default, uplink Fibre Channel interfaces are configured for VSAN trunking. B. Using NPV, each downstream server will be pinned to an uplink port that is based on a PIN group. C. The Fibre Channel pinning process is implemented differently than end-host MAC address pinning. D. With VSAN trunking, the automatic pinning of server traffic to Fibre Channel uplink ports will be based on the server WWN. Correct Answer: D /Reference: QUESTION 10 The Cisco UCS administrator has the chassis discovery policy set to "2-link". The administrator connects a new chassis to the Cisco UCS 6200 Series Fabric Interconnects using four links. Which option about link utilization is true? A. The Cisco UCS will use two links until the chassis is reacknowledged, after which it will use all four links. B. The Cisco UCS will use all four links for discovery. C. The Cisco UCS will use only two links. The other two links are unusable. D. The Cisco UCS will use only two links. However, the administrator can manually pin traffic to the extra links by using service profiles. Correct Answer: A /Reference: 1 link between IOM and fabric interconnects: 1-Link Chassis Discovery Policy - Chassis is discovered by Cisco UCS Manager and added to the Cisco UCS domain as a chassis wired with 1 link. 2-Link Chassis Discovery Policy - Chassis cannot be discovered by Cisco UCS Manager and is not added to the Cisco UCS domain. 4-Link Chassis Discovery Policy - Chassis cannot be discovered by Cisco UCS Manager and is not added to the Cisco UCS domain. 8-Link Chassis Discovery Policy - Chassis cannot be discovered by Cisco UCS Manager and is not added to the Cisco UCS domain. Platform-Max Discovery Policy - Chassis is discovered by Cisco UCS Manager and added to the Cisco UCS domain as a chassis wired with 1 link. 2 link between IOM and fabric interconnects: 1-Link Chassis Discovery Policy - Chassis is discovered by Cisco UCS Manager and added to the Cisco UCS domain as a chassis wired with 1 link. After initial discovery, reacknowledge the chassis and Cisco UCS Manager recognizes and uses the additional links. 2-Link Chassis Discovery Policy - Chassis is discovered by Cisco UCS Manager and added to the Cisco UCS

8 domain as a chassis wired with 2 link. 4-Link Chassis Discovery Policy - Chassis cannot be discovered by Cisco UCS Manager and is not added to the Cisco UCS domain. 8-Link Chassis Discovery Policy - Chassis cannot be discovered by Cisco UCS Manager and is not added to the Cisco UCS domain. Platform-Max Discovery Policy - Chassis cannot be discovered by Cisco UCS Manager and is not added to the Cisco UCS domain. 4 link between IOM and fabric interconnects: 1-Link Chassis Discovery Policy - Chassis is discovered by Cisco UCS Manager and added to the Cisco UCS domain as a chassis wired with 1 link. After initial discovery, reacknowledge the chassis and Cisco UCS Manager recognizes and uses the additional links. 2-Link Chassis Discovery Policy - Chassis is discovered by Cisco UCS Manager and added to the Cisco UCS domain as a chassis wired with 2 links. After initial discovery, reacknowledge the chassis and Cisco UCS Manager recognizes and uses the additional links. 4-Link Chassis Discovery Policy - Chassis is discovered by Cisco UCS Manager and added to the Cisco UCS domain as a chassis wired with 4 link. 8-Link Chassis Discovery Policy - Chassis cannot be discovered by Cisco UCS Manager and is not added to the Cisco UCS domain Platform-Max Discovery Policy - If the IOM has 4 links, the chassis is discovered by Cisco UCS Manager and added to the Cisco UCS domain as a chassis wired with 4 links. If the IOM has 8 links, the chassis is not fully discovered by Cisco UCS Manager. 8 link between IOM and fabric interconnects: 1-Link Chassis Discovery Policy - Chassis is discovered by Cisco UCS Manager and added to the Cisco UCS domain as a chassis wired with 1 link. After initial discovery, reacknowledge the chassis and Cisco UCS Manager recognizes and uses the additional links 2-Link Chassis Discovery Policy - Chassis is discovered by Cisco UCS Manager and added to the Cisco UCS domain as a chassis wired with 2 links. After initial discovery, reacknowledge the chassis and Cisco UCS Manager recognizes and uses the additional links. 4-Link Chassis Discovery Policy - Chassis is discovered by Cisco UCS Manager and added to the Cisco UCS domain as a chassis wired with 4 links. After initial discovery, reacknowledge the chassis and Cisco UCS Manager recognizes and uses the additional links. 8-Link Chassis Discovery Policy - Chassis is discovered by Cisco UCS Manager and added to the Cisco UCS domain as a chassis wired with 8 links. Platform-Max Discovery Policy - Chassis is discovered by Cisco UCS Manager and added to the Cisco UCS domain as a chassis wired with 8 links. b_ucsm_cli_configuration_guide_2_0_chapter_01100.html QUESTION 11 Which policy is used to update adapter firmware? A. adapter policy B. host firmware policy C. management firmware policy D. network control policy Correct Answer: B Section: (none) /Reference: You can use firmware packages in service profiles to upgrade the server and adapter firmware, including the BIOS on the server, by defining a host firmware policy and including it in the service profile associated with a server.: Host Firmware Package policy enables you to specify a set of firmware versions that make up the host

9 firmware package (also known as the host firmware pack). The host firmware package includes the following firmware for server and adapter endpoints: - Adapter - CIMC - BIOS - Board Controller - FC Adapters - HBA Option ROM - Storage Controller QUESTION 12 Which options are valid port types when configuring fixed 10-Gb LAN interfaces on the Cisco UCS 6200 Series Fabric Interconnects? (Choose three.) A. Monitoring port B. Server port C. Uplink Ethernet port D. FEX port E. Fibre Channel storage port Correct Answer: ABC /Reference: When the port mode is set to Ethernet, you can configure the following port types: - Server ports - Ethernet uplink ports - Ethernet port channel members - FCoE ports - Appliance ports - Appliance port channel members - SPAN destination ports - SPAN source ports When the port mode is set to Fibre Channel, you can configure the following port types: - Fibre Channel uplink ports - Fibre Channel port channel members - Fibre Channel storage ports - SPAN destination ports - SPAN source ports QUESTION 13 When cabling a Cisco UCS 6200 Series Fabric Interconnect to disjoint Layer 2 networks, which option must be considered? A. The fabric interconnect must be in switching mode. B. You must first configure a LAN pin group. C. Each VLAN is allowed across multiple disjoint uplinks. D. Each vnic can communicate to a single disjoint network. Correct Answer: D /Reference: When you plan your configuration for upstream disjoint L2 networks, consider the following.

10 Ethernet Switching Mode Must Be End-Host Mode Cisco UCS only supports disjoint L2 networks when the Ethernet switching mode of the fabric interconnects is configured for end-host mode. You cannot connect to disjoint L2 networks if the Ethernet switching mode of the fabric interconnects is switch mode. Symmetrical Configuration Is Recommended for High Availability If a Cisco UCS domain is configured for high availability with two fabric interconnects, we recommend that both fabric interconnects are configured with the same set of VLANs. VLAN Validity Criteria Are the Same for Uplink Ethernet Ports and Port Channels The VLAN used for the disjoint L2 networks must be configured and assigned to an uplink Ethernet port or uplink Ethernet port channel. If the port or port channel does not include the VLAN, Cisco UCS Manager considers the VLAN invalid and does the following: - Displays a configuration warning in the Status Details area for the server. - Ignores the configuration for the port or port channel and drops all traffic for that VLAN Overlapping VLANs Are Not Supported Cisco UCS does not support overlapping VLANs in disjoint L2 networks. You must ensure that each VLAN only connects to one upstream disjoint L2 domain. Each vnic Can Only Communicate with One Disjoint L2 Network A vnic can only communicate with one disjoint L2 network. If a server needs to communicate with multiple disjoint L2 networks, you must configure a vnic for each of those networks. To communicate with more than two disjoint L2 networks, a server must have a Cisco VIC adapter that supports more than two vnics. Appliance Port Must Be Configured with the Same VLAN as Uplink Ethernet Port or Port Channel Default VLAN 1 Cannot Be Configured Explicitly on an Uplink Ethernet Port or Port Channel QUESTION 14 Which two items represent the features of Call Home on the Cisco Unified Computing System? (Choose two.) A. syslog B. send fault details to Cisco TAC C. SNMP trap receiver D. send alerts to administrators E. central repository of normalized fault data Correct Answer: BD /Reference: Call Home provides an -based notification for critical system policies. A range of message formats are available for compatibility with pager services or XML-based automated parsing applications. You can use this feature to page a network support engineer, a Network Operations Center, or use Cisco Smart Call Home services to generate a case with the Technical Assistance Center (TAC). The Call Home feature can deliver alert messages containing information about diagnostics and environmental faults and events. The Call Home feature can deliver alerts to multiple recipients, referred to as Call Home destination profiles. Each profile includes configurable message formats and content categories. A predefined destination profile is provided for sending alerts to the Cisco TAC, but you also can define your own destination profiles. b_ucsm_cli_configuration_guide_2_0.pdf QUESTION 15 Which three items represent message formats that are available to send fault data using Cisco Call Home?

11 (Choose three.) A. short text B. long text C. HTML D. SOAP API E. XML F. Java Correct Answer: ABE /Reference: Cisco UCS delivers Call Home messages in the following formats: Short text format which provides a one or two line description of the fault that is suitable for pagers or printed reports. Full text format which provides fully formatted message with detailed information that is suitable for human reading. XML machine readable format that uses Extensible Markup Language (XML) and Adaptive Messaging Language (AML) XML schema definition (XSD). The AML XSD is published on the Cisco.com website. The XML format enables communication with the Cisco Systems Technical Assistance Center. b_ucsm_cli_configuration_guide_2_0.pdf QUESTION 16 Which item describes the failure scenario called a "split-brain" in the Cisco Unified Computing System? A. failure of the Cisco Unified Computing System L1-L2 network B. failure of a Cisco Unified Computing System Chassis Management Controller C. failure of a Cisco Unified Computing System I/O module D. failure of a Cisco Unified Computing System Fabric Interconnect E. failure of a Cisco Unified Computing System Chassis Management Switch Correct Answer: A /Reference: Issues in the High Availability Cluster 1. Split Brain This can occur in the cluster when there is a failure in the private network that is responsible for the node to node communications between the fabric interconnects. The serial EEPROM in the chassis is used to resolve these issues. The chassis management controller on each half of the fabric handles this issue. Fabric A side of the chassis has read access to the EEPROM data, and the same applies to the Fabric B side. It will have readonly access to the A side. 2. Partition in Space Another issue that can occur when the private network fails between the cluster components is the partition in space. Here the issue is the fact that each fabric interconnect might try and declare itself as active. In order to resolve this issue, both nodes are demoted to subordinate, and Cisco begins what is called a quorum race. The node that claims the most resources first wins, and becomes the active node. The loser aborts the cluster and can rejoin as a subordinate once communications are restored. 3. Partition in Time This condition occurs when a node boots alone in the cluster. The node compares its database version against the serial EEPROM and discovers that its version number is lower than the current database version. Obviously, with this condition, there is a risk of applying an old configuration to the Cisco UCS components. As

12 a result, the node will not become the active management node. QUESTION 17 Which two are true concerning the role-based access control specifics of a Cisco Unified Computing System? (Choose two.) A. Disabled local user accounts are deleted from the database. B. A locally authenticated user account is any user account that is authenticated through LDAP, RADIUS, or TACACS+. C. If a user maintains a local user account and a remote user account simultaneously, the roles that are defined in the local user account override those that are maintained in the remote user account. D. By default, user accounts expire after 90 days; a warning message will be generated 10 days prior to expiration. E. A user that is assigned one or more roles will be allowed the privileges that are consistent across all of the assigned roles. F. All roles include read access to all configuration settings in the Cisco Unified Computing System domain. Correct Answer: CF /Reference: User Accounts for Cisco UCS Manager User accounts are used to access the system. Up to 48 user accounts can be configured in each Cisco UCS domain. Each user account must have a unique username and password. 1. Admin Account Each Cisco UCS domain has an admin account. The admin account is a default user account and cannot be modified or deleted. This account is the system administrator or superuser account and has full privileges. There is no default password assigned to the admin account; you must choose the password during the initial system setup. The admin account is always active and does not expire. You cannot configure the admin account as inactive. 2. Locally Authenticated User Accounts A locally authenticated user account is authenticated directly through the fabric interconnect and can be enabled or disabled by anyone with admin or aaa privileges. Once a local user account is disabled, the user cannot log in. Configuration details for disabled local user accounts are not deleted by the database. If you reenable a disabled local user account, the account becomes active again with the existing configuration, including username and password. 3. Remotely Authenticated User Accounts A remotely authenticated user account is any user account that is authenticated through LDAP, RADIUS, or TACACS+. If a user maintains a local user account and a remote user account simultaneously, the roles defined in the local user account override those maintained in the remote user account. 4. Expiration of User Accounts User accounts can be configured to expire at a predefined time. When the expiration time is reached, the user account is disabled. By default, user accounts do not expire. User Roles User roles contain one or more privileges that define the operations allowed for the user who is assigned the role. A user can be assigned one or more roles. A user assigned multiple roles has the combined privileges of all assigned roles. For example, if Role1 has storage related privileges, and Role2 has server related privileges, users who are assigned to both Role1 and Role2 have storage and server related privileges. A Cisco UCS domain can contain up to 48 user roles, including the default user roles. All roles include read access to all configuration settings in the Cisco UCS domain. The difference between the read-only role and other roles is that a user who is only assigned the read-only role cannot modify the system

13 state. A user assigned another role can modify the system state in that user's assigned area or areas. Roles can be created, modified to add new or remove existing privileges, or deleted. When a role is modified, the new privileges are applied to all users assigned to that role. Privilege assignment is not restricted to the privileges defined for the default roles. That is, you can use a custom set of privileges to create a unique role. For example, the default Server Administrator and Storage Administrator roles have different set of privileges, but a new Server and Storage Administrator role can be created that combines the privileges of both roles. If a role is deleted after it has been assigned to users, it is also deleted from those user accounts. User profiles on AAA servers (RADIUS or TACACS+) should be modified to add the roles corresponding to the privileges granted to that user. The attribute is used to store the role information. The AAA servers return this attribute with the request and parse it to get the roles. LDAP servers return the roles in the user profile attributes. QUESTION 18 Which two are true concerning authorization within a Cisco Unified Computing System? (Choose two.) A. A role defines a collection of privileges that determines which actions a user can take in Cisco Unified Computing System Manager. B. Authorization consists of three components (roles, password policy, and locales) that are based on which features and resources the user will not have access to. C. Customized roles can be configured on and downloaded from remote AAA servers. D. The logical resources, pools and policies, are grouped into roles. E. If the service profile cannot find available resources, it will search in the parent organization for pools and resources. Correct Answer: AE /Reference: User Accounts for Cisco UCS Manager User accounts are used to access the system. Up to 48 user accounts can be configured in each Cisco UCS domain. Each user account must have a unique username and password User Roles User roles contain one or more privileges that define the operations allowed for the user who is assigned the role. A user can be assigned one or more roles. A user assigned multiple roles has the combined privileges of all assigned roles. For example, if Role1 has storage related privileges, and Role2 has server related privileges, users who are assigned to both Role1 and Role2 have storage and server related privileges. A Cisco UCS domain can contain up to 48 user roles, including the default user roles. In a multi-tenant environment, Cisco UCS uses the hierarchy of an organization to resolve the names of policies and resource pools. When Cisco UCS Manager searches for details of a policy or a resource assigned to a pool, the following occurs: 1. Cisco UCS Manager checks for policies and pools with the specified name within the organization assigned to the service profile or policy. 2. If a policy is found or an available resource is inside a pool, Cisco UCS Manager uses that policy or resource. If the pool does not have any available resources at the local level, Cisco UCS Manager moves up in the hierarchy to the parent organization and searches for a pool with the same name. Cisco UCS Manager repeats this step until the search reaches the root organization. 3. If the search reaches the root organization and has not found an available resource or policy, Cisco UCS Manager returns to the local organization and begins to search for a default policy or available resource in the default pool. 4. If an applicable default policy or available resource in a default pool is found, Cisco UCS Manager uses that policy or resource. If the pool does not have any available resources, Cisco UCS Manager moves up in the hierarchy to the parent organization and searches for a default pool. Cisco UCS Manager repeats this step until the search reaches the root organization.

14 5. If Cisco UCS Manager cannot find an applicable policy or available resource in the hierarchy, it returns an allocation error. b_ucsm_cli_configuration_guide_2_0.pdf QUESTION 19 Which two are true with respect to the upgrade process for the Cisco Unified Computing System? (Choose two.) A. For easier manageability, Cisco provides one full bundle that contains the firmware images for all Cisco Unified Computing System components. B. You can choose from FTP, TFTP, SCP, and HTTP to copy the bundle image from a remote file system. C. When the bundle image is downloaded, it must be transferred to the flash file system of the active fabric interconnect. D. When the download is successful, Cisco Unified Computing System Manager expands the individual files from the archive and installs them in the correct flash file system partition. E. It is strongly recommended that you activate all components in all chassis at one time. F. The I/O module, CIMC, and adaptors update process operates strictly on the backup partition of Flash for a given component. Correct Answer: CF /Reference: Cisco UCS Manager separates the direct upgrade process into two stages to ensure that you can push the firmware to an endpoint while the system is running without affecting uptime on the server or other endpoints. 1. Update During this stage, the system copies the selected firmware version from the primary fabric interconnect to the backup partition in the endpoint and verifies that the firmware image is not corrupt. The update process always overwrites the firmware in the backup slot. The update stage applies only to the following endpoints: - Adapters - CIMCs - I/O modules 2. Activate During this stage, the system sets the specified image version (normally the backup version) as the startup version and, if you do not specify Set Startup V ersion Only, immediately reboots the endpoint. When the endpoint is rebooted, the backup partition becomes the active partition, and the active partition becomes the backup partition. The firmware in the new active partition becomes the startup version and the running version. The following endpoints only require activation because the specified firmware image already exists on the endpoint: - Cisco UCS Manager - Fabric interconnects - Board controllers on those servers that support them b_ucsm_cli_configuration_guide_2_0.pdf QUESTION 20 Which Cisco UCS firmware are contained in the Cisco UCS Infrastructure software bundle? (Choose three.) A. Cisco UCS BIOS B. Cisco UCS fabric interconnects firmware C. Cisco UCS adapters D. Cisco UCS Manager

15 E. Cisco I/O module firmware F. Cisco IMC Correct Answer: BDE /Reference: Cisco delivers all firmware updates to Cisco UCS components in bundles of images. Cisco UCS firmware updates are available to be downloaded in the following bundles: 1. Cisco UCS Infrastructure Software Bundle This bundle includes the following firmware images that are required to update the following components: - Cisco UCS Manager software - Kernel and system firmware for the fabric interconnects - I/O module firmware 2. Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Server Software Bundle This bundle includes the following firmware images that are required to update the firmware for the blade servers in a Cisco UCS domain. In addition to the bundles created for a release, these bundles can also be released between infrastructure bundles to enable Cisco UCS Manager to support a blade server that is not included in the most recent infrastructure bundle. - CIMC firmware - BIOS firmware - Adapter firmware - Board controller firmware - Third-party firmware images required by the new server 3. Cisco UCS C-Series Rack-Mount Server Software Bundle This bundle includes the following firmware images that are required to update components on rack-mount servers that have been integrated with and are managed by Cisco UCS Manager: - CIMC firmware - BIOS firmware - Adapter firmware - Storage controller firmware QUESTION 21 Which Cisco UCS Manager feature allows you to specify multiple LDAP servers for user authentication? A. Realm B. LDAP Provider Group C. Authentication Domain D. Organization Correct Answer: B /Reference: A provider group is a set of providers that will be used by Cisco UCS during the authentication process. Cisco UCS Manager allows you to create a maximum of 16 provider groups, with a maximum of eight providers allowed per group. During authentication, all the providers within a provider group are tried in order. If all of the configured servers are unavailable or unreachable, Cisco UCS Manager automatically falls back to the local authentication method using the local username and password. Creating an LDAP provider group allows you to authenticate using multiple LDAP databases. Authenticating with a single LDAP database does not require you to set up an LDAP provider group.

16 QUESTION 22 Which UCS components firmware are contained in the UCS Infrastructure software bundle? A. UCS BIOS B. UCS Fabric Interconnects C. UCS Adapters D. UCS Manager E. IO Module F. Cisco IMC Correct Answer: BDE /Reference: Cisco delivers all firmware updates to Cisco UCS components in bundles of images. Cisco UCS firmware updates are available to be downloaded in the following bundles: 1. Cisco UCS Infrastructure Software Bundle This bundle includes the following firmware images that are required to update the following components: - Cisco UCS Manager software - Kernel and system firmware for the fabric interconnects - I/O module firmware 2. Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Server Software Bundle This bundle includes the following firmware images that are required to update the firmware for the blade servers in a Cisco UCS domain. In addition to the bundles created for a release, these bundles can also be released between infrastructure bundles to enable Cisco UCS Manager to support a blade server that is not included in the most recent infrastructure bundle. - CIMC firmware - BIOS firmware - Adapter firmware - Board controller firmware - Third-party firmware images required by the new server 3. Cisco UCS C-Series Rack-Mount Server Software Bundle This bundle includes the following firmware images that are required to update components on rack-mount servers that have been integrated with and are managed by Cisco UCS Manager: - CIMC firmware - BIOS firmware - Adapter firmware - Storage controller firmware QUESTION 23 Which backup option must be used for a system restore? A. full state B. all configuration C. system configuration D. logical configuration E. incremental Correct Answer: A /Reference:

17 When you perform a backup through Cisco UCS Manager, you take a snapshot of all or part of the system configuration and export the file to a location on your network. You cannot use Cisco UCS Manager to back up data on the servers. You can perform one or more of the following types of backups through Cisco UCS Manager: - Full state - A binary file that includes a snapshot of the entire system. You can use the file generated from this backup to restore the system during disaster recovery. This file can restore or rebuild the configuration on the original fabric interconnect, or recreate the configuration on a different fabric interconnect. You cannot use this file for an import. - All configuration - An XML file that includes all system and logical configuration settings. You can use the file generated from this backup to import these configuration settings to the original fabric interconnect or to a different fabric interconnect. You cannot use this file for a system restore. This file does not include passwords for locally authenticated users. - System configuration - An XML file that includes all system configuration settings such as usernames, roles, and locales. You can use the file generated from this backup to import these configuration settings to the original fabric interconnect or to a different fabric interconnect. You cannot use this file for a system restore. - Logical configuration - An XML file that includes all logical configuration settings such as service profiles, VLANs, VSANs, pools, and policies. You can use the file generated from this backup to import these configuration settings to the original fabric interconnect or to a different fabric interconnect. You cannot use this file for a system restore. You can use the restore function for disaster recovery. The restore function is only available for a full state backup file. You cannot import a full state backup file. You perform a restore through the initial system setup. QUESTION 24 Which protocol is not supported for Cisco UCS backups and imports? A. FTP B. TFTP C. SCP D. SFTP E. HTTP Correct Answer: E /Reference: Creating a Backup Operation 1. UCS-A# scope system Enters system mode. 2. UCS-A /system # create backup URL backup-type {disabled enabled} Creates a backup operation. Specify the URL for the backup file using one of the following syntax: - ftp:// username@hostname / path - scp:// username@hostname / path - sftp:// username@hostname / path - tftp:// hostname : port-num / path 3. UCS-A /system # commit-buffer Commits the transaction. QUESTION 25 Which two items can you provision in a vhba Template? (Choose two.) A. Max Data Field Size B. SCSI I/O Queues C. FCoE VLAN D. vhba Interrupt Mode E. Stats Threshold Policy

18 F. FLOGI Timeout Correct Answer: AE /Reference: vhba Template is a policy that defines how a vhba on a server connects to the SAN. It is also referred to as a vhba SAN connectivity template. 1. UCS-A# scope org org-name Enters organization mode for the specified organization. To enter the root organization mode, type / as the orgname. 2. UCS-A /org # create vhba-templ vhba-templ-name [fabric {a b}] [fc-if vsan-name] Creates a vhba template and enters organization vhba template mode. 3. UCS-A /org/vhba-templ # set descr description (Optional) Provides a description for the vhba template. 4. UCS-A /org/vhba-templ # set fabric {a b} (Optional) Specifies the fabric to use for the vhba. If you did not specify the fabric when creating the vhba template in Step 2, then you have the option to specify it with this command. 5. UCS-A /org/vhba-templ # set fc-if vsan-name (Optional) Specifies the Fibre Channel interface (named VSAN) to use for the vhba template. If you did not specify the Fibre Channel interface when creating the vhba template in Step 2, you have the option to specify it with this command. 6. UCS-A /org/vhba-templ # set max-field-size size-num Specifies the maximum size of the Fibre Channel frame payload (in bytes) that the vhba supports. 7. UCS-A /org/vhba-templ # set pin-group group-name Specifies the pin group to use for the vhba template. 8. UCS-A /org/vhba-templ # set qos-policy mac-pool-name Specifies the QoS policy to use for the vhba template. 9. UCS-A /org/vhba-templ # set stats-policy policy-name Specifies the server and server component statistics threshold policy to use for the vhba template. 10. UCS-A /org/vhba-templ # set type {initial-template updating-template} Specifies the vhba template update type. If you do not want vhba instances created from this template to be automatically updated when the template is updated, use theinitial-template keyword; otherwise, use the updating-template keyword to ensure that all vhba instances are updated when the vhba template is updated. 11. UCS-A /org/vhba-templ # set wwpn-pool pool-name Specifies the WWPN pool to use for the vhba template. 12. UCS-A /org/vhba-templ # commit-buffer Commits the transaction to the system configuration. QUESTION 26 Which option describes the possible result of a customer configuring a server pool that contains Cisco UCS B200 M2 and B250 M2 blades? A. A service profile cannot migrate automatically from one blade to another blade within the server pool due to hardware failure. B. You must decommission a blade server for the associated service profile to migrate to another blade in the server pool successfully. C. You must uncheck the Restrict Migration box in the service profile to allow service profile migration between blades in the server pool. D. After service profile migration, the server fails in boot from SAN due to differences in PCI device IDs. Correct Answer: D /Reference:

19 QUESTION 27 Which two options occur when a server discovery policy is invoked? (Choose two.) A. executes the qualification in the server discovery policy against the server B. applies the scrub policy to the server C. analyzes the inventory of the server D. assigns the server to the selected organization, if configured E. creates a service profile for the server with the identity burned into the server at time of manufacture Correct Answer: AC /Reference: Server Discovery Policy determines how the system reacts when you add a new server. If you create a server discovery policy, you can control whether the system conducts a deep discovery when a server is added to a chassis, or whether a user must first acknowledge the new server. By default, the system conducts a full discovery. If you create a server discovery policy, the following occurs when a new server starts: 1. The qualification in the server discovery policy is executed against the server. 2. If the server meets the required qualifications, Cisco UCS Manager applies the following to the server: - Depending upon the option selected for the action, either discovers the new server immediately or waits for a user to acknowledge the new server - Applies the scrub policy to the server QUESTION 28 If a customer wants to maximize the capability of server mobility with the Cisco UCS deployment, what two options are Cisco recommended? (Choose two.) A. Configure a server inheritance policy. B. Configure a Virtual Media boot. C. Configure a hardware-based service profile with burned-in addresses and identities. D. Configure boot from SAN. E. Configure service profiles with resource pools. Correct Answer: DE /Reference: The Mobile (Relocatable) Logical Server concept allows the same logical server to be booted on different blades at different times. When a blade is associated with a server profile, it inherits all its identity and boot information from the profile. This model works best when the OS is booted off a SAN LUN. Create pools of identity information defined within the Logical Server Profile to facilitate the Mobile Logical Server concept: - Create UUID Pools - Create MAC Pools - Create WWN Pools Once these pools are created, it simplifies blade management within the Cisco UCS environment. QUESTION 29 You have a Cisco UCS B200 M2 server configured with 12 4-GB DDR MHz dual-voltage memory DIMMs. You learned that the server memory speed is running at 1066 MHz instead. How can you configure the server to run at maximum memory speed? A. You cannot configure memory speed of 1333 MHz. The maximum memory speed of a Cisco UCS B200 M2

20 server with 12 4-GB DIMM is 1066 MHz. B. Memory speed of the ESX host is configurable on VMware vcenter. C. Create a BIOS policy. In the RAS Memory BIOS settings, select Performance Mode for LV DDR Mode. D. On the CIMC of the Cisco UCS B200 M2, select 1333 MHz in the Memory Speed option. Correct Answer: C /Reference: Cisco UCS provides two methods for making global modifications to the BIOS settings on servers in an Cisco UCS domain. You can create one or more BIOS policies that include a specific grouping of BIOS settings that match the needs of a server or set of servers, or you can use the default BIOS settings for a specific server platform. 1. Main BIOS Settings 2. Processor BIOS Settings 3. Intel Directed I/O BIOS Settings 4. RAS Memory BIOS Settings - LV DDR Mode. Whether the system prioritizes low voltage or high frequency memory operations. This can be one of the following: - power-saving-mode The system prioritizes low voltage memory operations over high frequency memory operations. This mode may lower memory frequency in order to keep the voltage low. -performance-mode The system prioritizes high frequency operations over low voltage operations. -platform-default The BIOS uses the value for this attribute contained in the BIOS defaults for the server type and vendor. 5. Serial Port BIOS Settings 6. PCI Configuration BIOS Settings 7. Boot Options BIOS Settings 8. Console Redirection Settings QUESTION 30 Your systems engineer has determined all of the firmware versions that the server operating system supports. What steps are taken on Cisco UCS to avoid manual firmware upgrades on the blade servers? A. Use Cisco UCS Manager firmware management to upgrade all Cisco UCS blade servers to the same target firmware versions. B. Configure host firmware package and management firmware package policies and associate the firmware policies with the service profiles. C. Create a BIOS policy and define the host firmware package and management firmware package. D. Configure host firmware package and management firmware package policies and associate the firmware policies with the server pools. Correct Answer: B /Reference: QUESTION 31 When you create a vhba, what will you achieve by enabling persistent binding? A. This feature allows the binding of the SCSI targets to the vhba, even across reboots. B. This feature allows the binding of the same WWPN from the pool to the vhba, even across reboots. C. This feature allows the binding of the same WWNN from the pool to the vhba, even across reboots. D. This feature allows the binding of the Fibre Channel uplink to the vhba, even across reboots.

21 Correct Answer: A /Reference: Persistent binding ensures that the system-assigned mapping of Fibre Channel targets is maintained after a reboot. Series_Servers_Integrated_Management_Controller_Configuration_Guide_1_2_1_chapter9.html QUESTION 32 Which two tasks enable jumbo frames on a Cisco UCS system? (Choose two.) A. In the LAN cloud on Cisco UCS Manager, configure MTU 9000 in the uplink interfaces. B. In the LAN cloud on Cisco UCS Manager, enable jumbo frames in Fabric A and Fabric B. C. In the LAN cloud on Cisco UCS Manager, configure MTU 9000 in the VLAN. D. In the LAN cloud on Cisco UCS Manager, define a QoS system class with MTU E. In the service profile, configure MTU 9000 in the vnic. F. In the service profile, configure MTU 9000 in the virtual machine. G. In the service profile, configure MTU 9000 in the uplink interfaces. Correct Answer: DE /Reference: This requires the following to accomplish. 1. Creating a UCS QoS System Class with an MTU of 9000 & apply to the iscsi vnic(s) by Service Profile -> vnic 2. Enable Jumbo Frames (MTU 9000) on all switches between Initiator (UCS) and iscsi Target (Equalloqic). 3. Enable Jumbo Frames on OS Adapter (Vmkernel port for ESX, Network Adapter Advanced Properties on Windows) As you can see the only UCS-specific task is the QoS policy which allows an MTU size of 9000 Bytes - assuming you're going to use jumbo frames in your environment - highly recommneded especially with 10G QUESTION 33 Which three items represent some of the components to implement Cisco VM-FEX for Cisco Unified Computing System Manager B-Series blades? (Choose three.) A. Cisco VSM VM B. VEM installed on the VMware vcenter server C. VEM in the VMware ESX or ESXi host D. Cisco Unified Computing System Manager version 1.2 or higher E. VMware vcenter server F. Fibre Channel VMFS volume Correct Answer: CDE /Reference: A virtualized server implementation consists of one or more VMs that run as guests on a single physical server. The guest VMs are hosted and managed by a software layer called the hypervisor or virtual machine manager

22 (VMM). Typically, the hypervisor presents a virtual network interface to each VM and performs Layer 2 switching of traffic from a VM to other local VMs or to another interface to the external network. Working with a Cisco virtual interface card (VIC) adapter, the Cisco Virtual Machine Fabric Extender (VM-FEX) bypasses software-based switching of VM traffic by the hypervisor for external hardware-based switching in the fabric interconnect. This method reduces the load on the server CPU, provides faster switching, and enables you to apply a rich set of network management features to local and remote traffic. At a high level, VM-FEX for VMware requires a hypervisor host, Cisco UCS Manager, and VMware vcenter virtualization management software. QUESTION 34 Which three items represent some of the features that can be defined in a Cisco Unified Computing System Manager port profile? (Choose three.) A. QoS policy B. ACL C. NetFlow D. port security E. network control policy F. VLAN or VLANs Correct Answer: AEF /Reference: The following example creates a port profile client named MyClient that applies the port profile to all DVSes in the datacenter named MyDatacenter and commits the transaction: UCS-A# scope system UCS-A /system # scope vm-mgmt UCS-A /system/vm-mgmt # scope vmware UCS-A /system/vm-mgmt/vmware # scope profile-set UCS-A /system/vm-mgmt/vmware/profile-set # create port-profile MyProfile UCS-A /system/vm-mgmt/vmware/profile-set/port-profile* # set descr "This is my port profile" UCS-A /system/vm-mgmt/vmware/profile-set/port-profile* # set max-ports 24 UCS-A /system/vm-mgmt/vmware/profile-set/port-profile* # set nw-control-policy ncp5 UCS-A /system/vm-mgmt/vmware/profile-set/port-profile* # set pin-group PinGroup54 UCS-A /system/vm-mgmt/vmware/profile-set/port-profile* # set qos-policy QosPolicy34 UCS-A /system/vm-mgmt/vmware/profile-set/port-profile* # create vlan accounting UCS-A /system/vm-mgmt/vmware/profile-set/port-profile/vlan* # set native no UCS-A /system/vm-mgmt/vmware/profile-set/port-profile* # create client MyClient UCS-A /system/vm-mgmt/vmware/profile-set/port-profile/client* # set descr "This is the client for my port profile" UCS-A /system/vm-mgmt/vmware/profile-set/port-profile/client* # set data-center MyDatacenter UCS-A /system/vm-mgmt/vmware/profile-set/port-profile/client* # commit-buffer UCS-A /system/vm-mgmt/vmware/profile-set/port-profile/client # QUESTION 35 Which three items must be configured in the Port Profile Client in Cisco Unified Computing System Manager? (Choose three.) A. port profile B. DVS C. data center D. folder E. VMware vcenter IP address F. VM port group Correct Answer: BCD

23 /Reference: The port profile client determines the distributed virtual switches (DVSes) to which a port profile is applied. By default, the port profile client specifies that the associated port profile applies to all DVSes in the vcenter. However, you can configure the client to apply the port profile to all DVSes in a specific datacenter or datacenter folder, or only to one DVS. QUESTION 36 If there are four I/O module links from the Cisco Unified Computing System 5108 Blade Chassis to the Cisco Unified Computing System 6248UP Fabric Interconnect, which dynamic vnics can be defined? A. 9 B. 16 C. 24 D. 48 E. 54 F. 112 Correct Answer: E /Reference: QUESTION 37 Which two of the listed BIOS options are required for VM-FEX in high performance mode? (Choose two.) A. RSS B. interrupt coherency C. virtualization technology D. cache validation E. ATS support Correct Answer: CE /Reference: For VM-FEX in high performance mode, you must configure specific BIOS settings. We recommend that you name this BIOS policy as VMwarePassThru so that you can identify it as being used for VM-FEX in high-performance mode. You must enable these specific parameters in the following BIOS settings: 1. Processor Enable Virtual Technology (VT) and Direct Cache Access. 2. Intel Directed IO Enable the following parameters: - VT for Directed IO - Interrupt Remap - Coherency Support - ATS Support - Pass Through DMA Support - Configure the remaining BIOS settings, as appropriate. QUESTION 38 When adding a VMware ESXi host to the Distributed Virtual Switch, what are two risks of migrating a VMNIC that is associated to vswitch 0? (Choose two.)

24 A. loss of access to the management IP interface B. duplicate IP address error C. duplicate MAC address error D. loss of VMware ESXi communication with VMware vcenter E. DVS port group will not appear in the VM network settings F. DVS port group will overwrite the port groups in vswitch 0 Correct Answer: AD /Reference: QUESTION 39 Which VMware ESXi 5.0 CLI command will validate PassThru interfaces when they are available? A. vem status -v B. vempassthru-v C. vemintf -v D. vemifconfig -v E. vempts -v Correct Answer: A /Reference: Virtual Ethernet module (VEM)-data plane Each hypervisor is embedded with one VEM, a lightweight software component that effectively replaces the virtual switch by performing the following functions: Advanced networking and security Switching between directly attached virtual machines Uplinking to the rest of the network Verify that the installation was successful by checking for the VEM Agent (vemdpa) is running statement in the output of the vem status command. # vem status -v Package vssnet-esxmn-ga-release Version Build 1 Date Mon Jan 30 18:38:49 PST 2012 Number of PassThru NICs are 0 VEM modules are loaded QUESTION 40 Which three items are supported operating systems of the Cisco VM-FEX universal passthrough? (Choose three.) A. Oracle Solaris 11 B. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0 C. Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP3 D. Microsoft Windows Server 2008 E. Ubuntu Server 12.2

25 F. SLES 11 Correct Answer: BDF /Reference: QUESTION 41 Which two VMware features must be turned off in the data center cluster for Cisco VM-FEX universal passthrough to operate? (Choose two.) A. VMCI B. DRS C. FT D. HA E. vmotion Correct Answer: AC /Reference: DirectPath I/O allows virtual machine access to physical PCI functions on platforms with an I/O Memory Management Unit. The following features are unavailable for virtual machines configured with DirectPath: - Hot adding and removing of virtual devices - Suspend and resume - Record and replay - Fault tolerance - High availability - DRS (limited availability. The virtual machine can be part of a cluster, but cannot migrate across hosts) - Snapshots Cisco Unified Computing Systems (UCS) through Cisco Virtual Machine Fabric Extender (VM-FEX) distributed switches support the following features for migration and resource management of virtual machines which use DirectPath I/O: - vmotion - Hot adding and removing of virtual devices - Suspend and resume - High availability - DRS - Snapshots QUESTION 42 Which two VMware features will not allow an adapter to transition from Cisco VM-FEX standard mode to universal passthrough mode? (Choose two.) A. VM Snapshot B. Volume Shadow Copy C. Storage vmotion D. HA E. Resource Reservations Correct Answer: AC

26 /Reference: The following VMware vsphere features are only available for virtual machines configured with DirectPath I/O on the Cisco UCS through Cisco Virtual Machine Fabric Extender (VM-FEX) distributed switches: - vmotion - Hot adding and removing of virtual devices - Suspend and resume - High availability - DRS - Snapshots The following features are unavailable for virtual machines configured with DirectPath on any server platform: - Record and replay - Fault tolerance QUESTION 43 Which BIOS setting is required for a VMware ESXi 5.0 host to support Cisco VM-FEX universal pasthrough mode? A. VT for Directed IO B. ACPI 10 Support C. VEMDPA Agent D. Execute Disabled Bit E. Processor C State Correct Answer: A /Reference: In order for Cisco VM-FEX to operate in high-performance mode, you must enable the following settings in the BIOS policy: - Processor Virtualization Technology (VT) and Direct Cache Access; - Intel Directed IO: - VT for Directed IO - Interrupt Remap - Coherency Support - ATS Support - Pass Through DMA Support QUESTION 44 What are the three main components of the VM-FEX environment? (Choose three.) A. Red Hat Network Satellite server B. ESX host with Cisco UCS M81KR VIC C. ESX host with Cisco UCS M72KR CAN D. VMware vcenter E. VMware Update Manager F. Cisco UCS Manager G. Cisco VSG Correct Answer: BDF

27 /Reference: At a high level, VM-FEX for VMware requires 1. Hypervisor host. The hypervisor host has these requirements: - You must install a Cisco UCS M81KR Virtual Interface Card in the server you intend to use as the hypervisor host. - You must install the correct version of VMware ESX or ESXi software on the Cisco UCS Manager host. - You must obtain the Cisco VEM software bundle from the Cisco Download Software page. - You must install the correct version of the Cisco VEM software bundle on the hypervisor host. 2. Cisco UCS Manager - VM-FEX for VMware-Related Policies - Extension File for Communicating with VMware vcenter - Extension Key - SSL Certificate - Distributed Virtual Switches (DVSes) - Port Profiles - Port Profile Clients 3. VMware vcenter virtualization management software. QUESTION 45 Which two policies can be configured in a port profile for VM-FEX high-performance mode? (Choose two.) A. QoS policy B. network control policy C. adapter policy D. BIOS policy E. vnic connection policy Correct Answer: CD /Reference: In high-performance mode, traffic to and from a virtual machine (VM) bypasses the DVS and hypervisor. Traffic travels directly between VMs and the virtual interface card (VIC) adapter. The benefits of high-performance mode are as follows: - Increases I/O performance and throughput. - Decreases I/O latency. - Improves CPU utilization for virualized I/O-intensive applications. You must modify or create several policies in order for VM-FEX for VMware to function optimally: - VMwarePassThrough Ethernet Adapter Policy (high-performance mode only) - Dynamic vnic Connection Policies - BIOS Policy (high-performance mode only) - VM Lifecycle Policy QUESTION 46 Which three options are true regarding port profiles in Cisco UCS Manager? (Choose three.) A. Port profiles define operating-system kernel parameters. B. Port profiles are represented as a port group in vcenter. C. Port profiles can be used by more than one DVS. D. Port profile parameters are visible on vcenter. E. Port profile parameters can be modified from vcenter. F. Port profiles can be modified only from Cisco UCS Manager. Correct Answer: BCF

28 /Reference: Port profiles contain the properties and settings used to configure virtual interfaces in Cisco UCS for VN-Link in hardware. The port profiles are created and administered in Cisco UCS Manager. There is no clear visibility into the properties of a port profile from VMware vcenter. In VMware vcenter, a port profile is represented as a port group. Cisco UCS Manager pushes the port profile names to vcenter, which displays the names as port groups. None of the specific networking properties or settings in the port profile are visible in VMware vcenter. After a port profile is created, assigned to, and actively used by one or more DVSes, any changes made to the networking properties of the port profile in Cisco UCS Manager are immediately applied to those DVSes. You must configure at least one port profile client for a port profile, if you want Cisco UCS Manager to push the port profile to VMware vcenter. QUESTION 47 Which two options are valid modes for VM-FEX in a Cisco UCS Manager port profile? (Choose two.) A. transparent B. bypass C. standard D. advanced E. high-performance F. low-pass Correct Answer: CE /Reference: VM-FEX now has two modes, a Standard mode that was the only mode that was available in previous versions and a new High-Performance mode that leverages DirectPath I/O, sometime also referred to VMDirectPath (i.e. Hypervisor Bypass). Standard mode utilizes the Nexus 1000V VEM Distributed Virtual Switch to direct the traffic from each VM to it s assigned UCS vnic. In High-Performance mode VM-FEX utilizes DirectPath I/O to bypass the hypervisor and the DVS. As mentioned the selling point of this is improved network performance since it removes layers of software from the network path and reduced CPU load on the physical host since it is no longer handling the network traffic. QUESTION 48 Which two elements are defined in a dynamic vnic connection policy? (Choose two.) A. adapter policy B. QoS policy C. network control policy D. number of dynamic vnics E. jumbo frame size Correct Answer: AD /Reference: 1. In the Navigation pane of UCSM, click the LAN tab. 2. On the LAN tab, expand LAN > Policies. 3. Expand the node for the organization where you want to create the policy. 4. Right-click the Dynamic vnic Connection Policies node and select Create Dynamic vnic Connection Policy.

29 5. In the Create Dynamic vnic Connection Policy dialog box, complete the following fields: - Name field. The name of the policy. This name can be between 1 and 16 alphanumeric characters. You cannot use spaces or any special characters, and you cannot change this name after the object has been saved. - Description field. A description of the policy. We recommend including information about where and when the policy should be used. - Number of Dynamic vnics field. The number of dynamic vnics that this policy affects. - Adapter Policy drop-down list. The adapter profile associated with this policy. The profile must already exist to be included in the drop-down list. - Protection field. This field is always set to "protected" because failover mode is always enabled for virtual NICs. 6. Click OK. 7. If Cisco UCS Manager GUI displays a confirmation dialog box, click Yes. QUESTION 49 Which adapter is capable of supporting VM-FEX? A. VIC 1280 B. Cisco UCS M61KR-I C. Cisco UCS M72KR D. Cisco UCS M51KR-B Correct Answer: A /Reference: A Cisco VIC adapter, such as the Cisco UCS VIC 1240, VIC 1280, or M81KR Virtual Interface Card, is a converged network adapterthat is designed for both single-os and VM-based deployments. The VIC adapter supports static or dynamic virtualized interfaces, which include up to 256 virtual network interface cards (vnics) depending on the VIC model in use. VIC adapters support Cisco VM-FEX in order to provide hardware-based switching of traffic to and from virtual machine interfaces. QUESTION 50 Which item represents a secure method of transmitting fault data with Cisco Call Home? A. IPsec B. SSL C. secure XML D. Cisco Transport Gateway E. RSA Digital Certificate Correct Answer: D /Reference: Smart Call Home offers proactive diagnostics and real-time alerts on select Cisco devices and provides higher network availability and increased operational efficiency. This proactive, support capability is provided at no additional cost with an active service contract and entitlement for the designated products. The Transport Gateway is an optional software package that can be downloaded and installed to enable the Call Home environment to securely send messages to Smart Call Home via the Transport Gateway. QUESTION 51 Which item is required for communication between Cisco Unified Computing System Manager and VMware vcenter?

30 A. VeriSign Digital Certificates B. RSA Digital Certificates C. Cisco Unified Computing System Manager Extension Key D. VeriSign Plug-In E. WMware vcenter Certificate Services Correct Answer: C /Reference: Cisco UCS and VMware vcenter must be connected for management integration and network communication with the host.to accomplish this connectivity, Cisco UCS provides an extension key that represents the Cisco UCS identity.the extension key must be registered with the external virtualization manager before the Cisco UCS domain can be acknowledged and management and network connectivity can be established. QUESTION 52 How many certificates does Cisco Unified Computing System Manager have to export to communicate with VMware vcenter server if the VMware ESXi hosts are all running version 5.0 or higher? A. 1 B. 2 C. 4 D. 8 E. 16 Correct Answer: A /Reference: QUESTION 53 What is the purpose of the maximum ports that are filed in the port profile? A. determines the maximum number of uplinks that VMs can use B. determines the maximum number of VMs that can use the DVS C. determines the maximum number of DVSs that can use the port profile D. determines the maximum number of dynamic vnics on the DVS Correct Answer: D /Reference: The maximum number of ports that can be associated with this port profile. The default is 64 ports. The maximum number of ports that can be associated with a single distributed virtual switch (DVS) is If the DVS has only one associated port profile, that port profile can be configured with up to 4096 ports. However, if the DVS has more than one associated port profile, the total number of ports associated with all of those port profiles combined cannot exceed QUESTION 54 What is the maximum number of ports on a VMware vcenter Distributed Virtual Switch?

31 A. 64 B. 128 C D E Correct Answer: D /Reference: The maximum number of ports that can be associated with this port profile. The default is 64 ports. The maximum number of ports that can be associated with a single distributed virtual switch (DVS) is If the DVS has only one associated port profile, that port profile can be configured with up to 4096 ports. However, if the DVS has more than one associated port profile, the total number of ports associated with all of those port profiles combined cannot exceed QUESTION 55 In the Create Dynamic vnic Connection Policy dialog box, there is a configurable field titled Protection. What is the significance of the three choices for Protection? A. allows reserve vnics to be allocated out of the spares pool B. enables hardware-based failover C. enables static binding of the VM port profile to dynamic vnics D. selects the primary fabric association for dynamic vnics E. allows dynamic vnics to be reserved for fabric failover Correct Answer: D /Reference: In the Create Dynamic vnic Connection Policy dialog box, complete the following fields: - Name field - Description field - Number of Dynamic vnics field - Adapter Policy drop-down list - Protection field. Dynamic vnics are always protected in Cisco UCS, but this field allows you to select a preferred fabric, if any. You can choose one of the following: - Protected Pref A Cisco UCS attempts to use fabric A but fails over to fabric B if necessary - Protected Pref B Cisco UCS attempts to use fabric B but fails over to fabric A if necessary - Protected Cisco UCS uses whichever fabric is available QUESTION 56 How does a dynamic vnic get allocated? A. Dynamic vnics are assigned to VMs in VMware vcenter. B. Dynamic vnics can only be bound to the service profile through an updating template. C. Dynamic vnics are bound directly to a service profile. D. Dynamic vnics are assigned by binding a port profile to the service profile. Correct Answer: C /Reference:

32 QUESTION 57 After staging a VEM file on a VMware ESXi 5.0 host in the /tmp directory, what is the correct command syntax to install the VEM? A. esxcli software vib install d /tmp/vem bg-release.zip -maintenance-mode B. esxcli software vib install v /tmp/vem bg-release.zip -maintenance-mode C. esxupdate software vib install d /tmp/vem bg-release.zip -maintenance-mode D. esxupdate software vib install v /tmp/vem bg-release.vib -maintenance-mode Correct Answer: A /Reference: Installing the VEM Software on an ESXi Stateless Host Using esxcli 1. Display the VMware version and build number. ~ # vmware -v VMware ESXi build ~ # vmware -l VMware ESXi GA 2. Log in to the ESXi stateless host. 3. Copy the offline bundle to the host. ~ # esxcli software vib install -d /vmfs/volumes/newnfs/mn-vem/vem bg-release.zip 4. Verify that the VIB has installed. ~ # esxcli software vib list grep cisco 5. Check that the VEM agent is running. ~ # vem status -v 6. Display the VEM version, VSM version, and ESXi version. ~ # vemcmd show version 7. Display the ESXi version and details about pass-through NICs. ~ # vem version -v 8. Add the host to the DVS by using the vcenter Server. 9. Enter the show module command on the VSM. switch# show module Before you perform a VEM upgrade, make sure that there are no active VMs running on the host. When you install the VMware patch ESX/ESXi and later on the host, it puts the host in maintenance mode when you perform a VEM upgrade. If you do not have and also use VMware vcenter Update Manager 4.0 Update 1 Patch 2, vcli build , and VSM Release 4.0(4)SV1(2) or later releases, in order to have a nondisruptive upgrade. QUESTION 58 Which network driver is required on a VMware ESXi 5.0 host for a vnic to enter Cisco VM-FEX universal passthrough mode? A. VMXNET3 B. Vlance C. Flexible D. E1000e E. VMXNET5 Correct Answer: A

33 /Reference: VM-FEX VMDirectPath (UPT, universal pass-through) is a feature where the network IO bypasses the Hypervisor's network kernel and communicates directly with the Cisco VIC adapter. This helps in offloading the host CPU and Memory cycles to handle VM's networks. 1. High Performance Option VMDirectPath with vmotion (supported with EX 5.0) on VM-FEX is the high performance mode of VM-FEX. You can enable this mode by selecting the High Performance radio button in the port profile. After port profile is applied Directpath I/O Gen2 status automatically goes to active state. 2. Virtual Machine Configuration with VMDirectPath The Virtual Machines using the VMDirectPath Dynamic vnics should have memory reserved. The memory reserved must not exceed the physical available memory on ESX Host. The Adapter Type for VM vnics using the VMDirectPath should be VMXNET3. QUESTION 59 Which virtual hardware version is required for a VM to enter the Cisco VM-FEX universal passthrough mode? A. Version 5 B. Version 6 C. Version 7 D. Version 8 E. Version 9 Correct Answer: D /Reference: : QUESTION 60 Which feature must be configured for Linux VMs to be able to transition from Cisco VM-FEX standard mode to universal passthrough mode? A. RSS B. MSI Interrupt Mode C. VEMDPA Agent D. Execute Disabled Bit E. Processor C State Correct Answer: B /Reference: In a Linux Guest Virtual Machine, you can change the interrupt mode of the vmxnet3 from MSI-X to MSI. The MSI-X interrupt mode which is the default interrupt mode when VMDirectPath is enabled, consumes four interrupts. In comparison, the MSI interrupt mode consumes only one interrupt, but causes the multi-queue feature to be turned off. The following formula gives the maximum number of Dynamic vnic with VMDirectPath mode active when all Virtual Machines run Linux Guest with VMXNET3 emulated driver and MSI Interrupt is turned on. 4 * (Static vnics) + 4 *(vhbas) + ( Num of Dynamic vnics) = < 128 You need to ensure that the Guest VMs are shutdown before enabling VMDirectPath and changing the interrupt mode from MSI-X to MSI. To change the interrupt mode from MSI-X to MSI, you need to edit the configuration

34 file (.vmx). All supported UPT Linux Guests vnics (RHEL 6, SLES 11, SLES 11 SP1) can be forced to use MSI interrupt by editing *.vmx file and inserting the following line. ethernetx.intrmode = "2" QUESTION 61 Which of the following is true concerning the Global Chassis Discovery policy configuration on the Cisco Unified Computing System Manager when using Cisco Unified Computing System 22XX I/O modules with Cisco UCS 62XX Fabric Interconnects? A. The link grouping preference should be set to discrete mode when the number of northbound links are not a power of 2. B. Set the action policy-count higher than the actual number of uplinks; otherwise, the Cisco Unified Computing System servers will not be discovered. C. For Cisco Unified Computing System implementations that mix I/O modules with different numbers of links, it is best to manually reacknowledge the chassis in order to use all available links. D. Automatic reacknowledgement due to chassis discovery is never disruptive. Correct Answer: C /Reference: The chassis discovery policy determines how the system reacts when you add a new chassis. Cisco UCS Manager uses the settings in the chassis discovery policy to determine the minimum threshold for the number of links between the chassis and the fabric interconnect and whether to group links from the IOM to the fabric interconnect in a fabric port channel. After the initial discovery, you must reacknowledge the chassis that are wired for a greater number of links and Cisco UCS Manager configures the chassis to use all available links. Cisco UCS Manager cannot discover any chassis that is wired for fewer links than are configured in the chassis discovery policy. For example, if the chassis discovery policy is configured for 4 links, Cisco UCS Manager cannot discover any chassis that is wired for 1 link or 2 links. Reacknowledgement of the chassis does not resolve this issue. QUESTION 62 Which of the following is the most accurate concerning the link configuration between Cisco Unified Computing System 22XX I/O modules and Cisco Unified Computing System 62XX Fabric Interconnects? A. Port channels are always recommended when using source-dest-mac load balancing. B. The addition of links to a port channel requires a reacknowledgement. C. You cannot mix and match discrete links and port channeling for different chassis when using 22XX. D. Port channels do not require a Global Chassis Discovery policy. Correct Answer: A /Reference: When you configure the links between the Cisco UCS 2200 Series IOM and a Cisco UCS 6200 series fabric interconnect in fabric port channel mode, the available VIF namespace on the adapter varies depending on where the IOM uplinks are connected to the fabric interconnect ports. Inside the 6248 fabric interconnect there are six sets of eight contiguous ports, with each set of ports managed by a single chip. When uplinks are connected such that all of the uplinks from an IOM are connected to a set of ports managed by a single chip, Cisco UCS Manager maximizes the number of VIFs used in service profiles deployed on the blades in the chassis. If uplink connections from an IOM are distributed across ports managed by separate chips, the VIF count is decreased.

35 QUESTION 63 Which of the following is not a feature of the Cisco Unified Computing System VIC-1280 adaptor? A. capable of up to 256 virtual interfaces B. supports FCoE C. supports Cisco VM-FEX D. compatible with the C- or B-Series Cisco Unified Computing System servers Correct Answer: D /Reference: The Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC) 1280 (Figure 1) is an eight-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet, Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)-capable mezzanine card designed exclusively for Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers. The card enables a policy-based, stateless, agile server infrastructure that can present up to 256 PCIe standards-compliant interfaces to the host that can be dynamically configured as either network interface cards (NICs) or host bus adapters (HBAs). In addition, the Cisco UCS VIC 1280 supports Cisco Virtual Machine Fabric Extender (VM-FEX) technology, which extends the Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect ports to virtual machines, simplifying server virtualization deployment. QUESTION 64 Which of the following is true with respect to recovery from failure with automatic pinning that is configured on a cluster of Cisco Unified Computing System 62XX Fabric Interconnects? A. By default, server MAC addresses are pinned to uplink interfaces using PIN groups. B. When a northbound fabric interconnect link goes down, the affected servers will use NIC teaming to reestablish connectivity on the second fabric interconnect. C. When a northbound fabric interconnect link goes down, the fabric interconnect will send a gratuitous ARP to the northbound switch to announce the servers on the new port. D. In the event that all uplink ports on the fabric interconnect lose connectivity, the 22XX I/O module shuts down all of the host ports until at least one uplink is restored. Correct Answer: C /Reference: For unicast traffic failover, the fabric interconnect in the new path sends gratuitous Address Resolution Protocols (garps). This process refreshes the forwarding tables on the upstream switches. QUESTION 65 How does a Cisco Unified Computing System react when configured for disjoint Layer 2 domains? A. Automatic pinning is disabled; VLAN membership must be statically pinned to the uplink ports. B. VLANs must be divided between the fabric interconnects using PIN groups. C. The VLAN traffic for a disjoint network can only travel along an uplink that is specifically assigned to this VLAN and is selectively excluded from all other uplinks. D. When you configure disjoint Layer 2 networks, you must assign VLANs to uplink interfaces. Correct Answer: C /Reference:

36 Server links (vnics on the blades) are associated with a single uplink port (which may also be a PortChannel). This process is called pinning, and the selected external interface is called a pinned uplink port. The process of pinning can be statically configured (when the vnic is defined), or dynamically configured by the system. In Cisco UCS Manager Release 2.0, VLAN membership on uplinks is taken into account during the dynamic pinning process. VLANs assigned to a vnic are used to find a matching uplink. If all associated VLANs of a vnic are not found on an uplink, pinning failure will occur. QUESTION 66 Which of the following is true with respect to hardware failover or NIC teaming within a Cisco Unified Computing System? A. Hardware failover is specified by the operating system. B. An uplink failure when using automatic pinning requires that hardware failover for the server vnic be disabled. C. NIC teaming is controlled by the vnic. D. The hardware failover option that is available for Ethernet does not affect Fibre Channel traffic. Correct Answer: D /Reference: QUESTION 67 Which of the following is true concerning Fibre Channel communications on a Cisco Unified Computing System? A. Each VSAN requires a dedicated VLAN to carry FCoE traffic. B. FCoE VLANs are created like Ethernet VLANs on Cisco Unified Computing System Manager. C. FCoE VLANs may overlap with Ethernet VLANs. D. Cisco Unified Computing System Manager supports a maximum of 128 active VSANs. Correct Answer: A /Reference: Cisco introduced the concept of a virtual storage area network (VSAN), which is to FC what a VLAN is to Ethernet. VSANs allow the creation of independent SANs from the same physical SAN infrastructure. Cisco recommends dedicating a different VLAN for the FCoE traffic of each VSAN. This way, FCoE traffic for the VSAN can be easily identified, and the administrator can control precisely the span of this traffic over the Ethernet network. The FCoE VLAN should furthermore be dedicated to FCoE traffic; for example, it should not carry IP traffic. QUESTION 68 Which of the following are true concerning authentication within a Cisco Unified Computing System? A. Authentication domains are used to leverage individual authentication systems. B. You can create up to 64 authentication domains, each associated with a provider group and realm in Cisco Unified Computing System Manager. C. At login, the user can select the authentication domain to be used. D. Cisco Unified Computing System supports LDAP or RADIUS for remote authentication. E. A locally authenticated user account is authenticated directly through the fabric interconnect. Correct Answer: E

37 /Reference: User Accounts for Cisco UCS Manager User accounts are used to access the system. Up to 48 user accounts can be configured in each Cisco UCS domain. Each user account must have a unique username and password. A user account can be set with a SSH public key. The public key can be set in either of the two formats: OpenSSH and SECSH. Admin Account Each Cisco UCS domain has an admin account. The admin account is a default user account and cannot be modified or deleted. This account is the system administrator or superuser account and has full privileges. There is no default password assigned to the admin account; you must choose the password during the initial system setup. The admin account is always active and does not expire. You cannot configure the admin account as inactive. Locally Authenticated User Accounts A locally authenticated user account is authenticated directly through the fabric interconnect and can be enabled or disabled by anyone with admin or aaa privileges. Once a local user account is disabled, the user cannot log in. Configuration details for disabled local user accounts are not deleted by the database. If you reenable a disabled local user account, the account becomes active again with the existing configuration, including username and password. Remotely Authenticated User Accounts A remotely authenticated user account is any user account that is authenticated through LDAP, RADIUS, or TACACS+. If a user maintains a local user account and a remote user account simultaneously, the roles defined in the local user account override those maintained in the remote user account. Expiration of User Accounts User accounts can be configured to expire at a predefined time. When the expiration time is reached, the user account is disabled. By default, user accounts do not expire. QUESTION 69 Which of the following scenarios accurately demonstrate how the Cisco Unified Computing System ensures that a firmware upgrade is minimally disruptive to the data center unified fabric? A. If an I/O module is upgraded to a version that is incompatible with its fabric interconnect, the fabric interconnect can automatically reactivate the I/O module to a compatible version. B. If components like server BIOS, HBA, and RAID controller firmware are unsuccessfully updated through direct firmware updates, the update process will fall back to a host firmware package that is associated with the service profile. C. If an update of the subordinate fabric interconnect leaves it in a nonusable state, the primary fabric interconnect will automatically be updated to ensure that one fabric interconnect is running the most recent firmware. D. After Cisco Unified Computing System Manager upgrades the subordinate node, only then is the active management node automatically synchronized. Correct Answer: A /Reference: When you configure Set Startup Version Only for an I/O module, the I/O module is rebooted when the fabric interconnect in its data path is rebooted. If you do not configure Set Startup Version Only for an I/O module, the I/O module reboots and disrupts traffic. In addition, if Cisco UCS Manager detects a protocol and firmware version mismatch between the fabric interconnect and the I/O module, Cisco UCS Manager automatically

38 updates the I/O module with the firmware version that matches the firmware in the fabric interconnect and then activates the firmware and reboots the I/O module again. QUESTION 70 How many links are there between a second-generation IOM (Cisco UCS 2204 or 2208) and a third-generation half-width blade (Cisco UCS B200 M3 or B22 M3) in a Cisco UCS system? A. 1 B. 2 C. 4 D. 8 Correct Answer: C /Reference: : QUESTION 71 Which policy would you change to form a port channel between a Cisco UCS 6248 and a Cisco UCS 2208? A. link aggregation policy B. chassis discovery policy C. IOM connection policy D. link discovery policy Correct Answer: B /Reference: Fabric port channels allow you to group several of the physical links from an IOM to a fabric interconnect into one logical link for redundancy and bandwidth sharing. As long as one link in the fabric port channel remains active, the fabric port channel continues to operate. If the correct hardware is connected, fabric port channels are created by Cisco UCS Manager in the following ways: During chassis discovery according to the settings configured in the chassis discovery policy. After chassis discovery according to the settings configured in the chassis connectivity policy for a specific chassis. Configuring a Fabric Port Channel 1. To include all links from the IOM to the fabric interconnect in a fabric port channel during chassis discovery, set the link grouping preference in the chassis discovery policy to port channel. 2. To include links from individual chassis in a fabric port channel during chassis discovery, set the link grouping preference in the chassis connectivity policy to port channel. 3. After chassis discovery, enable or disable additional fabric port channel member ports. QUESTION 72 The Cisco UCS 6200 Series Fabric Interconnects offer a new feature that allows dynamic port allocation for all of the 10 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces. What are these ports called? A. universal ports B. flex ports C. unified ports D. converged ports

39 Correct Answer: C /Reference: The Cisco UCS 6200 Series Fabric Interconnect offers several key features and benefits that lower the total cost of ownership (TCO), including: - Additional bandwidth up to 1920 Gbps, increased port density up to 96 ports in two rack units (2 RU) - Reduced port-to-port latency from 3.2 microseconds (ms) to 2 ms - High-performance, flexible unified ports capable of line-rate, low-latency, lossless 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet, Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), and 4/2/1 and 8/4/2 Fibre Channel - Centralized, unified management with Cisco UCS Manager software - Efficient cooling and serviceability including front-to-back cooling, redundant front-plug fans and power supplies, and rear cabling - Fibre Channel and 10 Gigabit Ethernet uplink connectivity with expansion module options QUESTION 73 In which situation would you be required to change a Cisco UCS system from end-host mode to switching mode? A. Design requirements call for the use of fabric failover. B. Fabric interconnect is connecting to disjoint Layer 2 networks upstream. C. HSRP routers are directly connected to the fabric interconnect. D. Upstream Cisco Nexus 5000 is configured for vpc. Correct Answer: C /Reference: In Cisco Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS ) environments, two Ethernet switching modes determine the way that the fabric interconnects behave as switching devices between the servers and the network. In endhost mode, the fabric interconnects appear to the upstream devices as end hosts with multiple links. In endhost mode, the switch does not run Spanning Tree Protocol and avoids loops by following a set of rules for traffic forwarding. In switch mode, the switch runs Spanning Tree Protocol to avoid loops, and broadcast and multicast packets are handled in the traditional way. This document describes these two switching modes and discusses how and when to implement each mode. In some commonly deployed LAN topologies, switch mode provides the best network behavior. A typical example is a switch directly connected to a pair of Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) routers that are the Spanning Tree Protocol roots on different VLANs. Switch mode provides the optimal path because of the use of Spanning Tree Protocol. For example, a vnic belonging to an odd-numbered VLAN can be dynamically pinned to link X on Fabric Interconnect A. As a result of this process, traffic traverses an extra hop (the Inter-Switch Link [ISL]) to the HSRP master. When a switch is directly connected to a pair of HRSP routers, the recommended Ethernet switching mode is switch mode, because it provides the optimal path. End-host mode can be used if static pinning is employed. QUESTION 74 Instructions Open the windows by clicking on the minimized title at the bottom of the viewing area. Windows can be minimized by clicking on the [-], repositioned by dragging the title bar, and resized by using the handle at the lower right corner to customize the viewing area. If you are required to access the devices to complete this scenario, the mouse cursor will use a hand symbol when moved over device icons. Click the icon to open a device terminal to interact with the hardware. Open the "Questions" window and begin by clicking a question number. When you have completed answering all questions, click "Done" to continue

40 Scenario Use you UCS knowledge on Fabric Interconnect Failover to answer the questions associated with the UCS cluster. Exhibit 1 UCS-A# show cluster state Cluster Id: 0xfc436fa8b88511e0-0xa cb6c04 A: UP, PRIMARY B: UP, SUBORDINATE HA READY UCS-A# connect local-mgmt Cisco Nexus Operating System (NX-OS) Software TAC support: Copyright (c) , Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. The copyrights to certain works contained in this software are owned by other third parties and used and distributed under license. Certain components of this software are licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2.0 or the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) Version 2.1. A copy of each such license is available at and lgpl-2.1.php UCS-A(local-mgmt)# cluster lead b UCS-A(local-mgmt)# Question Which statements is true regarding the Fabric Interconnect Failover configuration changes? A. High availability is being setup so that cluster a and b can both be subordinate or primary. B. The fabric interconnect b changes from subordinate to primary. C. High availability is setup so that fabric interconnect will keep a to be primary and b will be lead. D. The Fabric interconnect can have two lead states, so that b will switch to primary and a will stay primary. Correct Answer: B /Reference: Forcing a Fabric Interconnect Failover This operation can only be performed in the Cisco UCS Manager CLI. You must force the failover from the primary fabric interconnect. Procedure Step 1. UCS-A# show cluster state Displays the state of fabric interconnects in the cluster and whether the cluser is HA ready. Step 2. UCS-A# connect local-mgmt Enters local management mode for the cluster. Step 3. UCS-A (local-mgmt) # cluster {force primary lead {a b}} Changes the subordinate fabric interconnect to primary using one of the following commands: - force. Forces local fabric interconnect to become the primary. - lead. Makes the specified subordinate fabric interconnect the primary. QUESTION 75 Instructions Open the windows by clicking on the minimized title at the bottom of the viewing area. Windows can be minimized by clicking on the [-], repositioned by dragging the title bar, and resized by using the handle at the

41 lower right corner to customize the viewing area. If you are required to access the devices to complete this scenario, the mouse cursor will use a hand symbol when moved over device icons. Click the icon to open a device terminal to interact with the hardware. Open the "Questions" window and begin by clicking a question number. When you have completed answering all questions, click "Done" to continue Scenario Use you UCS knowledge on Fabric Interconnect Failover to answer the questions associated with the UCS cluster. Exhibit 1 UCS-A# show cluster state Cluster Id: 0xfc436fa8b88511e0-0xa cb6c04 A: UP, PRIMARY B: UP, SUBORDINATE HA READY UCS-A# connect local-mgmt Cisco Nexus Operating System (NX-OS) Software TAC support: Copyright (c) , Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. The copyrights to certain works contained in this software are owned by other third parties and used and distributed under license. Certain components of this software are licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2.0 or the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) Version 2.1. A copy of each such license is available at and lgpl-2.1.php UCS-A(local-mgmt)# cluster lead b UCS-A(local-mgmt)# Question The "connect local-mgmt" command is required A. To allow the fabric interconnect to use force command to be subordinate. B. To allow local management of the cluster to be configured. C. To configure HA on all fabric interconnect. D. To enable the fabric interconnect for a different HA state. Correct Answer: B /Reference: Forcing a Fabric Interconnect Failover This operation can only be performed in the Cisco UCS Manager CLI. You must force the failover from the primary fabric interconnect. Procedure Step 1. UCS-A# show cluster state Displays the state of fabric interconnects in the cluster and whether the cluser is HA ready. Step 2. UCS-A# connect local-mgmt Enters local management mode for the cluster. Step 3. UCS-A (local-mgmt) # cluster {force primary lead {a b}} Changes the subordinate fabric interconnect to primary using one of the following commands: - force. Forces local fabric interconnect to become the primary.

42 - lead. Makes the specified subordinate fabric interconnect the primary. QUESTION 76 Instructions Open the windows by clicking on the minimized title at the bottom of the viewing area. Windows can be minimized by clicking on the [-], repositioned by dragging the title bar, and resized by using the handle at the lower right corner to customize the viewing area. If you are required to access the devices to complete this scenario, the mouse cursor will use a hand symbol when moved over device icons. Click the icon to open a device terminal to interact with the hardware. Open the "Questions" window and begin by clicking a question number. When you have completed answering all questions, click "Done" to continue Scenario Use you UCS knowledge on Fabric Interconnect Failover to answer the questions associated with the UCS cluster. Exhibit 1. UCS-A# show cluster state Cluster Id: 0xfc436fa8b88511e0-0xa cb6c04 A: UP, PRIMARY B: UP, SUBORDINATE HA READY UCS-A# connect local-mgmt Cisco Nexus Operating System (NX-OS) Software TAC support: Copyright (c) , Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. The copyrights to certain works contained in this software are owned by other third parties and used and distributed under license. Certain components of this software are licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2.0 or the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) Version 2.1. A copy of each such license is available at and lgpl-2.1.php UCS-A(local-mgmt)# cluster lead b UCS-A(local-mgmt)# Question The "cluster lead b" command represent A. The cluster will go into a subordinate state. B. The cluster will switch fabric interconnect b from subordinate to lead or primary. C. The cluster will only use fabric interconnect b. D. The cluster will load balance traffic over Fabric interconnects a and b. Correct Answer: B /Reference: Forcing a Fabric Interconnect Failover This operation can only be performed in the Cisco UCS Manager CLI. You must force the failover from the primary fabric interconnect. Procedure Step 1. UCS-A# show cluster state Displays the state of fabric interconnects in the cluster and whether the cluser is HA ready.

43 Step 2. UCS-A# connect local-mgmt Enters local management mode for the cluster. Step 3. UCS-A (local-mgmt) # cluster {force primary lead {a b}} Changes the subordinate fabric interconnect to primary using one of the following commands: - force. Forces local fabric interconnect to become the primary. - lead. Makes the specified subordinate fabric interconnect the primary. QUESTION 77 Instructions Open the windows by clicking on the minimized title at the bottom of the viewing area. Windows can be minimized by clicking on the [-], repositioned by dragging the title bar, and resized by using the handle at the lower right corner to customize the viewing area. If you are required to access the devices to complete this scenario, the mouse cursor will use a hand symbol when moved over device icons. Click the icon to open a device terminal to interact with the hardware. Open the "Questions" window and begin by clicking a question number. When you have completed answering all questions, click "Done" to continue Scenario Use you UCS knowledge on Fabric Interconnect Failover to answer the questions associated with the UCS cluster. Exhibit 1. UCS-A# scope server 1/5 UCS-A /chassis/server # show adapter detail Adapter: Id: 2 Product Name: Cisco UCS 82598KR-CI PID: N20-AI0002 VID: V01 Vendor: Cisco Systems Inc Serial: QCI132300GG Revision: 0 Mfg Date: T00:00: Slot: N/A Overall Status: Operable Conn Path: A,B Conn Status: Unknown Managing Instance: B Product Description: PCI Express Dual Port 10 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter UCS-A /chassis/server # Question We are working on which server? A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. 5 Correct Answer: E /Reference: The following example shows how to show adapter details for chassis ID 1, server ID 5:

44 QUESTION 78 Instructions Open the windows by clicking on the minimized title at the bottom of the viewing area. Windows can be minimized by clicking on the [-], repositioned by dragging the title bar, and resized by using the handle at the lower right corner to customize the viewing area. If you are required to access the devices to complete this scenario, the mouse cursor will use a hand symbol when moved over device icons. Click the icon to open a device terminal to interact with the hardware. Open the "Questions" window and begin by clicking a question number. When you have completed answering all questions, click "Done" to continue Scenario Use you UCS knowledge on Fabric Interconnect Failover to answer the questions associated with the UCS cluster. Exhibit 1. UCS-A# scope server 1/5 UCS-A /chassis/server # show adapter detail Adapter: Id: 2 Product Name: Cisco UCS 82598KR-CI PID: N20-AI0002 VID: V01 Vendor: Cisco Systems Inc Serial: QCI132300GG Revision: 0 Mfg Date: T00:00: Slot: N/A Overall Status: Operable Conn Path: A,B Conn Status: Unknown Managing Instance: B Product Description: PCI Express Dual Port 10 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter UCS-A /chassis/server # Question We are working on which Chassis ID? A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. 5 Correct Answer: A /Reference: QUESTION 79 Instructions Open the windows by clicking on the minimized title at the bottom of the viewing area. Windows can be minimized by clicking on the [-], repositioned by dragging the title bar, and resized by using the handle at the lower right corner to customize the viewing area. If you are required to access the devices to complete this scenario, the mouse cursor will use a hand symbol

45 when moved over device icons. Click the icon to open a device terminal to interact with the hardware. Open the "Questions" window and begin by clicking a question number. When you have completed answering all questions, click "Done" to continue Scenario Use you UCS knowledge on Fabric Interconnect Failover to answer the questions associated with the UCS cluster. Exhibit 1. UCS-A# scope server 1/5 UCS-A /chassis/server # show adapter detail Adapter: Id: 2 Product Name: Cisco UCS 82598KR-CI PID: N20-AI0002 VID: V01 Vendor: Cisco Systems Inc Serial: QCI132300GG Revision: 0 Mfg Date: T00:00: Slot: N/A Overall Status: Operable Conn Path: A,B Conn Status: Unknown Managing Instance: B Product Description: PCI Express Dual Port 10 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter UCS-A /chassis/server # Question Current Adapter status is? A. Operable B. Down C. Inoperable D. Unknown Correct Answer: A /Reference: QUESTION 80 Instructions Open the windows by clicking on the minimized title at the bottom of the viewing area. Windows can be minimized by clicking on the [-], repositioned by dragging the title bar, and resized by using the handle at the lower right corner to customize the viewing area. If you are required to access the devices to complete this scenario, the mouse cursor will use a hand symbol when moved over device icons. Click the icon to open a device terminal to interact with the hardware. Open the "Questions" window and begin by clicking a question number. When you have completed answering all questions, click "Done" to continue Scenario Use you UCS knowledge on Fabric Interconnect Failover to answer the questions associated with the UCS cluster.

46 Exhibit 1. UCS-A# scope server 1/5 UCS-A /chassis/server # show adapter detail Adapter: Id: 2 Product Name: Cisco UCS 82598KR-CI PID: N20-AI0002 VID: V01 Vendor: Cisco Systems Inc Serial: QCI132300GG Revision: 0 Mfg Date: T00:00: Slot: N/A Overall Status: Operable Conn Path: A,B Conn Status: Unknown Managing Instance: B Product Description: PCI Express Dual Port 10 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter UCS-A /chassis/server # Question Current Adapter Connected Status is? A. Operable B. Down C. Inoperable D. Unknown Correct Answer: D /Reference: QUESTION 81

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