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Which component of a Cisco Nexus 1000V Series switch is responsible for propagating configurations to virtual switches?
A. SUP
B. FEX
C. VSM
D. VEM
Which five options are Cisco UCS hardware components? (Choose five.)
A. UCS Manager
B. Nexus 1000v
C. Fabric Interconnect
D. Cisco IMC
E. Fabric Extender or IOM
F. Blade Server Chassis
G. Server Adapter
H. VM-FEX
Which two items represent features of VM-FEX with Cisco Nexus 5500? (Choose two)
A. Software packet switching
B. Hardware packet switching
C. 802.1 Q
D. VN-Tag (802.1 Qbh)
E. Feature rich
F. Higher performance
Refer to the exhibit. Which two descriptions of the configuration are true? (Choose two.)
A. The STP is disabled on the vPC peer device.
B. The device is a secondary vPC device.
C. The device is a primary vPC device.
D. There are 55 vPC domains configured on the device.
E. The device is configured to act as an active gateway for packets destined for the MAC address of the peer device.
You plan to implement Cisco Nexus 7000 Series switches in a data center. Which two factors must be considered for the implementation? (Choose two.)
A. M-Series modules support FcoE.
B. In storage VDCs, you can have only storage traffic.
C. Each F-Series module that runs FCoE requires an FCoE license.
D. F1-Series and F2-Series modules cannot exist in the same VDC.
E. F3-Series modules lack support for FEX.
Refer to the exhibit. Which two descriptions of the purpose of the L1-L2 links between FI A and FI B are true? (Choose two.)
A. synchronizes the configuration information
B. provides a vPC peer link between the fabric interconnects
C. allows each fabric interconnect to monitor the status of the other fabric interconnect continuously
D. provides an alternate data path if an upstream link fails
E. migrates VIFs from FI A to FI B if FI A fails
In which OTV transport mode must an AED router create multiple copies of each control plan packet?
A. site-to-site
B. unicast-only
C. multicast
D. anycast
Which two technologies can be used to minimize routing on the DC Core layer from being compromised? (Choose two.)
A. policy-based routing
B. route peer authentication
C. route filtering
D. route summarization
E. route redistribution
Which option accurately describes updating vNICs templates?
A. can be used to automate the configuration of STP
B. requires that the same VLANs be enabled on all service profiles and Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects
C. requires that STP be enabled on all service profiles and Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects
D. can be used to add or remove VLANs from all of the associated service profiles
Which three control plane operations are used by vPC? (Choose three.)
A. ARP cache
B. MAC address learning
C. CGMP snooping
D. LACP
E. BPDUs
LISP provides which capability?
A. host connectivity redundancy
B. physical host mobility
C. VM mobility
D. VXLAN mobility
If you are connecting a Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect in its default mode to a SAN, what is the operating mode?
A. trunk
B. NPIV mode
C. switching
D. NPV mode
Which option is needed to implement MACsec on a Cisco Nexus 7000 device?
A. Supervisor 2E module
B. Advanced Security license
C. RADIUS server
D. M-Series or F3 line cards
Scenario - Review topology and screenshots, and then answer questions that validate your knowledge of Cisco Nexus Switches.Instructions - To access the multiple-choice questions, click on the numbered boxes on the left of the top panel. Review the Exhibit associated with the question. There are four multiple-choice questions with this task. Be sure to answer all four questions before selecting the Next button
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Refer to the figure in Exhibit 3. You have configured both pairs of Cisco Nexus 7000 Switches for OTV redundancy between data centers. Which of the following OTV configuration elements will prevent the Overlay interface from forwarding traffic if it is not configured?
A. restart otv-isis
B. otv stp-synchronization
C. otv site-identifier
D. otv vpn-name
Which two statements about how universal ports are converted from Ethernet to Fibre Channel ports are true? (Choose two.)
A. Fibre Channel ports should be configured consecutively from the last port of a module.
B. Port type changes become effective immediately after configuration.
C. Fibre Channel ports should be configured consecutively from the first port of a module.
D. Port type changes become effective only after reloading the switch.
E. Fibre Channel ports may be assigned to any available port without regard to switch location.
You are designing a large-scale, multitenant data center. Which two features provide each tenant with the ability to manage its own IP services at the aggregation layer? (Choose two.)
A. Cisco Nexus 7000 Series OTV
B. Cisco Nexus 7000 Series RBAC
C. Cisco ASA VRF tables
D. Cisco Nexus 7000 Series VDCs
E. Cisco ASA security contexts
Which three descriptions of VDC are true? (Choose three.)
A. The management IP address of each VDC must be on a different subnet.
B. The Cisco Nexus 7000 Series platform allows you to build up to 10 VDCs in a single node.
C. You can provide departments with the ability to administer and maintain their own network nodes.
D. You can secure the network partition between different tenants on the same physical switch.
E. You can perform an ISSU on a per-VDC basis to separate the fault domains.
F. You can consolidate the switch platforms of multiple departments onto a single physical platform.
Which two options are valid for Layer 3 connectivity between Cisco Nexus 1000V Series VSM and VEM? (Choose two.)
A. a virtual Ethernet interface
B. a VMware vCenter virtual machine virtual interface
C. an out-of-band management interface
D. a dedicated packet interface
E. a dedicated control interface
Which three elements form a 24-bit Fibre Channel address? (Choose three.)
A. switch ID
B. domain ID
C. AS number
D. port ID
E. area ID
F. bridge ID
Which three options are features of the Cisco Prime Data Center Network Manager? (Choose three.)
A. SAN inventory
B. security rules and objects views
C. device groups and scoping
D. HTTPS connections to devices
E. authentication services
F. inventory and performance views
You are sizing the aggregation layer for a data center. Which two factors influence the size of the TCAM table space on the aggregation data center switches? (Choose two.)
A. the QoS policies
B. the configured VLANs
C. the configured OSPF networks
D. the configured security access control list policies
E. the configured OSPF processes
In a three-tier SAN topology, which network layer should you connect the SAN initiators to?
A. storage edge
B. core
C. host edge
D. distribution
Which action must occur before an N Port can exchange data with other N Ports?
A. The N Port must log in to its target F Port.
B. The N Port must log in to its attached F Port.
C. The F Port must log in to its target N Port.
D. The F Port must log in to its attached F Port.
Which option should be included in the data center design if it must support zone-based firewalling on a per virtual machine basis, while preserving full virtual machine mobility without manual intervention?
A. Cisco Virtual Services Gateway with vPath
B. Cisco Nexus 1000v Advanced Edition with Prime Network Services Controller
C. Cisco Nexus 5500 Series Layer 3 module
D. strict unicast RPF
Which two business requirements have the most influence on the data center design? (Choose two.)
A. reduce power consumption
B. increase network bandwidth
C. increase storage capacity
D. increase cooling requirement
E. reduce virtual machine to host ratio
F. reduce data center footprint (floorspace)
You have a Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect that connects to upstream switches via four 10-Gbps port channels. You have a fully populated Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Server chassis that has a UCS-IOM-2208XP installed and uses all of the ports for the blade servers. What is the oversubscription ratio between the chassis and the upstream switch?
A. 6:1
B. 3:1
C. 2:1
D. 4:1
Scenario - Review topology and screenshots, and then answer questions that validate your knowledge of Cisco Nexus Switches.Instructions - To access the multiple-choice questions, click on the numbered boxes on the left of the top panel. Review the Exhibit associated with the question. There are four multiple-choice questions with this task. Be sure to answer all four questions before selecting the Next button
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Refer to the figure in Exhibit 3. Which item is uniquely required when OTV is configured to use a Unicast Control Pane?
A. ASM
B. Join Interface
C. Adjacency Server
D. Enable Classical Ethernet MAC learning on Edge Interfaces.
Layer 2 forwarding of multicast traffic with vPC is based on which modified protocol?
A. CGMP
B. PIM SS
C. Auto-RP
D. IGMP snooping
E. Destination-based trees
What introduces unique implications into the overall Data Center aggregation layer design? (Choose three.)
A. High-speed switching fabric with a high forwarding rate
B. Over-subscription values
C. Service Modules
D. IP routing
E. WAN
F. Internet Edge
When you configure FCIP, which two types of acceleration can you enable to maximize WAN link utilization? (Choose two.)
A. SCSI write
B. link
C. SCSI tape
D. WAN
E. IP
Which two options are goals of virtualization in the data center? (Choose two.)
A. to provide automation for device deployment
B. to provide resource isolation
C. to automate the provisioning of VLANs
D. to provide integration between devices in a heterogeneous network
E. to provide flexible resource management
Which Cisco product meets the LAN extension cryptography requirement in OTV over Dark Fiber scenario?
A. IronPort
B. Cisco TrustSec
C. VSG
D. Zone-Based Firewall
Which two options are reasons to use Layer 3 routing to segment a data center instead of Layer 2 switching? (Choose two.)
A. limit the scope of Spanning Tree Protocol
B. simplify design
C. ease of routing protocol configuration
D. limit the scope of broadcast flooding
E. cost
What are two benefits of a service insertion that is mediated through the Cisco APIC instead of the classical Ethernet model? (Choose two.)
A. provides Layer 5 service insertion capability
B. provides Layer 7 service insertion capability
C. provide policies that can manage the network and service appliances
D. can automate the service insertion
E. provides built-in services, such as Cisco ACE Web Application Firewall and ADC
Which components share a physical interface in a VDC deployment?
A. two VDCs for Ethernet traffic
B. storage VDC for FCoE traffic and a VDC for Ethernet traffic
C. two storage VDCs for FCoE traffic
D. interface VLAN and a VDC
Which statement about VLANs configured in FabricPath mode on a Cisco Nexus 7000 switch is true?
A. They use classical MAC learning by default.
B. FabricPath VLANs requires 802.1Q trunks for forwarding.
C. VLANs configured for FabricPath can exist only on F-Series line cards.
D. The forwarding engine uses any M-Series line cards present in the switch for MAC proxy forwarding.
Which two statements accurately describe a Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect cluster? (Choose two.)
A. Only the active Fabric Interconnect forwards data traffic.
B. The Fabric Interconnect cluster uses a Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Server chassis to forward data when the L1-L2 links are down.
C. The Fabric Interconnect cluster uses a virtual IP address for management connections.
D. The Fabric Interconnect uses L1-L2 links to forward data when the primary Fabric Interconnect uplinks are down.
E. When the primary Fabric Interconnect node comes up after a failure, the node compares the Cisco UCS system database version to the standby Fabric
Which three items represent features of VM-FEX with Cisco Nexus 1000V? (Choose three.)
A. Software packet switching
B. Hardware packet switching
C. 802.1 Q
D. VN-Tag (802.1 Qbh)
E. Feature rich
F. High performance
Refer to the exhibit. Which four options are Cisco best practices that should be included or implemented in the design for resiliency, deterministic behavior, and fast convergence in case of link failures? (Choose four.)
A. Add additional OSPF adjacency between N7K-1 and N7K-2 via dedicated Layer 3 link.
B. Configure vPC peer-gateway in the vPC domain between N7K-1 and N7K-2.
C. Use point-to-point OSPF adjacencies.
D. Place the primary FHRP role on N7K-1.
E. Configure Layer 3 port channels between all N7K devices.
F. N7K-3 and N7K-4 must be the OSPF designated routers.
G. Place the primary FHRP role on N7K-2.
H. All OSPF adjacencies should be between loopback interfaces.
Your Cisco UCS design contains this hardware: ✑ 2 x 6248UP Fabric Interconnects ✑ 1 x 5108 Chassis containing a pair of 2204XP IO Modules ✑ 8 x B200M3 blades, each with a VIC 1240 and no mezzanine adapter What is the maximum available bandwidth per fabric for each server?
A. 10 Gb
B. 20 Gb
C. 40 Gb
D. 80 Gb
E. 160 Gb
You plan to implement a fully integrated firewall design by using a Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series VSS. Which description of the implementation is true?
A. The firewall can be managed independently from the Cisco Catalyst 6500 VSS.
B. A standalone firewall appliance is required.
C. A routing protocol must be configured between the firewall and the Cisco Catalyst 6500 VSS.
D. Firewall services run at the aggregation layer.
You must configure resiliency for Fibre Channel uplink ports on Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects. Which feature should you configure?
A. an appliance port
B. vPC
C. a port channel
D. a unified storage port
You are designing a fabric interconnect and Cisco UCS blade chassis solution for a client. The solution includes two vHBA interfaces per server in the blade chassis. Which two requirements for the servers to boot successfully are true? (Choose two.)
A. On the server side, the amount of WWPNs must equal to the number of the vHBA interfaces multiplied by two.
B. On the server side, the amount of WWPNs must equal to the number of the vHBA interfaces.
C. On the server side, the amount of WWNNs must equal to the number of the vHBA interfaces.
D. On the server side, each server must be allocated one WWPN.
E. On the server side, each server must be allocated one WWNN.
Which three factors affect the virtual machine consolidation ratio when designing a Cisco UCS solution for a virtual desktop infrastructure? (Choose three.)
A. the amount of memory on the blade servers
B. the CPU speed of the blade servers
C. the hypervisor version and the virtual desktop infrastructure software
D. the number of applications on the desktop of each user
E. the remote access protocol type
F. the percentage of user desktops that need remote access
Which three port type configurations does a Fabric Interconnect port that is set to Fibre Channel mode support? (Choose three.)
A. Ethernet uplink
B. Fibre Channel uplink
C. Fibre Channel storage
D. server
E. SPAN source / destination
F. FCoE
G. appliance
Which two types of connections can be used to build data center interconnects via vPC? (Choose two.)
A. company-owned DWDM
B. service provider MPLS
C. service provider IP
D. service provider DWDM
E. service provider VPLS
Which two licenses must you have to enable OTV on a Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switch? (Choose two.)
A. Transport Services Package
B. Advanced Services Package
C. MPLS Services Package
D. Enterprise Services Package
E. Enhanced Layer 2 Package
Which two options are common switching protocols that are used in the data center? (Choose two.)
A. Frame Relay
B. MPLS
C. Ethernet
D. FDDI
E. APPN/APPI
What is the default CoS value for FCoE packets on a storage VDC?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 5
E. 7
Which two platforms support the FCoE protocol? (Choose two.)
A. Cisco Nexus 2332TQ Series
B. Cisco MDS 9148S Series
C. Cisco Nexus 7010 Series
D. Cisco MDS 9222i Series
E. Cisco Nexus 2248TP Series
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