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Which cable is used to access the command-line interface of a Cisco UCS 6120XP Fabric Interconnects?
The correct answer is B. console cable. A console cable (rollover/RJ-45-to-DB9) is the standard out-of-band method for accessing the CLI of Cisco network and UCS infrastructure devices during initial setup or when network access is unavailable.
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Which cable is used to access the command-line interface of a Cisco UCS 6120XP Fabric Interconnects?
Options
- AKVM cable
- Bconsole cable
- CEthernet cable
- DSFP+ Ethernet transceiver cable
How the community answered
(51 responses)- A8% (4)
- B73% (37)
- C4% (2)
- D16% (8)
Why each option
A console cable (rollover/RJ-45-to-DB9) is the standard out-of-band method for accessing the CLI of Cisco network and UCS infrastructure devices during initial setup or when network access is unavailable.
A KVM cable provides keyboard, video, and mouse access to server blades for OS-level interaction, not CLI access to the Fabric Interconnect itself.
The console cable connects a management workstation's serial port (or USB-to-serial adapter) to the dedicated console port on the Cisco UCS 6120XP Fabric Interconnect, providing direct out-of-band CLI access independent of any network configuration - this is the standard method for initial device setup and recovery.
An Ethernet cable requires the device to already have a configured IP address and reachable management interface - it cannot provide initial CLI access before the device is configured.
An SFP+ transceiver cable is a high-speed optical or twinax data-plane uplink connector and has no role in management CLI access.
Concept tested: Out-of-band console access to Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects
Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/hw/6100-install/b_Cisco_UCS_6100_Series_HIG.html
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