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What are two functions of a Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect in a Cisco UCS domain? (Choose two.)

The correct answer is A. management C. network connectivity. Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects serve as the centralized management point for the UCS domain and provide unified network and storage connectivity for all attached servers.

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Question

What are two functions of a Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect in a Cisco UCS domain? (Choose two.)

Options

  • Amanagement
  • Bcomprehensive network analysis
  • Cnetwork connectivity
  • Dtraffic load balancing
  • Ecore fibre channel switching platform

How the community answered

(22 responses)
  • A
    95% (21)
  • E
    5% (1)

Why each option

Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects serve as the centralized management point for the UCS domain and provide unified network and storage connectivity for all attached servers.

AmanagementCorrect

Fabric Interconnects house Cisco UCS Manager, which provides a single point of management for all compute, network, and storage components within the UCS domain.

Bcomprehensive network analysis

Comprehensive network analysis is typically performed by dedicated network monitoring tools or appliances, not a primary function of Fabric Interconnects.

Cnetwork connectivityCorrect

Fabric Interconnects act as the top-of-rack switch for servers, providing both Ethernet (data) and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) connectivity to external networks and SANs.

Dtraffic load balancing

Traffic load balancing is generally handled by dedicated load balancers or advanced network services, not by the Fabric Interconnects themselves.

Ecore fibre channel switching platform

While Fabric Interconnects connect to a SAN and can encapsulate Fibre Channel traffic, they are not primarily a core Fibre Channel switching platform; they converge I/O from servers to connect to separate external SAN switches.

Concept tested: Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect functions

Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/servers-unified-computing/ucs-manager/index.html

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#UCS Fabric Interconnect#management#network connectivity

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