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A cloud provider deploys an infrastructure based on Cisco ACI Fabric, Cisco UCS, and Cisco HyperFlex Data Platform. The storage area network will be based on Cisco MDS 9000 Series Switches with Hyper-
The correct answer is C. Cisco UCS Director. Cisco UCS Director is the appropriate tool for orchestrating and automating heterogeneous infrastructure environments, including Cisco ACI, UCS, HyperFlex, and MDS, alongside multiple hypervisors.
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A cloud provider deploys an infrastructure based on Cisco ACI Fabric, Cisco UCS, and Cisco HyperFlex Data Platform. The storage area network will be based on Cisco MDS 9000 Series Switches with Hyper-V, VMware, and KVM used as the virtualization platform. The requirement is to deploy the overall solution by using a robust automation and orchestration tool. Which tool meets these requirements?
Options
- ACisco Prime Infrastructure
- BCisco Network Assurance
- CCisco UCS Director
- DCisco Cloud Center
How the community answered
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- B3% (2)
- C88% (56)
- D8% (5)
Why each option
Cisco UCS Director is the appropriate tool for orchestrating and automating heterogeneous infrastructure environments, including Cisco ACI, UCS, HyperFlex, and MDS, alongside multiple hypervisors.
Cisco Prime Infrastructure is primarily focused on network management and monitoring for traditional wired and wireless networks, not data center infrastructure orchestration involving compute, storage, and virtualization platforms.
Cisco Network Assurance is part of Cisco DNA Center's capabilities for assurance, focusing on network performance monitoring and troubleshooting, not multi-domain infrastructure orchestration.
Cisco UCS Director is designed to provide comprehensive automation and orchestration across a broad range of Cisco and third-party infrastructure components, including Cisco UCS, ACI, HyperFlex, and MDS switches, as well as multiple hypervisor platforms like VMware, Hyper-V, and KVM. It offers a single management console for provisioning and lifecycle management of the entire data center stack.
Cisco Cloud Center (now part of Cisco Intersight Workload Optimizer) is focused on multi-cloud management and optimizing application placement across clouds, not the on-premise infrastructure orchestration described.
Concept tested: Cisco Data Center Orchestration Tools
Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/cloud-systems-management/ucs-director/index.html
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