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A company is using Cisco UCS and wants a network orchestration solution to meet these requirements : - centrally manage compute and storage platforms - reduce the time it takes to detect an outage - e
The correct answer is A. Cisco Intersight. Cisco Intersight is the recommended orchestration solution for UCS environments, providing centralized management, AI-driven analytics for outage detection, and streamlined data sharing with Cisco TAC, all without requiring in-house scripting expertise.
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A company is using Cisco UCS and wants a network orchestration solution to meet these requirements :
- centrally manage compute and storage platforms
- reduce the time it takes to detect an outage
- easily exchange data with TAC to reduce resolution times
The company does not have in-house knowledge about scripting. Which solution must the company choose?
Options
- ACisco Intersight
- BCisco UCS Central
- CCisco HyperFlex
- DCisco DCNM
How the community answered
(67 responses)- A73% (49)
- B7% (5)
- C15% (10)
- D4% (3)
Why each option
Cisco Intersight is the recommended orchestration solution for UCS environments, providing centralized management, AI-driven analytics for outage detection, and streamlined data sharing with Cisco TAC, all without requiring in-house scripting expertise.
Cisco Intersight is a SaaS management platform that offers centralized management for Cisco UCS and HyperFlex, intelligent analytics for proactive fault detection, and direct integration with Cisco TAC for faster issue resolution through automated data collection, perfectly aligning with the requirements including the lack of scripting knowledge.
Cisco UCS Central is an on-premises management solution for multiple UCS domains, but it lacks the advanced AI-driven analytics for outage detection and the direct, streamlined TAC integration capabilities that Intersight provides.
Cisco HyperFlex is a hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) platform, not a network orchestration solution for managing compute and storage platforms broadly, though Intersight can manage HyperFlex itself.
Cisco DCNM (Data Center Network Manager) is primarily focused on network fabric management (e.g., Nexus switches) and automation, not the centralized management of Cisco UCS compute and storage platforms as described in the requirements.
Concept tested: Cisco Intersight capabilities for UCS management
Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/cloud-systems-management/intersight/index.html
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