Which two components are required for successful MDS USB POAP? (Choose two.)

Question

Options

• ANTFS formatted USB drive
• BUSB drive in port 1
• Cscript named poap_script pl
• DENTERPRISE_PKG license
• Esystem and kickstart images

• B
  4% (1)
• C
  92% (24)
• D
  4% (1)

Explanation

For MDS USB POAP, the switch boots and looks specifically for a Perl script named poap_script.pl on the USB drive - the exact filename is mandatory and the process will fail if it differs. Additionally, MDS NX-OS requires both system and kickstart images to be present on the USB drive because MDS uses a dual-image boot architecture (unlike unified-image platforms), making both files essential for a successful provisioning.

Distractors:

• A is wrong - the USB drive must be formatted as FAT32, not NTFS; NTFS is not supported by the POAP process.
• B is wrong - the USB drive can be inserted into any available USB port, not specifically port 1.
• D is wrong - POAP is a zero-touch provisioning feature built into NX-OS; it does not require an ENTERPRISE_PKG license to function.

Memory tip: Think "Script + Software = POAP" - you need the script (poap_script.pl) to tell the switch what to do, and the software (system + kickstart images) to actually boot from. Without either, the switch has no instructions or no OS.

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