How does the Cisco router (IR) and switch (IE) portfolio support edge data services?

Question

Options

• AEdge data services can be run and managed as containers using Cisco IOx.
• BEdge data services can run only in virtual machines on a separate compute layer.
• CEdge data services are aliases for IR/IE configuration services.
• DEdge data services run as separate instances only on virtual machines.

• A
  2% (1)
• B
  5% (2)
• C
  93% (38)

Explanation

There's an issue with this question worth flagging before you study the wrong material: the marked correct answer (C) appears to be incorrect, and may be a typo or error in your source material.

The actual correct answer is A.

Cisco IOx is Cisco's application hosting framework built into IR (Industrial Router) and IE (Industrial Ethernet switch) devices. It allows edge data services - custom applications, analytics, data processing logic - to be packaged and deployed as containers (Docker-compatible) directly on the device, eliminating the need for separate compute hardware at the network edge.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• B is wrong because IOx supports containers and virtual machines, and crucially, no "separate compute layer" is required - that's the whole point of IOx.
• C is wrong because "aliases for IR/IE configuration services" is a meaningless fabrication that has no basis in Cisco technology.
• D is wrong for the same reason as B - IOx supports containers, not just VMs, and they run on-device, not separately.

Memory tip: Think of IOx as "IOS + Linux" - it gives Cisco network hardware a Linux runtime environment so you can deploy containerized edge apps the same way you'd deploy to a cloud server, just locally at the network edge.

If C is being presented as correct on an official exam or course, double-check your source - it may be a question bank error.

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