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An engineer needs to implement a solution that will provide telemetry of MDS 9000 switches in a SAN fabric. The solution should use Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNIM) with SAN insights…
The correct answer is A. Select a target Fabric to be monitored. C. Select the target ports to be monitored for telemetry data F. Activate SAN_ANALYTICS_PKG license on target switches. To deploy Cisco DCNM SAN Insights for MDS 9000 telemetry, an engineer must activate the SAN_ANALYTICS_PKG license, then select the target fabric and specific ports for monitoring.
Question
An engineer needs to implement a solution that will provide telemetry of MDS 9000 switches in a SAN fabric. The solution should use Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNIM) with SAN insights feature. Which three steps are required to deploy the solution? (Choose Three.)
Options
- ASelect a target Fabric to be monitored.
- BActivate ENTERPRISE_PKG license on target switches
- CSelect the target ports to be monitored for telemetry data
- DConfigure name resolution between the devices
- ESelect a target VSAN to be monitored
- FActivate SAN_ANALYTICS_PKG license on target switches
How the community answered
(45 responses)- A82% (37)
- B4% (2)
- D2% (1)
- E11% (5)
Why each option
To deploy Cisco DCNM SAN Insights for MDS 9000 telemetry, an engineer must activate the SAN_ANALYTICS_PKG license, then select the target fabric and specific ports for monitoring.
DCNM SAN Insights requires specifying the Fibre Channel fabric that contains the MDS 9000 switches you intend to monitor for telemetry data.
The ENTERPRISE_PKG license is a general license for broader feature sets but not the specific license required to enable SAN Insights telemetry on MDS 9000 switches.
To gather detailed telemetry, you must select the specific Fibre Channel ports on the MDS 9000 switches from which DCNM SAN Insights will collect performance and diagnostic data.
While name resolution is good practice, it is not a specific, direct configuration step required to deploy the SAN Insights feature itself for telemetry.
While VSANs are fundamental to SANs, SAN Insights typically monitors at the fabric and port level, aggregating data, rather than requiring selection of a single target VSAN as a primary deployment step.
The SAN_ANALYTICS_PKG license is specifically required on the Cisco MDS 9000 switches to enable the advanced telemetry and analytics features used by DCNM SAN Insights.
Concept tested: Cisco DCNM SAN Insights deployment
Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/dcnm/11_3_1/san_config/cisco-dcnm-san-configuration-guide-1131/configuring_san_insights.html
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