In a Cisco SAN fabric, UCS fabric interconnects and blades are all monitored by Cisco DCNM. The requirement is for the Cisco UCS manager to be monitored by Cisco DCNM. Which two configuration steps…

The correct answer is A. Create an SNMP user using SHA and AES-128. B. Configure the DCNM IP address as a seed IP. To enable Cisco UCS Manager monitoring in Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM), the following steps are required: 1. Create an SNMP user using SHA and AES-128 - Cisco DCNM uses SNMP to collect system and performance data from UCS components. - An SNMPv3 user must be…

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In a Cisco SAN fabric, UCS fabric interconnects and blades are all monitored by Cisco DCNM. The requirement is for the Cisco UCS manager to be monitored by Cisco DCNM. Which two configuration steps accomplish this goal? (Choose two.)

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ACreate an SNMP user using SHA and AES-128.
BConfigure the DCNM IP address as a seed IP.
CConfigure NTP in the equipment policies.
DAdd a locally authenticated read-only user.
EConfigure high availability for the uplinks.

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A
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C
13% (4)
D
3% (1)
E
6% (2)

Explanation

To enable Cisco UCS Manager monitoring in Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM), the following steps are required: 1. Create an SNMP user using SHA and AES-128 - Cisco DCNM uses SNMP to collect system and performance data from UCS components. - An SNMPv3 user must be configured with SHA authentication and AES-128 encryption to secure monitoring. 2. Configure the DCNM IP address as a seed IP - DCNM requires a seed IP to discover the UCS Manager and its components within the SAN - This allows DCNM to communicate with UCS Manager and begin monitoring blade servers, fabric interconnects, and storage connectivity.

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#Cisco DCNM#Cisco UCS Manager#SNMP Monitoring#Data Center Monitoring

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