Which Cisco UCS internal component maintains the UCS XML database, manages the FSM stages and operations and instructs the Application Gateway to perform operations on physical and logical elements?

Question

Options

• ACisco Data Management Engine
• BCisco UCS Manager
• CCisco Application Gateways
• DCisco Finite State Machine

• A
  91% (32)
• B
  3% (1)
• D
  6% (2)

Explanation

The Cisco Data Management Engine (DME) is the core internal component within UCS Manager responsible for maintaining the XML object database, orchestrating FSM (Finite State Machine) stages, and directing Application Gateways to carry out actions on both physical and logical UCS elements - making A correct.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• B (UCS Manager) is the broader management platform; the DME is a specific internal engine within UCS Manager, not UCS Manager itself.
• C (Application Gateways) are the executors - they receive instructions from the DME and act on hardware/logical components, but they don't manage the database or FSM.
• D (Finite State Machine) is a mechanism the DME uses to track object state transitions; the FSM is managed by the DME, not the other way around.

Memory tip: Think of the DME as the "dispatcher" - it holds the data (XML database), tracks the state (FSM), and tells the Application Gateways what to do. If you remember DME = Data + Manages FSM + Enforces via Gateways, the acronym maps directly to its three roles.

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