Which piece of information does the FSM provide?

Question

Options

• Athe current task and status
• Ba collection of blade statistics
• Cthe last user to access the resource
• Da list of faults currently suppressed by the Cisco UCS Manager

• A
  94% (31)
• C
  3% (1)
• D
  3% (1)

Explanation

In Cisco UCS Manager, the Finite State Machine (FSM) is a built-in mechanism that tracks long-running operations (such as discovery, configuration, or firmware updates). It reports the current task being executed and its status (e.g., pending, in-progress, failed), making option A correct.

• B is wrong - Blade statistics (power, temperature, performance) are found in inventory or monitoring views, not the FSM.
• C is wrong - Audit logs or access logs track user activity, not the FSM.
• D is wrong - Fault suppression policies are managed through the Faults & Logs panel, not the FSM.

Memory tip: Think of FSM as a progress bar with a label - it always tells you what UCS is doing right now and how far along it is. If a UCS operation seems stuck, the FSM is your first stop to diagnose it.

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