Which two deployment options are available for FireSIGHT Management Center? (Choose two )

Question

Options

• Aon-box application for Cisco ASA
• BWindows server
• Cdedicated appliance
• Dmodule embedded in Cisco Prime Infrastructure
• Evirtual machine

• A
  3% (1)
• B
  6% (2)
• C
  89% (31)
• D
  3% (1)

Explanation

FireSIGHT Management Center (FMC) can be deployed as a dedicated physical appliance (C) or as a virtual machine (E) running on VMware ESXi - these are the two supported deployment models Cisco offers for centralized management of Firepower/NGIPS devices.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A is incorrect because FMC is always an off-box, standalone manager - it does not run as an application on an ASA itself (the ASA has its own ASDM for local management).
• B is incorrect because FMC does not run on a Windows server; it runs on a Cisco-hardened Linux-based platform, whether physical or virtual.
• D is incorrect because FMC has no integration or embedding within Cisco Prime Infrastructure, which is a separate network management platform focused on wireless and campus networks.

Memory tip: Think "Physical or Virtual" - FMC follows the same two-option pattern as many Cisco security products (e.g., ISE, WSA): you either buy the box or spin up the VM. If an answer suggests FMC running on another product (ASA, Prime), it's always wrong because FMC is a standalone manager by design.

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