CCSK · Question #211
Which plane is used by consumers to launch virtual machines or configure virtual networks?
The correct answer is C. Management Plane. The Management Plane is the layer of cloud infrastructure through which customers interact to provision, configure, and manage cloud resources such as virtual machines and virtual networks.
Question
Which plane is used by consumers to launch virtual machines or configure virtual networks?
Options
- AInfrastructure Plane
- BCloud Control Plane
- CManagement Plane
- DApplication Plane
- EVirtual Plane
How the community answered
(30 responses)- A7% (2)
- B13% (4)
- C77% (23)
- E3% (1)
Why each option
The Management Plane is the layer of cloud infrastructure through which customers interact to provision, configure, and manage cloud resources such as virtual machines and virtual networks.
Infrastructure Plane is not a standard cloud architectural layer; it is not used to describe the consumer-facing resource management surface.
The Cloud Control Plane typically refers to the provider-side orchestration layer that manages the underlying infrastructure, not the consumer-facing management interface.
The Management Plane provides the interfaces and APIs - such as web consoles and CLIs - that cloud consumers use to launch VMs, configure virtual networks, and manage their cloud environment. It sits above the control and data planes and is the primary interaction surface for tenants performing administrative and provisioning tasks.
Application Plane refers to where workloads and applications run, not where consumers configure infrastructure resources.
Virtual Plane is not a recognized term in standard cloud architecture frameworks.
Concept tested: Cloud architecture planes - management plane
Source: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/aws-fault-isolation-boundaries/control-planes-and-data-planes.html
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