Cisco UCS Platform Emulator: Introduction and Architecture

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What was the primary characteristic of first generation data center servers?

They used commercial operating systems
They had many CPUs and were power hungry (correct)
They were modular and highly scalable
They were highly integrated platforms

What was the key innovation of the third generation data center?

Highly integrated platforms
Modular design
Use of commodity servers
Introduction of virtualization (correct)

What was the primary goal of Cisco's UCS product?

To reduce cost, space, and power utilization
To promote standalone cabling management
To introduce virtualization in data centers
To provide a modular and highly integrated platform (correct)

What was the primary advantage of virtualization in data centers?

Reduced cost, space, and power utilization (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the key feature of UCS Platform?

Hardware abstraction (D) Signup and view all the answers

What year did Cisco enter the server market with UCS product?

2008 (C) Signup and view all the answers

What was the primary characteristic of second generation data center servers?

They used commercial operating systems (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary advantage of UCS Platform over traditional servers?

Flexible ways for the optimal utilization of hardware computing resources (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the maximum total memory capacity of B420 servers?

3 TB (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the optional 2 GB flash-backed write cache?

To increase I/O throughput (B) Signup and view all the answers

Which types of internal hard drives are supported by B420 servers?

SAS, SATA, and SSD (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the form factor of the C220 M3/M4 rack-mounted server?

1U (A) Signup and view all the answers

Which processor family does the C220 M4 support?

Intel Xeon E5 v3 or v4 (A) Signup and view all the answers

How can C-Series rack servers be managed?

Either through out of band web management interface or UCSM software (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is required to connect and manage C-Series rack servers through UCSM?

Nexus 2300/2200 series Fabric Extenders (A) Signup and view all the answers

Which type of applications are best fit for B420 servers?

VDI, ERP, and CRM (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the maximum total memory capacity of the C220 M4 server?

1.5 TB (D) Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a feature of the C240 M4 server?

Support for Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3 processor family (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the maximum storage capacity of the C220 M4 server with SFF hard disks?

12.8 TB (C) Signup and view all the answers

How many virtual adapters can be configured using VICs?

256 (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the form factor of the C240 M3/M4 server?

2U (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the maximum total memory capacity of the C240 M4 server?

1.5 TB (D) Signup and view all the answers

How many I/O ports does the C240 M3/M4 server have?

2 x 1 GB (A) Signup and view all the answers

What technology do virtualization-optimized VICs also support?

VM-FEX (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is one of the capabilities of network virtualization software?

Abstracting physical network resources to create virtual resources (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is an example of a virtual resource created by storage virtualization software?

Virtual disk files (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is a fundamental component for deploying software defined network?

Network virtualization software (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is a topic covered in the lesson on resource pool?

Identity pool (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is an example of where network virtualization software can be installed?

On an independent compute system (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is a capability of a hypervisor?

Network virtualization (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is a topic covered in the lesson summary?

Virtual layer (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is an example of virtualization software?

VMware ESXi (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the first step in the virtual layer virtualization process?

Deploy virtualization software on compute systems, network devices, and storage devices (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of a hypervisor kernel?

To provide functionality similar to an operating system kernel (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of a virtual machine manager (VMM)?

To abstract hardware and allocate physical resources to each virtual machine (B) Signup and view all the answers

What type of hypervisor is suitable for enterprise data centers and cloud infrastructure?

Bare-metal hypervisor (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of creating resource pools in the virtualization process?

To allocate processing power, memory, network bandwidth, and storage (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the main difference between a bare-metal hypervisor and a hosted hypervisor?

The way they are installed on the physical machine (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the function of a virtual machine manager (VMM) in relation to physical resources?