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?

<p>Reduced cost, space, and power utilization (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the key feature of UCS Platform?

<p>Hardware abstraction (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>2008 (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>They used commercial operating systems (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

What is the maximum total memory capacity of B420 servers?

<p>3 TB (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

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

<p>SAS, SATA, and SSD (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>1U (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which processor family does the C220 M4 support?

<p>Intel Xeon E5 v3 or v4 (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How can C-Series rack servers be managed?

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

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

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

Which type of applications are best fit for B420 servers?

<p>VDI, ERP, and CRM (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>1.5 TB (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

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

<p>12.8 TB (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How many virtual adapters can be configured using VICs?

<p>256 (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>2U (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>1.5 TB (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>2 x 1 GB (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What technology do virtualization-optimized VICs also support?

<p>VM-FEX (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is one of the capabilities of network virtualization software?

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

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

<p>Virtual disk files (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a fundamental component for deploying software defined network?

<p>Network virtualization software (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Identity pool (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>On an independent compute system (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a capability of a hypervisor?

<p>Network virtualization (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a topic covered in the lesson summary?

<p>Virtual layer (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is an example of virtualization software?

<p>VMware ESXi (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

What is the purpose of a hypervisor kernel?

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

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

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

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

<p>Bare-metal hypervisor (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

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

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

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

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

What type of hypervisor is suitable for development, testing, and training purposes?

<p>Hosted hypervisor (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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