Cisco Data Center Unified Computing Design Specialist Set 1

Increased Security ✘ System cabling simplified ✘ Management effort decreased ✘ Data Center architecture was simplified ✔

UCS 6100 Fabric Interconnect Nexus 1000v Catalyst 3560 MDS 9500 UCS Manager

Ports carry VLAN traffic only ✘ Ports are configured as ISL trunks ✘ Spanning tree must be enabled on these ports ✘ Ports are configured as access ports ✔

Computing density increased ✘ Data Center architecture is simplified ✘ Security requirements are decreased because of virtualization ✘ Less power required for the same or increased computing capacity ✔

Facilities costs ✘ Capital expenditures ✘ Human resource costs ✘

Redundant IOM modules ✘ Primary and backup VSANs ✘ Host multipathing software ✘ Primary and backup fabric interconnects ✔

Multiple firewalls ✘ Redundant links ✘ Larger broadcast domains ✘ Additional CPUs to provide additional virtual machines ✔

Category 5 shielded twisted pair ✘ Category 6 shielded twisted pair ✘ 10BASE-CX4 pre-terminated on SFP + copper transceivers ✘ 50/125 multi-mode Fiber optic cabling with SFP + optical transceivers ✔

Prevents FSPF Loops ✘ Provides a method to prioritize traffic within the Cisco UCS ✘ Creates redundant connections from UCS Fabric Interconnects to Fabric Extenders ✘ Allows the use of a single physical storage infrastructure while maintaining logical separation end-to-end ✔

Increased power costs ✘ Increased cabling costs ✘ Decreased power efficiency ✘ Decreased cabling costs ✔