Cisco Data Center Unified Computing Design Specialist

Simplify system cabling ✘ Lessen management effort ✘ Simplify the Data Center architecture ✘

One PSU failure ✘ Lack of redundancy ✘ One input circuit failure ✘ One PSU or one input circuit failure ✔

Linuxconf ✘ Wireshark ✘ VMware CapacityIQ ✘ Akorri BalancePoint ✔

Supports LACP ✘ Carries cluster heartbeat messages ✘ Used for out-of-band Management ✘ Connects directly to the 2104 Fabric Extender ✔

Creates virtualized desktops ✘ Requires border links to be single links only ✘ Provides the ability to support remote control of virtual machines ✘ UCS appears to the external LAN as an end station with many adapters ✔

Increased read/write speed to storage ✘ LAN and SAN connectivity over a single cable ✘ Local storage access from multiple virtual machines ✘

CPU Utilization ✘ Power consumption ✘ Floor space availability ✘ Number of virtual machines supported ✔

Allows multiple servers to access the same virtualized LUN ✘ Provides method to create virtual interfaces within a Cisco MDS switch ✘ Allows the virtual machines to bypass the hypervisor and access a LUN directly ✘ Allows multiple virtual servers to share a single switch port while maintaining their identity ✔

UCS Fabric Manager ✘ UCS A-series Blade Server ✘ UCS 2104 Fabric Extender ✘ UCS Local Management Server ✔

Application Mobility ✘ Decreased Storage Access ✘ Data Consolidated Management ✘