Question

A network engineer configures a service profile for a B200 M6 blade that has a single Cisco VIC 1440 adapter. The design requires that a management vNIC remain reachable even if one fabric interconnect fails, but the OS team wants to avoid configuring NIC teaming or bonding inside the operating system. Which configuration on the vNIC will meet this requirement?

Accepted Answer

Enable fabric failover on the vNIC so the VIC hardware transparently moves the MAC to the surviving fabric interconnect

Answer

Create two vNICs pinned to fabric A and fabric B and let the OS load-balance across them

Answer

Set the vNIC QoS policy to a no-drop system class to guarantee delivery during a fabric failure

Answer

Configure a vNIC redundancy pair using primary and secondary vNIC templates