Question

A data center engineer is deploying twelve Cisco UCS C240 M6 rack servers into an existing UCS domain so they can be managed centrally through UCS Manager alongside the B-Series blades. Each C-Series server currently ships with dual-port VIC cards. The engineer wants the servers to appear as managed endpoints in UCS Manager with full service profile support and no separate management console. Which connectivity approach meets these requirements?

Accepted Answer

Connect each server's VIC ports directly to the Fabric Interconnects (single-wire management) so data and CIMC management traffic are carried over the same links

Answer

Connect the CIMC dedicated management port of each server to the out-of-band management network and manage the servers in standalone mode via the Cisco IMC web GUI

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Connect the VIC ports to a Nexus top-of-rack switch and register the servers to UCS Manager over the in-band VLAN

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Connect each server to the Fabric Interconnects using a FEX for data traffic only, leaving CIMC unmanaged by UCS Manager