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NetApp NS0-175 Exam - Topic 6 Question 34 Discussion

Actual exam question for NetApp's NS0-175 exam
Question #: 34
Topic #: 6
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A customer wants to replace their Cisco UCS 6248UP with the current Cisco UCS 6454. They are currently using six 16 Gbit uplinks per Fabric Interconnect for FC and do not want to change the speed and number of ports used.

In this scenario, What is the minimum number of unified ports that must be configured for FC for a comparable configuration?

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Thurman
3 days ago
12 unified ports, just like the question states. Though I'm still trying to figure out why anyone would want to replace a perfectly good 6248UP with a 6454. Must be a really good reason!
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Izetta
8 days ago
12 unified ports, no doubt about it. Gotta love those Cisco UCS solutions, they make life so simple.
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Paulene
13 days ago
12 unified ports, easy peasy. Cisco makes it so straightforward, even a caveman could figure it out.
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Denise
18 days ago
The correct answer is 12 unified ports. That's the minimum required to maintain the same configuration with 6 16Gbit uplinks per Fabric Interconnect.
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Terina
24 days ago
I think the minimum number of unified ports would be 12, since they need 6 ports per Fabric Interconnect and they don't want to change the speed and number of ports used.
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Rodolfo
29 days ago
I believe the UCS 6454 supports flexible configurations, but I’m a bit uncertain if we can use fewer ports if we aggregate them somehow.
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Annelle
1 month ago
I practiced a similar question where we had to calculate the number of ports based on uplink speeds, but I can't recall if we need to account for any overhead.
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Arlene
2 months ago
I remember something about needing to match the bandwidth, so if they want to keep the same speed, we might need at least six unified ports configured for FC.
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Bong
2 months ago
I think the UCS 6454 has unified ports that can handle both FC and Ethernet, but I'm not sure how many we need for six 16 Gbit uplinks.
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Herman
2 months ago
No problem, I've got a strategy for this. I'll need to look up the unified port specifications for the Cisco UCS 6454 and then do the math to figure out the minimum number of ports required to match the current 16 Gbit FC uplinks.
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Joaquin
2 months ago
Hmm, I'm a little unsure about this one. I know the Cisco UCS 6454 has unified ports, but I'm not sure how to calculate the minimum number needed to match the current configuration. I'll need to review the Cisco UCS documentation to make sure I understand this properly.
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Argelia
3 months ago
Alright, I've got this. The Cisco UCS 6454 has unified ports that can be configured for either Ethernet or FC. I just need to determine the minimum number of those ports required to match the current 16 Gbit FC uplinks.
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Stephane
3 months ago
Okay, let me think this through. The customer is using six 16 Gbit uplinks per Fabric Interconnect, and they don't want to change the speed or number of ports. So I'll need to find the equivalent unified port configuration.
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Fannie
3 months ago
Hmm, this seems straightforward. I'll need to figure out the minimum number of unified ports required to match the current 16 Gbit FC uplinks.
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