Cisco 646-985 Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

Cisco 646-985 Online Questions & Answers

• Question 51:

  Which of the following is an SOA protocol whose performance can be improved with Cisco's application acceleration products?

  A. XML
  B. DCNI
  C. FibreChannel
  D. SONA
  A. XML

• Question 52:

  Which issue is a pain point that might make technical managers reluctant to embrace change in the data center?

  A. Until IBM or HP proposes a solution, no one can make a decision about change.
  B. Corporate management is not giving enough technical direction about what it wants.
  C. Decisions about change inevitably require hiring specialist contractors, and there is no budget.
  D. Complexity in the data center technology infrastructure means that any change involves risk to existing operations.
  D. Complexity in the data center technology infrastructure means that any change involves risk to existing operations.

• Question 53:

  When in a competitive situation for SAN business against Brocade, which statement would highlight a unique selling point for the Cisco MDS switch?

  A. Cisco has been delivering director-class storage switches for longer than Brocade.
  B. Cisco has demonstrated excellent investment protection by allowing new generation linecards to work in first generation directors.
  C. The Cisco MDS switch can support Gigabit Ethernet as well as Fibre Channel, while Brocade supports only Fibre Channel.
  D. The real Cisco competition was McData, until Brocade bought it and tried to make it compatible with their legacy switches, leaving Cisco with the only director-class switches in the industry.
  B. Cisco has demonstrated excellent investment protection by allowing new generation linecards to work in first generation directors.

• Question 54:

  When using the Cisco VFrame DC as a data center provisioning device, which of these statements is correct?

  A. Cisco VFrame DC can work with VMware.
  B. Cisco VFrame DC can work only with the Nexus 7000 Series Switches.
  C. Cisco VFrame DC can provision only network resources.
  D. Cisco VFrame DC can work with the Catalyst 6500 Series Switches and the Nexus 7000 Series Switches but not with MDS.
  A. Cisco VFrame DC can work with VMware.

• Question 55:

  Suppose you are a Cisco sales professional. A customer in the data center is anticipating cuts in both operational and capital budgets. Meanwhile, he needs to improve end-to-end data center security urgently. He is asking you for help. What would you do?

  A. offer a full Cisco analysis of the data center security, from application through to remote office, as part of a full-service package that can be paid for over an extended period
  B. offer to sell a number of Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series FWSMs now, with volume discount, and to have them installed in each Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switch in the data center, ready to be brought on line when needed in the future
  C. offer to sell a number of Cisco ACE Modules now, with volume discount, and to have them installed in each Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switch in the data center, ready to be brought on line when needed in the future
  D. recommend purchasing the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series FWSM and the Cisco ACE Module or both to allow multiple virtual contexts of each to be deployed as required in the future, without requiring more hardware to be acquired (saving capital budget), with a single point of management and control (cutting operating costs)
  D. recommend purchasing the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series FWSM and the Cisco ACE Module or both to allow multiple virtual contexts of each to be deployed as required in the future, without requiring more hardware to be acquired (saving capital budget), with a single point of management and control (cutting operating costs)

• Question 56:

  Suppose your company has already got McData switches. Which TWO methods are valid for you to position a Cisco data center solution? (Choose two.)

  A. Cisco solutions allow VSANs to be extended to these switches.
  B. Cisco solutions use software to replace McData switches.
  C. McData switches work the same as those from HP and IBM.
  D. Cisco solutions have full connectivity with Brocade.
  A. Cisco solutions allow VSANs to be extended to these switches.
  D. Cisco solutions have full connectivity with Brocade.

• Question 57:

  A new Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switch has been configured in the data center architecture. At which layer might it be found?

  A. At the access layer
  B. At the access layer or the core layer
  C. At the aggregation layer
  D. At the core layer or the aggregation layer
  D. At the core layer or the aggregation layer

• Question 58:

  A customer is considering a full data center virtualization strategy and is deferring network buying decisions. The customer intends to implement VMware before compatibility testing for storage and networking. How could the buying decision be brought forward?

  A. Make sure that the customer understands that Cisco has the only complete network solution sets approved by VMware.
  B. Quietly ensure that the customer knows that Cisco will shortly be announcing a version of VMware as an embedded network service, so compatibility with Cisco equipment can be guaranteed.
  C. Make sure that the customer understands that Cisco has a financial stake and a place on the board of VMware, so whatever VMware is doing, Cisco is tracking. Any networking products bought from Cisco today are guaranteed to be upgraded to match any changes made by VMware.
  D. Explain how the Cisco VFrame Data Center has been tested and approved to provision not only VMware but also the Cisco networking solutions; so today's purchase of Cisco networking equipment automatically integrates into a wider data center virtualization strategy, satisfying both the needs of the existing data center and adapting the virtualized environment as it evolves.
  D. Explain how the Cisco VFrame Data Center has been tested and approved to provision not only VMware but also the Cisco networking solutions; so today's purchase of Cisco networking equipment automatically integrates into a wider data center virtualization strategy, satisfying both the needs of the existing data center and adapting the virtualized environment as it evolves.

• Question 59:

  Based on which situation can you confirm a customer as a good prospect for a Cisco data center solution?

  A. The customer has not yet been shown the capabilities of the Cisco Nexus family of devices.
  B. The customer is planning to deploy a sizable server virtualization within a year.
  C. The customer is currently using servers with a 2U form factor.
  D. The customer currently has a strong relationship with HP or IBM.
  B. The customer is planning to deploy a sizable server virtualization within a year.

• Question 60:

  Which Cisco MDS feature can protect data at rest?

  A. SME
  B. DMM
  C. IPSec
  D. SANTap
  A. SME