Cisco 646-985 Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

Cisco 646-985 Online Questions & Answers

• Question 61:

  A new trainee asks you about the specific meaning of data center virtualization. How will you respond?

  A. The replacement of physical hardware with virtual machines
  B. The use of a unified fabric to greatly reduce the amount of cable runs
  C. The consolidation of physical resources and deployment as logical devices
  D. The deployment of devices that can operate as top-of-rack and end-of-row devices at the same time
  C. The consolidation of physical resources and deployment as logical devices

• Question 62:

  Your customer is considering implementing blade servers for the first time. He is unsure what the consequences will be for his I/O connectivity. Which would be an appropriate response?

  A. Cisco supports blade server I/O only when it leaves the blade server chassis. All blade server I/O is compatible with Cisco's Catalyst and MDS families of switches.
  B. Cisco has solutions for blade server IP switches that fit inside the blade server chassis for many major vendors. Cisco does not have a blade server switch for Fibre Channel because all storage connections for blade servers should use only iSCSI.
  C. Cisco has solutions for blade server IP switches and Fibre Channel switches that fit inside the blade server chassis for many major vendors. Fitting a Cisco switch into a blade server means that compatibility with Cisco's Catalyst and MDS high-level features can be guaranteed.
  D. Cisco blade server switches are external, rack-mountable devices that are designed to complement the form factor of blade server chassis from many major vendors. These include vendor-specific cable management systems for ease of connection from the switch to the blade servers.
  C. Cisco has solutions for blade server IP switches and Fibre Channel switches that fit inside the blade server chassis for many major vendors. Fitting a Cisco switch into a blade server means that compatibility with Cisco's Catalyst and MDS high-level features can be guaranteed.

• Question 63:

  To improve the efficiency of your business, you recommend strongly the use of unified fabric. What TWO benefits it would bring?

  A. reduced cabling
  B. reduced throughput
  C. increased latency
  D. reduction of server adapters required for I/O
  A. reduced cabling
  D. reduction of server adapters required for I/O

• Question 64:

  What can a business do to respond swiftly to new business requirements?

  A. install faster servers and more storage
  B. move from a siloed strategy to a service-oriented strategy
  C. prevent applications from interacting with one another
  D. install a dedicated system, isolated from the rest of the data center
  B. move from a siloed strategy to a service-oriented strategy

• Question 65:

  Your customer is looking at upgrading the company's existing Cisco SAN environment. Which fact might be an indicator that Cisco storage networking solutions can have a unique selling point?

  A. The customer is considering acquisition of a company that uses Brocade switches in its SAN.
  B. The customer is considering moving away from EMC and toward HDS as the company's primary storage supplier.
  C. The customer has remote offices that currently utilize network attached storage, which the customer wants to back up to the main data center.
  D. The customer is considering separating the company's SAN fabric into two physical SANs to ensure that there is complete security, by separation, between them.
  A. The customer is considering acquisition of a company that uses Brocade switches in its SAN.

• Question 66:

  Suppose you are talking about the way of the Cisco solution impacting utilization, CapEx, OpEx, and TCO to the following four decision makers. Who might show the most attention to this topic?

  A. server administration team
  B. director of IT
  C. network operations team
  D. storage architect and administration team
  B. director of IT

• Question 67:

  Considering how to lower the total cost of ownership for the small-scale SAN and data center edge applications, a customer asks for your help. Which of the following Cisco products will you recommend to him?

  A. Cisco Nexus 1000V
  B. Cisco MDS 9124
  C. Cisco Catalyst 6500
  D. Cisco GSS 4492
  B. Cisco MDS 9124

• Question 68:

  Your company decides to purchase several Cisco Nexus family switches. You want one that is software- only and resides on the server. Which product is suitable for you?

  A. Nexus 1000V
  B. Nexus 2000
  C. Nexus 7000
  D. Nexus 5000
  A. Nexus 1000V

• Question 69:

  As a network engineer, you have to interact with various decision makers when presenting a data center solution. Which one of the following pieces of information most likely an IT manager take interest in?

  A. the specifications and feature set of the Cisco Nexus lineup
  B. the strategic partnerships that allow Cisco to deliver an end-to-end solution
  C. the greatly reduced number of points of management that result from consolidating resources
  D. the stability and financial strength of Cisco, and the world-class support after the sale
  C. the greatly reduced number of points of management that result from consolidating resources

• Question 70:

  A customer faces the following challenges:

  The main data center is full.

  A new production system is coming on line this year.

  Five smaller data centers across the world are fragmented and uncoordinated.

  What would be a first-step approach?

  A. move straight to a virtualization and provisioning strategy across all data centers
  B. develop a new business continuity strategy to ensure that all the data centers are properly backed up
  C. propose an application optimization solution so that the new production system could be delivered from blade servers rather than rack-mounted servers
  D. implement consolidation around the main data center using Cisco network embedded services as a means of reducing space, power, and heat in the main data center
  D. implement consolidation around the main data center using Cisco network embedded services as a means of reducing space, power, and heat in the main data center