Supporting Cisco Data Center System Devices Practice Test

Skills this practice test covers

• Identify Cisco UCS B-Series, C-Series, S-Series and E-Series servers and their components.
• Recognize Nexus 2000, 5000, 5600 and 9000 Series switches and the Cisco MDS 9700 family.
• Manage a C-Series server with CIMC and blade servers with UCS Manager service profiles.
• Run basic NX-OS commands to verify a switch's configuration, files and interfaces.
• Connect through a console port and complete a device's initial setup tasks.
• Upgrade BIOS, CIMC and fabric interconnect firmware, then verify that service is restored.

4 domains · 17 topics · 50 of 58 questions sorted by domain

Requirements

• No formal prerequisites.
• Recommended: a basic understanding of networking concepts and server hardware components.
• Recommended: experience with a command-line interface and with data center environments.

About the 010-151 exam

How to earn the certification

Earns

Cisco Certified Technician (CCT) Data CenterTechnician

The CCT Data Center certification stays valid for three years.

After

• 200-301 Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

  Cisco's associate networking exam. It is a common next step for technicians who want to configure networks as well as repair hardware.

• 350-601 Implementing and Operating Cisco Data Center Core Technologies (DCCOR)

  The core exam of Cisco's professional data center track. It goes much deeper into Nexus, UCS and storage networking.

How to prepare for 010-151

1. 1

   Check the objectives against the booking

   This practice test follows the 010-151 objectives. Before planning study time, compare them with the exam listed on Cisco's booking page.

2. 2

   Learn the hardware by sight

   Study photos and diagrams of UCS chassis, blades, rack servers, fabric interconnects and Nexus switches until each family is easy to recognize. Note where the LEDs, ports and replaceable parts sit.

3. 3

   Practise NX-OS on a lab switch

   On a lab or virtual Nexus switch, move between command modes, list files in bootflash: with dir, and copy the running configuration to the startup configuration.

4. 4

   Rehearse one full service call

   Service-Related Information is the largest domain. Walk one repair through every stage: console connection, initial setup, firmware upgrade, LED check and the final test that service is restored.

5. 5

   Close with Timed Mode runs

   Take the practice test in Timed Mode once every domain feels familiar. Review each missed question, and ask Brainy AI Assistant to explain the procedure or command behind it.

   Start a timed 010-151run

Who 010-151 is for

• Field technicians who replace parts in Cisco UCS servers and Nexus switches at customer sites.
• Hardware support engineers and on-site support staff in data centers.
• Data center operations staff and entry-level administrators who look after Cisco equipment.

Typical job titles: Data center technician · Field service technician · Hardware support engineer · On-site support engineer · Data center operations technician

010-151 glossary

18 terms from the exam objectives and the vendor's official material, each defined in a sentence.

APIC controller

The Application Policy Infrastructure Controller, which manages an ACI fabric and pushes its policies to the switches.

Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI)

Cisco's data center fabric in which a controller configures Nexus 9000 switches through policies, instead of one switch at a time.

Boot loader mode

A limited prompt that a Nexus switch can stop at before NX-OS loads. Technicians use it to boot an image by hand or to recover a password.

bootflash:

The internal flash file system on a Nexus switch. It holds NX-OS images and saved configuration files.

CIMC (Cisco Integrated Management Controller)

The management controller built into a UCS C-Series server. Technicians reach it through a web interface or CLI to configure, monitor and update the server.

Cisco MDS 9700

Cisco's family of director-class Fibre Channel switches for storage area networks, including the MDS 9706, 9710 and 9718.

Cisco UCS Manager

The software that manages a whole UCS domain from its fabric interconnects, using service profiles, pools and policies.

Converged Network Adapters (CNA)

Server adapters that carry Ethernet and FCoE traffic through the same port.

DOM (Digital Optical Monitoring)

A transceiver feature that reports light levels, temperature and voltage, so a weak or failing optical link can be found.

ESD (Electrostatic Discharge)

A sudden flow of static electricity that can damage components. Technicians wear grounded anti-static wrist straps to prevent it.

Fabric Interconnects

The pair of switches at the top of a UCS domain. They connect every server to the LAN and SAN, and they run UCS Manager.

FCoE (Fibre Channel over Ethernet)

A protocol that carries Fibre Channel storage traffic inside Ethernet frames, so one link can carry data and storage traffic.

FEX technology

Fabric extender technology. A device such as a Nexus 2000 works as a remote line card of its parent switch, not as a separate switch.

FSM (Finite State Machine)

The step-by-step record of a task in UCS Manager. It shows how far a job, such as a firmware update, got and where it stopped.

HUU

The Host Upgrade Utility: a Cisco tool that updates the BIOS, CIMC and adapter firmware of a C-Series server in one run.

Locator LEDs

Lights that a technician turns on remotely to find one server or chassis in a crowded rack.

LUN masking

A storage setting that decides which servers can see each logical unit number (LUN) on a storage array.

Service Profiles

UCS Manager objects that hold a server's identity and settings, such as MAC addresses and boot order, so they can move to replacement hardware.