300-615 Exam Dumps - Cisco CCNP Data Center Questions and Answers

Change the domain of MDS_1 to 20 is the correct fix under Cisco SAN troubleshooting practice. The issue described involves VSAN, where the operating state depends on the correct combination of port type, VSAN, fabric service, and access-control database. MDS and Nexus SAN features do not infer missing policy: if the active zoneset, fabric-binding database, fcdomain, NPIV setting, or FCoE/LLDP negotiation is wrong, the link may come up physically but the initiator will not reach the target. The selected answer corrects the missing or mismatched element. The remaining choices either act at the wrong layer, change a non-causal parameter, or provide only a temporary reset. After applying the fix, a proper Cisco validation path is to review show interface, show flogi database, show fcns database, show zoneset active, and any isolation or merge-failure logs. That confirms the storage network is operationally consistent.

1. Update the BIOS firmware on a server. 2. Activate the BIOS firmware on a server is the appropriate UCS remediation because the symptom maps to a specific managed object rather than a generic server failure. Cisco UCS abstracts hardware through service profiles and policies; therefore, issues involving UCS, CIMC, firmware, service profile must be corrected where UCS Manager programs the adapter, boot target, firmware, management certificate, pool qualification, or fabric interconnect state. The selected answer restores that programming path. The other options may appear plausible, but they do not correct the object that UCS uses to derive operational state. For example, boot failures require the correct vHBA/iSCSI target and LUN policy, discovery issues require the proper physical and management path, and firmware failures require the documented recovery action for the failed FSM stage. The correct validation is to inspect the associated fault, confirm inventory acknowledgment, verify the policy under the service profile or equipment tree, and then recheck boot or connectivity behavior after the FSM completes.

The correct remediation is Configure multisite fabric-tracking on interface EthT6. In Cisco data center troubleshooting, the first priority is to isolate whether the failure is caused by the underlay, overlay control plane, first-hop gateway behavior, or a consistency parameter. This item is centered on The, E-VPN, Multi, Site, so the selected action targets the condition that prevents normal forwarding rather than masking the symptom. Cisco Nexus and ACI guidance treats vPC, VXLAN EVPN, OTV, OSPF, BGP, HSRP, and LACP issues as state-dependent technologies: a neighbor, peer, VLAN, VNI, multicast group, timer, MTU, or policy mismatch can leave the protocol partially operational while traffic is still dropped. The rejected alternatives either change unrelated attributes, introduce a new inconsistency, or affect only a secondary behavior. The operational check after applying the fix should be to confirm adjacency or peer state, validate the relevant route/MAC/endpoint table, and test traffic in the affected VLAN or VRF. This aligns with Cisco DCIT network troubleshooting methodology for isolating control-plane state before changing data-plane policy.

The answer is Correct the configuration of the vPC peer link and the vPC peer keepalive; Match the vPC domain ID between the two devices because Cisco Nexus and ACI forwarding depends on exact agreement between the devices participating in the feature. The scenario references vPC; those technologies fail in predictable ways when required parameters do not match or when the required control-plane advertisement is absent. In DCIT troubleshooting, the engineer should identify the failed dependency, correct that dependency, and then verify the operational table that proves the fix. For example, vPC and EVPN checks focus on consistency, VNI/VRF bindings, peer-gateway behavior, and host-route advertisement; routing checks focus on neighbor state, MTU, timers, authentication, next-hop, and route preference. The selected answer addresses the dependency that blocks forwarding. The distractors are plausible because they touch related features, but they do not resolve the specific failure condition. Post-change validation should include protocol state, learned endpoint or route entries, and a traffic test across the affected path.

Cisco troubleshooting logic supports Sw1 performs the VxLAN multicast encapsulation and decapsulation for all traffic associated with the VxLAN VNIs as the required fix. In this question the symptoms point to vPC, VXLAN, VNI, Cisco Nexus, Nexus 9000, and the defect is best handled by correcting the exact control-plane or consistency condition. Nexus platforms can show interfaces or peers as configured while still refusing to forward traffic if a vPC Type-1 parameter, VLAN allowance, MTU, HSRP version, EVPN route, or routing attribute is wrong. Cisco methodology is to avoid broad resets unless the state machine is stuck; instead, correct the mismatched parameter and verify that the resulting operational state becomes stable. The other choices do not remove the root cause, or they modify a setting that is not used by the failing protocol exchange. After the change, the engineer should review the peer status, route or MAC table, and counters for drops or inconsistency messages. That sequence proves that the network fabric is fixed, not merely restarted.

Reboot the guestshell resolves the problem because the symptom is specific to the automation subsystem handling After, CPU, Resync, Recreate. Nexus automation failures are frequently caused by a missing EEM event statement, absent event-default action, invalid REST path, incorrect JSON or XML syntax, Guest Shell DNS/resource settings, or a scheduler feature that is not enabled. The selected answer corrects that execution prerequisite. The wrong options may make sense for normal switch forwarding, but they do not repair the automation control path. Cisco documentation treats Guest Shell as a separate Linux environment and EEM as a policy engine that can intercept CLI events; both must be validated from their own operational state. A proper verification is to confirm the policy is registered, run the job or API call again, review the response or syslog output, and ensure that normal CLI behavior is preserved after the automation fires.

Insert an SD card into SLOT-2 is correct because the failure is tied to the UCS managed state of UCS. In Cisco UCS, policies are not advisory; they are the source from which fabric interconnects program adapters, boot targets, server identity, firmware, and external integrations. A mismatch between the policy and the actual hardware or upstream storage/network state can cause boot, discovery, KVM, firmware, or connectivity failures. The selected action addresses the object that UCS Manager uses to build the final operational configuration. The distractors either solve a different fault domain or bypass the policy model. A disciplined DCIT validation sequence is to check the fault code, the FSM history, the equipment inventory, the service profile association, and the relevant adapter or boot table. If those states are correct after the change, the UCS component should return to operable service without unnecessary reconfiguration.

The answer is Configure a tenant Layer 3 VNI because Cisco Nexus and ACI forwarding depends on exact agreement between the devices participating in the feature. The scenario references VXLAN, VNI; those technologies fail in predictable ways when required parameters do not match or when the required control-plane advertisement is absent. In DCIT troubleshooting, the engineer should identify the failed dependency, correct that dependency, and then verify the operational table that proves the fix. For example, vPC and EVPN checks focus on consistency, VNI/VRF bindings, peer-gateway behavior, and host-route advertisement; routing checks focus on neighbor state, MTU, timers, authentication, next-hop, and route preference. The selected answer addresses the dependency that blocks forwarding. The distractors are plausible because they touch related features, but they do not resolve the specific failure condition. Post-change validation should include protocol state, learned endpoint or route entries, and a traffic test across the affected path.

FC storage is the required SAN-side correction. In Cisco storage fabrics, symptoms such as isolated ports, missing targets, failed zone merges, vFC down state, or inaccessible LUNs are rarely solved by changing a random endpoint setting. The engineer must validate the FC control-plane dependency associated with FCoE, fabric interconnect: VSAN assignment, trunk allowance, FSPF parameters, fcdomain uniqueness, NPIV support, NPV uplink behavior, DCBX/LLDP negotiation, and active zoning. The selected answer is the one that restores that dependency. Other choices may be valid operational commands in a different failure, but they do not address the precise point where fabric membership or access control is broken. Cisco guidance is to verify the active database and the operational database separately because a configured object is not necessarily active in the fabric. Post-remediation checks should include interface state, VSAN status, FLOGI/PLOGI, zoneset membership, and target visibility from the initiator.

Select highest-available on the RADIUS provider order is the appropriate UCS remediation because the symptom maps to a specific managed object rather than a generic server failure. Cisco UCS abstracts hardware through service profiles and policies; therefore, issues involving UCS, UCS Manager, RADIUS must be corrected where UCS Manager programs the adapter, boot target, firmware, management certificate, pool qualification, or fabric interconnect state. The selected answer restores that programming path. The other options may appear plausible, but they do not correct the object that UCS uses to derive operational state. For example, boot failures require the correct vHBA/iSCSI target and LUN policy, discovery issues require the proper physical and management path, and firmware failures require the documented recovery action for the failed FSM stage. The correct validation is to inspect the associated fault, confirm inventory acknowledgment, verify the policy under the service profile or equipment tree, and then recheck boot or connectivity behavior after the FSM completes.