300-160 Practice Test Free – 50 Questions to Test Your Knowledge

Are you preparing for the 300-160 certification exam? If so, taking a 300-160 practice test free is one of the best ways to assess your knowledge and improve your chances of passing. In this post, we provide 50 free 300-160 practice questions designed to help you test your skills and identify areas for improvement.

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50 Free 300-160 Practice Questions

Below, you will find 50 free 300-160 practice questions to help you prepare for the exam. These questions are designed to reflect the real exam structure and difficulty level.

If you are connecting a Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect in its default mode to a SAN, what is the operating mode?

A. trunk
B. NPIV mode
C. switching
D. NPV mode
 

Which two options are supported on Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects that use native Fibre Channel connectivity? (Choose two.)

A. iSCSI
B. NFS
C. DAS
D. SAN
E. iFCP
 

Which two platforms support the FCoE protocol? (Choose two.)

A. Cisco Nexus 2332TQ Series
B. Cisco MDS 9148S Series
C. Cisco Nexus 7010 Series
D. Cisco MDS 9222i Series
E. Cisco Nexus 2248TP Series
 

Service graphs are used to define which option on the Cisco ACI platform?

A. a function that a contract must use to get to another contract
B. a function that an EPG must use to get to another EPG
C. the contract between two EPGs
D. the Cisco APIC definitions of the contracts in REST API
 

Which two options are reasons to use Layer 3 routing to segment a data center instead of Layer 2 switching? (Choose two.)

A. limit the scope of Spanning Tree Protocol
B. simplify design
C. ease of routing protocol configuration
D. limit the scope of broadcast flooding
E. cost
 

You deploy new server infrastructure by using a Cisco UCS platform. Which two design options can you use to increase the redundancy of the new compute solution? (Choose two.)

A. a 10-Gb uplink port
B. a pin vNIC in the server profile to a specific Fabric Interconnect node that has failover disabled
C. an uplink port in a port channel configuration
D. static pinning at the server ports
E. more than one server port to connect the Cisco UCS B-Series blade IOM
 

You are designing a fabric interconnect and Cisco UCS blade chassis solution for a client. The solution includes two vHBA interfaces per server in the blade chassis.

Which two requirements for the servers to boot successfully are true? (Choose two.)

A. On the server side, the amount of WWPNs must equal to the number of the vHBA interfaces multiplied by two.
B. On the server side, the amount of WWPNs must equal to the number of the vHBA interfaces.
C. On the server side, the amount of WWNNs must equal to the number of the vHBA interfaces.
D. On the server side, each server must be allocated one WWPN.
E. On the server side, each server must be allocated one WWNN.
 

Which two options are common switching protocols that are used in the data center? (Choose two.)

A. Frame Relay
B. MPLS
C. Ethernet
D. FDDI
E. APPN/APPI
 

Which two options are valid for Layer 3 connectivity between Cisco Nexus 1000V Series VSM and VEM? (Choose two.)

A. a virtual Ethernet interface
B. a VMware vCenter virtual machine virtual interface
C. an out-of-band management interface
D. a dedicated packet interface
E. a dedicated control interface
 

What are two benefits of a service insertion that is mediated through the Cisco APIC instead of the classical Ethernet model? (Choose two.)

A. provides Layer 5 service insertion capability
B. provides Layer 7 service insertion capability
C. provide policies that can manage the network and service appliances
D. can automate the service insertion
E. provides built-in services, such as Cisco ACE Web Application Firewall and ADC
 

Which two options are goals of virtualization in the data center? (Choose two.)

A. to provide automation for device deployment
B. to provide resource isolation
C. to automate the provisioning of VLANs
D. to provide integration between devices in a heterogeneous network
E. to provide flexible resource management
 

You must configure resiliency for Fibre Channel uplink ports on Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects. Which feature should you configure?

A. an appliance port
B. vPC
C. a port channel
D. a unified storage port
 

You have a Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect that connects to upstream switches via four 10-Gbps port channels. You have a fully populated Cisco UCS B-Series

Blade Server chassis that has a UCS-IOM-2208XP installed and uses all of the ports for the blade servers. What is the oversubscription ratio between the chassis and the upstream switch?

A. 6:1
B. 3:1
C. 2:1
D. 4:1
 

In which OTV transport mode must an AED router create multiple copies of each control plan packet?

A. site-to-site
B. unicast-only
C. multicast
D. anycast
 

You use Cisco UCS Central to manage Cisco UCS. Which statement accurately describes how local and global policies are applied?

A. A local policy is applied by using Cisco UCS Central, and a global policy is applied by using Cisco UCS Director.
B. A local policy is applied by using Cisco UCS Manager, and a global policy is applied by using Cisco UCS Central.
C. A local policy is applied by using Cisco UCS Director, and a global policy is applied by using Cisco UCS Central.
D. A local policy is applied by using Cisco UCS Central, and a global policy is applied by using Cisco UCS Manager.
 

When you configure FCIP, which two types of acceleration can you enable to maximize WAN link utilization? (Choose two.)

A. SCSI write
B. link
C. SCSI tape
D. WAN
E. IP
 

Which component of a Cisco Nexus 1000V Series switch is responsible for propagating configurations to virtual switches?

A. SUP
B. FEX
C. VSM
D. VEM
 

Which two statements accurately describe a Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect cluster? (Choose two.)

A. Only the active Fabric Interconnect forwards data traffic.
B. The Fabric Interconnect cluster uses a Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Server chassis to forward data when the L1-L2 links are down.
C. The Fabric Interconnect cluster uses a virtual IP address for management connections.
D. The Fabric Interconnect uses L1-L2 links to forward data when the primary Fabric Interconnect uplinks are down.
E. When the primary Fabric Interconnect node comes up after a failure, the node compares the Cisco UCS system database version to the standby Fabric
 

Refer to the exhibit.

 

Link 1 handles most of the traffic. Which action do you take to load balance traffic evenly between the server and the SAN?

A. Enable src-dst-ox-id load balancing on the MDS switches
B. Enable src-dst-id load balancing on the MDS switches
C. Change the MDS port-channel configuration to source-dest-port
D. Upgrade the bandwidth for the devices connected to the MDS
 

You plan to configure OTV multicast. What must you enable to use SSM?

A. IGMPv3
B. PIM-DM
C. IGMPv2
D. PIM-SM
E. PIM Anycast-RP
 

Which statement about FCoE is true?

A. FCoE is not supported on any Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders.
B. Not a single FCoE VLAN can map to multiple VSANs.
C. Inter-switch FCoE links can be configured to carry multiple VSANs.
D. FCoE does not support NPV/NPIV mode.
 

In a three-tier SAN topology, which network layer should you connect the SAN initiators to?

A. storage edge
B. core
C. host edge
D. distribution
 

When deploying VMWare ESXi on Cisco UCS B-Series Servers, what should the iSCSI boot-from-SAN use in the service profile to provide redundancy?

A. two VMKs to connect to the storage
B. two vHBAs to connect to the storage
C. two vmnics to connect to the storage
D. two vNICs to connect to the storage
 

You have a Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Server chassis connected, which has four 10-Gbps connections to Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect A. You plan to deploy a blade that has ESXi installed. You must provide a dedicated 10-Gbps uplink to the blade. Which two actions should you perform? (Choose two.)

A. Configure a port channel between the Fabric Interconnect and the IOM.
B. Implement a QoS policy that has a policy bandwidth and assign the policy to a server profile.
C. Configure static pining to the uplink port in the server profile.
D. Configure dynamic pinning to the uplink port in the server profile.
E. Configure a vPC between the Fabric Interconnect and the IOM.
 

Which two features are supported by VXLAN on the Cisco NX-OS platform? (Choose two.)

A. MP-BGP EVPN
B. DHCP snooping
C. PIM-SM
D. OTV
E. L2TP
 

Which option accurately describes updating vNICs templates?

A. can be used to automate the configuration of STP
B. requires that the same VLANs be enabled on all service profiles and Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects
C. requires that STP be enabled on all service profiles and Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects
D. can be used to add or remove VLANs from all of the associated service profiles
 

LISP provides which capability?

A. host connectivity redundancy
B. physical host mobility
C. VM mobility
D. VXLAN mobility
 

Which statement accurately describes Ethernet switching mode on a Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect?

A. VTP is enabled on the Fabric Interconnect
B. PVST+ runs on the Fabric Interconnect
C. The uplink ports are placed in a Rapid PVST+ edge trunk state
D. The vNICs can be configured for failover
 

Which two types of connections can be used to build data center interconnects via vPC? (Choose two.)

A. company-owned DWDM
B. service provider MPLS
C. service provider IP
D. service provider DWDM
E. service provider VPLS
 

What is the default CoS value for FCoE packets on a storage VDC?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 5
E. 7
 

Refer to the exhibit. Which two descriptions of the purpose of the L1-L2 links between FI A and FI B are true? (Choose two.)

A. synchronizes the configuration information
B. provides a vPC peer link between the fabric interconnects
C. allows each fabric interconnect to monitor the status of the other fabric interconnect continuously
D. provides an alternate data path if an upstream link fails
E. migrates VIFs from FI A to FI B if FI A fails
 

Which three actions must you perform to implement Cisco FabricPath on a data center network? (Choose three.)

A. Configure the VLAN in FabricPath mode.
B. Configure the interface to use the STP type of normal.
C. Configure the interfaces in FabricPath mode.
D. Configure the interfaces in trunk mode.
E. Enable the IS-IS feature.
F. Install the FabricPath feature set.
 

Which use case requires a design that contains multiple VRF instances in a VDC?

A. Provide VRF-aware services to all Layer 3 interfaces.
B. Provide a route policy for incoming packets.
C. Provide routing updates between Layer 3 interfaces.
D. Provide Layer 3 isolation within a VDC.
 

Which feature can be used to deploy overlapping IP address spaces within a tenant in the Cisco ACI fabric?

A. private networks
B. external routed networks
C. L3Out
D. bridge domains
 

Cisco FabricPath is implemented in a data center. You plan to implement anycast HSRP. What is an advantage of anycast HSRP as compared to HSRPv2?

A. Up to four HSRP gateways can forward traffic simultaneously.
B. HSRP gateways use BFD for faster failure detection.
C. An HSRP group can be secured by using MD5.
D. Up to six HSRP gateways can forward traffic simultaneously.
 

You plan to extend the Layer 2 domain by using OTV in multicast mode. What must you consider?

A. The same site ID must be used on all of the edge devices on all of the sites.
B. The join interface must run IGMPv3.
C. The OTV site VLAN must be extended over the overlay.
D. The site OTV VLAN must be the same on all of the AED routers on all of the sites.
 

Which statement describes an interconnect link between an FCoE NPV switch and an FCF switch?

A. The interconnect must use port type NP on the FCoE switch.
B. The interconnect must use port type VNP on the FCoE switch.
C. The interconnect must use port type E on the FCoE switch.
D. The FCoE switch must create the tunnel interface and bind to the physical interconnect.
 

You are designing a data center that will use Cisco Unified Fabric. You must select a switch for the access layer. The switch must support 10-Gbps optical connections. Which type of Cisco Nexus switch must you select?

A. 2248TP
B. 7010
C. 1000V
D. 9000
E. 5548UP
 

Your Cisco UCS design contains this hardware:

✑ 2 x 6248UP Fabric Interconnects

✑ 1 x 5108 Chassis containing a pair of 2204XP IO Modules

✑ 8 x B200M3 blades, each with a VIC 1240 and no mezzanine adapter

What is the maximum available bandwidth per fabric for each server?

A. 10 Gb
B. 20 Gb
C. 40 Gb
D. 80 Gb
E. 160 Gb
 

What allows for STP to be disabled yet support a loop-free topology even on link or switch failure?

A. LACP
B. OTV
C. vPC
D. vPC+
E. FabricPath
 

Which two options are reasons to use IP routing to segment a data center instead of Layer 2 routing? (Choose two.)

A. Spanning Tree Protocol
B. simplify design
C. broadcast flooding
D. ease of routing protocol configuration
E. cost
 

Which two options are benefits of implementing Cisco FabricPath? (Choose two.)

A. All links between FabricPath switches are active.
B. The MAC addresses of servers are learned by all FabricPath switches.
C. Layer 2 protocols are used for loop avoidance.
D. MAC learning is conversation-based.
E. Segmentation is provided at Layer 3.
 

Which two business requirements have the most influence on the data center design? (Choose two.)

A. reduce power consumption
B. increase network bandwidth
C. increase storage capacity
D. increase cooling requirement
E. reduce virtual machine to host ratio
F. reduce data center footprint (floorspace)
 

Which option is an advantage of utilizing hypervisor technology within a Cisco Unified Fabric data center environment?

A. distributed load processing
B. availability of blade versus rack-mountable servers
C. reduced power and cooling requirements
D. integrating the virtual machines into the access layer
 

Which NHRP features active and standby virtual gateways?

A. GLBP
B. VRRP
C. HSRP
D. SSO
E. NSF
 

Which four options are important points within the Cisco UCS design? (Choose four.)

A. preferred MAC address format
B. preferred guest operating systems
C. DNS configuration
D. preferred WWPN format
E. service profile naming conventions
F. preferred backup strategy
G. Cisco IMC IP addressing range
H. ESX host IP addressing

 

Which three options are important benefits of selecting a VXLAN network architecture? (Choose three.)

A. quality of service
B. multitenant VLAN isolation
C. increased virtual machine mobility
D. data center load balancing
E. optimized traffic flow
F. support for more than 4,096 VLANs
G. no encapsulation overhead
 

Which two tools are included in Cisco Prime DCNM for SAN? (Choose two.)

A. Device Discovery
B. Cisco Traffic Analyzer
C. Cisco DCNM-LAN server
D. Cisco DCNM-SAN Client
E. Cisco Security Manager
 

Which three port type configurations does a Fabric Interconnect port that is set to Fibre Channel mode support? (Choose three.)

A. Ethernet uplink
B. Fibre Channel uplink
C. Fibre Channel storage
D. server
E. SPAN source / destination
F. FCoE
G. appliance
 

Which five options are Cisco UCS hardware components? (Choose five.)

A. UCS Manager
B. Nexus 1000v
C. Fabric Interconnect
D. Cisco IMC
E. Fabric Extender or IOM
F. Blade Server Chassis
G. Server Adapter
H. VM-FEX