A Cisco UCS instance has four interfaces on a UCS VIC.
Where on the fabric interconnect does each interface terminate?
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A. B. C. D.B.
https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/products/collateral/servers-unified-computing/ucs-6300-series-fabric-interconnects/cisco-unified-fabric.pdfIn a Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) environment, the fabric interconnect provides the physical connectivity between the UCS chassis and the network. The UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC) is a component that provides network connectivity for the UCS servers.
When a UCS instance has four interfaces on a UCS VIC, each interface terminates at a physical port on the fabric interconnect. Therefore, the correct answer is D. physical port.
The physical ports on the fabric interconnect can be grouped into port channels to provide higher bandwidth and redundancy. Each port channel is represented as a single logical interface on the fabric interconnect, known as a port-channel interface. Therefore, option C. port channel, may also seem like a possible answer, but it is not the most accurate in this case, as each individual interface still terminates at a physical port.
The vPC (Virtual Port Channel) is a technology that allows multiple physical links between two switches to be aggregated into a single logical link, providing load balancing and redundancy. However, it is not directly related to the termination of interfaces on a UCS VIC, so option A. vPC, is not the correct answer.
The virtual interface is a logical interface that is created on a switch or a router and is used to manage the device remotely. However, it is not directly related to the termination of interfaces on a UCS VIC, so option B. virtual interface, is not the correct answer either.
In summary, when a UCS instance has four interfaces on a UCS VIC, each interface terminates at a physical port on the fabric interconnect.