An engineer must configure a new maintenance policy that will apply to multiple Cisco UCS domains The policy must be available for use by service profiles and service profile templates created and managed n either Cisco UCS Manager or Cisco UCS Central Changes to this policy must be allowed only in Cisco UCS Central Which policy type must the engineer select to accomplish these goals?

In a Cisco UCS environment managed by Cisco UCS Central, policies intended for use across multiple UCS domains and managed exclusively from the central instance are called "global policies". When a global policy is created in UCS Central, it is pushed down to all registered UCS Manager domains. These policies are read-only within the local UCS Manager GUI or CLI, ensuring that all changes are made centrally in UCS Central. This enforces consistency and meets the requirement that changes are only allowed in UCS Central.

A. A "hybrid policy" is not a standard policy type in the context of Cisco UCS Central management for maintenance policies. The primary distinction is between global and local.
B. A "local policy" is created and managed within a single Cisco UCS Manager domain. It is not visible to or manageable by Cisco UCS Central.
C. While the policy is managed centrally, the official and specific term used in Cisco UCS documentation for this type of policy is "global policy".

1. Cisco, "Cisco UCS Central User Guide, Release 2.0", Chapter: Policies, Section: "Global and Local Policies". It states, "A global policy is created in Cisco UCS Central and can be used in service profiles and service profile templates that are also created in Cisco UCS Central... You cannot change a global policy from Cisco UCS Manager."

2. Cisco, "Cisco UCS Central Administration Guide, Release 2.0", Chapter: Policies, Section: "Overview of Policies". This guide explains, "Global policies are created, and can only be modified, in Cisco UCS Central. When a global policy is used by a service profile, it is pushed to the Cisco UCS domain."