Refer to the exhibit.

In this high-availability Cisco IM and Presence deployment with three subclusters, the first user is
assigned to server 1A; the second user is assigned to server 2A; and the third user is assigned to
server 3 A. Assume that Cisco IM and Presence is set to active-active mode. To which server will the fourth
user be automatically assigned?

A.
1A

B.
3B

C.
1B

D.
2A

E.
3A

Explanation:
You can achieve a balanced mode High Availability deployment by evenly balancing users across all
nodes in the subcluster, but only using up to 35% of the CPU of each IM and Presence node. The
balanced mode High Availability deployment option in a redundant mode supports up to fifteen
thousand users per cluster. For example, if you have six IM and Presence nodes in your deployment,
and fifteen thousand users, you assign 2.5 thousand users to each IM and Presence node. When you
use the balanced mode High Availability deployment option in a redundant mode, as compared to a
non-redundant mode, only half the number of users are assigned to each node. However, if one
node fails, the other node will handle the full load of the additional 50% of users in the subcluster,
even at peak traffic. In order to support this failover protection, you must turn on High Availability in
each of the subclusters in your deployment.