Storage Network

An engineer is configuring a Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) SAN. Which statement about FCoE Initialization Protocol (FIP) is true?

A storage administrator needs to ensure that a Fibre Channel zone configuration is operationally effective without disrupting the current active zone set. Which approach should be used?

A data center deployment uses NPV mode on a Cisco MDS switch to connect to a core Fibre Channel switch. After configuration, the NPV switch does not register with the core. What is the most likely cause?

An engineer is tuning performance for a storage network. Which two practices improve FC SAN performance?

A SAN administrator notices intermittent connectivity issues between an initiator and target. The Fibre Channel link shows CRC errors. What is the most likely cause?

In a Cisco UCS environment, which component provides the Fibre Channel connectivity to the SAN switches when using FCoE?

Which of the following is a required characteristic of an FCoE SAN?

An engineer is designing a SAN for a virtualized environment. Which two best practices should be followed for Fibre Channel zoning?

A Fibre Channel switch is experiencing high latency on a specific ISL. The link is operating at 16 Gbps and has high utilization. Which action will most likely reduce latency?

What is the purpose of NPIV (N_Port ID Virtualization) in a Fibre Channel SAN?

An engineer is configuring a storage network with FCoE and must ensure that the FCoE traffic does not interfere with standard LAN traffic. Which two mechanisms should be implemented?

Which of the following is a benefit of using Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) in a data center?

An administrator needs to configure a Fibre Channel SAN to support two separate departments that must not see each other's storage. Each department has its own set of initiators and targets. Which technology should be used?

In a Cisco MDS switch, what is the effect of the command 'fcdomain restart vsan 100'?

A Cisco MDS switch is configured for NPV mode. An upstream NPIV-enabled switch is connected. The administrator notices that the NPV switch is not logging in to the NPIV switch. The NPV switch shows the following: 'show npv status' indicates NPV is enabled but no traffic. Which three conditions could cause this issue?

Refer to the exhibit. An engineer sees this error on a Cisco MDS switch. What is the best action to resolve the issue?

Refer to the exhibit. After applying this configuration, the engineer activates the zoneset with 'zoneset activate name ZONESET1 vsan 10'. The host with pwwn 10:00:00:00:c9:aa:bb:01 can communicate with the target with pwwn 10:00:00:00:c9:aa:bb:02. However, the host reports that it cannot see a third target with pwwn 10:00:00:00:c9:aa:bb:03. What is the most likely reason?

A Cisco MDS switch is connected to a Fibre Channel storage array and a host. The host cannot see the storage LUNs. The 'show flogi database' command on the MDS shows the host's WWPN, but the 'show fcns database' does not show the storage target. What is the most likely cause?

A company is deploying FCoE in their data center. The design includes a Cisco Nexus 9000 switch with FEX modules. The storage team insists on using dedicated FCoE VLANs. Which best practice should be followed to ensure lossless behavior for FCoE traffic?

Sequence the steps for configuring OSPF on a Cisco Nexus switch in a data center fabric.

Sequence the steps to configure a Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect (FI) for the first time.

Sequence the steps to configure a VXLAN with BGP EVPN on a Cisco Nexus switch.

Match each Cisco data center automation tool to its primary use.

Which feature allows a Fibre Channel switch to use multiple links between two switches as a single logical link?

A storage administrator needs to monitor traffic between two specific storage arrays without causing any disruption. Which approach should be used?

An engineer is configuring FCoE on a Cisco Nexus 5000 switch. The switch connects to a Fibre Channel storage array. The FCoE Initialization Protocol (FIP) snooping must be enabled. What is the effect of enabling FIP snooping?

A storage administrator wants to ensure that only designated initiators can access a specific target in a Fibre Channel SAN. Which mechanism enforces this policy?

Refer to the exhibit. A new host is connected to interface fc1/3. It is not appearing in the flogi database. The switch is in NPV mode. What is the most likely reason?

Refer to the exhibit. An engineer notices that traffic is not load-balanced across all four links. What is the most likely cause?

An engineer notices that a Fibre Channel link between two Cisco MDS 9000 series switches is flapping every few minutes. The interface counters show a high number of CRC errors. What is the most likely cause of this issue?

A data center engineer is designing a Fibre Channel SAN for high availability. The design includes two MDS 9710 directors connected to multiple storage arrays. Which best practice should be followed when configuring NPV mode on the switches connecting the hosts?

A storage administrator is troubleshooting FCoE performance issues between a Cisco UCS FI and a storage array. The fabric is configured with FIP snooping and DCB. The administrator checks the FCoE interface counters and sees many dropped frames due to 'no buffer space'. What is the most likely root cause?

A server administrator reports that a newly provisioned application server cannot access its LUN on the storage array. The SAN zoning uses WWPNs. The administrator verifies that the server's HBA WWPN is correctly zoned with the storage port's WWPN. Which additional check should the engineer perform to isolate the issue?

A company is deploying a multi-tenant environment with several virtualized hosts using NPIV. Each virtual machine requires its own WWPN. During testing, some VMs cannot log into the SAN. The MDS switch logs show 'FLOGI rejected: no available resources'. What is the most likely cause?

Which THREE of the following are required for a successful FCoE deployment on a Cisco MDS switch?

In an FCoE deployment, a storage administrator needs to ensure that FCoE traffic is carried over a dedicated VLAN. Which configuration is required on a Cisco Nexus switch?

Which Fibre Channel frame field is used to identify the upper-layer protocol being carried?

Based on the exhibited output, what can be concluded about the fabric?

Which TWO commands are used to verify Fibre Channel connectivity issues on a Cisco MDS switch? (Choose two.)

Which THREE factors should be considered when designing an FCoE SAN to avoid traffic loss? (Choose three.)

Which TWO statements about NPV configuration on a Cisco MDS switch are true? (Choose two.)

A storage administrator notices that a Fiber Channel link between a server and a Cisco MDS switch is flapping every few minutes. The server's HBA and the switch port are both configured for 16 Gbps. Which action is most likely to resolve the issue?

An organization uses FCIP to extend their SAN between two data centers over a 100 Mbps WAN link with 80 ms latency. The storage traffic includes large sequential writes. Which statement best describes the benefit of enabling compression on the FCIP tunnel?

A network engineer is deploying FCoE in a top-of-rack design. Which statement about the required lossless Ethernet fabric is correct?

A company wants to consolidate multiple physically separate Fibre Channel SANs into one switch infrastructure while keeping each SAN's traffic isolated. Which technology best achieves this?

In a multipath Fibre Channel SAN, which component is responsible for selecting the active path for I/O operations?

A Cisco MDS switch is configured with fabric binding to restrict which switches can join the fabric. A new switch is added, but it fails to establish an E-port connection. What is the most likely cause?

Which THREE statements accurately describe FCIP (Fibre Channel over IP) configurations on Cisco MDS switches?

A Fibre Channel switch port is experiencing a high number of CRC errors. Which action should be taken to resolve this issue?

Which feature allows a single Fibre Channel port to log in with multiple N-port IDs, enabling a host to connect to multiple targets through one port?

An MDS switch is configured with VSANs 100 and 200. The engineer wants to isolate traffic between two storage arrays on the same physical fabric. Which best practice should be applied?

Which statement about Fibre Channel buffer credits is true?

An engineer is troubleshooting a SAN performance issue. The show interface counters command shows high output discard counts on a particular Fibre Channel interface. What is the most likely cause?

A company is deploying a new SAN with two MDS 9148S switches in a single VSAN. They want to ensure that a failure of one switch does not affect storage traffic. Which technology should be implemented?

Which TWO statements about Fibre Channel zoning are correct? (Choose two.)

Which THREE factors should be considered when calculating the required number of buffer credits for a long-distance Fibre Channel link? (Choose three.)

Which TWO statements about NPV (N_Port Virtualization) are correct? (Choose two.)

A Fibre Channel switch port is experiencing high latency due to insufficient buffer credits. What is the most likely cause?

A data center uses FCoE on Nexus 9000 switches. The storage team reports inconsistent performance during peak times. Queuing drops are seen on the FCoE-enabled interfaces. Which QoS configuration change would best address the issue?

An engineer needs to isolate storage traffic for different departments using Fibre Channel switches. Which technology should be used?

A data center uses NPV to connect edge switches to a core Fibre Channel switch. The edge switches report that some servers cannot log in. What is a likely cause?

An iSCSI SAN is experiencing performance issues. The storage array and initiators are connected via a dedicated VLAN. The network team notices high jitter. What is the most effective mitigation?

A Fibre Channel fabric has multiple initiators and targets. The engineer wants to ensure that only specific hosts can access specific storage volumes. Which zoning practice is most secure?

A storage administrator notices that a newly deployed Fibre Channel initiator cannot log in to the SAN switch. The switch is configured for NPV mode. Which condition is most likely causing the issue?

An engineer is designing a SAN extension over a WAN link using FCIP. The link has high latency (50 ms RTT). Which configuration is most critical to maintain performance?

During a SAN migration, an engineer connects new storage to an existing MDS switch. The new storage array is configured with WWPNs that were previously used by decommissioned servers. After zoning is updated, some servers fail to see the correct LUNs. What is the most likely cause?

A storage network engineer notices high buffer credit starvation counters on an inter-switch link. What is the most effective solution to reduce this issue?

A data center architect is designing a SAN with two MDS switches using VSANs. Which method ensures traffic isolation between departments while allowing sharing of a tape library?

Which THREE factors must be considered when implementing FCIP for SAN extension over a WAN? (Choose three.)

Refer to the exhibit. The interface shows CRC errors. What is the most likely cause of these errors?

A small business SAN consists of a single Cisco MDS 9148S switch with 16 Gb Fibre Channel ports. The storage array has four active paths to the switch, and four servers each have two HBAs. The administrator wants to ensure that all paths are utilized and that no single point of failure exists. Currently, all devices are in a single VSAN and zoning is permissive (default deny). After powering on all devices, the administrator notices that the storage array only logs in on two of its four ports. The other two ports show 'no light'. The switch has not been configured with any port settings. What is the most likely cause?

A storage network using Cisco MDS 9700 switches has two VSANs (100 and 200). The engineer wants to share a physical ISL between both VSANs while maintaining traffic isolation. Which feature should be used?

An engineer needs to connect a new server to an existing FC SAN. The server is located 50 km away from the data center. Which technology should be used to extend the FC SAN over this distance?

Which THREE factors should be considered when sizing buffer credits for a long-haul FC link?

Which TWO of the following are valid methods to configure zoning in a Cisco MDS 9000 series switch?

A company is consolidating its storage network into a single fabric using a Cisco MDS 9509. They want to use VSANs to isolate different departments. The VSANs will be 10, 20, and 30. They have a single ISL between two MDS switches. The engineers want to carry all three VSANs over the ISL. They configure both ends of the ISL as E ports and enable trunking. After configuration, they notice that only VSAN 10 traffic passes over the ISL. The other VSANs appear isolated. The show vsan membership shows all three VSANs are present on both switches. The show interface trunk on the ISL shows that the trunk is up but only VSAN 10 is allowed. What is the most likely cause?

A storage administrator needs to isolate Fibre Channel traffic between two departments in a data center using a single MDS switch. The administrator decides to create separate VSANs. Which statement about VSANs is true?

An engineer is designing an NPV deployment to scale the number of hosts connected to a Fibre Channel fabric. In NPV mode, which port type is used on the NPV switch to connect to the core switch?

A company uses hard zoning based on World Wide Names (WWNs) to control access between servers and storage arrays. An administrator needs to add a new server with WWPN 50:00:00:00:00:00:01:23 to the zone. What is an advantage of hard zoning over soft zoning?

Which Fibre Channel addressing component uniquely identifies a port on a storage array and is used for zoning and target identification?

An engineer configures an ISL between two MDS switches using E_ports. To utilize all available bandwidth, the engineer wants to bundle four physical links into a single logical link. Which technology should be used?

A data center engineer is implementing FCoE and must ensure lossless behavior for Fibre Channel traffic over Ethernet. Which Data Center Bridging (DCB) mechanism prevents frame loss by pausing traffic on a per-priority basis?

An iSCSI storage array is configured to support multipath I/O (MPIO) for high availability. The administrator needs to configure the initiator to use multiple network paths. What must be ensured for MPIO to work correctly?

Which RAID level provides striping with parity and can tolerate a single disk failure while offering higher storage efficiency than RAID 1?

A storage administrator is configuring synchronous replication between two storage arrays over a Fibre Channel link. Which characteristic best describes synchronous replication?

An engineer is configuring FCoE on a Cisco MDS switch and needs to ensure that the switch can communicate with FCoE-enabled servers. Which FCoE port type should be used on the switch to connect to a server's CNA?

An administrator needs to configure zoning on a Cisco MDS switch. After creating zones and adding members, what must be done to activate the zoning configuration?

Which two advantages does thin provisioning provide in a storage array? (Choose two.)

Which three components are required for a fully functional FCoE deployment in a data center? (Choose three.)

An administrator is configuring CHAP authentication for iSCSI. Which two statements about CHAP are correct? (Choose two.)

A storage administrator is configuring a new Fibre Channel fabric using Cisco MDS switches. The edge switches must connect to the core without participating in the full routing domain to conserve domain IDs. Which Fibre Channel feature should be configured on the edge switches?

An engineer is configuring zoning on a Cisco MDS switch. The requirement is to ensure that only the storage array ports with specific WWPNs can access the host initiators. Which zoning approach should be used to enforce this policy regardless of physical port changes?

In a Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) deployment, which Data Center Bridging (DCB) feature is responsible for preventing frame loss due to congestion and ensuring the lossless behavior required for FCoE traffic?

Which FC addressing component is used to uniquely identify a host bus adapter (HBA) port in a Fibre Channel fabric, and is often used for zoning?

A storage engineer is planning a disaster recovery solution that requires zero data loss in the event of a site failure. The storage arrays support both synchronous and asynchronous replication. Which replication type should be chosen to meet the requirement?

Which Fibre Channel port type is used to connect two Cisco MDS switches together to form an inter-switch link (ISL)?

A Cisco MDS switch is being configured to support multiple isolated Fibre Channel fabrics over a single physical infrastructure. Which feature should be used to achieve this isolation?

In an FCoE environment, which protocol is responsible for discovering and initializing FCoE-capable endpoints, including the exchange of MAC addresses and establishing virtual links?

Which RAID level provides both striping and mirroring for high performance and fault tolerance?

A storage administrator is configuring a VSAN on a Cisco MDS switch. After creating the VSAN, what is the next step to ensure that the ports can communicate within that VSAN?

What is the purpose of jumbo frames in an iSCSI storage network?

In a Fibre Channel fabric using NPV mode, what is the role of the NP-port on the edge switch?

Which TWO statements correctly describe the benefits of thin provisioning in a storage array?

Which THREE components are required to implement Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) in a data center?

Which TWO statements correctly describe active zone sets in a Cisco MDS Fibre Channel fabric?

Which TWO statements correctly describe the difference between synchronous and asynchronous replication?

Which FC port type is used for end-device connection in Fibre Channel fabric, and is typically found on a host bus adapter?

A Cisco MDS switch is connected to another MDS via a Fibre Channel link. The two switches need to carry traffic for multiple VSANs over a single physical link. Which feature should be configured?

An engineer is configuring FCoE on a Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect. The network requires lossless Ethernet to support FCoE traffic. Which Data Center Bridging (DCB) feature must be enabled first to ensure no frames are dropped due to congestion?

A storage administrator wants to isolate two Fibre Channel fabrics on the same physical switch infrastructure. Which technology should be used to achieve this isolation similar to VLANs in Ethernet?

Which Fibre Channel addressing component identifies a specific port on a host or storage device uniquely in the fabric?

An engineer needs to connect a Cisco MDS switch to a core Fibre Channel fabric using NPV mode. What port type will the edge switch's uplink ports assume in this scenario?

A storage administrator configures zoning on a Cisco MDS switch. The requirement is to prevent any changes to the zone set from taking effect unless explicitly activated. Which configuration is correct?

Which of the following is a requirement for iSCSI storage connectivity to support jumbo frames?

What is the purpose of FIP (FCoE Initialization Protocol) in an FCoE network?

A Cisco MDS switch has multiple Fibre Channel interfaces that need to be aggregated into a single logical interface to increase bandwidth and provide redundancy. Which technology should be used?

Which type of zoning uses the World Wide Port Name (WWPN) to define zone members, providing better security because WWPNs are globally unique?

An engineer is deploying iSCSI storage in a data center. Which two features should be configured to improve performance and redundancy? (Choose two.)

A storage architect is designing a disaster recovery solution with a storage array supporting replication. Which three factors should be considered when choosing between synchronous and asynchronous replication? (Choose three.)

A Cisco MDS switch is being configured for FCoE. Which three DCB components are required for lossless Ethernet operation? (Choose three.)

An engineer is deploying FCoE in a data center and must ensure lossless transport for Fibre Channel traffic over Ethernet. The engineer configures Priority Flow Control (PFC) on the DCB-enabled switches. However, FCoE initialization fails. Which additional DCB feature is required to enable FCoE devices to discover and negotiate PFC settings with the switch?

A Cisco MDS switch is configured with a VSAN and the administrator needs to assign a Fibre Channel port to this VSAN. Which command should be used in interface configuration mode to assign the port to VSAN 10?

An engineer is designing a Fibre Channel fabric with two Cisco MDS switches for redundancy. The switches are connected via two ISLs. The engineer wants to aggregate the ISLs for higher throughput and load balancing. Which feature should be used?

A storage array supports both synchronous and asynchronous replication. The application requires zero data loss in case of a site failure. Which replication type should be chosen?

An engineer is configuring iSCSI CHAP authentication between an initiator and a target. The initiator has a CHAP username and secret configured. What must be configured on the target?

Which Fibre Channel address component identifies a specific port on a node?

An organization's storage network uses RAID-10 for critical databases. The storage array has 12 disks. How many disks can fail simultaneously without data loss, assuming the worst-case scenario?

Which FCoE port type is analogous to an N-port in traditional Fibre Channel and connects to a VF-port on an FCoE switch?

An engineer is implementing storage virtualization with thin provisioning on a Pure Storage array. Which three benefits does thin provisioning provide? (Choose three.)

An administrator is configuring a Cisco MDS switch for FCoE. Which two DCB features must be enabled to support FCoE traffic? (Choose two.)

A storage administrator is configuring zoning on a Cisco MDS switch. They need to ensure that only the specified WWPNs can communicate, even if a device is moved to a different physical port. Which zoning method should be used?

An engineer is configuring a Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) deployment. The network must ensure lossless transport for FCoE traffic. Which Data Center Bridging (DCB) feature must be enabled to provide no-drop service for FCoE frames?

A storage administrator is setting up iSCSI connectivity between a server and a storage array. To enhance security, the administrator wants to authenticate the initiator and target during the login process. Which authentication method should be configured?

A data center team is configuring a Cisco MDS switch to support multiple isolated SAN environments on the same physical infrastructure. They need to create separate fabrics that are completely isolated at Layer 2. Which technology should be used?

A storage administrator is troubleshooting a connectivity issue between a server and a storage array over Fibre Channel. The server is connected to an NPV edge switch, which uplinks to a core switch. The server's WWPN is registered in the zone, but the server cannot see the target. The administrator notices that the core switch does not see the server's WWPN in its FC name server database. What is the most likely cause?

A storage administrator is configuring a new storage array that supports thin provisioning. The array reports 10 TB of physical storage and 50 TB of thin-provisioned logical capacity. Which risk is most important to monitor to avoid out-of-space conditions?

An engineer is configuring iSCSI multipath I/O (MPIO) on a Windows server connected to a storage array. The goal is to provide load balancing and failover. What must be configured on the storage side to support MPIO?

A data center team is planning a Fibre Channel fabric with multiple Cisco MDS switches. They want to ensure that all switches share the same configuration and that zone changes are propagated automatically. Which feature should be enabled?

A storage administrator is implementing synchronous replication between two storage arrays over a Fibre Channel link. Which three characteristics are true of synchronous replication? (Choose three.)

A storage administrator connects a host to an MDS switch via Fibre Channel. The host has an HBA with WWPN 21:00:00:1b:32:12:34:56. Which port type does the MDS switch automatically configure on the interface connecting to the host?

A data center uses FCoE to consolidate storage and LAN traffic. Which IEEE standard ensures that FCoE frames are not dropped due to congestion by providing lossless Ethernet?

A network engineer is designing an NPV environment with Cisco MDS switches. The edge switch is configured in NPV mode. Which port type does the edge switch present to the core switch when connecting upstream?

An administrator wants to create separate FC fabrics on a single Cisco MDS switch for isolation of production and backup traffic. Which technology should they use?

During iSCSI configuration, the storage administrator requires authentication between initiator and target. Which method uses a bidirectional secret to verify both ends?

Which Fibre Channel address component uniquely identifies a port within a fabric and is assigned during fabric login (FLOGI)?

A storage array uses thin provisioning. A volume is created with a virtual size of 1 TB but only 100 GB of physical storage is allocated initially. What happens when the host writes data beyond the currently allocated physical space?

In an FCoE environment, a CNA presents a VN-port to the network. Which protocol is used to establish the virtual link between the VN-port and the FCoE switch's VF-port?

A Cisco MDS switch has two VSANs (VSAN 10 and VSAN 20). The engineer wants to connect two switches using a single ISL that carries both VSANs. Which configuration is required on the ISL interface?

A storage network engineer is planning an FC SAN upgrade. Which two benefits does Fibre Channel PortChannel provide over a single ISL? (Choose two.)

An organization uses synchronous replication between two storage arrays for disaster recovery. Which three characteristics apply to synchronous replication? (Choose three.)

A storage administrator needs to isolate traffic between two departments on the same Fibre Channel SAN infrastructure. Each department has its own storage array and hosts. Which technology should be used to create separate logical fabrics without additional hardware?

A data center architect is designing an FCoE deployment. The network must support lossless Ethernet for storage traffic. Which set of IEEE standards must be enabled on the Ethernet switches to meet this requirement?

An iSCSI storage array is being deployed with two network interfaces for redundancy. The hosts also have two iSCSI initiators. To ensure load balancing and failover, which feature should be configured?

A storage administrator wants to provide a volume that appears larger than its actual physical capacity, allocating storage blocks only as data is written. Which storage provisioning method is being described?

Which Fibre Channel address component identifies the port on a storage target?

During FCoE initialization, which protocol is used by a CNA to discover FCoE-capable switches and establish a virtual link?

A storage array supports RAID-5, RAID-6, and RAID-10. The array has 12 disks of equal size. The requirement is to maximize usable capacity while tolerating up to two simultaneous disk failures without data loss. Which RAID level should be chosen?

A network engineer is configuring FCoE on a Cisco Nexus switch. Which two DCB features must be enabled to support lossless Ethernet for FCoE traffic? (Choose two.)

A storage administrator has deployed a Fibre Channel fabric with two MDS switches. Each host has a single HBA. Which port type is used to connect the HBA to the switch?

An engineer is configuring a Cisco MDS switch to connect to a core switch in NPV mode. The edge switch will be connected to the core via an ISL. What port mode should be configured on the edge switch's interface connecting to the core?

A data center administrator is implementing FCoE on a Cisco UCS fabric. The converged network adapters (CNAs) must communicate with the Fibre Channel storage array via the FCoE forwarder. Which FCoE port type is used on the CNA to connect to the FCoE forwarder?

A storage engineer needs to isolate two Fibre Channel fabrics within the same physical infrastructure using Cisco MDS switches. Which feature allows the creation of multiple logical Fibre Channel networks on the same set of switches?

During an iSCSI deployment, an administrator configures CHAP authentication between the initiator and target. Which statement about CHAP in iSCSI is correct?

A storage engineer is planning an FCoE deployment in a data center. The network must support lossless Ethernet for Fibre Channel traffic. Which three Data Center Bridging (DCB) features are required? (Choose three.)

A network engineer is configuring a Cisco MDS 9000 switch for Fibre Channel zoning. The engineer wants to create a zone that allows a specific host (pWWN 20:00:00:25:B5:00:00:01) to access a specific storage port (pWWN 20:00:00:25:B5:00:00:02). Which zoning method should be used to ensure that only these two devices can communicate?

A storage administrator is configuring a Cisco MDS 9700 switch to provide virtual SAN (VSAN) isolation between two departments. The administrator creates VSAN 10 and VSAN 20, assigns interfaces to each VSAN, and then attempts to configure a trunk port that carries both VSANs. Which command must be used to enable trunking on the interface?

A storage administrator is designing a Fibre Channel SAN for a virtualized server environment. The environment requires that a single physical HBA port on a server can present multiple distinct Fibre Channel identities to the fabric, each with its own WWPN and fabric-assigned FC ID. Which technology should be used to meet this requirement?

A data center engineer is implementing Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) on a Cisco Nexus 7000 series switch. The switch must forward FCoE traffic from a server to a Fibre Channel SAN. The engineer configures a VLAN and a VSAN, and creates a virtual Fibre Channel (vFC) interface. Which additional configuration is required to bind the vFC interface to the physical Ethernet interface?

A storage administrator is configuring a Cisco MDS 9700 switch for a new SAN. The fabric uses VSAN 10 for production and VSAN 20 for backup. The administrator wants to ensure that FSPF routing and fabric services are isolated per VSAN. Which statement correctly describes how VSANs provide this isolation on the MDS 9700?

A Cisco MDS 9000 switch is connected to a storage array and a server. The administrator notices that the server can see the storage array's target port, but the server cannot access the LUN because the zone set is not active. The administrator has already created the zones and zone set, and added them to the VSAN. Which command must be issued to activate the zone set?

A network engineer is troubleshooting a Cisco MDS 9000 switch where a host cannot communicate with its storage array. The host is logged into the fabric, and the zone set is active. The engineer suspects a domain ID conflict. Which command should be used to verify the domain ID assignments and any conflicts in the fabric?

A network engineer is configuring a Cisco MDS 9000 switch. The engineer needs to verify the WWPN of the HBA connected to interface fc1/1. Which command should be used?

A network engineer is configuring a Cisco MDS 9000 Series switch. They need to verify the current zoning configuration, including the active zone set and its members. Which command should they use?

A storage administrator is configuring an MDS 9700 switch port as an F_port in a VSAN where the core fabric edge ports are also F_ports. The requirement is to reduce the number of domain IDs consumed in the fabric because the fabric has already allocated domain IDs to all core switches. Which feature should be enabled on the MDS 9700 to allow the edge ports to connect without consuming an additional domain ID?

A Cisco MDS 9000 switch is connected to a storage array via an ISL. The administrator notices that the link is experiencing buffer credit starvation under peak load. The switch port is configured as an E_port with a default buffer-to-buffer credit value. Which action should be taken to alleviate the credit starvation while preserving the existing physical topology?

A network engineer is configuring a Cisco Nexus 9000 switch for FCoE. The switch needs to carry Fibre Channel traffic over Ethernet. Which feature must be enabled on the switch?

A storage engineer is troubleshooting a Fibre Channel link between a Cisco MDS switch and a storage array. The link is not coming up, and the engineer suspects a speed mismatch. The switch port is configured for auto-negotiation, but the storage array is hard-set to 8 Gbps. What is the most likely cause of the link failure?

A data center engineer is designing a Fibre Channel SAN with Cisco MDS switches. The engineer needs to ensure that the fabric supports Inter-VSAN Routing (IVR) for communication between devices in different VSANs. Which two statements about IVR are true? (Choose two.)

A data center architect is designing a Fibre Channel SAN with two Cisco MDS switches. The architect wants to ensure that if one switch fails, the other switch can continue to provide access to storage without manual intervention. Which technology should be implemented?

A data center administrator is configuring a new Cisco MDS 9000 switch. They need to ensure that the switch can participate in a fabric with other switches and that it can be managed remotely. Which management interface should be configured with an IP address for remote management?

A storage engineer is configuring a Cisco MDS switch to support NPV mode. The switch will connect to a core SAN switch. After enabling NPV mode, the engineer notices that the NPV switch is not able to log into the core switch. Which action should the engineer take to resolve this issue?

A data center engineer is configuring VSANs on a Cisco MDS 9000 Series switch. They need to ensure that the VSANs are properly isolated and that devices can communicate only within their assigned VSAN. Which two statements about VSAN configuration are true? (Choose two.)

A storage engineer is implementing SAN boot for a Cisco UCS B-Series blade server. The server must boot from a Fibre Channel LUN on a NetApp array. The engineer has configured the vHBA, zoning, and boot policy. However, the server fails to boot from SAN. Which action should be taken to ensure the correct LUN is presented to the server during boot?

A storage engineer is designing a Fibre Channel fabric that must support both block-level and file-level storage traffic. They plan to use Cisco MDS 9000 switches with VSANs to isolate traffic. Which two statements are true regarding VSANs? (Choose two.)

A data center engineer is implementing Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP) between two Cisco MDS 9000 switches across a WAN link. The engineer wants to ensure that the FCIP tunnel remains operational even if the primary WAN path fails, and that traffic is load-balanced across multiple TCP connections. Which feature should be configured on the FCIP tunnel?

A storage administrator is configuring a new Cisco MDS 9000 switch. The fabric will use FLOGI and FCNS to manage device logins and name services. The administrator needs to ensure that the switch can properly handle the login process for a new host. Which database on the MDS switch stores the mapping between the Fibre Channel ID (FCID) and the port world wide name (pWWN) after a successful FLOGI?

An administrator is configuring zoning on a Cisco MDS switch. The requirement is to allow a specific host HBA port to communicate with a specific storage array port, but also to allow that same host to communicate with a second storage array port. The administrator wants to minimize the number of zones and use a single zone name. Which zoning method should be used?

A network engineer is troubleshooting a Cisco MDS 9000 switch where a host is unable to access a storage array. The engineer runs the command 'show flogi database' and sees the host's WWPN, but the storage array's WWPN is missing. The engineer verifies that the storage array is powered on and connected to a different switch in the same fabric. What is the most likely cause?

A storage engineer is implementing VSANs on a Cisco MDS 9000 switch to isolate traffic between different departments. The engineer needs to ensure that devices in different VSANs cannot communicate with each other, and that each VSAN has its own fabric services. Which two statements about VSANs are true? (Choose two.)

A storage administrator is configuring a Cisco MDS 9000 switch to present a LUN to a host through a specific target port. The administrator wants to ensure that the host can access the LUN only through that target port and no other port on the same storage array. Which zoning configuration should be used?

A network engineer is implementing VSANs on a Cisco MDS 9000 switch to segment traffic between different departments. The engineer needs to ensure that VSANs provide isolation and that devices in different VSANs cannot communicate. Which two statements are true regarding VSANs on Cisco MDS switches? (Choose two.)