350-601 Storage Network Practice Question
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?
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VSANs
Virtual SANs (VSANs) provide fabric isolation by creating separate logical fabrics within a single physical switch infrastructure, similar to VLANs in Ethernet.
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VLANs
Why it's wrong here
VLANs are for Ethernet, not Fibre Channel.
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PortChannels
Why it's wrong here
PortChannels aggregate links, not isolation.
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VSANs
Why this is correct
VSANs create isolated Fibre Channel fabrics.
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Zoning
Why it's wrong here
Zoning controls device access within a fabric, but does not create separate fabrics.
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