350-601 Storage Network Practice Question
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?
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Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
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VSANs
VSANs (Virtual SANs) provide isolation similar to VLANs in Ethernet, allowing multiple separate FC fabrics to operate on the same physical switches.
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NPV
Why it's wrong here
NPV is used to reduce the number of FC IDs in a large fabric.
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PortChannels
Why it's wrong here
PortChannels aggregate multiple physical links for redundancy and bandwidth.
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Zoning
Why it's wrong here
Zoning controls which devices can communicate within a VSAN, but does not isolate fabrics.
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VSANs
Why this is correct
VSANs create separate logical FC fabrics on the same physical switches.
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