350-601 Storage Network Practice Question
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?
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Why each option matters
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VSAN
VSANs (Virtual SANs) provide fabric isolation on the same physical switch, similar to VLANs. Each VSAN has its own fabric services, zoning, and domain ID.
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Option-by-option breakdown
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PortChannel
Why it's wrong here
PortChannel aggregates bandwidth and provides redundancy, not isolation.
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NPV
Why it's wrong here
NPV scales edge switches but does not create separate fabrics.
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Zoning
Why it's wrong here
Zoning restricts communication within a fabric but does not isolate fabric services.
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VSAN
Why this is correct
VSAN creates separate logical fabrics for full isolation.
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