Apply Dell Midrange Best Practice Recommendations for Networking Performance (switch Configuration, Front-End Connectivity). MIDRANGE-STORAGE-SOLUTIONS-DESIGN Practice Questions (Page 3)

Questions 11–12

1. 11application · medium

   A financial services firm is running a Dell Unity XT array with iSCSI storage for a high-transaction database. The performance team has noticed increased latency during peak hours. They suspect the network is the bottleneck. The switches are configured with default MTU (1500) and have flow control enabled. What is the most effective Dell best practice to reduce latency for this iSCSI workload?

   • AEnable jumbo frames only on the storage array ports, leaving the switch at default MTU.
   • BDisable jumbo frames and enable flow control to ensure reliable delivery.
   • CEnable jumbo frames on the switches and storage ports, and disable flow control.
   • DKeep the default MTU but increase the number of iSCSI sessions from the host to the array.
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2. 12application · medium

   A manufacturing company is deploying a Dell PowerVault ME5 for its production database. The storage team is connecting the array to a pair of Dell Networking switches. They want to ensure that the storage traffic is isolated from the general LAN traffic to improve performance and security. What is the Dell best practice for switch configuration?

   • ACreate a dedicated VLAN for storage traffic and assign the switch ports connected to the array and hosts to that VLAN.
   • BUse the same VLAN for storage and LAN traffic to simplify the network configuration.
   • CConfigure the switch ports as trunk ports and allow all VLANs to pass through.
   • DDisable VLANs entirely and use a flat network for simplicity.
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