SAN CERTIFIED-IMPLEMENTATION-ENGINEER-SAN-E-SERIES Practice Questions (Page 1)

Questions 1–5

1. 1foundation · easy

   In an Ethernet SAN, which mechanism is commonly used to provide link-level redundancy and failover?

   • ALink aggregation (e.g., LACP)
   • BBuffer credit management
   • CVSAN configuration
   • DFibre Channel zoning
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2. 2expert · hard

   A large enterprise is designing a SAN for a private cloud. They have two data centers, each with two Fibre Channel switches. They want to ensure that a failure of an entire data center does not cause an outage, but they also want to minimize the number of ISLs between the data centers. What is the best design?

   • ACreate two fabrics that span both data centers, with each fabric having one switch in each data center, and connect the switches with redundant ISLs.
   • BUse a single fabric with all four switches, and rely on VSANs to isolate traffic between the data centers.
   • CCreate two fabrics, one in each data center, and do not connect them, relying on host-based replication.
   • DCreate two separate fabrics, one in each data center, and use a single ISL between them to allow failover.
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4. 3foundation · easy

   Which of the following is a common method used to define members of a Fibre Channel zone?

   • AIP address
   • BWorld Wide Name (WWN)
   • CMAC address
   • DSubnet mask
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5. 4application · medium

   A financial services firm is consolidating its SAN. They have two Fibre Channel switches connected via an ISL. Each switch has a mix of application servers and storage arrays. The firm wants to ensure that only the application server and its designated storage array can communicate, and that traffic between different application servers is isolated. What is the most effective zoning approach?

   • ACreate a single zone per application server that includes the server's HBA WWPNs and the storage array's target WWPNs, and configure the same zone on both switches.
   • BUse port-based zoning, assigning each server's port and each storage port to a separate zone, and enable soft zoning on both switches.
   • CConfigure a single zone with all initiators and targets, and use the storage array's LUN masking to control access.
   • DCreate a zone per switch that includes all devices connected to that switch, and rely on the ISL to filter traffic between switches.
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6. 5foundation · easy

   Which of the following is a common source of information for troubleshooting Fibre Channel connectivity issues?

   • AFabric logs
   • BDHCP lease table
   • CARP cache
   • DDNS resolver logs
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