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200-150 · Question #202

Refer to the exhibit. You must attack a strong peripheral to a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch. Which type of port do you use?

The correct answer is B. F. On a Cisco Nexus 5000, the correct port type for connecting a storage peripheral directly to the Fibre Channel fabric is an F port.

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Question

Refer to the exhibit. You must attack a strong peripheral to a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch. Which type of port do you use?

Exhibit

200-150 question #202 exhibit

Options

  • AE
  • BF
  • CTE
  • DNP

How the community answered

(38 responses)
  • A
    3% (1)
  • B
    89% (34)
  • C
    3% (1)
  • D
    5% (2)

Why each option

On a Cisco Nexus 5000, the correct port type for connecting a storage peripheral directly to the Fibre Channel fabric is an F port.

AE

E (Expansion) ports are used for Inter-Switch Links to connect two Fibre Channel switches together, not for attaching end devices.

BFCorrect

An F (Fabric) port connects directly to an N port on an end device such as a storage array or host HBA, establishing a point-to-point link between the peripheral and the switch fabric. This is the designated port type for attaching storage peripherals because it enables the end node to participate in the Fibre Channel fabric as a direct fabric-attached device.

CTE

TE (Trunking Expansion) ports are used for trunked ISL connections between switches carrying traffic from multiple VSANs, not for peripheral attachment.

DNP

NP (N-Port Proxy) ports are used only in NPV mode to connect a downstream switch to an upstream core switch, not for direct end-device connectivity.

Concept tested: Cisco Nexus 5000 Fibre Channel port types

Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/nexus5000/sw/configuration/guide/cli/CLIConfigurationGuide/FibreChannel.html

Topics

#Nexus 5000#F port#port types#peripheral connectivity

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