200-150 Question #202: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

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.

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?

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Explanation

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

Common mistakes.

A. E (Expansion) ports are used for Inter-Switch Links to connect two Fibre Channel switches together, not for attaching end devices.
C. TE (Trunking Expansion) ports are used for trunked ISL connections between switches carrying traffic from multiple VSANs, not for peripheral attachment.
D. 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

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

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