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2V0-620 · Question #181

Which two storage controller configurations can be used with Virtual SAN? (Choose two.)

The correct answer is A. SAS controllers in Passthrough mode B. SAS controllers in RAID0 mode. vSAN requires direct access to individual disks, so storage controllers must be in either Passthrough (HBA) mode or RAID0 mode to allow vSAN to manage disks itself.

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Question

Which two storage controller configurations can be used with Virtual SAN? (Choose two.)

Options

  • ASAS controllers in Passthrough mode
  • BSAS controllers in RAID0 mode
  • CSAS controllers in RAID1 mode
  • DSAS controllers in RAID10 mode

How the community answered

(64 responses)
  • A
    95% (61)
  • C
    3% (2)
  • D
    2% (1)

Why each option

vSAN requires direct access to individual disks, so storage controllers must be in either Passthrough (HBA) mode or RAID0 mode to allow vSAN to manage disks itself.

ASAS controllers in Passthrough modeCorrect

Passthrough mode (also called HBA mode) allows vSAN to communicate directly with each physical disk, which is required so that vSAN's policy-based storage engine can manage disk groups and fault domains independently. This is one of the two supported controller modes for vSAN.

BSAS controllers in RAID0 modeCorrect

RAID0 mode presents each disk as a single logical unit with no hardware-level redundancy, which satisfies vSAN's requirement to control individual disks while still being compatible with certain controller types that do not support full passthrough.

CSAS controllers in RAID1 mode

RAID1 mode mirrors data across drives at the hardware level, hiding individual disks from vSAN and preventing it from applying its own object-based redundancy policies.

DSAS controllers in RAID10 mode

RAID10 mode combines striping and mirroring at the hardware level, which similarly abstracts away individual disk visibility and makes the controller incompatible with vSAN disk group management.

Concept tested: vSAN supported storage controller modes

Source: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSAN/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere.vsan-planning.doc/GUID-18F531E9-FF08-49F5-9C2F-4B9B4B6EC5E6.html

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#Virtual SAN#storage controllers#passthrough mode#RAID configuration

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