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2V0-621 · Question #57

An administrator is configuring virtual machines to use Worldwide Port Names (WWPNs) to access the storage Which two conditions are required? (Choose two.)

The correct answer is A. The switches in the fabric must be N-Port ID Virtualization aware. B. The virtual machines must be using passthrough Raw Disk Mapping (RDMp). Using WWPNs with virtual machines for direct storage access requires both NPIV-aware fabric switches and passthrough RDM disk mappings.

Section 3 – Configure and Administer vSphere 6.x Storage

Question

An administrator is configuring virtual machines to use Worldwide Port Names (WWPNs) to access the storage Which two conditions are required? (Choose two.)

Options

  • AThe switches in the fabric must be N-Port ID Virtualization aware.
  • BThe virtual machines must be using passthrough Raw Disk Mapping (RDMp).
  • CThe virtual machines must be using Virtual Machine Disk (VMDK).
  • DThe switches in the fabric must be Storage I/O Control aware.

How the community answered

(54 responses)
  • A
    76% (41)
  • C
    15% (8)
  • D
    9% (5)

Why each option

Using WWPNs with virtual machines for direct storage access requires both NPIV-aware fabric switches and passthrough RDM disk mappings.

AThe switches in the fabric must be N-Port ID Virtualization aware.Correct

N-Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) allows a single physical Fibre Channel HBA to register multiple virtual WWPNs with the fabric on behalf of VMs. Fabric switches must support NPIV to accept and route these virtual N-Port logins; without it, the VM's WWPN cannot be recognized in the SAN fabric.

BThe virtual machines must be using passthrough Raw Disk Mapping (RDMp).Correct

Passthrough RDM (RDMp) bypasses ESXi's storage virtualization layer and presents the raw LUN directly to the VM, which is the only disk format that allows the VM's assigned WWPN to communicate directly with the storage array using its own fabric identity.

CThe virtual machines must be using Virtual Machine Disk (VMDK).

VMDKs are managed by the ESXi host storage stack and abstract the underlying hardware, so they cannot expose a per-VM WWPN to the Fibre Channel fabric - NPIV-based storage access is incompatible with the VMDK format.

DThe switches in the fabric must be Storage I/O Control aware.

Storage I/O Control is a quality-of-service feature that throttles datastore I/O bandwidth among competing VMs and has no role in WWPN assignment or Fibre Channel fabric registration.

Concept tested: NPIV and passthrough RDM requirements for VM WWPNs

Source: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere.storage.doc/GUID-E2E02B50-3FC5-4E4A-B0B2-B3CE5AF2C9F9.html

Topics

#WWPN#NPIV#N-Port ID Virtualization#RDM passthrough

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