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2V0-622 · Question #242

Which setting will allow a virtual machine to have direct secure access to an RDM?

The correct answer is C. NPIV. NPIV (N_Port ID Virtualization) allows a single physical Fibre Channel HBA to be presented as multiple virtual N_Ports, enabling individual VMs to have their own WWPNs and direct, secure access to SAN LUNs via RDMs.

Section 3 – Configure and Administer vSphere 6.5 Storage

Question

Which setting will allow a virtual machine to have direct secure access to an RDM?

Options

  • ANIOC
  • BNPV
  • CNPIV
  • DCPUID Mask

How the community answered

(48 responses)
  • A
    4% (2)
  • B
    6% (3)
  • C
    88% (42)
  • D
    2% (1)

Why each option

NPIV (N_Port ID Virtualization) allows a single physical Fibre Channel HBA to be presented as multiple virtual N_Ports, enabling individual VMs to have their own WWPNs and direct, secure access to SAN LUNs via RDMs.

ANIOC

NIOC (Network I/O Control) is a vSphere networking feature that manages bandwidth allocation among different types of network traffic; it has no relevance to Fibre Channel storage or RDM access.

BNPV

NPV (N_Port Virtualization) is a Fibre Channel switch feature that allows edge switches to proxy N_Port logins through an upstream core switch; it is a switch-level fabric feature, not a VM storage access mechanism.

CNPIVCorrect

NPIV creates virtual Fibre Channel ports (vHBAs) for VMs, assigning unique World Wide Port Names so that SAN zoning and LUN masking can be applied per-VM. This gives a VM direct, isolated, and secure access to an RDM without sharing the physical HBA identity with other VMs.

DCPUID Mask

CPUID Mask is a vSphere feature used to hide or expose CPU instruction sets to VMs for vMotion compatibility purposes and has no connection to storage access or RDMs.

Concept tested: NPIV enabling per-VM RDM Fibre Channel access

Source: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere.storage.doc/GUID-F3B0E97D-F82E-49EF-87B5-5C0DBFD00A37.html

Topics

#NPIV#RDM#Fibre Channel virtualization#storage access

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