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300-610 · Question #277

Refer to the exhibit. FCoE is used in the topology between the SAN Storage devices and SAN- Core routers. After noticing traffic drops to hosts accessing SAN-B storage, the engineering team wants to r

The correct answer is A. Increase the bandwidth between SAN-A and SAN-B Storage toward the SAN-Core devices.. To reduce the oversubscription ratio and address traffic drops to SAN-B storage in an FCoE topology between SAN storage and SAN-Core devices, the bandwidth between the storage and SAN-Core must be increased.

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Question

Refer to the exhibit. FCoE is used in the topology between the SAN Storage devices and SAN- Core routers. After noticing traffic drops to hosts accessing SAN-B storage, the engineering team wants to reduce the oversubscription ratio in the topology. Which action must the team take?

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Options

  • AIncrease the bandwidth between SAN-A and SAN-B Storage toward the SAN-Core devices.
  • BConfigure QoS to prioritize SAN-A traffic.
  • CIncrease the bandwidth between the SAN-Core and SAN-Edge devices
  • DConfigure QoS to prioritize SAN-B traffic.

How the community answered

(26 responses)
  • A
    69% (18)
  • B
    4% (1)
  • C
    8% (2)
  • D
    19% (5)

Why each option

To reduce the oversubscription ratio and address traffic drops to SAN-B storage in an FCoE topology between SAN storage and SAN-Core devices, the bandwidth between the storage and SAN-Core must be increased.

AIncrease the bandwidth between SAN-A and SAN-B Storage toward the SAN-Core devices.Correct

Increasing the bandwidth between SAN-A and SAN-B storage devices and the SAN-Core devices directly addresses the potential bottleneck where FCoE traffic from storage enters the core network. If traffic drops are due to oversubscription at this point, adding more capacity will alleviate the congestion and reduce the oversubscription ratio, thereby preventing further drops.

BConfigure QoS to prioritize SAN-A traffic.

Configuring QoS to prioritize SAN-A traffic would worsen the traffic drops for SAN-B, as it does not increase overall bandwidth but rather reallocates existing oversubscribed capacity.

CIncrease the bandwidth between the SAN-Core and SAN-Edge devices

Increasing bandwidth between SAN-Core and SAN-Edge devices might help with overall network capacity but does not directly address an oversubscription issue occurring closer to the storage devices, as implied by the specific problem with SAN-B storage.

DConfigure QoS to prioritize SAN-B traffic.

Configuring QoS to prioritize SAN-B traffic would help SAN-B traffic but would not reduce the overall oversubscription ratio in the topology; it simply manages the symptoms by deprioritizing other traffic.

Concept tested: FCoE oversubscription remediation

Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/sw/design/nx-os_solution_guides/fcoe_design_guide.html

Topics

#FCoE#oversubscription#SAN design#bandwidth optimization

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