Which mode must be enabled on a Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect to connect directly to a storage array?

The correct answer is D. FC switching mode. Switch mode is the traditional Fibre Channel switching mode. Switch mode allows the fabric interconnect to connect directly to a storage device. Enabling Fibre Channel switch mode is useful in POD models where there is no SAN (for example, a single Cisco UCS system connected dire

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ANPIV mode
BFC end-host mode
CNPV mode
DFC switching mode

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Switch mode is the traditional Fibre Channel switching mode. Switch mode allows the fabric interconnect to connect directly to a storage device. Enabling Fibre Channel switch mode is useful in POD models where there is no SAN (for example, a single Cisco UCS system connected directly to storage), or where a SAN exists (with an upstream MDS).

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