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350-601 · Question #412

Refer to the exhibit. A storage engineer must monitor the traffic from the file server to the FC analyzer. The file server and the database use the same storage array. Which configuration must be…

The correct answer is B. MDS-9000(config)# span session 1. To monitor Fibre Channel traffic from a file server to an FC analyzer, a SAN SPAN session must be configured on the Cisco MDS 9000 Series Switch.

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Question

Refer to the exhibit. A storage engineer must monitor the traffic from the file server to the FC analyzer. The file server and the database use the same storage array. Which configuration must be applied to the Cisco MDS 9000 Series Switch to accomplish this goal?

Exhibit

350-601 question #412 exhibit

Options

  • AMDS-9000(config)# span session 1
  • BMDS-9000(config)# span session 1
  • CMDS-9000(config)# span session 1
  • DMDS-9000(config)# span session 1

How the community answered

(21 responses)
  • A
    14% (3)
  • B
    81% (17)
  • C
    5% (1)

Why each option

To monitor Fibre Channel traffic from a file server to an FC analyzer, a SAN SPAN session must be configured on the Cisco MDS 9000 Series Switch.

AMDS-9000(config)# span session 1

This option is incomplete, missing the 'no shut' command to activate the SPAN session and uses slightly different syntax for source and destination interfaces.

BMDS-9000(config)# span session 1Correct

This configuration correctly sets up a Fibre Channel SPAN session by specifying the source interface (fc1/1) and direction (transmit) to capture traffic from the file server, designating the destination interface (fc1/2) for the FC analyzer, and activating the session with 'no shut'.

CMDS-9000(config)# span session 1

This option contains a syntax error ('fc 1/1' instead of 'fc1/1') and is incomplete as it misses the 'no shut' command to activate the session.

DMDS-9000(config)# span session 1

This option places the entire source and destination configuration on a single line, which is not the standard CLI syntax, and also implies sourcing from fc1/2 in addition to fc1/1, which is incorrect for monitoring a single flow.

Concept tested: Fibre Channel SPAN (SAN SPAN) configuration

Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/mds9000/sw/span/6_2/configuration/guide/span_cg_6_2/mds_span.html

Topics

#Fibre Channel SPAN#SAN Monitoring#Cisco MDS#Traffic Monitoring

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