70-649 Question #52: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

The correct answer is C. Install the Multipath I/O feature.. The old answer was: Bridge the iSCSI host bus adapters. Microsoft Multipath I/O (MPIO) is a Microsoft-provided framework that allows storage providers to developmultipath solutions that contain the hardware-specific information needed to optimize connectivity with theirstorage ar

Question

Your network contains a single Active Directory domain. The domain contains a server named Server1 that runs Windows Server 2008 IC Server1 has an SCSI host bus adapter that connects to an iSCSI target. You install an additional iSCSI host bus adapter on Server1. You need to ensure that Server1 can access the iSCSI target if a host bus adapter fails. What should you do first?

Options

AInstall the Internet Storage Name Server (iSNS) feature.
BBridge the iSCSI host bus adapters.
CInstall the Multipath I/O feature.
DAt the command prompt, run mpclairn.exe -I -m 6.

Explanation

The old answer was: Bridge the iSCSI host bus adapters. Microsoft Multipath I/O (MPIO) is a Microsoft-provided framework that allows storage providers to developmultipath solutions that contain the hardware-specific information needed to optimize connectivity with theirstorage arrays. These modules are called device-specific modules (DSMs). The concepts around DSMs arediscussed later in this document. MPIO is protocol-independent and can be used with Fibre Channel, Internet SCSI (iSCSI), and Serial AttachedSCSI (SAS) interfaces in Windows Server-2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Multipath solutions in Windows Server 2008 R2When running on Windows Server 2008 R2, an MPIO solution can be deployed in the following ways: * By using a DSM provided by a storage array manufacturer for Windows Server 2008 R2 in a Fibre Channel,iSCSI, or SAS shared storage configuration. * By using the Microsoft DSM, which is a generic DSM provided for Windows Server 2008 R2 in a FibreChannel, iSCSI, or SAS shared storage configuration. High availability through MPIO MPIO allows Windows-to manage and efficiently use up to 32 paths between storage devices and theWindows host operating system. MPIO provides fault tolerant connectivity to storage. By employing MPIOusers are able to mitigate the risk of a system outage at the hardware level. MPIO provides the logical facility for routing I/O over redundant hardware paths connecting server These redundant hardware paths are made up of components such as cabling, host bus adapters (HBAs),switches, storage controllers, and possibly even power. MPIO solutions logically manage these redundantconnections so that I/O requests can be rerouted if a component along one path As more and more data is consolidated on storage area networks (SANs), the potential loss of access tostorage resources is unacceptable. To mitigate this risk, high availability solutions, such as MPIO, have nowbecome a requirement.

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