An administrator is provisioning a new VM that will host tape backup software. The VM will need to communicate with a tape library that is connected to the host via multimode fiber. Which of the follo

A vNIC (virtual Network Interface Card) is used for network communication (TCP/IP), not for direct Fibre Channel access to storage or tape devices.

A vSwitch (virtual Switch) is a component on the host that manages network traffic between VMs and between VMs and the physical network, not for direct Fibre Channel access.

A tape library connected via multimode fiber implies a Fibre Channel (FC) connection, which typically uses a Host Bus Adapter (HBA) on the physical host. To grant a VM direct access to a Fibre Channel storage device or tape library, a virtual Host Bus Adapter (vHBA) needs to be configured within the VM, often leveraging NPIV (N-Port ID Virtualization).

FCoE (Fibre Channel over Ethernet) is a protocol that transports Fibre Channel frames over Ethernet networks, but it's not an interface type provisioned within a VM itself for direct access; a vHBA would still be the logical interface for Fibre Channel.