Using the Element Manager feature of Hitachi Device Manager, which term describes the storage system port-to-port connections shared by external LUNs on a VSP?

Question

Options

• APort Group ID
• BPath Group ID
• CPath Pool ID
• DPort Pool ID

• A
  3% (1)
• B
  95% (35)
• D
  3% (1)

Explanation

Path Group ID is the correct term because, in Hitachi Device Manager's Element Manager, a Path Group defines the set of port-to-port connections (paths) between a VSP and an external storage system that are shared among external LUNs - each group is identified by its Path Group ID. Port Group ID (A) is incorrect because "Port Group" is not a defined concept in this context; ports are endpoints, not the grouped connections between them. Path Pool ID (C) incorrectly blends "path" with "pool," which is a different abstraction (pools relate to capacity/resource allocation, not path topology). Port Pool ID (D) similarly misapplies the "pool" concept to ports, which has no equivalent meaning in this feature.

Memory tip: Think of it as a path (port-to-port link) forming a group (shared by multiple external LUNs) - so the identifier tracks the group of paths, making Path Group ID the logical pairing.

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