HP0-J67 · Question #9
You have designed a new SAN fabric for a customer. The fabric constists of CISCO MDS 8/24c Fabric switches for HP Bladesystem c class . Which feature allows automatic mapping of physical WWNs to…
The correct answer is B. FlexAttach. The feature that allows automatic mapping of physical WWNs to virtual WWNs using NAT in Cisco MDS switches for HP BladeSystem c-Class is known as FlexAttach.
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You have designed a new SAN fabric for a customer. The fabric constists of CISCO MDS 8/24c Fabric switches for HP Bladesystem c class . Which feature allows automatic mapping of physical WWNs to virtual WWNs using NAT?
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- AFlexFabric
- BFlexAttach
- CVirtual Domain
- DAccess Gateways
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The feature that allows automatic mapping of physical WWNs to virtual WWNs using NAT in Cisco MDS switches for HP BladeSystem c-Class is known as FlexAttach.
FlexFabric is a branding for Hewlett Packard Enterprise's (HPE) converged network infrastructure, not a specific Cisco feature for WWN mapping.
Cisco FlexAttach is a feature designed to virtualize HBAs in blade server environments, such as HP BladeSystem c-Class, providing persistent network identities. It accomplishes this by automatically mapping the physical World Wide Names (WWNs) of server HBAs to virtual WWNs using a Network Address Translation (NAT)-like mechanism, simplifying server provisioning and maintaining consistent storage zoning regardless of physical hardware changes.
Virtual Domain (or VSAN in Cisco Fibre Channel parlance) is used for segmenting a Fibre Channel fabric into logical partitions for isolation and management, not for WWN NAT.
Access Gateways (or N_Port Virtualization - NPIV/NPV mode) allow an edge switch to act as a proxy to the core fabric, simplifying management, but FlexAttach is the specific Cisco feature providing WWN NAT for blade servers.
Concept tested: Cisco SAN - WWN virtualization
Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/mds9000/sw/6_2/configuration/guides/system_mgmt/fm_6_2_system_mgmt_config/vsan.html
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