Your customer has a new SAN storage array and they are concerned that data corruption might occur when servers using different operating systems access the same data. You need to ensure that only…

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• AMultipath load balancing
• BSelective Storage Presentation
• CIEEE Structured Addresses
• DInter-Switch traffic delivery

• A
  4% (1)
• B
  93% (26)
• C
  4% (1)

Explanation

Selective Storage Presentation (SSP) - also known as LUN masking - is correct because it controls which host servers are permitted to see and access specific logical drives (LUNs) on a SAN, preventing unauthorized or cross-OS access that could corrupt data.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A (Multipath load balancing) addresses redundancy and performance by providing multiple I/O paths to storage - it has nothing to do with restricting access between hosts.
• C (IEEE Structured Addresses) refers to MAC address formatting standards in networking, not a SAN access-control mechanism.
• D (Inter-Switch traffic delivery) is not a real SAN technique; it's a distractor blending switching concepts that don't relate to host-to-storage access restriction.

Memory tip: Think of SSP as a bouncer at a nightclub - it selectively "presents" or shows only the approved storage to each authorized host, keeping everyone else out. If you see a question about controlling which server sees which storage, think Selective = specific access.

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