Which connection type can be defined within a server profile for an MPE ProLiant DL server?

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Options

• AiSCSI
• BRoCE
• CFC
• DEthernet

• A
  4% (2)
• B
  2% (1)
• C
  94% (47)

Explanation

FC (Fibre Channel) is the connection type that can be defined within a server profile for an HPE ProLiant DL server because HPE OneView server profiles support FC as a first-class connection type for dedicated storage connectivity via HBAs or converged adapters. iSCSI (A) is a software-layer protocol configured at the OS or NIC driver level-not as a server profile connection definition-making it ineligible here. RoCE (B) (RDMA over Converged Ethernet) is a transport-layer feature enabled on compatible NICs, not a discrete connection type selectable in a server profile. Ethernet (D) is a physical medium and network connection type, but for ProLiant DL server profiles in HPE OneView, FC is the storage fabric connection explicitly defined-Ethernet connections serve general networking, not the storage profile context tested here.

Memory tip: Think "DL = Direct Line to storage = FC." FC is the dedicated, hardware-defined storage connection type in HPE server profiles; the other options either operate at the software/protocol layer (iSCSI, RoCE) or are general-purpose networking rather than storage-profile-specific (Ethernet).

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