SG0-001 · Question #320
You have been asked to conduct a high-level inventory of a remote fibre channel SAN fabric. Your manager is worried that the remote site may include HBAs manufactured from a now bankrupt vendor. What
The correct answer is D. World Wide Port Name. To identify the HBA vendor in a Fibre Channel SAN, the World Wide Port Name (WWPN) is the most useful identifier because it contains the manufacturer's Organizationally Unique Identifier (OUI).
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You have been asked to conduct a high-level inventory of a remote fibre channel SAN fabric. Your manager is worried that the remote site may include HBAs manufactured from a now bankrupt vendor. What information will be most useful to you to determine the HBA vendor?
Options
- AHBA Port Mode
- BAL_PA setting for HBA port
- CFC_ID of the HBA port
- DWorld Wide Port Name
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- C3% (1)
- D89% (32)
Why each option
To identify the HBA vendor in a Fibre Channel SAN, the World Wide Port Name (WWPN) is the most useful identifier because it contains the manufacturer's Organizationally Unique Identifier (OUI).
HBA Port Mode (e.g., F-port, N-port) describes the operational state or type of port connection, but it does not contain vendor-specific information.
The AL_PA (Arbitrated Loop Physical Address) is an identifier used in Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop topologies and does not indicate the HBA's vendor.
The FC_ID (Fibre Channel ID) is a 24-bit address dynamically assigned by the fabric to a device for routing purposes and does not carry vendor-specific information.
The World Wide Port Name (WWPN) is a globally unique 64-bit identifier assigned to each Fibre Channel port. The first 24 bits of a WWPN contain an Organizationally Unique Identifier (OUI) which is registered to the HBA manufacturer, allowing direct identification of the vendor.
Concept tested: Fibre Channel World Wide Port Name (WWPN) structure
Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/mds9000/sw/8_1/configuration/guide/fabric/b_MDS_8_1_fabric_config_guide/m_understanding_wwn.html
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