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A FC SAN environment has a single director for each fabric. The SAN administrator wants to separate tape and disk traffic in a very secure manner. Which of the following virtualization methods should

The correct answer is B. VSANs. To securely separate tape and disk traffic within a Fiber Channel SAN, Virtual SANs (VSANs) are the appropriate virtualization method for creating isolated logical fabrics.

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Question

A FC SAN environment has a single director for each fabric. The SAN administrator wants to separate tape and disk traffic in a very secure manner. Which of the following virtualization methods should be considered?

Options

  • AVLANs
  • BVSANs
  • CNPIV
  • DFC Routing

How the community answered

(31 responses)
  • A
    3% (1)
  • B
    87% (27)
  • C
    3% (1)
  • D
    6% (2)

Why each option

To securely separate tape and disk traffic within a Fiber Channel SAN, Virtual SANs (VSANs) are the appropriate virtualization method for creating isolated logical fabrics.

AVLANs

VLANs (Virtual Local Area Networks) are used for Ethernet networks to segment traffic and are not applicable to Fibre Channel SANs.

BVSANsCorrect

Virtual SANs (VSANs) logically partition a single physical Fibre Channel fabric into multiple isolated fabrics, allowing the separation of traffic, such as tape and disk, and providing enhanced security and fault isolation. Each VSAN operates as an independent fabric with its own services, enabling secure separation even with a single director.

CNPIV

NPIV (N_Port ID Virtualization) allows a single physical HBA port to register multiple N_Port IDs, primarily for server virtualization, but it does not provide fabric-level traffic separation.

DFC Routing

FC Routing is used to connect multiple Fibre Channel fabrics, enabling devices in different fabrics to communicate, but it does not provide a mechanism for securely separating traffic within a single fabric director.

Concept tested: Fibre Channel VSANs for traffic isolation

Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/mds9000/sw/4_1/configuration/guides/cli/cli_41_1/vsan.html

Topics

#VSANs#Fibre Channel#SAN segmentation#network security

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