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SG0-001 · Question #540

Which of the following measures the performance overhead in an ISL between two switches?

The correct answer is B. Latency. Latency measures the time delay for data to travel across an Inter-Switch Link (ISL), which directly indicates performance overhead in terms of responsiveness.

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Question

Which of the following measures the performance overhead in an ISL between two switches?

Options

  • ABandwidth
  • BLatency
  • CMultipathing
  • DHop

How the community answered

(21 responses)
  • B
    95% (20)
  • D
    5% (1)

Why each option

Latency measures the time delay for data to travel across an Inter-Switch Link (ISL), which directly indicates performance overhead in terms of responsiveness.

ABandwidth

Bandwidth measures the maximum data transfer rate over a connection, not the time delay or overhead in terms of responsiveness.

BLatencyCorrect

Latency specifically measures the time delay for a packet or signal to travel from one point to another, which in the context of an Inter-Switch Link (ISL) between two switches, directly quantifies the performance overhead in terms of signal propagation delay and processing time. High latency on an ISL significantly impacts the overall performance and responsiveness of the Fibre Channel fabric.

CMultipathing

Multipathing is a technique to improve performance and reliability by using multiple paths to storage, not a direct measure of overhead on a single ISL.

DHop

A "Hop" refers to the passage of data between two network devices (like routers or switches), which counts the number of intermediary devices but does not quantify performance overhead.

Concept tested: Fibre Channel ISL performance metrics

Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/storage-networking/mds-9000-family-fabric-switches/data-sheet-c78-735280.html

Topics

#SAN performance#ISL#Latency#Network overhead

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