SK0-003 · Question #477
Which of the following uses a switching fabric to connect storage LUNs to hosts?
The correct answer is A. Fiber Channel. Fiber Channel uses a dedicated switching fabric to connect storage LUNs to host servers in a high-speed, low-latency Storage Area Network (SAN). This architecture allows for flexible and scalable storage access.
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Which of the following uses a switching fabric to connect storage LUNs to hosts?
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- AFiber Channel
- BSCSI
- CSATA
- DEthernet
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(35 responses)- A89% (31)
- B3% (1)
- C6% (2)
- D3% (1)
Why each option
Fiber Channel uses a dedicated switching fabric to connect storage LUNs to host servers in a high-speed, low-latency Storage Area Network (SAN). This architecture allows for flexible and scalable storage access.
Fiber Channel (FC) is a networking technology that leverages a switching fabric, composed of FC switches, to provide high-speed connectivity between host servers and shared storage LUNs. This allows multiple hosts to access shared storage resources efficiently.
SCSI is a protocol used for communicating with storage devices, not a network technology that inherently uses a switching fabric to connect multiple hosts to LUNs.
SATA is an interface primarily for connecting individual storage devices directly to a host system, and it does not use a switching fabric for host-LUN connectivity.
While Ethernet can be used for storage networking via protocols like iSCSI, Fiber Channel is explicitly designed around the concept of a dedicated storage switching fabric for LUN connectivity.
Concept tested: Storage Area Network (SAN) technologies
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/san/san-overview
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