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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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Question

Which of the following uses a switching fabric to connect storage LUNs to hosts?

Options

  • AFiber Channel
  • BSCSI
  • CSATA
  • DEthernet

How the community answered

(35 responses)
  • A
    89% (31)
  • B
    3% (1)
  • C
    6% (2)
  • D
    3% (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.

AFiber ChannelCorrect

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.

BSCSI

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.

CSATA

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.

DEthernet

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

Topics

#Fiber Channel#SAN architecture#storage fabric#LUNs

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