Designing Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (DCID) — Question 164

An engineer must connect a Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect to a storage array using a Fibre Channel protocol. The SAN must be directly connected to the UCS fabric interconnects using ports 1/1 and 1/2. Which fabric interconnect configuration must be used?

Answer options

• A. Fibre Channel end-host mode, and ports as Fibre Channel uplink port
• B. Fibre Channel end-host mode, and ports as Fibre Channel storage port
• C. Fibre Channel switching mode, and ports as Fibre Channel uplink port
• D. Fibre Channel switching mode, and ports as Fibre Channel storage port

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is A because using Fibre Channel end-host mode with the ports configured as Fibre Channel uplink ports allows for a direct connection to the storage array. Options B, C, and D are incorrect because they either use the wrong mode or do not configure the ports appropriately for the required connection type.