Designing Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (DCID) — Question 170

An engineer must connect a Cisco UCS B-Series based system to an existing large storage area network fabric. The deployment must support hardware-based load balancing, prevent Fibre Channel domain ID exhaustion, and enable all blade servers to be in the same VSAN. Which set of actions meets the requirements?

Answer options

• A. Enable Fibre Channel end-host mode on the fabric interconnect and NPIV mode on the SAN switch. Create an F Port channel that faces the fabric interconnect.
• B. Connect the fabric interconnect to the E Ports on the SAN switch. Create a SAN port channel.
• C. Configure Ethernet end-host automatic load balancing on the fabric interconnect. Set NL port mode on the SAN switch.
• D. Place all interfaces that face the fabric interconnects in the same VSAN. Disable zoning for the VSAN.

Correct answer: A

Explanation

Option A is correct because enabling Fibre Channel end-host mode and NPIV allows for proper domain management and load balancing. The other options do not address the requirements effectively; for instance, option B does not support NPIV, and options C and D do not facilitate the necessary load balancing or domain ID management.