Designing Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (DCID) — Question 68

An engineer must connect a storage array directly to an existing Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect. The customer requires a solution that provides IP-based storage that does not need to be connected through an external switch. Also, the operations team wants to have the ability to have direct access to the files stored on the storage array from their Linux hosts. Which storage technology meets these requirements?

Answer options

Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is SAN, as it provides block-level storage access directly over IP networks without the need for an external switch. iSCSI can also provide IP-based storage but typically utilizes a network switch. FCoE is not IP-based and requires a compatible network, while NAS is primarily for file-level access, which does not match the requirement for direct block-level access.