Question 1

Click the Exhibit button.  Referring to the configuration shown in the exhibit, when will the servers oversubscribe the connections between the storage array and the switch?
A) When the 6th server is added to the configuration
B) When the 7th server is added to the configuration
C) When the 8th server is added to the configuration
D) When the 9th server is added to the configuration

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Question 2

Click the Exhibit button.  Which protocol is represented by the frame shown in the exhibit?
A) FCoE
B) iSCSI
C) Ethernet
D) Fibre Channel

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Question 3

You are asked to secure management access to your SAN devices. Which three actions should you perform? (Choose three.)
A) Disable all unused protocols.
B) Limit network access.
C) Create individual access accounts.
D) Write to the syslog server.
E) Enable NTP synchronization.

Accepted Answer

Disable all unused protocols, limit network access, and create individual access accounts are all actions that can be taken to secure management access to SAN devices.

Question 4

Which storage related offering serves as intermediaries to multiple cloud storage providers?
A) Cloud storage provider
B) Cloud storage broker
C) Cloud storage gateway
D) Cloud storage shifting

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Question 5

A small business with an IP SAN and NAS storage is experiencing slow response times on the servers which have NAS storage resources. Which two should the storage administrator monitor to determine the root cause? (Choose two.)
A) Latency per NAS port
B) IOPS per NAS port
C) Link speed per NAS port
D) MBps per NAS port
E) I question the question

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Question 6

A solution architect needs to know how your switches enforce zoning. The enforcement method and identification type being used in your current FC switches must provide the highest level of security. Which zoning enforcement should you use?
A) Session-based without hardware support
B) Frame-based and hardware support
C) Software-based with hardware support
D) Frame-based and software enforced

Accepted Answer

Frame-based zoning with hardware support provides the highest level of security by ensuring that zoning is enforced at the hardware level, preventing unauthorized access at the frame level.

Question 7

Two different departments have funded the purchase of a new director-class switch. Each department wants to have control of the fabric. Two logical switches will need to be created, each with its own set of administrators. Which feature must be enabled on the switch to do this?
A) ACL
B) Virtual SAN
C) Virtual LAN
D) Virtual Fabrics

Accepted Answer

Virtual Fabrics must be enabled on the switch to create separate logical switches, each with its own set of administrators, allowing each department to have control over its own fabric.

Question 8

You want to visibly verify FC port initialization by reading an analyzer trace. Your objective is to find the frames associated with the initialization protocol to ensure that the FC device is operating correctly during the login process, to be recognized as part of the switched fabric, and appear in a directory of attached FC devices. What must all Fibre Channel devices do to accomplish this?
A) Log in using the Name server.
B) Log in using the Fabric Controller.
C) Log in using the Management server.
D) Log in using the Fabric Login server.

Accepted Answer

The Fabric Login server is responsible for managing the login process for FC devices.

Question 9

You are using asynchronous storage replication to protect your critical database server. There are no replication agents installed on the database server. After a disaster, you are unable to bring up the database at the DR site. What is the cause?
A) The database requires replication from a second storage array.
B) The database requires synchronous storage replication.
C) Two copies of databases are required at the DR site to be able to replay transaction logs.
D) An installed agent is required for the database to be quiesce and replicated in crash-consistent state.

Accepted Answer

An installed agent is required to quiesce the database and ensure it is replicated in a crash-consistent state. Without this, the database may not be in a usable state at the DR site.

Question 10

A number of servers are experiencing slower than expected performance. Analyzing the server, switch, and storage logs do not indicate any issues. You have been asked by the customer to address this issue. What will improve performance?
A) Increase the current queue depth setting from 1.
B) Change the frame size from 2148 bytes,
C) Decrease the buffer-to-buffer credits setting.
D) Enable write caching functionality for the device driver.

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Question 11

The latest storage utilization report shows that 80% of the current 500 TB of enterprise storage is allocated. The storage administrator must specify the amount of additional storage needed for local copies for approximately half of the active storage. How much additional storage should the administrator request?
A) 400 TB
B) 300 TB
C) 200 TB
D) 100 TB

Accepted Answer

500 TB * 0.8 = 400 TB of allocated storage. 400 TB / 2 = 200 TB of additional storage needed.

Question 12

You are asked to set up a server to boot from a SAN. Which setting on the HBA needs to be configured?
A) Change the queue depth value.
B) Set Enable BIOS.
C) Enable Persistent Bindings.
D) Set Enable Target Rescan.

Accepted Answer

Setting "Enable BIOS" on the HBA (Host Bus Adapter) is necessary for booting from a SAN (Storage Area Network) because it allows the server to recognize and boot from the SAN storage during the boot process.

Question 13

A customer has upgraded all switches in their redundant fabrics during a single maintenance window. Shortly after the upgrades are completed on the core switches, all servers lose access to all SAN attached storage. What would have prevented this scenario?
A) High availability
B) Fault tolerance
C) Change or risk management
D) Clustered servers

Accepted Answer

Change or risk management would have helped identify potential risks and plan for contingencies, preventing the loss of access to SAN storage during the upgrade.

Question 14

A company wants to implement a database which requires a storage subsystem with no more than 2 ms write latency and 1 ms read latency. Which type of drive would you use?
A) SATA
B) FC
C) SSD
D) ATA

Accepted Answer

SSD (Solid State Drive) offers low latency for both read and write operations, typically well below the 2 ms write and 1 ms read latency requirements.

Question 15

The storage administrator is required to create five zones within the FC SAN. Which Fibre Channel server would be used to do this?
A) Fabric Login server
B) Name server
C) Management server
D) Fabric Controller

Accepted Answer

The Management server is used for managing and configuring zones within a Fibre Channel SAN.

Question 16

Click the Exhibit button.  Referring to the exhibit, which RAID level is shown?
A) RAID 4
B) RAID 5
C) RAID 0
D) RAID 6

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Question 17

A business critical enterprise resource planning (ERP) system uses a central database at a company's primary data center. The company has built an out-of-region disaster recovery data center and intends to implement a standby ERP system with an eight hour RTO and 30 minute RPO. Which architectural approach to implement service continuity for the ERP database will meet the RTO and RPO targets?
A) Implement asynchronous replication of the ERP database, application, and middle tiers to ensure the ERP system is back online with less than 30 minutes of data loss within eight hours of an event.
B) Implement asynchronous replication of the ERP database, application, and middle tiers to ensure the ERP system is back online with less than eight hours of data loss within 30 minutes of an event.
C) Perform daily full database backups to tape and overnight ship the backup tape media from one data center to the other to ensure the ERP system is back online with less than eight hours of data loss within 30 minutes of an event.
D) Implement synchronous database replication and configure application logic to ensure transactions are identical in both data centers as the recovery objectives do not allow for any inflight data loss.

Accepted Answer

Asynchronous replication can meet the RPO of 30 minutes by ensuring data is replicated with minimal delay, and the RTO of eight hours by allowing the system to be restored within that time frame after an event.

Question 18

You need to add an iSCSI host and storage array to your environment. Your manager wants at least two options that allow all iSCSI initiators to query a central management server to locate the address of all iSCSI resources (e.g., iSCSI initiators, targets, switches, and management stations). Which two protocol methods would be used? (Choose two.)
A) Directory Name Service protocol (DNS)
B) Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
C) Internet Storage Name Server protocol (iSNS)
D) Service Location Protocol (SLP)

Accepted Answer

The Internet Storage Name Server protocol (iSNS) and Service Location Protocol (SLP) both allow iSCSI initiators to query a central server to locate iSCSI resources.

Question 19

What is the maximum distance between two 8 Gb FC ports that can be connected using 50 µOM3 grade multimode fiber cable?
A) 500 meters
B) 300 meters
C) 250 meters
D) 150 meters

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Question 20

Which type of storage replication is required, at a minimum, for a non-critical application?
A) Synchronous
B) Asynchronous
C) Semi-synchronous
D) Multi-synchronous

Accepted Answer

Asynchronous replication is typically used for non-critical applications because it allows for data to be replicated with some delay, which is acceptable when immediate consistency is not required.

Exam 2: Storage Networking Management and Administration

Click the Exhibit button. Referring to the configuration shown in the exhibit, when will the servers oversubscribe the connections between the storage array and the switch?

Click the Exhibit button. Which protocol is represented by the frame shown in the exhibit?

You are asked to secure management access to your SAN devices. Which three actions should you perform? (Choose three.)

Which storage related offering serves as intermediaries to multiple cloud storage providers?

A small business with an IP SAN and NAS storage is experiencing slow response times on the servers which have NAS storage resources. Which two should the storage administrator monitor to determine the root cause? (Choose two.)

A solution architect needs to know how your switches enforce zoning. The enforcement method and identification type being used in your current FC switches must provide the highest level of security. Which zoning enforcement should you use?

Two different departments have funded the purchase of a new director-class switch. Each department wants to have control of the fabric. Two logical switches will need to be created, each with its own set of administrators. Which feature must be enabled on the switch to do this?

You are using asynchronous storage replication to protect your critical database server. There are no replication agents installed on the database server. After a disaster, you are unable to bring up the database at the DR site. What is the cause?

A number of servers are experiencing slower than expected performance. Analyzing the server, switch, and storage logs do not indicate any issues. You have been asked by the customer to address this issue. What will improve performance?

You are asked to set up a server to boot from a SAN. Which setting on the HBA needs to be configured?

A customer has upgraded all switches in their redundant fabrics during a single maintenance window. Shortly after the upgrades are completed on the core switches, all servers lose access to all SAN attached storage. What would have prevented this scenario?

A company wants to implement a database which requires a storage subsystem with no more than 2 ms write latency and 1 ms read latency. Which type of drive would you use?

The storage administrator is required to create five zones within the FC SAN. Which Fibre Channel server would be used to do this?

Click the Exhibit button. Referring to the exhibit, which RAID level is shown?

What is the maximum distance between two 8 Gb FC ports that can be connected using 50 µOM3 grade multimode fiber cable?

Which type of storage replication is required, at a minimum, for a non-critical application?