What is the purpose of a host bus adapter (HBA)?
A. to provide host backups to tape media
B. to connect a host to a switch
C. to connect a switch port to front end storage
D. to use a host CPU to interface with storage controllers
According to SNIA, what is a data structure signed with a digital signature that is based using a public key and confirms that the key belongs to the subject identified in the structure called?
A. certificate
B. public key
C. secure key
D. private key
What would be placed in a Fibre Channel zone?
A. MAC address
B. IQN of an initiator
C. |p address
D. World Wide Port Name (WWPN)
What is the function of the Fibre Channel name server?
A. It retrieves all files from a file store by name.
B. It provides service to register Fibre Channel N_Ports.
C. It partitions Logical Unit Numbers (LUNs).
D. It load balances the SAN traffic.
What is the name of the process by which a SAN dynamically extends volumes depending on server and application needs?
A. copy On First Write (COFW)
B. deduplication
C. LUN expansion
D. thin provisioning
According to SNIA, what is the term that describes a mechanism allocating the physical capacity of a volume or file system as applications write data?
A. thick provisioning
B. thin provisioning
C. hybrid provisioning
D. static provisioning
What are the requirements for a boot from SAN? (Choose two.)
A. The host server and storage should be from the same vendor
B. Only CNAs can be used
C. An active path to the LUN is required.
D. Zoning of the LUN containing the OS image is required
What is a set of data processing components that are automatically provisioned by providers, accessed over a network, and provides secure multi-tenancy?
A. database infrastructure
B. storage infrastructure
C. cloud infrastructure
D. network infrastructure
Which hardware component transports FC and IP traffic?
A. NIC
B. CNA
C. iSCSI
D. RAID array
Your company needs to buy more disks for new servers and are considering SSD and HDD solutions What are two reasons why you would recommend using SSD? (Choose two.)
A. no moving parts
B. better performance
C. high capacity
D. lower cost