Which factors must be considered when validating data availability goals in a SAN solution? (Select two.)
A. HBA driver version
B. number of switches
C. availability of SRM tools
D. SAN fabric infrastructure
E. port speed
What describes a fully meshed fabric?
A. hierarchical switch arrangement
B. inter-switch links from each switch to every other switch
C. storage hosts connections to the marginal switches
D. maximum of three hops from end to end
Prior to installing new equipment into an existing environment, you want to find out the current levels of firmware and drivers of HBA and SAN switches. Which HP tool can help you to achieve this quickly?
A. HP Instant Support Enterprise Edition (ISEE)
B. IT Resource Center (ITRC)
C. HPStorageWorks Survey Utility
D. HPStorageWorks SAN Visibility
What does Remote Support Pack (RSP) provides?
A. Automated service information for many types of multi-vendor server and storage devices
B. remote support functionality through Webex sessions
C. automated hardware support call logging for multi-vendor storage arrays
D. proactive remote monitoring and support solution for HP server and storage
What is the maximum distance per cable segment using 9/125 micron single-mode cable and long wavelength 2 Gb SFPs?
A. 35 km
B. 10 km
C. 1 km
D. 100 km
E. 5 km
What is a fabric hop?
A. an ISL connection that provides data routing between any two switches B. a map between an input port and an outputE_Port to reach the next port
C. the best path between any two switches in the fabric
D. a chain of switches from the sources to the destination that allows two devices to communicate
E. each fibre connection between the host and storage
A company is running an application that is READ intensive. They are more concerned with effective READ performance than WRITE performance. They have a limited number of disks so they need to minimize RAID overhead. What type of RAID should they use?
A. RAID 5
B. RAID 1+0
C. RAID 1
D. RAID 0
Which features are included at no cost with the HP StorageWorks 8/24 SAN switch? (Select two.)
A. hardware enforced zoning
B. Adaptive Networking
C. web tools
D. ISL trunking
E. fabric watch
F. extended fabric
A company is reviewing proposals to upgrade their existing Fibre Channel SAN to a new core- edge design based on HP B-series switches proposal is HP SAN Network Advisor Enterprise Software.
How can this product simplify the administration of the B-series SAN? (Select two)
A. firmware management for SAN attached servers
B. automated VM provisioning via VMware connector
C. simplified firmware management on switches
D. automated zoning of newly-detected devices via wizard
E. scheduled configuration backup on switches
A company has a large Fibre Channel Infrastructure that has grown continuously over the last two years. The company was implementing a core-edge design and director-class switches. Which course of action should the company follow to accept?
A. Verify that all switches have the same domain ID
B. Add top-of-rack FCoE switches
C. Generate a cabling infrastructure plan
D. Integrate HP Intelligent Management Center