Question 10
A customer is implementing an IBM Storwize V7000 Unified solution and will access both file and block storage. Two fibre channel adapters are included within each controller.
What is the maximum number of fibre channel connections the customer can connect to its SAN fabrics?
Correct answer: D
Explanation:
With the introduction of the 2076-524 nodes, and the ability to have up to eight FC ports per node, there are several different options that are valid for attaching storage to the Storwize V7000 Gen2 cluster. Apply these Storwize V7000 Unified configuration details for Fibre Channel and Fibre Channel Over Ethernet (FC/FCoE Gateway, FCF) switches to ensure that you have a valid configuration. Configuring your SAN with at least two independent switches, or networks of switches, ensures a redundant fabric with no single point of failure. If one of the two SAN fabrics fails, the configuration is in a degraded mode, but is still valid. You should maintain separate fabrics for FCoE and FC. If you attempt to combine these fabrics, you might risk adding additional paths to the volumes. Supported configurations allow a maximum of eight paths. References: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ST5Q4U/com.ibm.storwize.v7000.unified.141.doc/svc_rulesswitch_223fp0.html
With the introduction of the 2076-524 nodes, and the ability to have up to eight FC ports per node, there are several different options that are valid for attaching storage to the Storwize V7000 Gen2 cluster.
Apply these Storwize V7000 Unified configuration details for Fibre Channel and Fibre Channel Over Ethernet (FC/FCoE Gateway, FCF) switches to ensure that you have a valid configuration.
Configuring your SAN with at least two independent switches, or networks of switches, ensures a redundant fabric with no single point of failure. If one of the two SAN fabrics fails, the configuration is in a degraded mode, but is still valid. You should maintain separate fabrics for FCoE and FC. If you attempt to combine these fabrics, you might risk adding additional paths to the volumes. Supported configurations allow a maximum of eight paths.
References: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ST5Q4U/com.ibm.storwize.v7000.unified.141.doc/svc_rulesswitch_223fp0.html