SNIA Storage Networking Management & Administration

A two fabric merge has failed, leaving you with segmented fabrics. Investigation of the switch domain IDs shows that there is an ID conflict between two of the switches. What is the corrective action?

A customer with sixteen non-clustered SAN attached hosts has a storage subsystem with thirty- two disk drives. The customer wishes to protect their data using RAID 1. Each server has a need to see three separate volumes for their final configuration. What must be configured on the storage subsystem to meet their storage allocation needs?

What determines the principle switch in a Fibre Channel Fabric?

During the preparation of a server for the SAN connection, you configure the Fibre Channel host bus adapter. Where does the Fibre Channel HBA send error and debug information to?

When installing two PCI-X HBAs into a server to create the fastest access to the SAN, which configuration would be used?

CIFS is a stateful service. What maintains a history of connection activities?

You are trying to upgrade an existing 1Gb/s FC SAN that is using 62.5 micron multi-mode cable from a tape library to a server that is 175 meters away to 2Gb/s Fibre Channel. After switching to the 2Gb/s Fibre Channel equipment, a connection to the server cannot be maintained. When a connection is made, numerous errors are reported. What is the cause of the errors?

There are two datacenters separated by twelve (12) km with IP connections linking the two sites. Site A is the primary production site, Site B is for test/development & disaster recovery. Site A synchronously replicates data to Site B for disaster recovery purposes via a merged SAN fabric between the two sites. The communication between the two sites is lost. What storage event will occur as a result of this?

You have just completed installing, cabling, zoning, and device masking for a new server. HBA configuration was successful, yet the host cannot see the storage after executing a device find command. Investigation at the switch reveals that the host is not "seen" at the switch port. Light is visible at either end of the fiber but no link light is seen on the switch. What is the most likely cause of the problem?

You have been asked to review your fabric management plan for effectiveness and efficiency, and to ensure that you are meeting its stated requirement. What should you check to see if you are meeting the defined SLAs?