Question 1
Your customer is a regional bank with branches in two different cities. Each branch is run as an isolated independent business and IT manages their SANs as separate fabrics to limit the scope of any failure. They use B-Series Switches.
The customer has requested a disaster recovery option that will allow replication between the two sites without merging the fabrics.
Which SAN technology meets the requirements?
Detailed Explanatio n:
Rationale for Correct Answe r:
FC-FC routing (also known as Fibre Channel Routing / LSANs on B-Series switches) allows replication between separate SAN fabrics without merging them. This supports disaster recovery scenarios while preserving fabric isolation, exactly matching the bank's requirement.
Distractors:
A: FCIP tunnels extend Fibre Channel over IP networks, but this typically merges SAN domains.
C: NPIV (N_Port ID Virtualization) allows multiple virtual WWNs per port, not cross-fabric replication.
D: Fabric partitioning is zoning and segmentation within a single fabric, not between independent fabrics.
Key Concept: FC-FC routing on Brocade (B-Series) for SAN isolation with replication.
