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Designing Cisco Storage Network Solutions


Cisco Others Certification “, also known as 642-357 exam, is a Cisco certification.
With the complete collection of questions and answers, Test4actual has assembled to take you through 88 Q&A to your 642-357 exam preparation. In the 642-357 exam resources, you will cover every field and category in Cisco Others Certification helping to ready you for your successful Cisco Certification.

1. Which three Fibre Channel switch features are unique to Cisco’s MDS 9000 Series switches? (Choose three.)
Select 3 response(s).
A. LUN Zoning
B. Read-Only Zones
C. Internet-Switch Link
D. Fibre Channel Congestion Control
E. FC Link Aggregation
F. FSPF
Answer: ABD

2. Which Cisco MDS 9500 Series feature addresses the customer requirement for five nines (99.999-percent) availability?
Select the best response.
A. active and standby FC line cards
B. virtual output queuing (VOQ)
C. SSM card is installed in the switch
D. nondisruptive software upgrades
E. redundant fan cards
Answer: D

3. Which statement is true concerning the Cisco MDS switch when operating in native interop mode?
Select the best response.
A. The MDS switch can interoperate with Non-MDS switches that are certified by SNIA.
B. The MDS switch can interoperate with Non-MDS switches that support “MDS Native” mode.
C. The MDS switch can interoperate with Non-MDS switches that properly adhere to Fibre Channel switch standards.
D. The MDS switch cannot interoperate with Non-MDS switches.
Answer: C

4. Which are two characteristics of the Cisco MDS Series fan modules? (Choose two.)
Select 2 response(s).
A. Supervisor modules shut down the fan modules when the air temperature is below a preset threshold.
B. If the Fan Status LED turns red, a fan has failed and the module must be replaced.
C. Fan modules monitor air temperature and shut down if the temperature exceeds a preset threshold.
D. Fan modules do not require the switch to be powered off in order to be replaced.
Answer: BD

5. Your customer has implemented an IPS-8 for FCIP connectivity to remote sites. How can this customer prevent unauthorized hosts from connecting to the Cisco MDS 9000 fabric through the FCIP interfaces?
Select the best response.
A. Configure RADIUS authentication
B. Configure IPSec encryption on the IPS-8
C. Configure IP ACLs on the IPS-8
D. Configure fabric binding on the IPS-8
Answer: C

6. What are two ways of preventing unauthorized hosts from connecting to the management interface of a Cisco MDS 9000 Family switch? (Choose two.)
Select 2 response(s).
A. use SNMPv3 only
B. configure IP ACLs
C. configure management VSANs
D. use digital certificates
E. implement RBAC
Answer: BD

7. Your customer has implemented an IPS-8 for iSCSI connectivity to workgroup servers. How can this customer prevent unauthorized hosts from connecting to the Cisco MDS 9000 fabric through the iSCSI interfaces?
Select the best response.
A. Configure RADIUS authentication
B. Configure IPSec encryption on the IPS-8
C. Configure IP ACLs on the IPS-8
D. Configure fabric binding on the IPS-8
Answer: C

8. What is the principal cost advantage of a collapsed core SAN design compared to a core-edge design if each connects the same number of host and storage ports?
Select the best response.
A. fewer hops for a given exchange
B. fewer long-wave SFPs
C. fewer ISL connections
D. fewer domains on the domain list
E. fewer director-class switches
Answer: C

9. What is the best mechanism to use to isolate backup traffic from other mission-critical traffic?
Select the best response.
A. VSANs
B. zones
C. QoS
D. IVR
Answer: A

10. Which of these provides fabric-based virtualization for multiple independent software vendors?
Select the best response.
A. Storage Services Module (SSM)
B. Cisco MDS 9000 32-port 1/2-Gbps Fibre Channel module
C. Multiprotocol Services module
D. Cisco MDS 9513 Supervisor 2
Answer: A

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11. Your Cisco MDS 9509 configuration requires 2000 watts of power and is configured with two 2500W power supplies. If 110V power is provided to the switch, in which power mode does the switch operate?
Select the best response.
A. The director will operate in redundant mode only.
B. The director will operate in combined mode only.
C. The director will operate in redundant mode or combined mode
D. The director cannot operate with 110V power
Answer: B

12. You are implementing an FCIP solution for SAN extension between two data centers using the Cisco MDS 9000 platform. For redundancy, there are two Metro Ethernet paths between the data centers. How can you specify the primary and secondary path for each FCIP tunnel?
Select the best response.
A. Configure OSPF routing on the IPS-8
B. Configure EIGRP routing on the IPS-8
C. Configure static routes on the IPS-8
D. Configure QoS on the IPS-8
Answer: C

13. Which of the following is the recommended design practice for routing from Cisco MDS to remote iSCSI host subnets?
Select the best response.
A. configure a default route on the IPS module
B. configure a static route on the IPS module
C. configure a dynamic IP routing protocol on the IPS module
D. place the iSCSI hosts on the same subnet as the IPS module interface
Answer: B

14. Your customer has a number of data storage requirements:

servers are not responsible for volume management or data migration
storage is provisioned in real time
legacy and heterogeneous storage assets can be consolidated and fully utilized
data can be protected using simplified snapshot and replication techniques
data can be assigned to different classes easily

Which solution would meet these requirements?
Select the best response.
A. VSANs
B. Wide-Area Application Services (WAAS)
C. fabric-based virtualization
D. LUN zoning
E. host-based virtualization
Answer: C

15. Which two kinds of applications require sustained throughput and are sensitive to latency? (Choose two.)
Select 2 response(s).
A. synchronous replication
B. asynchronous replication
C. OLTP
D. tape backup
E. e-mail
Answer: AD

16. Which three solutions would be suitable for data replication between two data centers separated by 450 km? (Choose three.)
Select 3 response(s).
A. FCIP over routed IP network
B. FCIP over SONET/SDH
C. iSCSI over SONET/SDH
D. CWDM
E. DWDM
F. dark fiber
Answer: ABE

17. What is an advantage of Cisco MDS 9000 Distributed Device Alias Services over Fibre Channel aliases?
Select the best response.
A. Persist across switch reboots
B. Stored on the management server, not on the switch
C. Preserved when devices are moved between VSANs
D. Simplify SAN migration operations
Answer: C

18. A customer has 12 hosts, each capable of a sustained I/O rate of 75 MBps. The customer wants to connect these hosts to the fabric with a 32-port line card. For optimal performance what is the maximum number of hosts that should be connected to any four-port, host-optimized quad?
Select the best response.
A. one
B. two
C. three
D. four
Answer: C

19. Select three advantages of using fabric-based storage virtualization instead of host-based virtualization. (Choose three.)
Select 3 response(s).
A. offers a single point of management
B. supports heterogeneous storage
C. does not require a host agent
D. insulates the hosts from storage changes
E. provides mirroring
Answer: ACD

20. What are three benefits of storage consolidation? (Choose three.)
Select 3 response(s).
A. management costs are reduced, since fewer people are needed to administer the common management applications
B. bandwidth demands on the network are reduced
C. corporate data is more accessible
D. Fibre Channel is no longer needed to transport traffic
E. existing disk space is utilized more effectively
Answer: ACE

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