You are designing a core-edge solution. Your customer has an existing HP C-series MDS 9500 Director Switch and wants to one HP B-series 8/24c SAN Switches.
What must you consider for proper interoperability? (Select two.)
A. The B-series switches should be in Access Gateway mode
B. The B-series switches should be in standard switch mode
C. The C-series core switches should support NPIV
D. The C-series core switches should be in interopmode 1
E. The C-series core switches should be in interopmode 2
Correct Answer: AC
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation/Reference:
When creating a dual interoperable, heterogeneous SAN, consider the following:
- HP recommends that you use the same fabric topology and configuration in both fabrics to maintain balanced SAN performance.
- Design both fabrics using the lowest common denominator. For example, B-series switches support seven switch hops and M-series switches support three switch hops. Therefore, design both fabrics with a maximum of three switch hops.
- HA configurations require support for common host bus adapter (HBA), driver, multipathing software, and storage array firmware versions because servers and storage connect to both fabrics.
B-series Access Gateway
Access Gateway (AG) mode provides connectivity to B-series or other switch-series fabrics that support N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV).
The following B-series Fibre Channel switches support running in Access Gateway Mode:
· Brocade 8Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class · HP SAN Switch 8/24, 8/40 (with 40 ports enabled and 6.2.0a or later) · HP 2408 FCoE
Converged Network Switch (Fibre Channel ports with 6.3.1a or later) · HP SN6000B 16Gb FC Switch
· HP 4/16 SAN Switch (Brocade 200e)
· Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem (Brocade 4024)