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Which two tasks does the Pluggable Storage Architecture (PSA) perform? (Choose two.)
A. Handles I/O queueing to the logical devices.
B. Handles physical path discovery, but is not involved in the removal.
C. Handles physical path discovery and removal.
D. Handles I/O queueing to FC storage HBAs.
Correct Answer: AC
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
the PSA performs the following tasks:
• Loads and unloads multipathing plug-ins.
• Hides virtual machine specifics from a particular plug-in.
• Routes I/O requests for a specific logical device to the MPP managing that device.
• Handles I/O queueing to the logical devices.
• Implements logical device bandwidth sharing between virtual machines.
• Handles I/O queueing to the physical storage HBAs.
• Handles physical path discovery and removal.
• Provides logical device and physical path I/O statistics.
Reference: https://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-55/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.vsphere.storage.doc%2FGUID-C1C4A725-8BE4-4875-919E693812961366.html