Which benefit of the Flat SAN feature matches the customer needs?

The IT director for a packaged foods corporation is soliciting design concepts from vendors for a
new call center infrastructure. The IT director’s objectives are to use up to 16 state-of-the-art
virtualized blade servers and easy-to-implement Fibre Channel storage.
Backup architecture is already provided by the IT director’s team. After reviewing the customer
needs, you begin to develop asolution. You show the IT director an illustration of the design.
(Refer to the exhibit.)
Which benefit of the Flat SAN feature matches the customer needs?

A.
Simplify fabric management by connecting HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric Fibre Channel
directly to HP 3PAR StoreServ Fibre Channel storage.

B.
Use Virtual Connect Flex-10 to further improve interconnect efficiency

C.
Scale with the pay-as-you-grow model and pay for only what is currently needed

D.
Manage through a single pane of glass with Virtual Connect Manager Web-based and
Command Line Interfaces

Explanation:
http://h20195.www2.hp.com/V2/GetPDF.aspx%2F4AA4-6479ENW.pdf
HP 3PAR StoreServ Flat SAN and Direct Attached Storage
In client virilization environments, up to B0% of network traffic is server-to-server and server-to

storage. Legacy, multi-tier, fibre-channel network architectures require a complex web of network
cards, interconnects, cables, and switches to keep pace with this changing traffic This approach
creates performance bottlenecks and drives higher costs and complexity to build, maintain, and
secure at scale.
To address this problem HP announced HP Virtual Connect for 3PAP with FLAT SAN technology,
the industry’s first direct connection to fibre channel-based storage that does not require dedicated
switches. This technology provides a simplified architecture with best-h-class storage and network
innovations such as BadpSvsrpm Virtual Connect, and the HP 3PAN StoreServ.
Customer benefits include these features:
* Single layer fibre channel storage network eliminates SAN switches and Host Bus Adapters
(HBAs)
– Massive simplification of fabric management
– 2.5x faster fibre channel storage provisioning
– 50% less infrastructure costs
– Automated zoning capabilities to set up zones with one-click
– Up to 55% less latency by removing the SAN fabric layer