You are troubleshooting a communication problem between a host and a storage array. Both
nodes are seen by the switch. The host can talk to the array port but has not assigned a target ID
to it. What is the most likely current scenario?

A customer is installing a Fibre Channel storage area network for a small test and development
lab. The lab contains two small Windows servers and a single ten disk storage subsystem. The
customer desires to deploy a fully redundant SAN for this environment with minimal cost. What is
necessary to meet the customer’s requirement for full redundancy of the SAN?

Which SAN topology offers scalability with the lowest associated cost?

A database is created in one volume group. The data files, meta data files, and journaling logs are
all on the same volume group. The database administrator (DBA) has created a remote replica of
the volume group over a 100km FCP link. The data base is recovered, tested and shutdown on a
remote host. What must the DBA do before restoring the database ?

A production cluster is attached to redundant disk fabrics and a tape fabric. Each fabric is
contained within a single switch. Each cluster member has access to 12 TBs of RAID 1 production
storage and 12 TBs of RAID 0 local replica accessed through eight HBAs single initiator zoned to
sixteen storage ports to one storage array. The tape fabric includes one (1) connection to each
server and direct connections to ten LTO II tape drives. The standby cluster member performs
multi-threaded backups using the local replica. All HBAs and ports are 200 MB. If the recovery
time is equal to backup time, where is the bottleneck?

A server is experiencing performance problems. An application is being migrated to a new server.
In a controlled environment, how would you migrate the application with the least amount of
downtime?

A Solaris administrator responsible for backups is informed that the restore of data from the
backup appeared to be corrupt. The backups had appeared successful, but the database
administrator claims the data that was restored is invalid. Where can the administrator check to
see if errors occurred during the backup or recovery process?

A customer with eight SAN attached hosts has a storage array with only ten disk drives. The
customer wishes to protect their data by using a RAID 1 protection scheme. Each server has a
need to see three separate volumes for their final configuration. What must be configured on the
array to meet their storage allocation needs?

A customer wants to deploy a disaster recovery site 30 km away from the primary data center
using a Fibre Channel link. What is the key factor for maximizing performance of the link?

When adding a new Fibre Channel switch to a fabric, which step should you take, before
connection, to maintain security of the production network?