Question 1

When an NFS datastore is dismounted, all data on the datastore remains intact.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

Guy, a VMware administrator, has just received confirmation that his LUN request has been granted by the storage team. He has been assured that the LUN has been created and that the ESX environment should be able to use the LUN immediately. When Guy tries to add the new LUN to his ESX system, he does not see the newly created LUN. What should Guy do next?

Accepted Answer

A) Reboot all hosts; LUNS are only visible after a reboot. 
B) Call the storage team and complain about their incompetence. 
C) Perform a storage rescan. 
A) Reboot all hosts; LUNS are only visible after a reboot. 
B) Call the storage team and complain about their incompetence. 
C) Perform a storage rescan. C

Question 3

Guy, a VMware administrator, has been instructed to connect to an ISCSI-based storage device and attach a LUN that has been created for him. When Guy tries to configure the ISCSI software initiator, he is unable to do so as the options are "greyed out" What does Guy need to do in order to configure the ISCSI software initiator options?

Accepted Answer

A) Run the command iscsi - enable /now. 
B) Reboot the host. 
C) Enable the ISCSI software initiator. 
D) Configure ISCSI as allowed for all hosts in the cluster settings. 
A) Run the command iscsi - enable /now. 
B) Reboot the host. 
C) Enable the ISCSI software initiator. 
D) Configure ISCSI as allowed for all hosts in the cluster settings. C

Question 4

What is the protocol used for securing ISCSI sessions to a remote target?

Accepted Answer

A) CHAT 
B) SAPP 
C) CHAP 
D) SHAP 
A) CHAT 
B) SAPP 
C) CHAP 
D) SHAP

Question 5

What should be configured on a 10GbE adapter for maximum throughput of ISCSI-based storage?

Accepted Answer

A) No lock standard 
B) MTU of 9000 
C) None locking architecture 
D) MTU of 256 
A) No lock standard 
B) MTU of 9000 
C) None locking architecture 
D) MTU of 256

Question 6

Choose the term that correctly completes the following sentence:
_________ facilitates access control in a Fibre Channel network and is typically controlled on a Fibre Channel switch.

Accepted Answer

A) Masking 
B) Zoning 
C) Zooming 
D) The Gateway 
A) Masking 
B) Zoning 
C) Zooming 
D) The Gateway

Question 7

ESXi does not allow for individual storage adapters to be scanned.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

What is the maximum size of a LUN that can be attached to an ESX host?

Accepted Answer

A) 2 TB 
B) 2 TB minus 512 bytes 
C) 64 TB minus 16 kB 
D) 64 GB 
A) 2 TB 
B) 2 TB minus 512 bytes 
C) 64 TB minus 16 kB 
D) 64 GB

Question 9

What type of port is required for establishing a connection to an NFS storage system?

Accepted Answer

A) VMkernel 
B) VMotion 
C) FTP 
D) VMNFS 
A) VMkernel 
B) VMotion 
C) FTP 
D) VMNFS

Question 10

What command is used to add a VMkernel port to the software-based ISCSI initiator?

Accepted Answer

A) esxcli swiscsi nic add -n -d vmhba33 B) esxcli swiscsi nic add -n -d vmhba38 C) esxcli swiscsi nic add -d -d vmhba33 D) esxcli swiscsi nic add -n -d vmhba34 A) esxcli swiscsi nic add -n -d vmhba33 B) esxcli swiscsi nic add -n -d vmhba38 C) esxcli swiscsi nic add -d -d vmhba33 D) esxcli swiscsi nic add -n -d vmhba34

Question 11

What is the default path selection policy for active-active storage arrays?

Accepted Answer

A) Fixed 
B) Fixed AP 
C) Round Robin 
D) Most recently used 
A) Fixed 
B) Fixed AP 
C) Round Robin 
D) Most recently used

Question 12

Which type of commands does an operating system residing in a virtual machine issue to a virtual disk stored on a SAN?

Accepted Answer

A) ISCSI 
B) SCSI 
C) FTP 
D) SNMP 
A) ISCSI 
B) SCSI 
C) FTP 
D) SNMP

Question 13

What are the two types of native multipathing plugins?

Accepted Answer

A) SATPs 
B) PSPs 
C) DVSs 
D) HBAs 
A) SATPs 
B) PSPs 
C) DVSs 
D) HBAs

Question 14

Which of the following tasks does the Pluggable Storage Architecture handle? Select two.

Accepted Answer

A) User account control for NFS stores 
B) The loading and unloading of the multipathing plugins 
C) The deletion of expired LUNs 
D) Physical path removal and discovery 
A) User account control for NFS stores 
B) The loading and unloading of the multipathing plugins 
C) The deletion of expired LUNs 
D) Physical path removal and discovery

Question 15

Guy, a VMware administrator, has attached a LUN to his ESX host and split this LUN into 8 separate VMFS volumes. He has added 20 virtual machines to each VMFS volume, but he is receiving complaints that the virtual machines are not performing as expected. What is the reason for this?

Accepted Answer

A) Best practice dictates that a single VMFS volume should reside on a single LUN. 
B) Best practice dictates that no more than 12 virtual machines should reside on a single VMS volume. 
C) Guy has not set the advanced option to allow 20 virtual machines to reside on a single VMFS datastore. 
A) Best practice dictates that a single VMFS volume should reside on a single LUN. 
B) Best practice dictates that no more than 12 virtual machines should reside on a single VMS volume. 
C) Guy has not set the advanced option to allow 20 virtual machines to reside on a single VMFS datastore.

Question 16

In which files on an ESXi host is the path selection policy defined?

Accepted Answer

A) /var/vmware/esx.conf 
B) /etc/vmware/esx.conf 
C) /var/vmware.esx.conf 
D) /var/vmware/esx.cfg 
E) /etc/vmware.esx.conf 
A) /var/vmware/esx.conf 
B) /etc/vmware/esx.conf 
C) /var/vmware.esx.conf 
D) /var/vmware/esx.cfg 
E) /etc/vmware.esx.conf

Question 17

Which path selection policy allows for I/O to be spread across multiple paths to active-active storage arrays?

Accepted Answer

A) Fixed 
B) Fixed AP 
C) Round Robin 
D) Most recently used 
A) Fixed 
B) Fixed AP 
C) Round Robin 
D) Most recently used

Question 18

An NFS is a file-based system, and only one ESX host can access a given NFS datastore at any time.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

It is possible to apply a username and password challenge to NFS-based storage.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

In the IQN naming convention for ISCSI addressing, what do the first six characters represent? For example IQN.XXXX-XX

Accepted Answer

A) The hardware address of the physical HBA 
B) The year and month that the naming authority was first established 
C) The MAC address of the Ethernet controller 
D) The unique name assigned to the host 
A) The hardware address of the physical HBA 
B) The year and month that the naming authority was first established 
C) The MAC address of the Ethernet controller 
D) The unique name assigned to the host

When an NFS datastore is dismounted, all data on the datastore remains intact.

What is the protocol used for securing ISCSI sessions to a remote target?

What should be configured on a 10GbE adapter for maximum throughput of ISCSI-based storage?

Choose the term that correctly completes the following sentence: _________ facilitates access control in a Fibre Channel network and is typically controlled on a Fibre Channel switch.

ESXi does not allow for individual storage adapters to be scanned.

What is the maximum size of a LUN that can be attached to an ESX host?

What type of port is required for establishing a connection to an NFS storage system?

What command is used to add a VMkernel port to the software-based ISCSI initiator?

What is the default path selection policy for active-active storage arrays?

Which type of commands does an operating system residing in a virtual machine issue to a virtual disk stored on a SAN?

What are the two types of native multipathing plugins?

Which of the following tasks does the Pluggable Storage Architecture handle? Select two.

Guy, a VMware administrator, has attached a LUN to his ESX host and split this LUN into 8 separate VMFS volumes. He has added 20 virtual machines to each VMFS volume, but he is receiving complaints that the virtual machines are not performing as expected. What is the reason for this?

In which files on an ESXi host is the path selection policy defined?

Which path selection policy allows for I/O to be spread across multiple paths to active-active storage arrays?

An NFS is a file-based system, and only one ESX host can access a given NFS datastore at any time.

It is possible to apply a username and password challenge to NFS-based storage.

In the IQN naming convention for ISCSI addressing, what do the first six characters represent? For example IQN.XXXX-XX

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Exam 3: ESX I Storage

When an NFS datastore is dismounted, all data on the datastore remains intact.

What is the protocol used for securing ISCSI sessions to a remote target?

What should be configured on a 10GbE adapter for maximum throughput of ISCSI-based storage?

Choose the term that correctly completes the following sentence: _________ facilitates access control in a Fibre Channel network and is typically controlled on a Fibre Channel switch.

ESXi does not allow for individual storage adapters to be scanned.

What is the maximum size of a LUN that can be attached to an ESX host?

What type of port is required for establishing a connection to an NFS storage system?

What command is used to add a VMkernel port to the software-based ISCSI initiator?

What is the default path selection policy for active-active storage arrays?

Which type of commands does an operating system residing in a virtual machine issue to a virtual disk stored on a SAN?

What are the two types of native multipathing plugins?

Which of the following tasks does the Pluggable Storage Architecture handle? Select two.

Guy, a VMware administrator, has attached a LUN to his ESX host and split this LUN into 8 separate VMFS volumes. He has added 20 virtual machines to each VMFS volume, but he is receiving complaints that the virtual machines are not performing as expected. What is the reason for this?

In which files on an ESXi host is the path selection policy defined?

Which path selection policy allows for I/O to be spread across multiple paths to active-active storage arrays?

An NFS is a file-based system, and only one ESX host can access a given NFS datastore at any time.

It is possible to apply a username and password challenge to NFS-based storage.

In the IQN naming convention for ISCSI addressing, what do the first six characters represent? For example IQN.XXXX-XX

Compliance

ESX I Networking

Install Upgrade

Service Levels

Troubleshooting

V Machines VAPPS

Vcenter

Filters