QuestionQ20

ONTAP SAN solution assessment

You are configuring both NVMe and FC on the same AFF A800 two-node cluster running ONTAP 9.5. Both protocols are being configured on the same Cisco FC network switches.

In this scenario, which cluster configuration is supported?

  • A a volume with both LUNs and namespaces
  • B an SVM with both nvme and fcp allowed protocols
  • C an AFF A800 node HBA with both NVMe/FC and FC on the same port
  • D a LIF with both fc-nvme and fcp data protocols
Explanation

In ONTAP 9.5, NVMe must be the only protocol on an SVM, and LUNs and NVMe namespaces cannot coexist in the same volume. NVMe data LIFs use the NVMe protocol rather than a combined FC-NVMe/FCP protocol. NVMe/FC uses the existing Fibre Channel infrastructure, so a supported FC HBA port can serve both NVMe/FC and traditional FC.

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