Your network contains multiple servers that run Windows Server 2012.
The network contains a Storage Area Network (SAN) that only supports Fibre Channel connections.
You have two failover clusters.
The failover clusters are configured as shown in the following table.
You plan to implement 15 highly available virtual machines on Cluster2.
All of the virtual machines will be stored in a single shared folder.
You need to ensure that the VHD files of the virtual machines can be stored on the SAN.
What should you do? (Each correct answer presents a complete solution.Choose all that apply.)
A.
From a node in Cluster2, create a Virtual Fibre Channel SAN.
B.
From a node in Cluster1, create a Virtual Fibre Channel SAN.
C.
From Cluster1, add the iSCSI Target Server cluster role.
D.
From Cluster1, configure the clustered File Server role of the File Server for scale-out application data type.
Explanation:
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From a node in Cluster2, create a Virtual Fibre Channel SAN
From Cluster1, configure the clustered File Server role of the File Server for scale-outapplication data type.
File Server for Scale-Out Application Data provides the File Server with the ability to share the same folder from multiple nodes in the Cluster (so from
both nodes, i our case)
iSCSI Target Server Role will expose the SAN Storage through iSCSI for the Guests to see.* After the virtual machines are connected to the storage system using the virtual Fibre Channel components shared storage can be used by each VM, which
enables Hyper-V guest clustering. Before the virtual Fibre Channel features were available, Hyper-V guest machines were limited to iSCSI connections to enable
shared storage for guest clustering.
* A new feature in Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V is the ability to create a virtual Fibre Channel SAN. Each guest VM created on Windows Server 2012 includes a
new option Add hardware Fibre Channel cards, which can be attributed to World Wide node names(WWNN) and select the virtual combine Virtual SAN Fibre
Channel adapters.
I’d be more prone to say C & D.
at the very least B & D as Cluster2 is not connected to the SAN, so how can you create a virtual fibre channel SAN if it’s not connected to it yet?
C & D
Part of the original sentence is missing: Only the members of Cluster1 can connect to the SAN.
So you need another option for shared storage on Cluster2 hence convert Cluster1 to an ISCSI SAN target.
Second option is to use SoF:
Scale-Out File Server for application data This clustered file server feature was introduced in Windows Server 2012, and it lets you store server application data, such as Hyper-V virtual machine files, on file shares, and obtain a similar level of reliability, availability, manageability, and high performance that you would expect from a storage area network. All file shares are simultaneously online on all nodes. File shares associated with this type of clustered file server are called scale-out file shares. This is sometimes referred to as active-active. This is the recommended file server type when deploying either Hyper-V over Server Message Block (SMB) or Microsoft SQL Server over SMB.
Not AB
Virtual Fibre Channel aka Pass through fibre channel is for connecting VM’s directly to FC SAN LUNS through NPIV. So this is not the case stated here.
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831413(v=ws.11).aspx
^ Wonderful explanation, Han. I like having you on this forum! 🙂
C&D
Missing fact: Only the members of Cluster1 can connect to the SAN.
Many thanks to Han Solo.