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Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur – 572 103

(An Autonomous Institution affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum, Approved by AICTE, New Delhi, Accredited by NBA, New Delhi,
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Eighth Semester B.E. Computer Science & Engg. Examinations May – June 2014
Storage Area Network
Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 100
Not : 1. Question No. 1 is Compulsory
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2. Answer any 4 full questions from question No. 2 to Question No. 6

1 a) RAID 0 deals with _______ stripping. 1

b) FC-2 layer in FC protocol stack is responsible for _______. 1
c) _______ avoids corruption of data belonging to other systems due to configuration errors in a
system. 1
d) In Manchester encoding, there is a _______for every bit transmitted. 1
e) All ordered sets begin with a special transmission character called _______. 1
f) An FC frame lies between _______ and _______ delimiter. 2
g) Binary encoding suffers from _______ problem. 1
h) If one of the disk fails in RAID 4, the data of failed disk can be reconstructed from _______
and a _______. 2
i) JBOD stands for _______. 1
j) Originally, the communication of FC was developed around _______ port and _______ port. 2
k) E stands for _______ in E-port. 1
ℓ) FC supports _______ transmission for high speed and long distances. 1
m) _______topology connects just two devices and is not expandable to three or more devices. 1
n) The _______ is an intermediate layer within the operating system between the file system and
actual hard disks. 1
o) Management components are considered _______ when processed external to switch and
_______ when their functions process within the switch. 2
p) Track, analyze, identify and resolve are the activities that are involved in _______
management. 1
2 a) Explain the benefits of storage networks in Business applications. 8
b) Compare the two types of IT Architecture. 6
c) Write the steps required to replace a server in storage networks. 6
3 a) With diagram, explain internal architecture of an Intelligent Disk subsystem. 5
b) What are the four ways of using the cables to connect the Hard disks with the controller
inside the Disk subsystem? Explain. 6
c) What is write penalty? Write the steps involved in each write operations to the virtual hard
disk. 4
d) List any five individual measures that can be taken to increase the availability of data. 5
4 a) Define the following : Journaling, Snapshots and Volume manager. 6
b) Explain in detail the three roles played by GPFS Daemon. 9
c) With diagram, explain NAS hardware components. 5
5 a) With diagram, explain Storage virtualization on Block level. 5
b) Describe the process of Exchange of storage devices in Storage virtualization. 5
c) Explain the advantages and disadvantages of Asymmetric virtualization. 10
6 a) Briefly explain, the major components of a SAN architecture. 4
b) Describe Class 1, Class 2 and Class 3 operations defined by FC standard. 6
c) With diagram, explain two major issues that impact the operation and performance of
Switch’s OS. 5
d) Explain five system management disciplines. 5
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