Which statement about Fibre Channel connectivity with ONTAP is accurate?

• A. FC ports present LUNs to hosts in a SAN; zoning and zoning policies control access.
• B. Fibre Channel is not supported with ONTAP.
• C. FC connectivity uses NFS for access control.
• D. FC implements iSCSI targets for host access.

Answer: (D)

Fibre Channel connectivity in ONTAP operates as a SAN, where the storage controller presents LUNs to hosts over the Fibre Channel fabric. Access is controlled at two points: zoning on the Fibre Channel switch, and zoning policies on the ONTAP side, which determine which hosts (initiators) can see which LUNs and access them. This block-level access model means hosts interact with storage as LUNs rather than files, and it’s all managed through FC fabrics and ONTAP’s access controls.

The idea that Fibre Channel implements iSCSI targets isn’t correct because iSCSI targets run over IP networks using TCP, not over Fibre Channel. Also, NFS is a file protocol and isn’t used to govern FC-level access control. So the accurate description is that FC ports present LUNs to hosts in a SAN, with zoning controlling access.