Which of the following actions could the administrator take to improve the performance of data transfers over iSCSI switches?

An administrator has a virtualization environment that includes a vSAN and iSCSI switching.

Which of the following actions could the administrator take to improve the performance of data transfers over iSCSI switches?
A . The administrator should configure the switch ports to auto-negotiate the proper Ethernet settings.
B . The administrator should configure each vSAN participant to have its own VLA
D . The administrator should connect the iSCSI switches to each other over inter-switch links (ISL).
E . The administrator should set the MTU to 9000 on the each of the participants in the vSA

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Answer: D

Explanation:

When using an iSCSI SAN (with iSCSI switching), we can improve network performance by enabling ‘jumbo frames’. A jumbo frame is a frame with an MTU of more than 1500. By setting the MTU to 9000, there will be fewer but larger frames going over the network. Enabling jumbo frames can improve network performance by making data transmissions more efficient. The CPUs on switches and routers can only processone frame at a time. By putting a larger payload into each frame, the CPUs have fewer frames to process.