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Table 6. Virtual Connect versus Traditional Ethernet or Fibre Channel Switches Description Virtual Connect Traditional Switches Device mis-configurations only affect  network connectivity for blade  enclosure and won't cause problems for external devices on the network (see #3) Enables LAN, SAN, and OS pre-  provisioning before physical servers  are ordered/physically received since serial number, UUID, MAC addresses, and WWNs are known ahead of time Administrator is unable to accidentally or purposefully create a 14  broadcast storm or Layer 2 loop between the enclosure and the external network Provides loop-free connectivity out of  the box with no user configuration regardless of the external network configuration 15 Provides VLAN ID translation  (mapping) between tagged server  blade NICs and the external tagged network (see #9) Single management interface (GUI  and CLI) for all Ethernet and Fibre  Channel modules in blade enclosure 14 Server NIC configurations (NIC bridging) and VC port mirroring configurations excluded 15 STP or other Layer 2 redundancy mechanisms must usually be specifically configured to guarantee no loops 25