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A Customer requires SSD drives for their Oracle log files. Cost is a major consideration.
Which of the following IBM storage products would fulfill this customer's requirement?
A. N6040
B. DS5020
C. DS5100
D. DS5300 |
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The IBM N Series feature of Autosupport is designed to do which of the following?
A. restructure the way data is saved on the aggregate?
B. send notification through a telnet session to IBM Support
C. automatically fix errors that occur within the IBM N Series subsystem
D. send notifications to IBM Support with diagnostic reports |
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| D. send notifications to IBM Support with diagnostic reports |
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A customer would like to see the components needed to perform an upgrade on their DS5100 system and get a list price of the cost.
What tool can the storage specialist use to generate this document?
A. IBM Blue Horizon
B. eConfig
C. Standalone Solution Configuration Tool (SSCT)
D. Configuration Management Version Control |
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What is the required element for encryption key management on an LTO-5 drive within a tape library?
A. IBM LTO Encryption Manager
B. IBM Tape Encryption Manager
C. IBM Tivoli Single Sign On Manager (SSO)
D. IBM Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager (TKLM) |
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| D. Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager (TKLM) |
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According to the datasheet published on the IBM website, the TS7610 ProtecTIER Appliance Express is ideal for:
A. weekly full backups of 5 TB or less
B. weekly full backups of 3 TB or less
C. weekly full backups of 1.5 TB or less
D. daily incremental backups of 3 TB or less |
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| B. weekly full backups of 3 TB or less |
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When planning an SVC environment with the customer, the storage specialist finds that they wish to include iSCSI storage into the cluster. In this situation, what is needed to place the storage into production?
A. IQN of the host
B. a RAID card
C. amount of storage
D. number of I/O groups |
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A customer is interested in purchasing the new IBM System Storage TS3500 Tape Library. Which of the following documents should be used first to guide the Business Partner to verify the environment?
A. TS3500 RedBook
B. TS3500 Operator's Manual
C. Solution Assurance Product Review (SAPR) Guide
D. TS3500 Product Installation and Planning Guide |
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| D. TS3500 Product Installation and Planning Guide |
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Which of the following IBM storage products allows for 960 TB (raw) in one standard IBM rack?
A. XIV system
B. DS8800
C. DS5300
D. Storwize V7000 |
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What protocol would allow an IBM System Storage N6040 to do a file level backup to a tape device?
A. NDMP
B. NFS
C. FCP
D. HTTP |
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When configuring an IBM System Storage DS5000 with disk drives, what does the FDE designation stand for?
A. Fiber Drive Encryption
B. Fiber Drive Enhancement
C. Full Disk Encryption
D. Full Drive Expansion |
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Which of the following is NOT a TCO tool for disk solutions?
A. TCOnow! for Enterprise Storage
B. TCONow! for Disk
C. TCOnow! for SONAS
D. TCOnow! for iSCSI |
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A customer wants to put all their data on Solid State Disk drives to get maximum throughput and highest availability. They only have 400 GB of data and plan on growing that data at only 1% to 2% per year.
How many 300 GB SSD drives should the storage specialist recommend to meet the customer requirements?
A. 6
B. 5
C. 3
D. 2 |
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What volume preset types are supported by the IBM Storwize V7000?
A. Thick Provision, Thin Provision, and FlashCopy
B. Generic, Thin Provision, and Copy
C. Thick Provision, Thin Provision, Copy, and Thin Provision Copy
D. Generic, Thin Provision, Mirror, and Thin Mirror |
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| D. Generic, Thin Provision, Mirror, and Thin Mirror |
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A storage specialist is discussing the customer's high availability plan and discovers that they are only 80 kilometers (50 miles) from the intended site. They require 7 x 24 x 365 data availability in a UNIX environment with an RPO of two minutes. They have two DS5300 systems located at both sites.
Which of the following IBM storage functions best meets the customer's business continuance requirements?
A. HACMP
B. Volume Copy
C. Metro Mirror
D. Global Mirror |
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A customer has 4 EXP5000 expansion enclosures attached to an IBM System Storage DS5100 in their production environment, and the same configuration in their disaster recovery environment. The customer removes the drives from the production environment and ships them to the disaster recovery facility.
What IBM technology feature gives the customer the ability to migrate drives
from one DS5000 to another DS5000 with data intact?
A. RAID Protect
B. SnapCopy
C. FlexClone
D. DACstore |
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The DACstore feature on the IBM DS5000 disk storage subsystem provides for the:
A. dynamic capacity expansion of LUNs
B. encryption interface for FDE drives
C. destaging of controller cache memory to flash memory in case of power failure
D. migration of physical disk arrays between DS5000 controllers |
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| D. migration of physical disk arrays between DS5000 controllers |
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A customer has an existing DS5300 system attached to two Brocade switches with eight Windows servers. The customer wants to add their System i p750 server to this SAN. From the following choices, what is the simplest and least expensive solution for this customer?
A. add two fibre HBAs to the System i and connect to the System i using VIOS
B. add two SAS HBAs to the System i array and connect directly to the DS5300
C. add two fibre HBAs to the System i and connect to the SAN
D. add two fibre HBAs to the System i and connect to the Windows servers |
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| C. add two fibre HBAs to the System i and connect to the SAN |
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| A customer is planning to purchase an IBM N Series Gateway due to a requirement for file level storage. All available storage is managed by San Volume Controller. Where should the N Series Gateway be placed in the network? A. alongside the SVC, then the hosts would be mapped to both B. between the SVC and the back-end disk storage C. between the SVC and the hosts D. in place of the SVC |
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| C. between the SVC and the hosts |
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A financial institution is required to store their monthly transaction statements for 7 years. There must be proof that upon closure of the statements there is no alteration to the files after that date.
Which of the following would the storage specialist discuss as a possible course of action to meet this requirement?
A. backup the data to encrypted LTO-5 using standard media
B. archive data to LTO-5 WORM media
C. archive data to encrypted disk
D. backup data to deduplicated disk pools |
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| B. archive data to LTO-5 WORM media |
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A customer's current backup environment uses IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) over corporate LAN. A 500 GB Oracle database application was recently added to the SAN. Backup windows are no longer being met.
Which action should the storage specialist recommend?
A. implement TSM Storage for Storage Area Networks
B. virtualize the environment with SVC
C. implement TSM for space management
D. add an additional Ethernet card to the TSM server |
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| A. implement TSM Storage for Storage Area Networks |
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During a Technical and Delivery Assessment (TDA) it is noted that the software and hardware configuration being proposed has not been tested and is not listed on the IBM support matrices.
Which of the following is needed to ensure that the customer will get support for this specific configuration?
A. register the configuration with the IBM Support Center
B. purchase a Support Line Contract
C. submit an RPQ
D. purchase a Labor Base Service agreement |
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| A customer has read that by utilizing a RAID 6 implementation they can lose up to 2 drives without the loss of data. The customer is currently using RAID 0 configuration for their web catalogue with a daily backup on tape. Which of the following is most important to discuss with a customer about this migration before they decide to implement a RAID 6 configuration? A. increased daily backup times B. RAID 6 has all parity on one drive C. RAID 6 has very quick rebuild times D. current read/write performance |
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| D. current read/write performance |
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For which of the following products is the native Easy Tier feature available?
A. DS8000, SVC, and Storwize 7000
B. DS8000, DS5000, and Storwize 7000
C. DS5000, SVC, and Storwize 7000
D. TS3500, ProtecTIER and Tivoli Storage Manager |
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| A. DS8000, SVC, and Storwize 7000 |
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An IBM System Storage N6040 customer wants to utilize point-in-time copies to protect the data for a Windows application. The server is using FCP to connect to the LUN.
Which of the following products would be required to perform this function?
A. FlashCopy
B. SnapShot
C. Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager
D. SnapProtect |
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A customer would like the following configuration: One IBM DS5300 dual controller with 96 Fiber Channel drives installed in 6 IBM DS5000 EXP enclosures, and 112 2 TB SATA drives installed in an additional 7 IBM DS5000 EXP enclosures.
What is the minimum number of host kits required?
A. 13
B. 4
C. 2
D. 1 |
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A customer's IBM storage system has several volumes fail over to the non-preferred path. What should the customer to prior to contacting IBM technical support?
A. open a Critical Situation (critsit)
B. save the Major Event Log (MEL)?
C. capture all support data
D. gather Read Link Status (RLS) diagnostics |
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| C. capture all support data |
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| A customer is looking to buy storage to store medical images. They have determined that they will require 120 TB of storage, 8 iSCSI host ports, and 4 fibre channel host ports to meet their performance and capacity requirements. Which of the following is the most cost effective and will meet the customer's requirements? A. N3400 B. DS5020 C. N3300 D. Storwize V7000 |
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| The customer has an older storage array and is looking to migrate data that currently exists on over 100 73 GB FC drives to a new IBM System Storage DS5020. The customer states that they have only 3 TB of data and wants to consolidate on to fewer higher capacity drives. There are six application servers running multiple applications and operating systems utilizing the storage system. What would be the next step to accurately identify the new storage configuration? A. utilize the IBM Disk Capacity planner toolkit B. initiate a Disk Magic study C. initiate a Capacity Magic study D. run Iometer on the current environment |
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| B. initiate a Disk Magic study |
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A customer has a DS4800 with EXP810 drawers attached. They want to purchase a new DS5300 and want to know if they can use the EXP810 drawers on the DS5300. The storage specialist informs the customer they can via RPQ.
Assuming the customer has performed a backup, what procedure should the storage specialist remind the customer to complete FIRST?
A. the Disk Drive Firmware must be up to date prior to the move
B. upgrade the firmware on the DS5300 controller
C. the firmware on the EXP810 drawer must be up to date prior to the move
D. change all fiber from multi-mode to single-mode |
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| C. the firmware on the EXP810 drawer must be up to date prior to the move |
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A storage specialist is assessing a customer's tape backup environment.
Which of the following questions would be the most appropriate question to identify the customer's environment?
A. how many tape drives are in the library?
B. has there been any recent loss of data?
C. what software is being used to restore the data?
D. what tape technology is currently being used? |
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| D. what tape technology is currently being used? |
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Which of the following is a feature of the IBM System Storage TS7610 ProtecTIER Express?
A. the ability to emulate up to 8000 virtual tape cartridges
B. the ability to emulate up to 12 virtual tape libraries
C. the ability to also act as a deduplication gateway to third party storage devices
D. its small 3U footprint and reduced energy consumption |
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| A. the ability to emulate up to 8000 virtual tape cartridges |
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What is the maximum number of SSD drives supported in an SVC 2145-CF8 I/O group?
A. 2
B. 4
C. 8
D. 10 |
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In the IBM System Storage TS7610 ProtecTIER Appliance Express what is the correct combination of virtual libraries, virtual drives, and virtual cartridges?
A. emulation of up to 2 virtual libraries, 16 virtual drives and 2500 virtual cartridges
B. emulation of up to 4 virtual libraries, 64 virtual drives and 8000 virtual cartridges
C. emulation of up to 5 virtual libraries, 64 virtual drives and 10000 virtual cartridges
D. emulation of up to 8 virtual libraries, 128 virtual drives and 16000 virtual cartridges |
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| B. emulation of up to 4 virtual libraries, 64 virtual drives and 8000 virtual cartridges |
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A customer is looking to add disk storage. They are not satisfied with their existing EMC CLARiiON CX3-120 that is coming off lease. Instead of adding storage to the CX3, the customer wants to add a new system and migrate the LUNs from the EMC to the new storage system over a 6 month period with no system disruption during this time. They are also interested in repurposing the CX3-120.
Which of the following solutions would satisfy the customer's requirements?
A. DS5100 with Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Data
B. N6040 with Tivoli Storage Manager
C. DS5100 with Remote Mirroring
D. Storwize V7000 |
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In the Major Event Log (MEL) of an IBM System Storage DS5100, what does "Immediate Availability Initialization (IAF) completed on logical drive" indicate?
A. the logical drive has finished its assurance test
B. the logical drive has just cleared
C. the hot spare is now online
D. the logical drive has just been replaced |
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| A. the logical drive has finished its assurance test |
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An existing customer with a Tivoli Storage Manager backup environment is having difficulty completing backups within the backup window on multiple mission critical servers. These servers are connected to a DS5300 via an IBM 2054-E06 director. The TSM server also connects to an IBM TS3310 library with 6 LTO-5 drives installed. What would the storage specialist recommend to aid these servers in completing their backups?
A. implement Tivoli Storage Manager for SAN and backup the data across the LAN
B. implement Tivoli Storage Manager for SAN and backup data across the SAN
C. implement Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager to backup the data across the LAN
D. activate NDMP support on the DS5300 and backup the data across the SAN |
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| B. implement Tivoli Storage Manager for SAN and backup data across the SAN |
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A customer has two sites located 500 kilometers apart. The customer has both a high-speed Internet link and dark fiber between the sites. The customer wants to utilize storage resources at either site leveraging replication for disaster recovery implementations. The customer wants to link these two sites together. Which option provides the highest performance and is most reliable?
A. LC multi-mode 50 micron fiber
B. FCIP router
C. DWDM and CWDM
D. iFCP router |
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A customer requires off-site storage for 500 GB per night in backup tapes. The backup site is 560 kilometers (350 miles) away. The customer does not require the backup site to run the application in the event of failure at the main site.
What is the least expensive strategy for the data center to implement?
A. make online image backups
B. install Global Mirror at the backup site
C. install Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) and a tape drive at the backup site
D. ship nightly backup tapes to the remote site |
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| D. ship nightly backup tapes to the remote site |
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IBM DS5000 systems support RAID 6. RAID 6 support has two parity bits so that the system can support two drive failures. Which of the following items is the IBM designation for this feature on the DS5000?
A. 6 P+Q
B. 6 D+P
C. 6 D P
D. RAID DP |
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Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager V2 can be utilized to:
A. Provide encryption key management for Storwize V7000, LTO-4 and LTO-5 tape drives
B. Provide AES encryption key support to LTO-3, LTO-4 and LTO-5 tape drives
C. Provide encryption key management for Storwize V7000, TS1120 and TS1130 tape drives
D. Provide AES encryption support for DS5000 storage arrays |
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| B. Provide AES encryption key support to LTO-3, LTO-4 and LTO-5 tape drives |
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Which of the following is most accurate in describing the required types of FCP zoning considerations when implementing a SAN Volume Controller (SVC)?
A. zoning is typically limited to controlling access to physical storage
B. zoning is focused on access betwen SVC nodes and host systems
C. zoning is focused on access to physical storage arrays, SVC clusters, and hosts
D. zoning is focused on the access relationship between SVC nodes and the physical storage |
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| C. zoning is focused on access to physical storage arrays, SVC clusters, and hosts |
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The customer would like to replicate their data from Site A to Site B. the distance is approximately 325 kilometers between the sites. The customer has a DS5000 with 6 EXP5000 expansion shelves that hold approximately 40 TB of data.
Which method of replication is supported?
A. SnapMirror
B. SyncMirror
C. HACMP-XD
D. Enhanced Remote Mirroring |
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| D. Enhanced Remote Mirroring |
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A current N Series customer has an IBM System Storage N3600. They are interested in future expansion. What is the minimum number of disk drives required to populate the system shelf?
A. 0
B. 1
C. 4
D. 14 |
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A manufacturing company is using ProtecTIER TS7610 appliances in a spoke and hub configuration. ProtecTIER's TS7610 replication technology at the hub will perform the following action on the replicated data being received:
A. compare the incoming data to previously replicated data and store only block-level changes
B. compare the incoming data to previously replicated data and store only byte-level changes
C. store the already replicated data stream unprocessed
D. compress the incoming data as it is replicated |
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| B. compare the incoming data to previously replicated data and store only byte-level changes |
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What is an advantage of IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC) virtualization over an HP Enterprise Virtual Array virtualization?
A. SVC is an IBM virtualization solution for IBM disks in an HP EVA
B. SVC provides a broader worldwide installation base than HP EVA
C. SVC provides SAN virtualization within the storage area network
D. SVC supports more RAID levels than HP EVA |
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| C. SVC provides SAN virtualization within the storage area network |
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Why is ProtecTIER's HyperFactor technology superior to Data Domain's hash-based deduplication algorithms?
A. it has only a single stage data inspection process
B. it utilizes standard SHA-1 and MD5 algorithms
C. it looks for identical matches comparing chunks of data
D. it looks for similarity of data rather than exact matching |
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| D. it looks for similarity of data rather than exact matching |
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Aligning data that must be preserved to the correct tier of storage until it is no longer useful is an example of:
A. Business Continuity
B. Disaster Recovery Plan
C. Storage Consolidation
D. Information Lifecycle Management |
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| D. Information Lifecycle Management |
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A customer already has LTO-3 and LTO-4 tape drives and cartridges and is considering LTO-5.
What is the LTO standard for reading and writing previous generation LTO tapes?
A. LTO-5 drives can write on all exiting cartridges for this customer
B. LTO-4 drives can write LTO-5 cartridges
C. LTO-5 drives can read the customer's existing tape cartridges
D. LTO-5 drives can read and write on the existing LTO-3 and LTO-4 cartridges |
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| C. LTO-5 drives can read the customer's existing tape cartridges |
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Which of the following resources could be used to obtain the latest IBM DS Storage Manager User's Guide?
A. Announcement web site
B. IBM RedBook site
C. IBM Techline/Partnerline
D. InfoCenter web site |
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A customer is currently using EMC's MirrorView/A. Their primary site is 400 kilometers away from the secondary site, and they have an RPO of 4 hours.
What is the IBM equivalent product?
A. Global Copy
B. Metro Mirror
C. TPC for Replication
D. Sync Mirror |
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While installing a new IBM System Storage DS5100 into a customer's data center, it is discovered that the customer does not have enough available Fibre Channel ports on their switches.
Which of the following should have been used to avoid this situation?
A. IBM DS5000 Cabling Tool
B. IBM Pre-Installation TDA Checklist
C. IBM e-Configurator Tool
D. IBM Standalone Solutions Configurator Tool |
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| B. IBM Pre-Installation TDA Checklist |
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A customer has four AIX partitions that require a SAN. The disk subsystem must replicate to a remote site via an IP network. Each site has two CISCO MDS 9509 directors with fibre channel lines cards.
Which of the following must be added to each director to meet the IP requirement?
A. update to the latest CISCO IOS
B. FCIP activation on the existing 16 FC line cards
C. Multiprotocol Services module with FCIP activation
D. tri-state SFP |
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| C. Multiprotocol Services module with FCIP activation |
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A customer has Windows servers and applications that use block I/O. The customer cannot afford the cost of fibre channel infrastructure but still requires shared storage.
Which configuration meets these requirements at the lowest cost?
A. SAN04B-R ,ulti-protocol router and DS3400
B. iSCSI HBAs and N3400
C. Microsoft iSCSI initiator and DS3400
D. Microsoft iSCSI initiator and N3400 |
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| D. Microsoft iSCSI initiator and N3400 |
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| Moving data is one of the most common causes of planned downtime. For which of the following purposes might the data migration function of SAN Volume Controller be used? A. when replacing older storage with newer storage B. when performing a firmware upgrade on the SVC console C. when migrating from a Windows OS to a Linux OS D. when replacing an SVC node due to failure |
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| A. when replacing older storage with newer storage |
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A customer wants to add a new application to their existing IBM System Storage DS5300. They expect that the new application will require a minimum of 15,000 additional IOPS. What tool should be used to determine what additional disk is required to effectively add the new application?
A. Capacity Magic
B. Disk Magic
C. eConfig
D. Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Data |
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What is the IBM tool used to configure the IBM System Storage DS5300 system?
A. Remote Support Manager
B. Tivoli Provisioning Manager
C. DS Storage Manager
D. Remote Support Manager |
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The IBM N series management product that will provide centralized monitoring, reporting, data management with detailed asset management reports that are customizable to capture specific, relevant information and address business needs is called:
A. Support Manager
B. Protection Manager
C. Monitoring Manager
D. Operations Manager |
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A customer has two separate storage islands and is planning to implement an SVC to provide FlashCopy between them. What is the minimum number of inter-switch links (ISLs) that are required?
A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 4 |
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A customer with an IBM SAN Volume Controller attached to Windows servers calls their Business Partner storage specialist asking for configuration assistance. What is the appropriate response?
A. Send a Service Support Representative (SSR)
B. Recommend the purchase of a Support Line contract
C. Engage a Field Technical Sales Support (FTSS)
D. Contact an IBM Customer Engineer |
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| B. Recommend the purchase of a Support Line contract |
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Who is responsible to perform firmware and software updates for an installed SVC?
A. the IBM Customer Engineer
B. the Service Support Representative (SSR)
C. the customer
D. the Field Technical Sales Support |
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The customer is planning a new IBM System Storage DS5020 using iSCSI and direct attached fibre channel connectivity in a redundant configuration. The customer is planning to set up a disaster recovery solution in the near future by using Enhanced Remote Mirroring. Which of the following considerations are critical for this customer?
A. replication is not possible with the DS5020, they must consider a DS5300
B. customer must set up a fabric and dedicate port 4 for disaster recovery
C. customer must reconfigure iSCSI for mirroring
D. customer must set up a fabric and dedicate port 2 for disaster recovery |
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| D. customer must set up a fabric and dedicate port 2 for disaster recovery |
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A customer is not sure what tape drives they currently have installed.
Which of the following is used to identify LTO Ultrium WORM-Capable drives?
A. level of code the drive contains
B. serial number of the drive
C. cartridge serial numbers
D. color of the cartridges |
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| A. level of code the drive contains |
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A customer is implementing a new streaming audio application and has requested a storage resource that will provide performance metrics for the IBM System Storage DS5100. The requirements are for controller read rates as well as controller data rate, among others.
What IBM storage resource management tool would a technical specialist recommend?
A. Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Data -- Midrange Edition
B. Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Disk -- Midrange Edition
C. Tivoli Storage Productivity Center Basic Edition
D. Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Data |
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| B. Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Disk -- Midrange Edition |
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Which of the following manufacturer's products is most closely related to the IBM System Storage N6040?
A. EMC CLARiiON AX4
B. Dell EqualLogic P4500
C. EMC Celerra NS 240
D. HP P4500 |
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| A customer recently purchased an IBM System Storage DS5020 with an attached expansion unit that provides 9 TB of capacity. In speaking to their Business Partner, they are interested in virtualizing their storage environment and would like to purchase a Storwize V7000 with an enclosure that will provide them with an additional 14 TB of storage. Knowing that the customer would like to integrate the DS5020 into their new virtualized storage environment, how much total licensing should be sold? A. 2 External Enclosure Licenses B. 9 TB to license the external capacity C. 23 TB to license all the storage capacity D. 2 Internal Enclosure and 2 External Enclosure Licenses |
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| D. 2 Internal Enclosure and 2 External Enclosure Licenses |
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What are features and benefits of Remote Support Manager?
1. built-in firewall
2. runs on Linux and Windows servers
3. collects support data
4. allows remote maintenance
5. can support up to 50 DS5000/DS4000/DS3000 storage servers
6. minimum annual fee
A. 1, 4, and 5
B. 1, 2, and 5
C. 1, 5, and 6
D. 2, 3, and 6 |
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A customer is comparing the IBM storage solution with a competitor's product.
Which resource woudl the storage specialist use to show the customer the value of the IBM solution?
A. eConfig
B. TCOnow!
C. Competeline
D. Cometitor's web site |
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A storage specialist is proposing a solution consisting of an IBM System Storage TS3200 Tape Library and a SAN Volume Controller, both of which are being added to a customer's existing SAN for the first time.
Which of the following should be completed before the proposal is presented to the customer?
A. business case review
B. SAN configuration review
C. TDA
D. Capacity Magic |
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All of the following are functions of IBM PartnerWorld EXCEPT:
A. provide Sales Kits to aid in selling IBM products
B. provide a Technical Sales library of IBM products
C. provide marketing materials to aid in marketing IBM products
D. provide Grid Pricing information on IBM products |
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| D. provide Grid Pricing information on IBM products |
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A customer has purchased new IBM Storwize V7000 storage array and is considering an IP based DR replication solution that is cost-optimized and provides a near instant recovery option for their Microsoft Exchange application and server. The backup site is 30 kilometers away. What would be the best choice for replication?
A. Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack
B. Storwize V7000 Metro Mirror
C. Storwize V7000 Reverse FlashCopy
D. Tivoli Productivity Center for Replication |
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| A. Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack |
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| A customer has just added additional workload to their DS5300. They are concerned with the performance as it is not what was expected. Which of following will provide the customer with the most accurate real-time view of their current system performance? A. DiskMagic B. DS Storage Manager Performance Monitor C. CapacityMagic D. Tivoli Storage Productivity Venter for Disk -- Midrange Edition |
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A customer is migrating from McData SAN directors to a new Brocade infrastructure. What can be used to migrate the zoning information from
McData to Brocade?
A. Fabric Manager
B. Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Disk -- Midrange Edition
C. DFCM
D. IBM Systems Director |
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A customer has an SVC with several DS5000 systems attached, and a total of 300 TB of storage. They want to set up a disaster recovery site.
Which of the following configurations is correct and most cost-effective for a site that is 1,000 kilometers away?
A. one DS5000 with 300 TB and Global Mirror
B. an SVC with Global Copy connected to an XIV system
C. one Storwize V7000 with 300 TB of disk and Global Mirror
D. an SVC with Global Mirror connected to a DS5000 with 300 TB of disk |
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| D. an SVC with Global Mirror connected to a DS5000 with 300 TB of disk |
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A multimedia production company has 3 PB of video files that they need fast access to production NFS shares across workstations scattered across the globe. What IBM Systems Storage product would be appropriate to lead with?
A. SONAS
B. N6240
C. XIV
D. ProtecTIER 7650 Gateway Appliance |
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