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Q: 101 A customer is comparing the IBM storage solution with a competitor's
product. What tool shows the customer the value of the IBM solution?
A. eConfig
B. TCOnow!
C. Competeline
D. competitor's website
Answer: B
Q: 102 A customer currently has an EMC CLARiiON, EMC Symmetrix, and an HP
EVA. The customer is running out of storage space. The customer needs to add capacity and reduce
complexity and cost without replacing its existing storage infrastructure. The customer must build out a
business continuity strategy. What is the best strategy?
A. Install an IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller (SVC) to move to a single management and
replication solution for all vendors and install additional IBM disks as needed.
B. Install IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Disk to manage all the SAN storage so the customer can
determine which data is really needed.
C. Install an IBM System Storage DS8100 and migrate all the data to this system to reduce the complexity of
the environment and add additional capacity.
D. Install an IBM System Storage N5500 system to consolidate the environment and move to a single
platform.
Answer: A
Q: 103 A customer is installing an IBM System Storage DS6800 at its backup data
center. Which storage system can be used to implement Metro Mirror with the main data center?
A. IBM DS4800
B. IBM DS8100
C. IBM EXP 24
D. IBM N5500
Answer: B
Q: 104 The DR550 solution is comprised of a DS4000 with SATA drives, Tivoli
System Storage Archive Manager, and which of the following?
A. System x running Red Hat Linux
B. System x running Windows 2003
C. System p running Linux
D. System p running AIX
Answer: D
Q: 105 Which resource provides IBM Business Partners technical assistance with
their Innovation Centers (BPIC)?
A. Supportline
B. IBM Advanced Technical Support
C. Partnerline
D. IBM Innovation Center
Answer: D
Q: 106 Which is a characteristic of the IBM System Storage SAN Volume
Controller?
A. requires an agent on each server
B. requires no special zoning
C. provides dynamic data migration capabilities
D. provides Out-of-Band performance
Answer: C
Q: 107 A customer consolidates all server storage onto the SAN Volume Controller
with backend DS4700 disk. After the configuration changed, the servers were not able to access the
virtual disks that were assigned. What can be done to isolate the problem?
A. investigate server compatibility
B. investigate the switch zoning configuration
C. investigate the data rate settings on the switch
D. investigate the SDD settings
Answer: B
Q: 108 A customer has several island solutions for backup. The customer plans to
buy a backup solution to consolidate the hardware and to centralize the management. The backup
capacity across all systems is approximately 200 TB. Which is the most cost-effective solution that meets
this customer's requirements?
A. buy a tape library that covers the entire backup capacity; use TSM as a centralized backup management
B. buy a tape library that covers the entire backup capacity; use LAN-free clients to utilize the best bandwidth
to tape
C. implement FlashCopy to provide a second copy of data on disk storage
D. backup to SATA disk because it is more cost effective than tape
Answer: A
Q: 109 A customer has an IBM System Storage DS8100 and wants a second copy of
the data immediately available for disaster recovery purposes. What is the most cost-effective solution?
A. add a second DS8100 at the disaster recovery site
B. add an DS6800 at the disaster recovery site and buy Metro Mirror software for both disk subsystems
C. mirror the data to another disk within the existing DS8100
D. add a DS8100 at the disaster recovery site and buy Metro Mirror software for both disk subsystems
Answer: B
Q: 110 Which product is used to maintain accurate information about a customer's
storage utilization?
A. IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Disk
B. IBM System Storage Data Retention 550
C. IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller
D. IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Data
Answer: D
Q: 111 A customer wants to create an HACMP environment using two IBM System
p servers. What is the minimum number of Fibre Channel ports that should be used with each server to
connect the IBM System Storage DS8100?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Answer: B
Q: 112 Which is a powerful and versatile performance modeling product for IBM,
EMC, and HDS disk subsystems?
A. Disk Magic
B. Capacity Magic
C. Tape Magic
D. TPC for Disk
Answer: A
Q: 113 A customer is adding an IBM System Storage DS4800 for a new Exchange
2003 e-mail solution to meet the following requirements:
-- 20% yearly growth
-- 2,500 mailboxes
-- approximately 50/50 mix of read/write operations
The storage specialist has been asked to model this configuration using the expected workload to verify
the solution. What is needed to start modeling?
A. 73 GB 15K RPM drives
B. the size of the users' Exchange mailbox
C. the number of servers running Exchange
D. Jetstress tool that will be used to emulate the Exchange environment
Answer: B
Q: 114 A customer is currently running a Microsoft Exchange application and is
interested in a new disk storage subsystem. What will have the greatest impact in sizing the subsystem?
A. expected read/write ratio
B. logical volume partitioning
C. expected I/O per second
D. number of users
Answer: D
Q: 115 The customer has a server connected to IBM and EMC storage via a single
SAN. The IBM storage is using SDD and EMC storage is using PowerPath. What is the minimum
number of Fibre Channel host ports needed to provide redundant paths to both storage subsystems?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Answer: D
Q: 116 Which technology promises to reduce hardware infrastructure cost while
maintaining block level I/O?
A. DAS
B. NAS
C. SAN
D. iSCSI
Answer: D
Q: 117 A customer is considering the purchase of an IBM System Storage DS4800 to
accommodate future growth for a critical application. The customer has questions about the
administration of the storage system. Which interface will be used for set up and administration of the
storage system?
A. iSCSI port
B. Ethernet port
C. serial port
D. SAS port
Answer: B
Q: 118 A business partner sold an IBM System Storage DS3400 attached to
Windows servers. The customer calls IBM asking for configuration assistance. What is the appropriate
response?
A. It should be suggested that the customer purchase a Supportline contract.
B. The business partner should be contacted.
C. IBM should send in a Field Technical Sales Support (FTSS).
D. IBM should send in the Customer Engineer (CE).
Answer: A
Q: 119 A customer has several IBM System p servers with multiple Fibre Channel
adapters attached to an IBM System Storage DS6800. What provides alternate path failover and load
balancing?
A. Logical Volume Manager
B. Multi Path I/O
C. IBM System Storage TCP for Data
D. Redundant Disk Array Controller
Answer: B
Q: 120 Which LTO3 automated tape solution should be used for cost-effective
storage of 40 TB of mpeg data using IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Space Management?
A. IBM System Storage TS3100 Tape Library
B. IBM System Storage TS3200 Tape Library
C. IBM System Storage TS3310 Tape Library
D. IBM System Storage TS3500 Tape Library
Answer: C
Q: 121 A customer has a write I/O intensive application. What has the greatest
effect on performance?
A. swapping out to a larger drive size
B. memory in server
C. disk drive spindles
D. cache in the disk subsystem
Answer: C
Q: 122 A customer stores 1 TB of data on an IBM System p server. The customer
has major budgetary constraints. Total cost of ownership and 2:1 data compression are the primary
requirements. Which is the best solution for unattended tape backup/restore?
A. IBM System Storage TS3310 Tape Library
B. IBM System Storage TS1120 Tape Drive
C. IBM System Storage TS3100 Tape Library Express Model
D. IBM System Storage TS3200 Tape Library Express Model
Answer: C
Q: 123 A client deployed an IBM System Storage N5500 to support a Microsoft
Exchange implementation via iSCSI. The client needs to improve I/O response times. Which solution
meets the client's requirements?
A. add FCP support to the N5500
B. mount the Exchange files via NFS
C. mount the Exchange files via CIFS
D. migrate the data to SATA drives
Answer: A
Q: 124 A customer is installing a DS6800, along with a SAN Volume Controller
(SVC), and new SAN switches. Which resource lists the total power and cooling requirements for the
DS6800?
A. System Storage sales website
B. PartnerWorld website
C. DS6800 Service Guide
D. DS6800 SAPR Guide
Answer: D
Q: 125 A customer plans to complete migration of mainframe database applications
to System p servers within the next six months. The customer has an immediate requirement for an
additional 20 TB of usable disk space for the System p servers. IBM, HP, Dell, and Sun have been invited
to bid on this opportunity. Which disk product provides the most cost-effective solution?
A. IBM System Storage DS3000
B. IBM System Storage DS4000
C. IBM System Storage N3700
D. IBM System Storage DS6000
Answer: B
Q: 126 A customer is installing an IBM System Storage DS4000 and an ONStor
Bobcat 2200 Series NAS Gateway into its heterogeneous server environment. Which resource provides
details concerning an IBM supported configuration for the solution?
A. IBM Storage Proven
B. IBM Competeline
C. IBM Techline
D. IBM Supportline
Answer: A
Q: 127 A customer needs 2 TB of disk capacity for a streaming video application.
What is the most appropriate and cost-effective IBM disk drive technology for this customer?
A. 300 GB 15K RPM FC
B. 300 GB 10K RPM FC
C. 300 GB 15K RPM UltraSCSI
D. 750 GB 7.2K RPM SATA
Answer: D
Q: 128 A customer has redundant SAN fabrics. An IBM System p server is attached
with dual HBAs for high availability to a SAN-attached DS4800. RDAC is installed on the server. The
switch that connects to one HBA in the server has failed. What is the impact on the IBM System p
server?
A. LUN access, with the primary path that has failed, will be rerouted.
B. All I/Os will be routed through the LAN.
C. Reboot will be required.
D. RDAC will compress data on the surviving path.
Answer: A
Q: 129 Which technology allows for long distance replication over 80 kilometers (50
miles)?
A. FC/IP
B. iSCSI
C. FICON
D. ESCON
Answer: A
Q: 130 A customer has a Windows server with a Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)
adapter. The customer wants a new tape technology that provides Write-Once, Read-Many (WORM)
capability. The customer has no existing SAN infrastructure. Which tape product best meets the
customer's requirements?
A. IBM System Storage TS1030
B. IBM System Storage TS1040
C. IBM System Storage TS1120
D. IBM System Storage TS2230
Answer: B
Q: 131 Which is a primary benefit of SAN switch trunking?
A. increased ISL bandwidth
B. port speed auto-negotiation
C. fabric zone configuration propagation
D. inter-connection of 1-, 2- and 4-Gb switches
Answer: A
Q: 132 A customer has an application that it wants to mirror data between two IBM
System Storage DS4700s. Data loss in the event of a failure is unacceptable. Which data replication
solution best meets the customer's requirement?
A. Global Mirror
B. Metro Mirror
C. FlashCopy
D. Global Copy
Answer: B
Q: 133 What is the name of the IBM Web application that brings IBM brand
information together in one place to help increase IBM Services revenue?
A. Attach Connector
B. TechLine
C. eConfig
D. TCOnow!
Answer: A
Q: 134 Which statement is true about the IBM System Storage Software Solutions
strategy?
A. It supports all IBM server platforms and reduces customer administration.
B. It provides customized APIs to manage selected vendors' hardware.
C. It includes infrastructure and data management across heterogeneous storage infrastructures.
D. It offers 24 x 7 support for hardware, software, and services.
Answer: C
Q: 135 A customer wants to implement an IBM System Storage DS8100 with four
FC host bus adapters for 20 Windows servers. Each Windows server currently has an FC HBA. Which is
the most cost-effective solution that achieves the required connectivity?
A. one IBM TotalStorage SAN32M-2 (2026-432)
B. one Cisco MDS 9216A Fabric Switch (2054-D1A)
C. one IBM TotalStorage SAN256B (2109-M48)
D. four IBM TotalStorage SAN16B-2s (2005-B16)
Answer: A
Q: 136 A customer has an application for sequential data access. This application is
1 TB and uses five or six disk drives. Which device interface gives the customer the best price and
performance?
A. FC-IP
B. iSCSI
C. Ultra3 SCSI
D. FC
Answer: D
Q: 137 A customer plans to install an IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for
Fabric. The current SAN is comprised of both IBM TotalStorage SAN m-type and b-type switch and
director products. Which factor would have the most significant immediate effect?
A. fewer SAN fibre ports
B. lower SAN fabric costs
C. lower SAN backup costs
D. fewer SAN management tools
Answer: D
Q: 138 A customer has a requirement for 4 TB of native data to be stored on an
automated tape library. The customer wants a solution that can address the challenges of tape drive
capacity, speed, and planned growth of 50% per year for five years. Cost is also a consideration. Which
solution best meets the customer's requirements?
A. IBM System Storage TS3200 Tape Library
B. IBM System Storage TS3310 Tape Library
C. IBM System Storage TS3100 Tape Library
D. IBM System Storage TS3500 Tape Library
Answer: A
Q: 139 A customer is interested in updating its infrastructure to provide data
replication capabilities between the corporate offices and a sales office 900 km (540 miles) away. The
customer currently has both UNIX and Microsoft Windows 2003 servers sharing storage resources. Some
applications are very response-time sensitive. Which replication solution is best for this customer?
A. IBM System Storage DS6800 with Metro Mirror
B. IBM System Storage DS4800 with Metro Mirror
C. IBM System Storage DS4800 with FlashCopy
D. IBM System Storage DS6800 with Global Mirror
Answer: D
Q: 140 The customer needs to collect data during a proof of concept to show
performance criteria was met. What is the most cost-effective solution?
A. IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center
B. IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller
C. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
D. IBM Workload Manager
Answer: A
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