IBM C4090-958 Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

IBM C4090-958 Online Questions & Answers

• Question 11:

  A customer requires consolidated problem reporting capability for multiple TS3500 Tape Libraries, Which of the following would provide this capability?

  A. Implement a IBM TS3000 System Console (TSSC)
  B. Attach a modem to each TS3500 to a single phone line
  C. Configure connectivity to a Hardware Management Console (HMO)
  D. Modify a Machine Reported Product Data (MRPD) file and distribute to all TS3500 libraries
  D. Modify a Machine Reported Product Data (MRPD) file and distribute to all TS3500 libraries

• Question 12:

  Which function controls host access to a volume in a switched fabric?

  A. LUN masking
  B. Port masking
  C. Private loops
  D. Buffer to buffer credits
  A. LUN masking

• Question 13:

  A customer with numerous open system servers is using a single DSSSOO system with Easy Tier enabled. Storage performance for a specific clustered server needs to improve for end-of- month and end-of-quarter processing. The customer requires minimal disruption to operations.

  Which feature or action should the technical specialist recommend to the customer to improve performance for the clustered servers?

  A. Install a megapack of SSDs
  B. Enable and configure I/O Priority Manager
  C. Increase the installed cache of the DS8SOO
  D. Adjust the cache block size used by the DS8800
  B. Enable and configure I/O Priority Manager

• Question 14:

  A customer with Brocade-based fabrics is looking for a quick and simple cost-effective method to gather information about the SAN environment. The informational items desired include total number of active ports, unused ports by switch, ISL oversubscription ratios, and a Visio diagram. What should the technical specialist suggest to the customer?

  A. Brocade SAN Health
  B. IBM Directorv6.3.1
  C. Tivoli Storage Manager
  D. Tivoli Storage Productivity Center Select
  C. Tivoli Storage Manager

• Question 15:

  Which of the following systems does Tivoli Storage Productivity Center Select Edition manage?

  A. IBM Storwize
  B. SONAS
  C. N series
  D. DS8000
  A. IBM Storwize

• Question 16:

  A customer is requesting an 1BM XIV Gen 3 and would like to order a full module system the with SSD drives installed in the modules. The customer would like to know if the SSD drives will provide Easy Tier functionality allowing the SSD drives to expand usable capacity.

  How should the technical specialist respond?

  A. Only half rack IBM XIV Gen 3 systems have Easy Tier license options.
  B. Easy Tier is not an available function and the SSD drives do not add usable capacity.
  C. Only IBM XIV Gen 3 systems can use the additional SSD drives installed in the modules.
  D. The SSD drives installed in the modules expands usable capacity but does not enable Easy Tier without an additional license
  C. Only IBM XIV Gen 3 systems can use the additional SSD drives installed in the modules.

• Question 17:

  The customer understands the potential benefits of virtualizing their heterogeneous storage environment.

  However, the customer also requires immediate access to their data with disaster recovery capabilities. Two sites are 100km apart and the third is 500km away.

  Which feature of the SAN Volume Controller would help the customer meet these requirements compared to the V7000?

  A. easy to use GUI front end
  B. stretched cluster capability
  C. low bandwidth global mirroring
  D. ability to virtualize heterogeneous storage arrays
  B. stretched cluster capability

• Question 18:

  A customer wants to expand the capacity of their minimally configured SONAS appliance by 160TB of storage.

  A. increase the number of storage nodes by 2
  B. add a storage enclosure to the existing storage pod
  C. upgrade the existing storage controller to 3 TB NL-SAS drives
  D. expand the InfiniBand bandwidth between storage and interface nodes to 40 Gbps
  C. upgrade the existing storage controller to 3 TB NL-SAS drives

• Question 19:

  What is the meaning of the term "nominal capacity" when discussing Protect TIER?

  A. metadata file system capacity
  B. size of the user data repository
  C. amount of user data being managed
  D. physical capacity of the storage array
  B. size of the user data repository

• Question 20:

  A customer is evaluating deduplication offerings from IBM, EMC, and NetApp. Which characteristic is a competitive advantage of the IBM ProtecTIER deduplication gateway?

  A. real-time compression engine
  B. hash-based deduplication algorithm
  C. HyperFactor deduplication algorithm
  D. post processing versus inline deduplication
  C. HyperFactor deduplication algorithm