IBM IBM Certified Specialist - Storwize Family Technical Solutions V4 C9020-562 Questions & Answers

• Question 21:

  A customer wants a better understanding of how storage is being used in the file systems of various servers.

  Which IBM Spectrum Control tool gathers these details?

  A. Storage Resource Agents

  B. STAT

  C. Tiered Storage Optimizer

  D. Capacity reporting

  Correct Answer: A

  Storage Resource agents provide file system and local disk information. You deploy Storage Resource agents if you want to enable full server monitoring for internal resources, such as controllers, disks, and file systems.

• Question 22:

  A company just completed an acquisition and now has FC attached storage from multiple vendors. The environments are isolated and storage administrators are unable to share resources across these environments.

  Which IBM Storwize solution feature helps improve this situation?

  A. Real-time Compression

  B. Encryption

  C. Tiered Storage Optimizer

  D. External Virtualization

  Correct Answer: D

  By using external virtualization, you can consolidate FC SAN-attached disk controllers from various vendors into pools of storage. In this way, the storage administrator can manage and provision storage to applications from a single user interface and use a common set of advanced functions across all of the storage systems under the control of the IBM Storwize.

  References: Implementing the IBM Storwize V5000 Gen2 (including the Storwize V5010, V5020, and V5030), page51 http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg248162.pdf

• Question 23:

  A customer is interested in replacing a NetApp E-series disk array with one that supports auto-tiering between NL-SAS, SAS, and SSD disk technologies.

  Which advantage does the IBM Storwize V7000 model 524 have over the competition?

  A. The V7000 relocates data based on current usage.

  B. The V7000 predictively relocates data

  C. The V7000 uses SSDs for quorum disks.

  D. The V7000 relocates the DACstor metadata to SSDs.

  Correct Answer: A

  Flex System V7000 Storage Node includes IBM System Storage Easy Tier, a function that responds tothe presence of flash drives in a storage pool that also contains hard disk drives (HDDs). The system automatically and nondisruptively moves frequently accessed data from HDD MDisks to SSD MDisks, thus placing such data in a faster tier of storage.

  EasyTier eliminates manual intervention when assigning highly active data on volumes to faster responding storage. In this dynamically tiered environment, data movement is seamless to the host application regardless of the storage tier in which the data resides.

  References:https://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/flexsys/information/index.jsp?topic=_ Fcom.ibm.acc.4939.doc_Fsvc_easy_tier.html

• Question 24:

  What function does IBM Spectrum Control Base Edition provide?

  A. Entry-level performance monitoring

  B. Tiered storage optimization

  C. IBM FlashCopy Management

  D. VMwareintegration

  Correct Answer: D

  IBM Spectrum Control Base Edition provides a single-server backend location and enables centralized

  management of IBM storage resources for different virtualization and cloud platforms, including:

  VMware vCenter Server

  VMware vSphere Web Client (vWC)

  VMware vSphere APIs for Storage Awareness (VASA) VMware vCenter Operations Manager (vCOps)

  VMware vCenter Orchestrator (vCO)

  References:http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/STWMS9_2.0.1/UG/isis_ug_ch1 _intro.html

• Question 25:

  A customer is installing a new IBM Storwize V7000 model 524.

  What should the customer do to access the management GUI for the first time?

  A. Use the USB drive to configure the system

  B. Connect to the technician port and use the initialization wizard

  C. Connect to the 10 Gb Ethernet port to create the cluster

  D. Download and use the Inittool

  Correct Answer: A

  You can use the management GUI to manage your system as soon as you have completed the USB flash drive initialization.

  Note: Accessing the Storwize V7000 Unified management GUI Procedure

  References:http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ST5Q4U/com.ibm.storwize.v700 0.unified.142.doc/ifs_accessmgmtgui_3422yu.html

• Question 26:

  A local credit union is installing a new Power Linux Spectrum Protect server with container storage pools and needs more bulk storage. It has a business requirement for encryption at rest. Cost is a consideration.

  Which solution meets the customer requirements?

  A. IBM Storwize V5030

  B. IBM Storwize V5010

  C. IBM Storwize V5020

  D. IBM Storwize V9000

  Correct Answer: C

  Storwize V5020 control enclosure models offer mid-level performance, scalability, and functionality with:

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  Two 2-core, four-thread processors and up to 32 GB of cache

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  Support for up to 392 drives per system with the attachment ofStorwize V5000 expansion enclosures

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  Encryption of data at rest stored within the Storwize V5000 system

• Question 27:

  A customer has SAS connected storage in its environment that was purchased from a competitor. The

  customer does not have a SAN but wishes to add 10 Gb iSCSI. The customer is considering buying an

  IBM Storwize product because the competitor charges for migration.

  Which IBM product should the technical specialist recommend that includes these features?

  A. IBM Storwize V7000

  B. IBM SAN Volume Controller

  C. IBM Storwize V5030

  D. IBM Storwize V5010

  Correct Answer: B

  IBM SAN Volume Controller key features include:

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  Combine storage capacity from multiple vendors for centralized management

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  Increase storage utilization by providing more flexible access to storage assets

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  Support for almost 400 different storage systems

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  Help improve data security with support for encryption

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  Implement hybrid cloud capabilities rapidly and with existing on-premises storage

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  Has four 10 Gbps copper (RJ45) Ethernet ports for management and/or iSCSI

  References:http://www03.ibm.com/systems/storage/software/virtualization/svc/overview.html

• Question 28:

  A customer is planning to purchase a new IBM Storwize V5030 system and is evaluating the host Ethernet connectivity requirements.

  What is the standard Ethernet interface connection type capability for iSCSI host support in a base V5030 configuration?

  A. 8 Gb connectivity

  B. 10 Gb connectivity

  C. 40 Gb connectivity

  D. 16 Gb connectivity

  Correct Answer: B

  All Storwize V5000 second-generation control enclosures include support for 16 Gb FC, 12 Gb SAS, 10 Gb iSCSI/FCoE, and1 Gb iSCSI for additional I/O connectivity.

  References:http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?htmlfid=897/ENUS116009andinfotype=ANandsubtype=CA

• Question 29:

  A customer has a requirement for highly available data in their IBM Storwize environment and currently uses IBM Spectrum Virtualize Software V7.5. The process to enable a volume to be addressed by two I/O groups simultaneously is challenging.

  How can the customer benefit from upgrading to V7.6 of the software?

  A. HyperSwap GUI support

  B. Two I/O groups supported by two nodes

  C. Remote mirroring cluster support

  D. Stretch cluster wizard

  Correct Answer: A

  New functionalities in the Version 7.6 release of SpectrumVirtualize include: HyperSwap GUI support: Current local HyperSwap is functionally complete, but requires complex configuration through the existing command-line interface. This new release of HyperSwap offers a new command-line interface which greatly simplifies the set up process to a handful of commands, and also adds the ability to configure and manage local HyperSwap through the GUI.

  References:http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi- bin/ssialias? subtype=caandinfotype=anandappname=iSourceandsupplier=897andletternum=ENUS 215-391

• Question 30:

  A customer is implementing an IBM Storwize V7000 Unified solution and will access both file and block storage. Two fibre channel adapters are included within each controller.

  What is the maximum number of fibre channel connections the customer can connect to its SAN fabrics?

  A. 12

  B. 6

  C. 4

  D. 16

  Correct Answer: D

  With the introduction of the 2076-524 nodes, and the ability to have up to eight FC ports per node, there are several different options that are valid for attaching storage to the Storwize V7000 Gen2 cluster.

  Apply these Storwize V7000 Unified configuration details for Fibre Channel and Fibre Channel Over Ethernet (FC/FCoE Gateway, FCF) switches to ensure that you have a valid configuration. Configuring your SAN with at least two independent switches, or networks of switches, ensures a redundant fabric with no single point of failure. If one of the two SAN fabrics fails, the configuration is in a degraded mode, but is still valid. You should maintain separate fabrics for FCoE and FC. If you attempt to combine these fabrics, you might risk adding additional paths to the volumes. Supported configurations allow a maximum of eight paths.

  References:http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ST5Q4U/com.ibm.storwize.v700 0.unified.141.doc/svc_rulesswitch_223fp0.html