26/7/22, 16:31 IBM SAN Volume Controller for Hybrid Cloud - Level 2 Quiz: Attempt review

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Question 1

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What is a true statement about of IBM SAN Volume Controller

(SVC)?

Select one:

It has customer usable onboard storage

It requires disruptive hardware replacement

It is a storage array that runs Spectrum Virtualize
It is an appliance that runs Spectrum Virtualize

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Question 2

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What makes IBM’s Easy Tier so efficient?

Select one:

It works on a whole-LUN basis

It uses advanced error correction

It works on a sub-logical unit number (LUN) basis

It relies on the use of CPU cache memory for swap space

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Question 3

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Which one of the following best represents the key value

propositions for SAN Volume Controller?

Select one:

Common advanced functions, improved storage utilization,

and simplified data migrations

Simplified data migrations, lower storage utilization, and

higher total cost of ownership

Improved storage utilization, simplified data migrations,

and increased response times

Underlying storage must keep their own sets of enhanced

functions managed separately

Question 4

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IBM offers a high availability feature for critical data that may
even support a 100% uptime guarantee. What is the name of
the feature?

Select one:
Synchronous Replication
Asynchronous Replication
Hyper-Scale
HyperSwap

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Question 5

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What components in the new Volume Controller SA2 and SV2

nodes have been made internal?

Select one:

Batteries and host adapter cards

Batteries and host adapter cards

Host adapter cards and batteries

Boot drives and host adaptor cards

Boot drives and batteries

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Question 6

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What is the unique SAN Volume Controller feature that provides

metro-distance, enhanced high- availability capabilities?

Select one:
Async with change volumes

External storage virtualization

Synchronous replication

Stretched cluster

Question 7

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What is the maximum capacity that 4, 6 or 8 clustered SAN

Volume Controller nodes support?

Select one:
48PB

23PB
32PB
12PB

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Question 8

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How many new models of IBM SAN Volume Controller nodes

were introduced in the first quarter of 2020?

Select one:
3

Question 9

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What is the number one reason that thousands of clients still

rely on IBM SAN Volume Controller?

Select one:

It provides network-attached storage (NAS) abilities for

clients with fast block storage

It forces all storage vendors to compete for their business

It keeps IBM sales reps happy

It provides ease of data migrations from one storage

platform to another

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Question 10

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SAN Volume Controller supports very flexible data reduction

pools (DRP). What capability provides this flexibility and is not
always found in competitor’s data reduction schemes?

Select one:
Selectability

Always on functionality

Support only for Flash Core Modules (FCMs)

Triple reduction functionality

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Question 11

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IBM is leading the market by providing a way to bring real data

protection to container backups. For SAN Volume Controller
solutions, what snapshot technology enables developers to
backup, recover, and retain persistent container volumes in
Kubernetes (K8s) environments?

Select one:

CRI-O

Kubernetes

Container Storage Interface

Docker

Question 12

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IBM first introduced SAN Volume Controller in 2003. In which

generation of SVC node hardware were the SA2 and SV2
nodes introduced?

Select one:
8th generation
11th generation
10th generation
9th generation

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Question 13

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What software can provide identical management to over 500

storage systems in Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud and
IBM Cloud?

Select one:
Spectrum Virtualize
Spectrum Storage
Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud
Spectrum Protect Suite

Question 14

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What powerful ability is found in all SAN Volume Controller

systems that enables clients to apply consistent management
and features to over 500 heterogeneous storage systems?

Select one:
a. WAN IP Replication

b. Storage Virtualization

c. IBM Storage Insights

d. vStorage API for Array Integration (VAAI) and vSphere

API for Storage Awareness (VASA)VAAI and VASA

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Question 15

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SAN Volume Controller includes cloud-based software that

provides AI based predictive analytics and proactive health
monitoring. What is this included software?

Select one:

IBM Spectrum Connect

IBM Storage Insights

IBM Spectrum Control

IBM Multicloud Manager

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Question 16

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What unique ability does Easy Tier provide when it is used

with SAN Volume Controller (SVC)?

Select one:

It enables intra-hard disk drive (HDD) data migration on the

same drive

It enables tiering between virtualized and non-virtualized

arrays

It enables tiering between virtualized arrays

It enables tiering between the main SVC node and a hot

spare node

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Question 17

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What is a true statement regarding IBM SAN Volume Controller

(SVC)?

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It extends the life of existing underlying storage hardware

It works only with IBM Storage hardware

It is not needed if using only IBM Storage

It requires use of non-IBM storage hardware to make

financial sense

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Question 18

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What is the name of the base software that provides a wealth

of features in all models of SAN Volume Controller models?

Select one:

IBM Spectrum Accelerate

IBM Spectrum Virtualize

IBM Spectrum Scale

IBM Spectrum Storage

Question 19

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What does SAN Volume Controller (SVC) Machine Type 2145

lack, which can be optionally added, to equal the same degree
of service that SVC Machine Type 2147 automatically
includes?

Select one:
Greater amount of cache
Ability to cluster more nodes
5-year warranty
Enterprise Class Support

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Question 20

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SAN Volume Controller supports data reduction pools (DRPs)

which can help to increase effective capacity. Which of the
following most accurately describes the capabilities of DRPs?

Select one:

Thin provisioning, SCSI Unmap, deduplication, and

compression

Thin provisioning and small computer system interface

(SCSI) Unmap

Thin provisioning, SCSI Unmap, pattern removal,

deduplication, and compression

Thin provisioning, SCSI Unmap, and compression

Question 21

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Assuming they are running the same level of Spectrum

Virtualize code (version 8.3.1), which SAN Volume Controller
nodes can be clustered together?

Select one:
8A4 – DH8 –SA2 – SV1
CG8 – DH8 –SV1 – SV2
DH8 – SV1 – SA2 – SV2
8G4 – 8A4 –SV1 – SV2

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Question 22

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What feature allows SAN Volume Controller SA2 and SV2 nodes
to provide data reduction to over 500 different storage arrays

Select one:

Wavelet-based ECG compression

Add in hardware compression cards

Inline hardware compression through FlashCore Modules

Data reduction pools (DRP)

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Question 23

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IBM has significantly increased the amount of cache that is

supported by SAN Volume Controller. What is the maximum
amount of cache that a high availability pair of SA2 or SV2
nodes can support?

Select one:

512GB

256GB

768GB

1536GB

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Question 24

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IBM has introduced a number of ways for SAN Volume

Controller solutions to be used as part of an overall cloud-
capable storage. IBM supports an automation software that
enables cloud provisioning, configuration management, intra-
service orchestration, and application development. What is it
the software called?

Select one:

EC2

AMI

Ansible

CRI-O

Question 25

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How many replication sites can SAN Volume Controller

support with its enhanced high availability configuration?

Select one:
6-sites
5 sites
4 sites
3-sites

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