默认题库 - IBM(000-968)

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mainframe customer would like to receive a proposal for a mainframe storage system with 120 TB raw capacity. The mainframe server load is not too high， and they need hard disk drives with the lowest possible power consumption to keep operating costs low. The customer will not increase the capacity of their mainframe applications in the future but rather invest later into their System p servers. Which of the following solutions best meets these requirements at the lowest cost（）

A. offer a DS8700 system with 600 GB FC drives
B. offer a DS8800 system with standard cabling and 600 GB SAS drives
C. offer a DS8800 system with business class cabling and 600 GB SAS drives
D. offer a DS8800 system with SATA drive

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What is a key differentiator between a DS8700 and DS8800 for a customer looking for a high capacity solution at the lowest cost（）

A. DS8700 supports SATA drives
B. DS8800 supports more physical drives
C. DS8700 supports 2.5" disk drives
DS8800 supports 4Gbps FC drive

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An IBM Business Partner has sold a DS5020 and new IBM SAN switches to replace a customer EMC storage infrastructure. The customer dissatisfaction has arisen during the installation because according to the DS5020 interoperability matrix， two HP Proliant servers running Exchange have FC HBAs that are not supported. Which of the following is the most probable cause of the customer dissatisfaction（）

A. The EMC storage specialist has not participated in the TDA meeting
B. The FC HBAs are 4 Gbps technology
C. The Technical and Delivery Assessment review actions were not executed
D. The customer should have checked that the HBAs are supported according to the HP storage interoperability matrix

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A customer’s new IBM System Storage DS8000 must be raised by two floors in the building to place it in the computer room. In order to simplify the physical delivery， the storage specialist asks for （）

A. a quotation for extra delivery services
B. the addition to the configuration of the feature "Shipping weight reduction" at no charge
C. an order of the DS8000 with the minimum number of drive sets allowed and an MES order for the remaining drive sets needed
D. an RPQ order to receive frames and drive sets separately

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A customer has an EMC Symmetrix DMX-4 installed. The disk subsystem is coming off lease. The customer is considering an IBM System Storage DS8800. What is a key advantage of the DS8800（）

A. The DS8800 has a higher disk RPM than the Symmetrix DMX-4
B. The DS8800 has higher capacity with more efficient footprint than the Symmetrix DMX-4
C. The DS8800 supports FlashCopy for internal array replication
D. The DS8800 supports external virtualizatio

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A customer has an EMC Symmetrix DMX3000 that is at the end of lease. The environment consists of IBM System p， IBM System i， and IBM System z. The customer is evaluating EMC， HDS， and IBM storage as possible replacements. They are interested in comparing the performance of all three disk subsystems. Which tool compares performance（）

A. Capacity Magic
B. eConfig
C. TPC for Disk
Disk Magic

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During the pre-installation planning of a customer’s recently purchased IBM System Storage DS8700 the port configuration， cabling， and disk layout were discussed. What other topic should be discussed in this solution review（）

A. LPAR capacity planning
B. logical volume configuration
C. data migration process
D. audit hosts for HBA worldwide port name

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The storage specialist needs to prepare an IBM System Storage DS8800 proposal including 64 host ports. The offer needs to meet the lowest possible price. What is the minimum number of I/O Enclosure Pairs PCI-E for this configuration（）

A. one I/O enclosure pair PCI-E
B. two I/O enclosure pairs PCI-E
C. four I/O-enclosure pairs PCI-E
D. eight I/O-enclosure pairs PCI-E

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A customer has a wide range of IBM enterprise disk systems and wants to manage copy services functions. Which of the products should the storage specialist recommend to this customer（）

A. DS Hardware Management Console （HMC）， because it manages ESS 800， DS6000， DS8000， and SVC storage servers
B. Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Data， because it manages ESS 800， DS6000， DS8000， and SVC storage servers
C. Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Replication， because it manages ESS 800， DS6000， DS8000， and SVC storage servers
D. External DS Hardware Management Console （HMC）， because it manages ESS 800， DS6000， DS8000， and SVC storage server

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A customer business requirement addresses data encryption implemented in tape and disk media. They plan to deploy a DS8700 to provide enterprise class storage and plan to configure the DS8700 with SSD and Fiber Channel disk drives. Which statement is TRUE regarding disk encryption（）

A. SSD disk encryption does not consume space
B. SSD disk is faster than FC disk for encryption
C. no space is wasted due to encryption on DS8700
D. there is higher processor utilization using FDE drive

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