000-455 by IBM Valid Free Exam Practice Test

Question 1

A customer is purchasing hardware that is on the IBM Trigger Criteria/Designated Product List.
What process is the technical specialist required to follow?

A. CE installation B. RPQ C. Letter of intent to purchase D. Technical Delivery Assessment

Correct Answer: D

Question 2

A customer has an IBM BladeCenter with Optical Pass-Thru, and they require external storage for this new system. What is the compelling reason to recommend the DS351 2 or DS3524 entry level systems?

A. intermix of drive types and expansion tray technology B. large amount of cache C. mix of 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch SATA drives D. SAS, Fibre Channel and SCSI host connectivity

Correct Answer: D

Question 3

Which of the following features can offload specific storage operations from VMware to compliant storage hardware resulting in less CPU, memory and storage fabric bandwidth consumption?

A. vCenter B. VM Control C. ALUA D. VAAI

Correct Answer: D

Question 4

On a DS3500 the premium feature Backup and Restore Option consists of:

A. 256 Performance Read Cache partitions B. 512 point-in-time instances of EnhancedFlashCopy C. 16 Enhanced Remote Mirrors and 32 Global Mirrors D. 256 Real-time Compression instances

Correct Answer: B

Question 5

On a DS3524, what is an advantage of Dynamic Disk Pools?

A. Uses thin provisioning to define which drives should be used for segment placement B. Significantly faster return to optimal state following a drive failure C. Uses compression to define which drives should be used for segment placement D. Uses Easy Tier to increase throughput

Correct Answer: B

Question 6

If a customer is looking to move to a cloud environment, which key attribute should the storage provide to ensure the success of the cloud?

A. integration of solid-state drives with high speed SAS drives B. storage virtualization C. homogeneous storage from one vendor D. real-time data compression

Correct Answer: B

Question 7

The TS3200 offers which of the following tape cartridge operations capabilities?

A. tape library I/O station with a mail-slot capacity of 2 cartridges and a maximum library capacity of 48 cartridges B. tape library I/O station with a mail-slot capacity of 4 cartridges and a maximum library capacity of 32 cartridges C. tape library I/O station with a mail-slot capacity of1cartridge and a maximum library capacity of 24 cartridges D. tape library I/O station with a mail-slot capacity of 3 cartridges and a maximum library capacity of 48 cartridges

Correct Answer: D

Question 8

A sales representative has been meeting with the IT Director, and discussing the small footprint and capacity of the DCS3700 and how this solution would allow them to add the needed capacity in a very small footprint. The IT Director has agreed to purchase the DCS3700 if the IT staff can perform day-to-day management of the new storage solution without extensive training.
What tool would be used to demonstrate the management capabilities of the DCS3700?

A. Capacity Magic B. Disk Magic C. Storage Manager/Simulator D. DDP Calculator Tool

Correct Answer: C

IBM High Volume Storage Fundamentals V3 - 000-455 Exam Practice Test