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Congratulations, you passed the quiz for the FlashSystem Overview and Objection Handling Quiz.

Question1 What makes Easy Tier so efficient that it can deliver impressive results even when using only a small percentage
of truly high-performance storage?
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of 1.00 Select one:
It works on a sub-logical unit number (LUN) basis V

It works through an advanced hyperlink connection

It uses central processing unit (CPU) cache memory for swap space

It uses a brute force algorithm to predict what should be moved

Question 2 Spectrum Virtualize, in the form of SAN Volume Controller and FlashSystem storage, supports Data Reduction
Pools (DRP). These pools have a capability that makes them extremely flexible but are not always found in
Incorrect

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competitor’s data reduction schemes. What is that capability?
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Select one:
Selectability

Always on
Only works with FlashCore Modules (FCMs)

Triple reduction X

Question 3 What is the name of the consistent base software stack that provides a wealth of features for the FlashSystem
family?
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of 1.00 Select one:
IBM Spectrum Scale

IBM Spectrum Virtualize

IBM Spectrum Accelerate

IBM Spectrum Storage

Question 4 All NVMe-based FlashSystem models are able to use an extremely fast, low-latency, next-generation flash
technology. What is the name of this flash technology?
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Storage Class Memory

FlashCore Modules
Server cache intermix

Storage disk scalability

Question 5 IBM continually enhances the Spectrum Virtualize software stack that is at the heart of FlashSystem solutions.
What was the major enhancement that was added in duly of 2021?
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Three-way FlyperSwap
Distributed RAID 4
Two-way Encryption
Safeguarded Copy

Question 6 There is a perception that high-end systems from Dell/EMC and FIDS Vantara support greater NVMe capacity
and scalability. Which vendor actually delivers both the greatest single NVMe drive capacity as well as overall
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system-level NVMe capacity?
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of 1.00
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FIDS Vantara 5500

Dell/EMC PowerMax 8000

They all offer identical capacities
IBM FlashSystem 7200 or 9200

Question 7 Which features of Spectrum Virtualize is Safeguarded Copy using to provide data resiliency?

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Select one:
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of 1.00 Global Mirror with Change Volumes and Real-time Compression
Metro Mirror and Consistency Groups

Volume Mirroring and Data Reduction Pools X

FlashCopyand Child Pools

Question 8 What is the one drive type that every member of the Spectrum Virtualize FlashSystem family is capable of

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supporting in either the control and/or expansion enclosure?

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of 1.00 Select one:
SAS solid state drive (SSD)

Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) hard disk drive (FIDD)

Storage class memory (SCM)

Non-volatile memory express (NVMe) SSD

Question 9 What makes IBM’s Easy Tier unique?

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Select one:
1.00 points out
of 1.00 It can differentiate between 7.2K and 10K hard disk drives (HDDs)

It uses artificial intelligence rather than policies

It works on a whole logical unit number (LUN) basis

It works only with IBM block storage devices

Question 10 What is the first system in the FlashSystem family that supports clustering?

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Select one:
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of 1.00 7200

5035

5015 X

5200

Question 11 IBM has introduced a number of ways for FlashSystem solutions to be used as part of an overall cloud-capable

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storage strategy. IBM supports an automation software that enables Cloud Provisioning, Configuration

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Management, Intra-Service Orchestration, and Application Development. What is it called
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Select one:
Ansible
EC2

AMI
CRI-0

Question 12 What is the name of the powerful and unique IBM purpose-built storage devices that are typically used in the

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NVMe models of the FlashSystem family?

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of 1.00 Select one:
FlashCore Modules V

Storage Class Memory

MicroLatency Modules
Dual Ported Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) Solid-State Drives (SSDs)

Question 13 Which group of Spectrum Virtualize solutions supports the ability to virtualize external storage?

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Select one:
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of 1.00 SVC - 5035 - 92005 - 9200R

SVC - 5035-5200-7200
SVC -5200 -7200 -92000

SVC - 5015-5035-5200
Question 14 The FlashSystem family supports Distributed redundant array of inexpensive disk (DRAID) which delivers

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multiple benefits to clients. One of the significant benefits is the ability to non-disruptively increase the capacity

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of a DRAID group. How many drives can be added at one time?
of 1.00

Select one:
1-12 >/

2-10

1-8

2-14

Question 15 What is the powerful ability, found in FlashSystem 5200, and above, that enables clients to apply consistent
Spectrum Virtualize management and features to over 500 heterogeneous storage systems?
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Storage Virtualization

vStorage API for Array Integration (VAAI) and vSphere API for Storage Awareness (VASA)
WAN IP Replication

IBM Storage Insights X

Question 16 In an effort to help clients who may not have large budgets, but who still have performance needs, IBM has

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designed the NVMe-based 5200, with three FlashCore Modules, to essentially equal the performance of the

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previous generation FlashSystem 5030 with what number of SAS drives?
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Select one:
12

24 V

16

20

Question 17 What is the minimum number of FlashSystem 9200s in a FlashSystem 9200R?

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Select one:
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of 1.00 1

3
2

Question 18 Which of the following statements is not true with respect to Safeguarded Copy for Spectrum Virtualize?

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Select one:
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SGC uses scheduled point in time copies stored in an isolated, secure location
of 1.00
Requires IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM)
All users can easily delete older SGC copies

Built on well-proven FlashCopy functionality

Question 19 What is the 2:1, sight unseen, effective capacity of the largest member of the FlashCore Module lineup?

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of 1.00 19.2TB

38.4TB

9.6TB

76.8TB

Question 20 IBM is leading the market by providing a way to bring real data protection to container backups. For Spectrum

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Virtualize solutions, what snapshot technology allows developers to backup, recover, and retain persistent

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container volumes by using predefined policies in Kubernetes (K8s) environments?
of 1.00
Select one:
IBM Spectrum Connect
IBM Multicloud Manager
IBM Spectrum Control
Container Storage Interface

Question 21 IBM offers a high availability feature for most FlashSystem solutions which may support a 100% uptime
guarantee. What is the name of this feature?
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of 1.00 Select one:
Synchronous Replication

HypeSwap
Asynchronous Replication
Flyper-Scale

Question 22 Beginning with Spectrum Virtualize 8.4.x, FlashSystem arrays and SVC gained the ability to monitor 3-site

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replication from where?

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of 1.00
Select one:
Spectrum Virtualize Software V

External Windows Orchestrator

Spectrum Storage

Spectrum Control

Question 23 IBM offers a consumption-based cloud pricing solution for FlashSystem arrays that can flex-up or flex-down.
What is it called?
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of 1.00 Select one:
Hybrid Multicloud Pricing
Storage Utility Offering

Storage Class Memory Pricing

Spectrum Virtualize Cloud Pak X

 Question 24 What is likely the most affordably priced system in the FlashSystem family that supports end-to-end non-volatile
memory express (NVMe)?
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of 1.00 Select one:
FlashSystem 5035
FlashSystem 5015

FlashSystem 7200
FlashSystem 5200

Question 25 IBM’s acquisition of Red Flat enables our storage to support containerization and easy transportability between

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various clouds and on-premises environments using an open standard. What software enables this?

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of 1.00 Select one:
Docker
OpenShift
RedShift

Kubernetes

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