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Question 1

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How does Policy-based High Availability (PBHA) simplify the

configuration, management and monitoring of HA with SVC and
FlashSystem?

Through the use of Storage partitions, policies and volume

groups.

Through the use of AI and volume groups. 

Through the use of Storage partitions, AI and volume

groups.

Through the use of policies and volume groups.

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Question 2

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As of mid-2023, with Storage Virtualize 8.6.0, or greater, what

new cyber resiliency feature is available for all members of the
IBM FlashSystem and SAN Volume Controller families?

There are no new universally available cyber resiliency

features for the SAN Volume Controller family

QRadar

Ransomware Threat Detection 

Safeguarded Copy

Question 3

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A client asks about the number of HBA cards that are supported
by a single SAN Volume Controller SV3 node. What is the
correct answer?

4

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Question 4

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What important components in the SAN Volume Controller SV3

nodes are hot pluggable?

Card cages and batteries

Batteries, boot drives, Card cages

Batteries and boot drives 

Card cages and boot drives

Question 5

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How can the reliability of a SAN Volume Controller (SVC) cluster

be further enhanced?

With the use of hot spare node(s). 

By adding a third, or fourth, boot drive.

By implementing an Enhanced Stretched Cluster.

By ordering the “enhanced reliability cluster” (ERC)

feature.

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Question 6

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A seller is speaking with an IT Director at a university who has

been told their department must establish an HA configuration
between two buildings on campus. The Director explains they
have numerous storage arrays from different vendors and none
of them can easily communicate with each other. The Director
also explains they do not have the budget to acquire new
storage systems to solve the problem. What unique use case
could the seller suggest that would inexpensively, and uniquely,
solve the university’s problem?

SAN Volume Controller Stretched Cluster

SAN Volume Controller using PBHA

SAN Volume Controller using Safeguarded Copy

SAN Volume Controller using HyperSwap 

Question 7

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AIOps, refers to the strategic use of AI, machine learning (ML),

and machine reasoning (MR) technologies throughout IT
operations to simplify and streamline processes and optimize
the use of IT resources. What IBM software, used with SAN
Volume Controller and FlashSystem arrays provides AIOps?

Storage Protect

Storage Virtualize 

Storage Insights

Storage Assurance

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Question 8

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SAN Volume Controller includes powerful cloud software that

provides AI-based predictive analytics and proactive health
monitoring. What is the name of this software?

IBM Storage Connect

IBM Multicloud Manager
IBM Storage Control
IBM Storage Insights 

Question 9

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When an organization uses SAN Volume Controller what one

important feature is still the responsibility of the third-party
storage to provide?

3-Site Data Copies

Ransomware Threat Detection (RTD)

Metro/Global Mirror (Remote copy)

DRAID (Distributed Redundant Array of Inexpensive 

Drives) protection

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Question 10

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The Easy Tier functionality in Storage Virtualize is impressive. It

employs AI to automatically optimize performance by moving
frequently accessed data to the fastest storage tier. Why is Easy
Tier even more impressive when it is used with SAN Volume
Controller?

It can move Safeguarded Copy snapshots to a faster tier

It uses policy-based rules when employed in a virtualized

environment

It is 27% faster than when used with a single storage array

It can tier between virtualized arrays to enhance all 

systems

Question 11

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What High Availability (HA) environment can automatically

mirror Safeguarded Copies when working with a SAN Volume
Controller environment?

Policy-based Replication (PBR)

Policy-based High Availability (PBHA)

HyperSwap 

Enhanced Stretched Cluster

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Question 12

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A client asks a seller, “What represents the key value

propositions for SAN Volume Controller?” What response is
correct?

Simplified data migrations, lower storage utilization, and

higher total cost of ownership

Underlying storage keeps its own sets of enhanced

functions managed separately, and simplified data
migrations.

Improved storage utilization, simplified data migrations,

and increased response times

SVC provides common management, advanced 

functions, improved storage utilization, and simplified
data migrations.

Question 13

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A client is expressing concern over basing their storage

infrastructure on a new cutting edge virtualization technology.
What SAN Volume Controller (SVC) celebration should a seller
point out to the client?

SVC had its 20th Anniversary in 2023 

SVC had its 16th Anniversary in 2023

SVC had its 15th Anniversary in 2023

SVC had its 18th Anniversary in 2023

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Question 14

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What important components in the SAN Volume Controller SA2

nodes are not externally accessible?

Boot drives and host adaptor cards

Batteries and host adapter cards

Host adapter cards and batteries

Battery and boot drives 

Question 15

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A client seems genuinely interested in understanding the base

software that provides rich functionality in all SAN Volume
Controller models. What is the name of that software?

IBM Storage Control

IBM Storage Accelerate

IBM Storage Virtualize 

IBM Storage Discover

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Question 16

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During a client meeting, a seller is asked, what is the maximum

distance a Stretched Cluster can be spread across. What is the
best response?

300km, and it is strongly promoted as a great distance

10km

200km

300km, but it is not encouraged due to latency issues 

Question 17

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During a meeting, a seller is explaining what helps make IBM’s

Easy Tier so efficient and economical, even when only small
amounts of high-performance flash storage are available. What
ability helps Easy Tier be efficient and economical?

Works on a sub-LUN (Logical Unit Number) basis 

Can differentiate between 7.2K and 10K HDDs

Works only with IBM block storage devices

Uses Artificial Intelligence rather than Policies

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Question 18

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A seller assures a client that SAN Volume Controller (SVC)

provides a wide range of features/abilities. The seller points out
that IBM has configured SVCs to support sufficient memory to
handle all the various features/abilities. What is the maximum
amount of cache that is supported in a SAN Volume Controller
SA2 node?

128GB

512GB

768GB 

384GB

Question 19

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A client has two SVC SA2 nodes at a primary site where they
have several third-party storage arrays. They also have two SVC
SA2 nodes at a second site, which is 80km away, which also
has several storage arrays. The client wishes to create an HA
configuration between the two sites. As of June of 2024, what
is the recommended solution for a performance optimized HA
configuration between two sites?

HyperSwap

Policy-based Replication (PBR)

Stretched Cluster 

Policy-based High Availability (PBHA)

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Question 20

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What is the minimum amount of cache, in SAN Volume

Controller SV3, that will provide 100% memory bandwidth for
the node?

1536GB 

512GB

768GB

1024GB

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