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Question 1

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The FlashSystem family supports Distributed redundant array

of inexpensive disk (DRAID) which delivers multiple benefits to
clients. One of the significant benefits is the ability to non-
disruptively increase the capacity of a DRAID group. How many
drives can be added at one time?

Select one:

Up to 14

Up to 8

Up to 12 

Up to 10

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Question 2

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What makes FlashSystem Cyber Vault fundamentally different

from competitive offerings claiming immutability for
ransomware protection?

Select one:

Time to recover is measured in hours 

There is no advantage as IBM is late to the game and

missing functions

Requires Lab Services and VMware orchestration tools

IBM recovery takes a week vs the competition requiring

three weeks

Question 3

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What is the name of the consistent base software stack that

provides a wealth of features for the FlashSystem family?

Select one:

IBM Spectrum Scale

IBM Spectrum Accelerate

IBM Spectrum Storage

IBM Spectrum Virtualize 

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Question 4

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You have a client who has absolutely no Captial Expense

budget but needs to obtain on-premises FlashSystem storage.
They don't really care what the model is as long as it enables
them to meet their SLAs. What is the most likely way to
accomplish this?

Select one:

Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud for AWS

Storage as a Service
Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud for Azure

Storage Utility Offering 

Question 5

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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?

Select one:

IBM Storage Insights

Storage Virtualization 

WAN IP Replication

vStorage API for Array Integration (VAAI) and vSphere

API for Storage Awareness (VASA)

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Question 6

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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. What is a capability that is often missing in our
competitor's data reduction schemes?

Select one:

Selectability 

Triple reduction

Always on

Only works with FlashCore Modules (FCMs)

Question 7

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What is likely the most affordably priced system in the

FlashSystem family that supports end-to-end non-volatile
memory express (NVMe)?

Select one:

FlashSystem 5015

FlashSystem 7200

FlashSystem 5200 

FlashSystem 5035

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Question 8

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Cyber Vault for FlashSystem is designed to.....?

Select one:

enable clients to automatically gain both logical and

physical air gap copies

help provide the missing product that schedules

Safeguarded Copies

provide a single product that can be easily ordered to

enhance Safeguarded Copy

help integrate early detection and automation 

components with Safeguarded Copy

Question 9

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As of 1Q22, what three clouds does Spectrum Virtualize for

Public Cloud support?

Select one:

Azure, AWS, Google

IBM Cloud, AWS, Azure 

IBM Cloud, AWS, Google

IBM Cloud, Azure, Google

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Question 10

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The performance/latency of a flash media device is limited, to a

large degree, by the interface of the device. It is interesting to
note that the Flash found in SAS SSDs, NVMe SSDs, and
FlashCore Modules is the same? What type of flash is common
to each of these devices?

Select one:

NAND Flash 

zSSD Flash

NOR Flash

Question 11

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What is the first system in the FlashSystem family that supports

clustering?

Select one:

5200

5015

5035 

7200

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Question 12

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In 1Q22, IBM received global attention for a unique feature

found within FlashSystem's Spectrum Virtualize software stack
plus a solution wrapped around it. What major cyber resiliency
feature/solution was reported?

Select one:

Safeguarded Copy and Cyber Vault 

Cyber Sense

QRadar and Guardium

Three-way Replication

Question 13

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IBM's highly impressive cyber resiliency feature, Safeguarded

Copy for FlashSystem, also works in which well-known public
cloud?

Select one:

AWS
Google
Azure 
IBM Cloud

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Question 14

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IBM provides extensive VMware integration with the Spectrum

Virtualize software stack. Which models in the FlashSystem
portfolio are enabled?

Select one:

SAS-based systems
NVMe-based systems

All systems except SVC and SV4PC

All systems 

Question 15

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As of 1Q22, IBM's NVMe-based FlashSystem portfolio can be

presented to clients with a simple message. Each step up in the
product family brings the physical size, performance, and
number of ports?

Select one:

2X 

4X

3X

5X

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Question 16

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Which group of Spectrum Virtualize solutions support

Safeguarded Copy and the the ability to virtualize external
storage?

Select one:

SVC - 5200 - 7200 - 9200 

SVC - 5035 - 5200 - 7200

SVC - 5015 - 5035 - 5200

SVC - 5035 - 9200 - 9200R

Question 17

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It is important to understand several things about IBM’s latest

FlashCore Module3 devices. Which is the most accurate
statement regarding all four sizes of FlashCore Module3
devices?

Select one:

The modules can support up to 3 times their physical 

capacity and are based on QLC
The modules can support up to 3 times their physical
capacity and are based on TLC
The modules can support up to 3 times their physical
capacity and are all built on PCIe Gen3
The modules can support up to 3 times their physical
capacity and are all built on PCIe Gen4

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Question 18

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What is the one drive type that every member of the Spectrum
Virtualize FlashSystem family is capable of supporting in either
the control and/or expansion enclosure?

Select one:

Non-volatile memory express (NVMe) SSD

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

SAS solid state drive (SSD) 

Storage class memory (SCM)

Question 19

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In 2021, IBM made two significant enhancements to AI-driven

Storage Insights and Storage Insights Pro to better serve the
needs of FlashSystem users. What were those enhancements?

Select one:

Fabric Monitoring and VMware Monitoring 

Fabric Monitoring and Capacity Monitoring

Fabric Monitoring and Space Reclamation

Fabric Monitoring and Component Failure Monitoring

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Question 20

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What is the name of the powerful and unique IBM purpose-built

storage devices that are typically used in the NVMe models of
the FlashSystem family?

Select one:

FlashCore Modules 

Storage Class Memory

Dual Ported Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) Solid-

State Drives (SSDs)
MicroLatency Modules

Question 21

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All NVMe-based FlashSystem models are able to use an

extremely fast, low-latency, next-generation solid-state
technology. What is the name of this new high performance
technology?

Select one:

Storage Class Memory

Storage disk scalability

FlashCore Modules 

Server cache intermix

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Question 22

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IBM offers a high availability feature for most FlashSystem

solutions. This feature may support a 100% uptime guarantee.
What is the name of this feature?

Select one:

Asynchronous Replication

HyperSwap 

Hyper-Scale

Synchronous Replication

Question 23

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What makes Easy Tier so efficient that it can deliver impressive

results even when using only a small percentage of truly high-
performance storage?

Select one:

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

It works through an advanced hyperlink connection

It uses a brute force algorithm to predict what should be

moved

It relies on the use of central processing unit (CPU) cache

memory for swap space

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Question 24

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IBM has introduced a number of ways for FlashSystem

solutions to be used as part of an overall cloud-capable storage
strategy. IBM supports an automation software that enables
Cloud Provisioning, Configuration Management, Intra-Service
Orchestration, and Application Development. What is it called?

Select one:

Ansible 

AMI

CRI-O

EC2

Question 25

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What makes IBM’s Easy Tier unique?

Select one:

It uses artificial intelligence rather than Policies 

It can differentiate between 7.2K and 10K hard disk drives

(HDDs)

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

It uses central processing unit (CPU) cache memory for

swap space

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