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Congratulations, you passed the quiz for the IBM FlashSystem Family Overview and IBM Spectrum
Virtualize Overview Course.

Question1 What is the minimum number of FlashSystem 9200s in a FlashSystem 9200R?

Correct
Select one:
1.00 points out
of 1.00 1

Question 2 What makes IBM’s Easy Tier unique?

Correct
Select one:
1.00 points out
of 1.00 It works on a whole logical unit number (LUN) basis

It uses artificial intelligence rather than policies

It works only with IBM block storage devices

It can differentiate between 7.2K and 10K hard disk drives (HDDs)

Question 3
What powerful ability, found in FlashSystem 5200, and above, enables clients to apply consistent Spectrum
Correct Virtualize management and features to over 500 heterogeneous storage systems?
1.00 points out
of 1.00

Select one:
vStorage API for Array Integration (VAAI) and vSphere API for Storage Awareness (VASA)
IBM Storage Insights

WAN IP Replication

Storage Virtualization
Question 4 All but one member of the FlashSystem family supports Data Reduction Pools (DRPs). How can that one system

Incorrect become able to support DRPs?

0.00 points out

of 1.00 Select one:
By utilizing IBM Lab Services to remove the restriction

By clustering two systems together to deliver more CPU cycles X

By taking advantage of compression in FlashCore Modules

By using a non-disruptive upgrade to the next model in the portfolio

Question 5 Which group of Spectrum Virtualize solutions supports the ability to virtualize external storage?

Correct
Select one:
1.00 points out
of 1.00 SVC - 5015-5035-5200

SVC - 5035-5200-7200

SVC - 5200-7200-92000

SVC - 5035 - 92005 - 9200R

Question 6
In an effort to help clients who may not have large budgets, but who still have performance needs, IBM has
Correct designed the NVMe-based 5200, with three FlashCore Modules, to essentially equal the performance of the
1.00 points out previous generation FlashSystem 5030 with what number of SAS drives?
of 1.00

Select one:
20

16

24

12

Question 7 IBM offers a consumption-based cloud pricing solution for FlashSystem arrays that can flex-up or flex-down.

Correct What is it called?

1.00 points out

of 1.00 Select one:
Hybrid Multicloud Pricing

Storage Class Memory Pricing

Spectrum Virtualize Cloud Pak

Storage Utility Offering V

Question 8
Beginning with Spectrum Virtualize 8.4.x, FlashSystem arrays and SVC gained the ability to monitor 3-site
Correct replication from where?
1.00 points out
of 1.00

Select one:
Spectrum Storage

Spectrum Virtualize Software

Spectrum Control

External Windows Orchestrator

Question 9 What is the name of the powerful and unique purpose-built storage devices that are found in over half of the

Correct
FlashSystem family?

1.00 points out

of 1.00 Select one:
Dual Ported Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) Solid-State Drives (SSDs)
FlashCore Modules

MicroLatency Modules

Storage Class Memory

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

Correct
Select one:
1.00 points out
of 1.00 7200

5015

5200 V

5035

Question 11 IBM is leading the market by providing a way to bring real data protection to container backups. For Spectrum

Correct Virtualize solutions, what snapshot technology allows developers to backup, recover, and retain persistent
1.00 points out container volumes by using predefined policies in Kubernetes (K8s) environments?
of 1.00
Select one:
Kubernetes

CRI-0

Docker

Container Storage Interface V

Question 12 What is the 2:1, sight unseen, effective capacity of the largest member of the FlashCore Module lineup?
Incorrect
Select one:
0.00 points out
of 1.00 38.4TB

76.8TB

9.6TB

19.2TB X

Question 13
One of the interesting features of Spectrum Virtualize is the ability to import and export existing LUNs via Image
Correct Mode through the GUI. This powerful ability is used to facilitate
1.00 points out
of 1.00 Select one:
Data Deduplication

Data Scrubbing

Data Compression

Data Migration

Question 14 What is the name of the base software stack that provides a wealth of features for the FlashSystem family?

Correct
Select one:
1.00 points out
of 1.00 IBM Spectrum Storage

IBM Spectrum Accelerate

IBM Spectrum Virtualize

IBM Spectrum Scale

Question 15 All implementations of Spectrum Virtualize include powerful cloud software that provides Al-based predictive

Correct analytics and proactive health monitoring. This software is included at no additional cost. What is this software

1.00 points out called?

of 1.00
Select one:
IBM Multicloud Manager

IBM Spectrum Control

IBM Spectrum Connect

IBM Storage Insights

Question 16 What is likely the most affordably priced system in the FlashSystem family that supports end-to-end non-volatile
Correct memory express (NVMe)?

1.00 points out

of 1.00 Select one:
FlashSystem 5200

FlashSystem 5035

FlashSystem 5015

FlashSystem 7200

Question 17 What is the one drive type that every member of the Spectrum Virtualize FlashSystem family is capable of

Correct supporting?

1.00 points out

of 1.00 Select one:
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) hard disk drive (FIDD)

SAS solid state drive (SSD)

Storage class memory (SCM)

Non-volatile memory express (NVMe) SSD

Question 18 Spectrum Virtualize, in the form of SAN Volume Controller and FlashSystem storage, supports Data Reduction

Incorrect Pools (DRP). These pools have a capability that makes them extremely flexible but are not always found in

0.00 points out competitor’s data reduction schemes. What is that capability?
of 1.00
Select one:
Always on

Only works with FlashCore Modules (FCMs)

Triple reduction X

Selectability

Question 19
All NVMe-based FlashSystem models are able to use an extremely fast, low-latency, next-generation flash
Correct technology. What is the name of this new flash technology?
1.00 points out
of 1.00

Select one:
Storage Class Memory

Server cache intermix

FlashCore Modules

Storage disk scalability

Question 20 What makes Easy Tier so efficient that it can deliver impressive results even when using only a small percentage
Correct of truly high-performance storage?

1.00 points out

of 1.00 Select one:
It works through an advanced hyperlink connection

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

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

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

Question 21 IBM has introduced a number of ways for FlashSystem solutions to be used as part of an overall cloud-capable

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

1.00 points out Management, Intra-Service Orchestration, and Application Development. What is it called?
of 1.00
Select one:
AMI

EC2

CRI-0

Ansible

Question 22 IBM’s acquisition of Red Hat enables our storage to support containerization and easy transportability between

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

1.00 points out

of 1.00 Select one:
Docker

OpenShift

Kubernetes

RedShift

Question 23 IBM offers a high availability feature for most FlashSystem solutions which may support a 100% uptime

Correct guarantee. What is the name of this feature?

1.00 points out

of 1.00 Select one:
HypeSwap

Asynchronous Replication

Synchronous Replication

Hyper-Scale
 Question 24 What flash type is found in SAS SSDs, NVMe SSDs, and FlashCore Modules?
Correct
Select one:
1.00 points out
of 1.00 Optane Flash

NAND Flash

NOR Flash

zSSD Flash

Question 25
The FlashSystem family supports Distributed redundant array of inexpensive disk (DRAID) which delivers
Correct multiple benefits to clients. One of the significant benefits is the ability to non-disruptively increase the capacity
1.00 points out of a DRAID group. How many drives can be added at one time?
of 1.00

Select one:
1-12

2-10

2-14

1-8

Question 26
San Volume Controller has four well known value propositions. Which of the following IS NOT one of those
Correct propositions
1.00 points out
of 1.00

Select one:
Mobility of storage volumes

Common capabilites

Decentralized management

Pooled physical resources

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