C4090-958 Exam Questions

A Business Partner has proposed a solution for the migration of two DS8100 systems to an XIV Gen3 with 14 modules. Which of the following is a migration consideration in this scena...

A customer is considering a storage consolidation project. Which tool is recommended by IBM to convince the customer that the IBM solution will be more cost-effective than one from...

When using an SVC with Native IP Replication which of the following is correct?

SVC split cluster uses which SVC software function?

A customer is implementing a TS3500 Tape Library solution for tape backup with NetBackup Version 7.5. While the customer currently does not require an encrypted solution, it is pos...

When considering oversubscription, it is important to understand the bandwidth, I/O, and response times demanded by each storage device In a SAN switch/director, what is the best c...

Which RAID level is implemented in the XIV?

When is the Capacity Magic tool used?

A large multi-site company is considering the purchase of a DS8000 system and would like to build a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure for approximately 400 users. Cost is a concern. W...

A pre-install Technical Delivery Assessment (TDA) for an XIV Gen3 system is designed to ensure what?

The customer has two sites 150 km apart. Currently they have four NetApp storage arrays at each site for C1FSINFS data. An enterprise storage solution would enable them to consolid...

Which of the following systems does Tivoli Storage Productivity Center Select Edition manage?

A customer is looking to implement an end user self service, private storage cloud. Which software product should the technical specialist recommend?

Customer requirements state that all data must be encrypted in their DS8870 storage environment. Encryption key availability is a major concern, and maximum redundancy must be impl...

In a TS3500 Tape Library, when must the Full Capacity on Demand feature be added into the configuration?

A customer needs to know how many Global Mirror sessions are supported within a single DS8870. Which information source would have this information?

A customer has several legacy storage arrays containing many hot spare disks. The customer has heard that the IBM XIV does not have any hot spares. What should the technical specia...

A customer has a XIV Gen3 system. Which tool or resource should be used to gather performance data?

A customer is looking to consolidate management from several heterogeneous storage platforms. Each system is currently attached to an OEM vendor solution with an 'SCSI backbone. Wh...

What product provides an application consistent point-in-time capture without application downtime?

A customer wants to be more proactive with managing their Brocade based SAN infrastructure. They would like to receive a warning when an ISL reaches 75% utilization Cost is a major...

A customer has ordered a TS3500 library with one expansion frame and a total of 16 LTO-6 tape drives. Their requirement is to have redundant connections to the integrated patch pan...

What tool contains capacity, performance and metadata planning for standalone replicated TS7650G configurations?

How can a customer view 30 minutes of performance data from the SVC?

A customer is interested in implementing sixteen 300 GB SAS drives and sixteen 400 GB SSDs into their existing DS8800 subsystem architecture. What solution would be an acceptable d...

A customer is using an IBM SVC solution and has learned about the usage of Solid State Drives in the system. Which tool is recommended to determine the benefits of SSDs in the cust...

A customer purchased Metro Mirror synchronous replication capabilities between two DS8870 systems. What is the maximum supported distance for Metro Mirror?

Following the rules for Solid State Disks (SSD), how many SSD drives can be supported in a DS8870 enterprise class base frame only?

A customer has expressed difficulty in the management of multiple SAN fabrics consisting of IBM branded SAN switches in a core-edge topology. Which of the following tools would pro...

A customer is planning data migration for a high-end AIX server. The server currently has 61 1 LUNs on non IBM storage and needs to migrate the data to a newly installed XIV storag...

A Business Partner has just sold a DS8870 with one Expansion Unit and wants to implement encryption. What is a responsibility of the customer for deployment?

An IBM prospect has several older competitive enterprise class storage systems which have high administrative costs that prohibits staying with this strategy. The prospect is looki...

A technical specialist is holding a general discussion with a customer who has a large volume of block. The customer tells the specialist that their company's storage maintenance i...

A customer is looking for a storage system solution with proactive system health management. The customer has asked about advantages that XIV offers. Which feature should the techn...

A customer has a newly installed TS3500 in a single logical library configuration. They need connect the TS3500 to a System z and want to assign cartridges that are already inside...

A customer requires consolidated problem reporting capability for multiple TS3500 Tape Libraries, Which of the following would provide this capability?

A customer who has a mixed block and file storage environment and a combination of IBM and other vendor storage arrays has requested the following from a technical specialist 1 pro...

Which IBM enterprise storage solution offers a tape based tier option when used with a Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) server, called HSM (Hierarchical Storage Manager), and will allo...

A customer is planning to consolidate several medium-sized data centers into a completely new data center. The customer has complained about all of the cabling needed for the SAN a...

A customer is considering the purchase of two IBM XIV Gen 3 systems for their storage and disaster recovery requirements. The customer does not have Fibre Channel between their dat...

Which DS8870 Technical and Delivery Assessment (TDA) must be performed for a customer that has a DS8870 system already installed in the same location?

A customer is considering an implementation of a SAN Volume Controller with Real-time Compression for a large DB2 environment of 250TB. The Comprestimator tool was used to determin...

IBM has been called in to enhance an existing EMC environment with an IBM SVC. Data has been collected and needs to be verified that the SVC will handle the projected workload. Whi...

A technical specialist is having detailed discussions with their customer on which levels of HBA firmware ere supported by the proposed XIV solution. Which tool or resource should...

Which of the following is an attribute of the Real-time Compression Appliance?

For what is the STAT tool utilized?

A customer is evaluating deduplication offerings from IBM, EMC, and NetApp. Which characteristic is a competitive advantage of the IBM ProtecTIER deduplication gateway?

What tool set should be used by a technical specialist to troubleshoot a TS7700 Grid Network Configuration?

A TS3500 with a fully populated base frame and a total of 14 LTO-4 tape drives will be upgraded with two additional expansion frames= How many expansion frames will be to the right...

A customer has purchased a new SAN Volume Controller (SVC) for their data center. The Service Support Representative needs to install it and connect it to the SAN. Which rule must...