C1000-022 IBM Storage Technical V2 Exam

Number of questions: 60
Number of questions to pass: 35
Time allowed: 90 mins
Status: Live

This exam consists of 4 sections described below.

Customer Environment, Requirements, and Plans 33%
Describe a customer’s hardware and software environment.
Describe customer operational contraints, including power, cooling, personnel, knowledge level, and service level requirements.
Identify disaster recovery and high availability requirements.
Identify customer performance requirements, including throughput and latency.
Identify the customer’s capacity and growth requirements and the impact on total cost.

Product Information 30%
Given a scenario, describe the difference(s) among various storage media and align them to a requirement of TCA, performance, and upgradability.
Identify the difference(s) in cost, performance, and reliability among IBM storage solutions.
Describe IBM’s competitive advantages.
Given a scenario, describe how IBM enterprise storage products help clients solve data and device management issues through application efficiency and integration.
Given a scenario, explain alternatives to the existing environment to provide additional functionality.

Application of Resources and Tools 20%
Given a scenario, evaluate which tool(s) to use based upon key applications, performance requirements, customer pain-points, capacity and growth requirements, and the impact on total cost.
Identify uses of IBM maintenance, IBM websites, IBM tools, and IBM processes.
Given a scenario, identify high-level steps to integrate new solutions into an existing systems environment.

Containers, Clouds, and Analytics 17%
Identify ways the IBM storage porfolio enables containers and clouds.
Identify ways the IBM storage porfolio enables analytics.
Identify ways the IBM storage porfolio provides security.

Overview
PartnerWorld Code: C0005007
Replaces PW Code: 23003306

Status: Live
The IBM Storage Technical Specialist consults with customers to gather and understand customer requirements and position the correct solutions. The specialist uses available resources to design the solution. The specialist has a broad knowledge of the features, functions, and benefits of IBM storage solutions and the IBM storage portfolio, including disk, tape, storage management software, and software defined storage. Successful candidates understand competitive offerings used in the enterprise segment.

The IBM Storage technologies and solutions included in this exam are:
IBM Flash Storage
All flash solution concepts
Hybrid storage solutions including IBM System Storage DS8800 and IBM FlashSystem
Software-defined storage including the IBM Spectrum Suite; IBM Spectrum Accelerate, IBM Spectrum Control, IBM Storage Insights, IBM Spectrum Virtualize and IBM Spectrum Scale
IBM tape solutions and technologies
IBM Spectrum Protect
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus
IBM Spectrum Archive
Cloud Object Storage
SAN/Networks
VersaStack and converged infrastructure

General knowledge of hybrid cloud and analytics concepts and the IBM Storwize family of products is recommended.

This specialist can perform the following tasks without assistance:

Determine product positioning
Gather customer requirements
Identify and engage correct resources
Identify competitors
Provide the technical details for a TCO analysis
Present the IBM storage product line to the customer
Articulate features and benefits of IBM storage solutions
Read and understand a configuration based on customer requirements
Develop basic technology topologies and architectural designs
Present the configuration to the customer
Initiate the TDA process
Identify the correct tool to size the solution for performance
Identify open system, mainframe and IBM i connectivity requirements
Provide information gathered during customer interaction for post-installation

This specialist can perform the following tasks with assistance:
Respond to an RFP within the enterprise storage scope
Mitigate competitors
Demonstrate deep technical knowledge
Complete detailed design of the total solution
Conduct the IBM Technical Delivery Assessment (TDA)
Identify risks associated with the proposed solution
Plan implementation of the solution as part of the pre-install TDA
Submit an RPQ/SCORE request
Conduct a demonstration of the storage solution

This specialist should be familiar with the following resources:
eConfig
TCOnow!
IBM PartnerWorld
Sizing tools such as Disk Magic, Capacity Magic and Batch Magic
IBM Comprestimator Utility
Storage Consolidation Evaluation tool hosted by Alinean
System Storage Interoperability Center (SSIC)
Cognitive Storage Analytics
IBM Economics Study
IBM Data Reduction Estimator Tool

Recommended Prerequisite Skills
Minimum 12 months of direct technical storage experience, with six months experience with IBM designated storage products.

 

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QUESTION 1
A customer with a highly virtualized VMware environment and several bare-metal Oracle servers is interested
in data protection and replication between its on-site and IBM cloud environments.
Which technology should be discussed?

A. IBM Spectrum Protect Extended Edition
B. IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments
C. IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot
D. IBM Spectrum Protect Plus

Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
Reference: https://www.ibm.com/downloads/cas/L9MD4MEZ

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QUESTION 2
A customer has an existing IBM XIV Gen3 solution with 3 TB drives and nine modules. While performance is
acceptable, the customer wants to increase the performance of small-block reads. The current nine modules
are running at 60% of capacity.
Which solution should the technical specialist recommend?

A. Add an IBM FlashSystem 900 as a separate pool.
B. Add the SSD caching option on five modules.
C. Add the SSD caching option on all nine modules.
D. Add three more data modules to improve performance.

Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
Reference: https://books.google.com.pk/books?id=GQSlAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA20&lpg=PA20&dq=ibm+increase
+the+performance+of+small+block+reads&source=bl&ots=p9wvrwpdb&
sig=ACfU3U1otas71JSmTrTj6JS16DzOY5Rujw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwirw6OtwenjAhUF2-
AKHQU3AUIQ6AEwAHoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=ibm%20increase%20the%20performance%20of%20small
%20block%20reads&f=false

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QUESTION 3
A customer has IBM and NetApp block and file storage. The customer is interested in reducing storage costs
and optimizing its data center through intelligent capacity planning, storage reclamation, storage tiering, and performance metrics.
Which IBM SDS offering should the technical specialist discuss with the customer?

A. IBM Spectrum Protect
B. IBM Spectrum Control
C. IBM Spectrum Insights Pro
D. IBM Virtual Storage Center

Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
Reference: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSQRB8/com.ibm.spectrum.si.doc/
prd_ovw_versions.html

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QUESTION 4
A customer has a requirement for 250,000 IOPS and 200TB of capacity. The customer requires IBM SSR code upgrades at no additional charge.
Which solution should the technical specialist recommend to the customer?

A. IBM FlashSystem A9000 with 3.6TB MicroLatency modules.
B. IBM FlashSystem V9000 with IBM Storwize V5010 with 1.2TB drives
C. IBM Storwize V7000 with 1.2TB drives and 800 GB SSDs
D. IBM DS8886 with 1.2TB drives and HPFE

Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
Explanation/Reference:

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QUESTION 5
Which exclusive feature of the IBM FlashSystem 9100 is a technical advantage over competitive storage arrays?

A. 3D NAND SATA SSD drives
B. NVMe SSD drives
C. XL Flash modules
D. FlashCore modules

Answer: D

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