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Designing HP Enterprise Storage Solutions

Exam description Exam ID HP0-J64

This exam tests your ability to do the following:
Explain the fundamental architectures and technologies of Enterprise Solutions Exam type Proctored exam taken at dedicated
Describe HP products and solutions testing center
Identify the customer's requirements Exam duration 1 hour 55 minutes
Design, validate and propose a solution
Expand and extend opportunities for current and future customer business Exam length 55 questions
HP Enterprise Backup vision, strategy, products and solutions Passing score 56%
Plan and Design an Enterprise Backup Solution Delivery English, Simplified Chinese,
Describe and position HP Service offerings related to HP storage solutions languages Japanese
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Who should take this exam? You will need an HP Learner ID and a Pearson VUE login and
Candidates should have a minimum of one year of experience in storage password.
technologies. Candidates should have a need to identify and define business During the exam, you can make specific comments about
requirements and then design enterprise scope, complex storage solutions to meet the exam and items. HP welcomes these comments as part
those needs. of our continuous improvement process.
No online or hard copy reference material will be allowed at
Exam contents the testing site. This exam may contain beta test items for
This exam has 55 questions. Here are types of questions to expect: experimental purposes.
Multiple choice (multiple responses)
Multiple choice (single response) Related
Scenarios with multiple questions certifications HP ASE - Storage Solutions
Architect V1
Tips for taking this exam
These tips will help you while taking the exam.
Take the time to read the entire question and consider all of the options carefully before you answer. If the question indicates that it features an
exhibit, study the exhibit and reread the question. Make sure to select the answer that correctly responds to the question that is asked — not
simply an answer that includes some correct information. If the question asks for more than one answer, remember to select each correct
answer. You will not receive partial credit for a partially correct answer.

Supporting courses
These recommended courses help you prepare for the exam:
00729772: Designing HP Enterprise Storage Solutions, Rev. 15.21

Additional study materials

HP Product Bulletin
00729772 – Resource Library for Designing HP Enterprise Solutions
HP SAN Design Reference Guide
00783208 - HP StoreOnce Sizing Tutorial Rev13.21

Objectives
This exam validates that you can successfully perform the following:

Sections/Objectives
15% Fundamental storage architecture and technology
Describe storage transport components.
Describe and characterize SAN topologies.
Describe backup systems technology.
Describe data availability technologies.
Describe storage and network management.
 Sections/Objectives
25% HP Storage products, solutions, and service offerings
Describe the HP Converged Storage strategy
Correctly position the HP Storage portfolio.

14% Competitive positioning

Identify the strength of HP Storage solutions.
Illustrate the competitive advantage of HP solutions.
Demonstrate technology capabilities as solution options.

46% Solution planning and design

Opportunity discovery
Plan and design a solution.
Size a solution.
Proposal review and validation
Present to a customer.

Sample questions
Use the following questions to help assess whether you are ready to take the exam. Answers to these sample questions are
provided at the end of this guide.
1. A customer has a B-Series SAN and wants to add an H-Series switch. Which feature and protocol achieve this?
a. Transparent Router (TR), N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV)
b. NR - SPIV
c. LR - RPIV
d. SR – TPIV

2. A customer has an HP StoreVirtual six node cluster. The HP StoreVirtual system is presenting 30 Network RAID 10 LUNs to an
application server. The application server has HP DSM for MPIO and HP Application Aware Snapshot Manager installed. The
customer wants to add four more nodes to the cluster.
What must be considered when adding the four additional nodes?
a. There is a maximum number of eight nodes per cluster.
b. Network RAID 10 drives need to be converted to Network RAID 10+1.
c. HP DSM for MPIO will not support the new configuration.
d. All data needs to be backed up and restored.

3. Your customer is rapidly expanding and wants to migrate from direct-attached storage to an array-based storage platform.
Which benefit can be achieved by moving to the HP 3PAR StoreServ platform?
a. reduces administration time by up to 75%
b. reduces SAN equipment costs
c. reduces power costs by 75%
d. cuts disk capacity requirements by 50% or more

4. You are working with a city government on a storage refresh. They are interested in consolidating divisions that have previously
had separate arrays and management. The political environment will now allow for combined budgets, but managing the
storage still needs to be kept separate for varied security reasons. Budgets are very constrained, so cost will be an issue.
Which storage array should you recommend to meet their needs?
a. HP StoreVirtual 4330 FC Storage
b. HP StoreVirtual 4130 Storage
c. HP 3PAR StoreServ 7200 Storage
d. HP 3PAR StoreServ 10400 Storage
e. payback period
f. architecture of the array
5. A solution architect from an HP authorized reseller calls you with a need to configure HP BladeSystem and an HP StoreServ 7400
Storage System. He needs a bill of materials and a budgetary quote (List Price) for his colleague.
Which tool do you recommend he use?
a. HP Storage Sizing Tool
b. HP Single Point of Connectivity (SPOCK)
c. HP Salesbuilder for Windows
d. HP Storage Product Selector

6. Which statement is accurate when an HP BladeSystem customer is interested in the HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric Flat SAN
feature?
a. Virtual Connect fabric-attached and direct-attached SAN fabrics can not be mixed on the same Virtual Connect domain.
b. When using the direct-attach mode, participating uplinks must be directly connected to an HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage
System.
c. The direct-attach mode supports connecting HP Enterprise Virtual Array and HP StoreServ Storage.
d. Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager licenses are required.

7. A company currently has 800 virtual machines with 300 TB data. Seventy percent of the servers are at 85% idle. The customer
needs to reduce the overall cost of present and future storage upgrade requirements by at least 25% while reducing power and
cooling costs.
What should be done to properly size each tier in an HP StoreServ Adaptive Optimization multi-tier solution?
a. Establish capacity ratios in SSD and FC tiers to meet baseline performance requirements.
b. Run the 3PAR System Reporter to ensure sufficient regional density I/O in each tier
c. Configure maximum IOPS for the NearLine tier to reduce costs by the desired percentage.
d. Estimate the amount of 1TB licenses required for automatic tier movement.

8. You are responding to a request for proposal (RFP) for a new HP 3PAR StoreServ array. The company decision-maker has asked
you to justify the cost of the array.
Which benefits of the Alinean ROI Analyst should be included in the business case to justify the cost of the array? (Select three.)
a. regulatory documentation
b. architecture of the array
c. internal rate of return (IRR)
d. payback period
e. competitive data
f. value proposition

Answers
This section provides answers to and references for the sample questions.
1. A customer has a B-Series SAN and wants to add an H-Series switch. Which feature and protocol achieve this?
a. Transparent Router (TR), N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV)
b. NR - SPIV
c. LR - RPIV
d. SR – TPIV

References
HP SAN Design Reference Guide P58

2. A customer has an HP StoreVirtual six node cluster. The HP StoreVirtual system is presenting 30 Network RAID 10 LUNs to an
application server. The application server has HP DSM for MPIO and HP Application Aware Snapshot Manager installed. The
customer wants to add four more nodes to the cluster.
What must be considered when adding the four additional nodes?
a. There is a maximum number of eight nodes per cluster.
b. Network RAID 10 drives need to be converted to Network RAID 10+1.
c. HP DSM for MPIO will not support the new configuration.
d. All data needs to be backed up and restored.
 References
http://bizsupport1.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c03041928/c03041928.pdf Page 4

3. Your customer is rapidly expanding and wants to migrate from direct-attached storage to an array-based storage platform.
Which benefit can be achieved by moving to the HP 3PAR StoreServ platform?
a. reduces administration time by up to 75%
b. reduces SAN equipment costs
c. reduces power costs by 75%
d. cuts disk capacity requirements by 50% or more

References
Get Thin Guarantee Brochure

4. You are working with a city government on a storage refresh. They are interested in consolidating divisions that have previously
had separate arrays and management. The political environment will now allow for combined budgets, but managing the
storage still needs to be kept separate for varied security reasons. Budgets are very constrained, so cost will be an issue.
Which storage array should you recommend to meet their needs?
a. HP StoreVirtual 4330 FC Storage
b. HP StoreVirtual 4130 Storage
c. HP 3PAR StoreServ 7200 Storage
d. HP 3PAR StoreServ 10400 Storage
e. payback period
f. architecture of the array

References
HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Quickspec, information on "secure multi-tenancy"

5. A solution architect from an HP authorized reseller calls you with a need to configure HP BladeSystem and an HP StoreServ 7400
Storage System. He needs a bill of materials and a budgetary quote (List Price) for his colleague.
Which tool do you recommend he use?
a. HP Storage Sizing Tool
b. HP Single Point of Connectivity (SPOCK)
c. HP Salesbuilder for Windows
d. HP Storage Product Selector

References
00729772 Designing HP Enterprise Storage Solutions ILT. Module 3 - HP Storage Tools

6. Which statement is accurate when an HP BladeSystem customer is interested in the HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric Flat SAN
feature?
a. Virtual Connect fabric-attached and direct-attached SAN fabrics can not be mixed on the same Virtual Connect domain.
b. When using the direct-attach mode, participating uplinks must be directly connected to an HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage
System.
c. The direct-attach mode supports connecting HP Enterprise Virtual Array and HP StoreServ Storage.
d. Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager licenses are required.

References
00729772 Designing HP Enterprise Storage– Module 2 – Pre-Sales Consulting. HP Virtual Connect Fibre Channel Networking
Scenarios Cookbook

7. A company currently has 800 virtual machines with 300 TB data. Seventy percent of the servers are at 85% idle. The customer
needs to reduce the overall cost of present and future storage upgrade requirements by at least 25% while reducing power and
cooling costs.
What should be done to properly size each tier in an HP StoreServ Adaptive Optimization multi-tier solution?
 a. Establish capacity ratios in SSD and FC tiers to meet baseline performance requirements.
b. Run the 3PAR System Reporter to ensure sufficient regional density I/O in each tier
c. Configure maximum IOPS for the NearLine tier to reduce costs by the desired percentage.
d. Estimate the amount of 1TB licenses required for automatic tier movement.

References
J64 Supporting content, 3PAR section, Adaptive Optimization pages 5-8

8. You are responding to a request for proposal (RFP) for a new HP 3PAR StoreServ array. The company decision-maker has asked
you to justify the cost of the array.
Which benefits of the Alinean ROI Analyst should be included in the business case to justify the cost of the array? (Select three.)
a. regulatory documentation
b. architecture of the array
c. internal rate of return (IRR)
d. payback period
e. competitive data
f. value proposition

References
00729772 Designing HP Enterprise Storage Solutions - Presales Consulting - Module 2

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