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Question 1

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SAN Volume Controller supports data reduction pools (DRPs)

which can help to increase effective capacity. Which of the
following most accurately describes the capabilities of DRPs?

Thin provisioning, SCSI Unmap, deduplication, and

compression
Thin provisioning, SCSI Unmap, and compression
Thin provisioning, SCSI Unmap, zero detection, 

deduplication, and compression

Thin provisioning and small computer system interface
(SCSI) Unmap

Question 2

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What does SAN Volume Controller (SVC) Machine Type 2145

lack, which can be optionally added, to equal the same degree
of service that SVC Machine Type 2147 automatically
includes?

Ability to cluster more nodes

Sign in
Greater amount of cache
5-year warranty
Enterprise class support 
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IBM offers a high availability feature for critical data that may
even support a 100% uptime guarantee. What is the name of
the feature?

Asynchronous Replication
HyperSwap 

Synchronous Replication
Hyper-Scale

Question 4

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What is the number one reason that thousands of clients still

rely on IBM SAN Volume Controller?

It provides ease of data migrations from one storage 

platform to another
It forces all storage vendors to compete for their business
It keeps IBM sales reps happy
It provides network-attached storage (NAS) abilities for
clients with fast block storage

Question 5

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How many replication sites can SAN Volume Controller

support with its enhanced high-availability configuration?

3-sites
5-sites 

4-sites
6-sites
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Once SAN Volume Controller SA2, SV2 ot SV3 nodes have

virtualized external systems, what do they use to provide data
reduction to those storage arrays?

Inline hardware compression through FlashCore Modules

Add in hardware compression cards
Data reduction pools (DRP) 

Wavelet-based ECG compression

Question 7

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What is a true statement about IBM SAN Volume Controller

(SVC)?

It has customer usable onboard storage

It requires disruptive hardware replacement
It is a storage array that runs Spectrum Virtualize
It is an appliance that runs Storage Virtualize 

Question 8

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Assuming they are running the same level of Storage Virtualize

code (version 8.3.1), which SAN Volume Controller nodes can
be clustered together?

CG8 – DH8 – SV1 – SV2

8A4 – DH8 – SA2 – SV1
8G4 – 8A4 – SV1 – SV2
DH8 – SV1 – SA2 – SV2 
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What is the maximum capacity that 4, 6 or 8 clustered SAN

Volume Controller nodes support?

32PB 

12PB
23PB
48PB

Question 10

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What powerful ability is found in all SAN Volume Controller

systems that enables clients to apply consistent management
and features to over 500 heterogeneous storage systems?

WAN IP Replication
Storage Virtualization 

vStorage API for Array Integration (VAAI) and vSphere

API for Storage Awareness (VASA)
IBM Storage Insights

Question 11

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What components in the SAN Volume Controller SA2 and SV2

nodes have been made internal?

Boot drives and batteries

Host adapter cards and batteries
Boot drives and host adaptor cards 

Batteries and host adapter cards

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What is a true statement regarding IBM SAN Volume

Controller (SVC)?

It works only with IBM Storage hardware

It is not needed if using only IBM Storage
It requires use of non-IBM storage hardware to make
financial sense
It extends the life of existing underlying storage 

hardware

Question 13

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IBM introduced SAN Volume Controller many years ago. What

celebration is SAN Volume Controller undergoing in 2023?

18th Anniversary
20th Anniversary 

17th Anniversary
19th Anniversary

Question 14

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IBM has significantly increased the amount of cache that is

supported by SAN Volume Controller. What is the maximum
amount of cache that a high availability pair of SA2 or SV2
nodes can support?

512GB
768GB
256GB
1536GB 
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What software can provide identical management to storage in

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud, Microsoft Azure Cloud and
IBM Cloud as is found in SAN Volume Controller?

Storage Virtualize for Public Cloud 

Storage Virtualize
Storage Protect Suite
Storage Accelerate

Question 16

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What unique ability does Easy Tier provide when it is used

with SAN Volume Controller (SVC)?

It enables tiering between virtualized arrays 

It enables tiering between the main SVC node and a hot

spare node
It enables tiering between virtualized and non-virtualized
arrays
It enables intra-hard disk drive (HDD) data migration on
the same drive
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SAN Volume Controller supports very flexible data reduction

pools (DRP). What capability provides this flexibility and is not
always found in competitor's data reduction schemes?

Triple reduction functionality

Selectability 

Always on functionality
Support only for Flash Core Modules (FCMs)

Question 18

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What is the name of the base software that provides a wealth

of features in all SAN Volume Controller models?

IBM Storage Accelerate

IBM Storage System
IBM Storage Scale
IBM Storage Virtualize 

Question 19

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SAN Volume Controller includes cloud-based software that

provides AI-based predictive analytics and proactive health
monitoring. What is the name of this software?

IBM Storage Insights 

IBM Storage Control

IBM Multicloud Manager
IBM Storage Connect
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What makes IBM's Easy Tier so efficient?

It works on a whole-LUN basis

It relies on the use of CPU cache memory for swap space
It uses advanced error correction
It works on a sub-logical unit number (LUN) basis 

Question 21

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How many new models of IBM SAN Volume Controller nodes

were introduced in 2020?

1
2 

4
3

Question 22

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What is the unique SAN Volume Controller feature that

provides metro-distance, enhanced high-availability
capabilities?

Synchronous replication
Async with change volumes
External storage virtualization
Stretched Cluster 
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IBM has introduced a number of ways for SAN Volume

Controller solutions to be used as part of an overall cloud-
capable storage. IBM supports an automation software that
enables cloud provisioning, configuration management, intra-
service orchestration, and application development. What is
the software called?

CRI-O
AMI
EC2
Ansible 

Question 24

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Which one of the following best represents the key value

propositions for SAN Volume Controller?

Improved storage utilization, simplified data migrations,

and increased response times
Simplified data migrations, lower storage utilization, and
higher total cost of ownership
Underlying storage must keep their own sets of enhanced
functions managed separately
Common advanced functions, improved storage 

utilization, and simplified data migrations

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IBM is leading the market by providing a way to bring real data

protection to container backups. For SAN Volume Controller
solutions, what feature/ability enables developers to backup,
recover, and retain persistent container volumes in
Kubernetes (K8s) environments?

Docker
CRI-O
Kubernetes
Container Storage Interface 