IBM Midrange Storage Sales V1 Sample Questions:

1. A sales specialist is competing against EMC for a Data Retention opportunity. The customer has a need for less than 1 TB of fixed content. Which of the following IBM products should be quoted to satisfy this requirement at minimum cost?

A) DS5020
B) IBM Information Archive
C) Storwize V7000
D) DS3500

2. According to the documented STG Solution Assurance Trigger Criteria and Designated Protect when is a TDA required for DCS3700?

A) Highly recommended for first in customer location
B) Mandatory for all
C) Mandatory first in customer location
D) Highly recommended for all

3. A prospect considering a single chassis PureFlex and is considering storage virtualization of an existing EMC array.
Which of the following IBM solution would best satisfy this request?

A) Storage V3700
B) XIV Storage System
C) Flex System V7000 Storage Node
D) DCS3700

4. A customer, George Adams, of Stimnex, has a Storwize V7000 installed at 7001 Lake Circle, and a second Storwize V7000 installed at 4685 International Parkway, and would like to replicate data between the two systems. The two locations are approximately 15 kilometers apart.
What method of Enhanced Remote Mirroring is required for this customer?

A) Metro Mirror
B) Remote Support Manager
C) Global Copy
D) Global Mirror

5. A sales specialist is creating a proposal for IBM BladeCenter and DS5000 which will be integrated in to an IBM-only storage and server environment. The client needs to better manage their servers and storage.
What management offering should the sales rep include in the proposal?

A) IBM Systems Director Storage Control
B) Tivoli Storage Productivity Center
C) Storage Manager GUI
D) System Storage Productivity Center (SSPC)

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