How does the weight and height reduction delivery option change the delivery configuration of a
XIV Gen3?

HOTSPOT
The exhibit represents the XIV Gen3 GUI. Click on the icon that shows the “QOS Performance
Class” option.

Easy Tier on a DS8800 in Automatic Mode performs its operations at which level?

A customer is building a VMware infrastructure for several hundred VM guests. Many of these
guests run mission-critical applications with large numbers of users.
Which feature of XIV Gen3 should be emphasized with this customer?

A technical specialist is in a discussion with a customer regarding changing the customer’s

storage environment from EMC to IBM. They are describing the environment.
Which host environment causes the most design challenges?

While discussing evaluation criteria for storage acquisition, a customer uses the following phrases:
“acquisition cost,” “software licenses,” “staffing,” and “ongoing maintenance cost.”
Which financial term best corresponds to the customer’s discussion points?

A customer has a large repository of geophysical data (>500 TBs and growing). This data is
primarily in larger single- file datasets. This customer would like to reduce their overall cost, floor
space, and power consumption. The customer has also communicated that the data must be
accessible as a file system and provide reasonable access times.
Which technology best meets these customer needs?

HOTSPOT
The exhibit represents the heat map for a DS8800. Click on the volume that would benefit most
from Easy Tier.

What are the main logical components in the DS8000?

A customer’s OPEX and CAPEX costs associated with their current storage estate are growing
rapidly. Which tool shows the financial benefits of moving to an IBM storage estate?