Test 204:Storage Networking Solutions Version 3

Test information:

• Number of questions: 69
  
• Time allowed in minutes: 120
  
• Required passing score: 64%
  
• Test languages: English

Storage Networking Architecture (30%)

1. Explain technology differences and consider performance characteristics of file system protocols, block I/O protocols, and direct attached disk subsystems
   
2. Understand interoperability in a multi-vendor SAN environment
   
3. Understand which storage networking products allow intermix of FICON and Fibre Channel
   
4. Describe the functionality of Operations Manager, and when this function is beneficial to a customer
   
5. Understand Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery (BC/DR) concepts
   
6. Understand licensing features for IBM SAN products
   
7. Understand the recovery capabilities of N series products
   
8. Understand the application and technical requirements for the licensed software features for N series products
   
9. Identify the key benefits of N series WAFL
   
10. Know the functionality of N series products and which features are licensed, provided at no charge., etc.
    
11. Know the features and limitations of Data ONTAP

Initial Solution Design (38%)

1. Determine the client’s growth needs and expansion capability
   
2. Use the best practices for different networked storage topologies, protocols, and solutions including cost and performance factors
   
3. Consider client’s existing IP network and estimate the additional load of a solution on the network
   
4. Assess the client’s high availability requirements
   
5. Differentiate the security management features of each protocol in a heterogenous environment
   
6. Determine when switch-based SANs should be consolidated into a director core architecture
   
7. Consider where extended distance options are appropriate, and the implications of using different protocols and fiber channel cable types
   
8. Consider the implications of combining tape and disk in networked storage solutions
   
9. Determine when an IBM SAN Volume Controller can simplify the management of a multi-tiered storage network infrastructure
   
10. Determine the best storage networking solution that addresses performance requirements
    
11. Describe the benefits and limitations of N series MetroCluster
    
12. Describe and identify N series Snap features and MetroCluster, and their impact on customer requirements
    
13. Understand storage-based copy services and their impact on SAN environments
    
14. Understand the methods and tools used to gather all the configuration information of an existing infrastructure
    
15. Describe the benefits and features of Remote LAN Module and AutoSupport

Solution Development (20%)

1. Using best practices, plan a fabric layout, including number of switches, paths, ISL, zones, cabling, buffer credits, redundancy, optics, etc.
   
2. Use best practices to recommend a backup solution for N series
   
3. Calculate the effective capacity for N series products, i.e., SnapShot, RAID levels, vaulting
   
4. Understand SAN fabric interoperability for fabric consolidation and SAN routing
   
5. Consider physical requirements such as rack design for network storage products
   
6. Propose a virtualized IBM System Storage N series environment using MultiStore
   
7. Determine what multi-protocol options can be used with an N series solution
   
8. Given a customer scenario, determine the number of ports required for a specific configuration, i.e. fibre channel and Ethernet ports, gateway ports (SAN, NAS, and iSCSI)
   
9. Determine when to recommend an N series-based gateway solution

Solution Implementation (12%)

1. Understand and use N series management tools and basic configuration
   
2. Understand multipathing driver requirements for SAN, NAS, or iSCSI environments
   
3. Describe the process of discovering new iSCSI LUNs in different environments, i.e., Windows and Linux
   
4. Using best practices, optimize the environment using zoning and LUN masking to ensure data integrity
   
5. Plan the initial N series installation
   
6. Perform upgrades to Data ONTAP

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