A customer has an existing IBM System Storage DS8700 2-way model with 8 mega packs of 300 GB disks and 16 fibre ports. 
How many additional fibre ports and mega packs can be installed in the base frame（）

During the pre-installation planning of a customer’s recently purchased IBM System Storage DS8700 the port configuration， cabling， and disk layout were discussed. 
What other topic should be discussed in this solution review（）

A customer has installed an IBM System Storage DS8700 with 20 TB of storage， two-way processor version， 32 GB cache， and 16 Fibre Channel ports. The customer is beginning to experience throughput performance issues. 
To address this performance consideration with minimal cost to the customer， which of the following should be the FIRST step to resolve the problem（）

The storage specialist needs to prepare an IBM System Storage DS8800 proposal including 64 host ports. The offer needs to meet the lowest possible price. 
What is the minimum number of I/O Enclosure Pairs PCI-E for this configuration（）

A healthcare provider has two applications that they need to redundantly protect in a SAN environment. Their patient record application runs on Oracle 11i and consists of many small， randomly accessed files. The database is kept on three clustered Sun servers and currently uses 30 TB of data space. Their imaging application that retains and manages x-rays， consists of Filenet， CommonStore， and TSM running on an IBM Power750 server， and is currently using 65
TB of data space. 
Which of the following disk solutions meets the customer’s requirement（）

A customer has an IBM System Storage DS8700 at their primary site and an XIV system at their recovery site， which is 9.5 kilometers away. They want to replicate data for disaster recovery backup. 
Which factor is a primary consideration when proposing a solution for this customer（）

A customer has two data centers， 500 kilometers apart. The customer requests a proposal for new storage subsystems and a disaster recovery solution that provides consistent data in the event of a disaster at the local site. 
Which IBM System Storage DS8000 solution should the storage  specialist propose to the client（）

A customer has multiple applications on multiple open platforms in their current environment based on IBM System Storage DS8100. They plan to set up a business continuity solution that meets the objective of zero or little data loss for their business critical data. The customer has indicated that cost is a factor. 
What should the storage specialist recommend（）

Tiered disk systems （DS8700 and DS5020）， tape backup and Cisco director（s） utilizing VSANs have been proposed as a solution. The storage specialist is asked to explain the technical
advantage of using Cisco directors and VSANs. 
Which of the following is the key point to stress to the customer（）

A customer has a wide range of IBM enterprise disk systems and wants to manage copy services functions. 
Which of the products should the storage specialist recommend to this customer（）