IBM Certified Specialist - IBM Systems Storage Implementation for Entry/Midrange DS Series v1 certification is designed to - Improve customer satisfaction with installs
- Increase the skill level of BPs performing install/maintenance services
- Increase the skill level of IBMers performing install/maintenance services
- Increase the skill level of both IBMers and BPs installing/maintaining premium features like FlashCopy, VolumeCopy, Enhanced Remote Mirroring (ERM)
The purpose of this certification is to insure that candidates demonstrate the necessary knowledge, skills and abilities to install and maintain DS3000, DS4000 and/or DS5000 systems in complex environments, and to utilize premium features.
The certified Systems Storage Implementation for Entry/Midrange DS Series professional can install, configure and maintain the systems to provide outstanding customer satisfaction.
This certification candidate can perform basic rack-and-stack cabling, firmware upgrades, detailed configuration, storage partitioning setup, copy services, replication services, device intermix, problem determination, performance monitoring and data migration without assistance.
With assistance, the certification candidate can perform basic rack-and-stack cabling, firmware upgrades, detailed configuration, storage partitioning setup, copy services, replication services, device intermix, problem determination, performance monitoring, and data migration.
With assistance, certification candidates should be to use serial shell, Rlogin, performance tuning, and in-depth problem determination.
Within a DAS, SAN and NAS environment, candidates should be comfortable using the following tools:
- DS3000, DS4000, and DS5000 Storage Manager, storage simulator, interoperability matrix, SupportLine
- Tech Express, RTS, bandwidth estimator, storage calculator Exchange Estimator, Storage Sizing for Oracle, and Disk Magic.
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