Test 000-453: IBM System Storage DS8000 Technical Solutions V3

Provide Pre-sales Technical Support (11%)

1. Articulate the differences (with other IBM storage) and/or advantages of currently marketed IBM DS8000 solutions in a System z, IBM i, or distributed systems environment
2. Articulate technical capabilities of the DS8000 system

Gather Customer Requirements (13%)

1. Identify customer's business drivers and goals (pain points)
2. Identify customer's technology requirements
3. Identify constraints in customer's physical environment

Architect a Storage Solution that Addresses the Customer's Business and Technical Requirements (43%)

1. Architect the solution to comply with the customer's existing site constraints
2. Ensure the solution is supported in the customer's SAN and server infrastructure
3. Configure the system to meet the customer's requirements, e.g., cache size, Fibre Channel ports, etc.
4. Determine the capacity required to support multiple platforms (i.e., open systems, IBM i, and mainframe workloads sharing a single system)
5. Develop a configuration to meet the desired performance of the storage subsystem
6. Architect a solution including other advanced functions of the DS8000, including Easy Tier, encryption, thin provisioning, and QoS
7. Architect a replication solution in metro, global and three-site environments including sizing of connectivity requirements
8. Architect a point-in-time copy solution
9. Determine the appropriate OEL and Advanced Function licenses
10. Verify SAN connectivity requirements to suport the customer's requirements
11. Identify requirements and benefits of additional external software, e.g., Tivoli Storage Productivity Center V5.1, FlashCopy Manager, Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager, GDPS (Geographically Disbursed Parallel Sysplex), PowerHA
12. Develop installation plan/schedule in conjunction with the customer
13. Develop a migration plan that meets customer requirements regarding outage and effort
14. Conduct a technical and delivery assessment (TDA) of a DS8000, e.g., Pre-sales TDA, Pre-install TDA, Post-install TDA

Design and Implement the Solution (24%)

1. Understand how to perform administrative tasks in the CLI and GUI
2. Understand license management
3. Design the logical configuration, e.g., extent pools, tiering, etc.
4. Design host access including QoS
5. Design a detailed point-in-time copy solution
6. Design a remote copy services solution
7. Enable the remote support capabilities
8. Implement/integrate the local alerting, e.g., SNMP, Tivoli Storage Productivity Center, etc.
9. Understand the requirements for encryption implementation and secure erase

Provide Post-installation Support (9%)

1. Conduct post installation review to determine if proposed benefits were realized
2. Educate the customer on problem resolution procedures
3. Determine the correct IBM process, procedure or resource to resolve customer problems