IBM 000-456 Actual Free Exam Questions & Community Discussion

Exam Code/Number: 000-456
Exam Name/Title: IBM XIV Storage System Technical Solutions V4
Certification Provider: IBM
Corresponding Certification: IBM Certified Specialist

Exam Questions: 70
Updated On: May 30, 2026

Question #22

A customer builds a solution with SAN Volume Controller and an XIV system.
For best performance how many paths should be used between the SVC and the XIV system?

A. each SVC port should have one path to all available XIV interface modules

B. all XIV interface module FC ports should be zoned to each FC port on each SVC node

C. each SVC cluster should have one path to all available XIV interface modules

D. each I/O group must have one path to all available XIV interface modules

Discussion 0

Correct Answer: A Vote an answer

Question #23

A customer wants to ensure resource availability for their SAP application by implementing Q0S. How could the performance class be defined?

A. limited to 10,000 IOPS and add all hosts except the SAP application to it

B. for half of the interface modules add the SAP application, with the remaining modules serving all other I/O

C. for half of the interface modules add all hosts, with the remaining modules serving the SAP application

D. limited to 10,000 IOPS and add the SAP application servers to it

Discussion 0

Correct Answer: A Vote an answer

Question #24

Which XIV system feature increases the level of reliability of the system?

A. Quality of Service

B. solid state drives

C. snapshots

D. protected cache

Discussion 0

Correct Answer: D Vote an answer

Question #25

XIV Quality of Service limits I/O to which of the following?

A. mirrored pairs

B. hosts

C. storage pools

D. consistency groups

Discussion 0

Correct Answer: B Vote an answer

Question #26

A storage administrator wishes to migrate a legacy storage controller's volumes to a SAN Volume Controller. The controller can provide SAS or iSCSI host connections only. An XIV is virtualized by the SVC and has been upgraded from six modules to nine to assist with the migration project. The additional storage is yet to be presented to the SVC.
What would be the best method to transfer the data?

A. Present volumes to the XIV using iSCSl. Migrate the volumes to XIV using the availablecapacitythen to the SVC.

B. Presentvolumestothe SVC using SAS. Mirrorthe volumes onto the newly-presented XIV storage.

C. Present volumes to the XIV using SAS. Migrate the volumes to XIV using the availablecapacitythen to the SV

D. Present volumes to the SVC using iSCSl. Mirror the volumes onto the newly-presented XIV storage.

Discussion 0

Correct Answer: A Vote an answer

Question #27

During data migration from a legacy storage system to the XIV system, there are eight hosts accessing eight separate volumes.
What is the maximum number of volume migrations allowed in the background while the eight hosts are actively running?

A. 8perdefinedtarget

B. 4perdefinedtarget

C. 1per defined target

D. 2perdefinedtarget

Discussion 0

Correct Answer: C Vote an answer

Question #28

Based on best practice, what is the optimal number of SVC Fibre Channel connections to a full 15 module XIV?

A. connect the SVC to 6 XIV ports

B. connect the SVCto 12 XIV ports

C. connecttheSVCtol6XlVports

D. connect the SVC to 9 XIV ports

Discussion 0

Correct Answer: B Vote an answer

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