IBM and LearnQuest Badge Program - Storage
LearnQuest is working together with IBM to offer IBM training courses and award digital badges upon successful completion and attainment of course objectives.
IBM Badge Courses Storage Series offered by LearnQuest:
SAN Volume Controller (SVC) Planning and Implementation Workshop - Code: SNV1G
This credential earner has completed instructor-led learning for understanding how to leverage SAN storage connectivity by integrating a layer of intelligence in virtualization. Topics include how the SAN Volume Controller (SVC) facilitates storage application data access independence from storage management functions and requirements. Other skills covered include planning and implementation tasks associated with integrating the SVC into the storage area network.
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Badge Criteria and Activities
Successfully complete the following IBM Instructor-Led course: SAN Volume Controller (SVC) Planning and Implementation Workshop - Code: SNV1G
LearnQuest IBM FlashSystem V9000 Storage Implementation
This badge holder has demonstrated experience with the planning and implementation tasks associated with integrating the FlashSystem V9000 into the storage area network and facilitating storage application data access independence from storage management functions and requirements.
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Badge Criteria and Activities
During a LearnQuest delivered course, badge earners have successfully achieved class objectives demonstrated by student progress in lab exercises, attendance, participation in question & answer sessions, and/or assessments associated with:
- Recalling the history & fundamentals, administrative & maintenance procedures for IBM FlashSystem V9000 storage
- Distinguishing core principles of IBM FlashCore Technology
- Determinating advanced software features
LearnQuest IBM Storage Foundations
This badge holder has demonstrated experience with the basic elements of storage concepts and storage solutions, RAID technology, and connectivity. The badge holder uniderstands the concept of high availability and business continuity planning for disaster recovery as well as discuss the concept of storage virtualization and its many benefits.
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Badge Criteria and Activities
Badge earners have successfully achieved class objectives demonstrated by student progress in lab exercises, attendance, participation in question & answer sessions, and/or assessments associated with:
- Recall the essentials of disk storage;
- Outline the continuity plans to maintain high availability & data protection in storage solutions;
- Restate the concepts of the storage virtualization;
- Differentiate the types of the disk/all-flash storage solutions.
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LearnQuest IBM Flash Storage Foundations
This badge holder has demonstrated experience with how to take control of your storage, harness existing data, and manage your IT infrastructure in a much more cloud-like fashion. The individual is familiar with the basics of flash storage systems, specifically IBM’s portfolio in this area.
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Badge Criteria and Activities
During a LearnQuest delivered course, badge earners have successfully achieved class objectives demonstrated by student progress in lab exercises, attendance, participation in question & answer sessions, and/or assessments associated with:
- Summarizing benefits of IBM FlashCore technology & architecture of IBM FlashSystem products
- Recognizing flash storage products from IBM
- Demonstrating the ability to access & interact with the graphical interface of IBM FlashSystem V9000
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LearnQuest IBM Storage Area Networking Foundations
This badge holder has demonstrated experience with providing flexible, scalable and open standards-based business-class and global enterprise-class storage networking solutions for the on-demand world. They are also familiar with SAN concepts, Fibre Channel architecture, SAN topologies, IBM b-type offerings, IBM offerings from Cisco & SAN over Ethernet architectures (iSCSI & FCoE).
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Badge Criteria and Activities
During a LearnQuest delivered course, badge earners have successfully achieved class objectives demonstrated by student progress in lab exercises, attendance, participation in question & answer sessions, and/or assessments associated with: Classifying components of SAN infrastructure; Appraising Fibre Channel architecture; Differentiating features of IBM Storage System b-type switch offerings; Evaluating implementations of iSCSI & FCoE.