IBM Assessment: Power Systems with POWER7 and IBM i Technical Sales Skills -v2

QUESTION NO: 1
Which of the following is a value proposition for Power Systems and IBM i as published in a recent International Technology Group study?

A. Software maintenance costs are higher but operating system upgrade costs are lower than on an x86. B. Server costs are higher but have lower support costs than an x86 server solution. C. Lower overall 3 year costs than an x86 solution with Windows and SQL server. D. Licensing costs are higher but implementation is faster than a Windows Server solution.

Correct Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 2
A customer with a POWER6 520 running V5R4M5 is considering migrating to a POWER7+ 720. Which upgrade or migration method will work?

A. Upgrade the current machine to IBM i 6.1.0
Perform a full system save on the current machine and full system restore on the new machine. B. Upgrade the current machine to IBM i 7.1 with Technology Refresh 6
Perform a full system save on the current machine and full system restore on the new machine. C. Load the 7.1 LIC and OS on the new machine
Perform a GO SAVE 21 on the current machine, and a GO RESTORE 21 on the POWER7+ 720. D. Install 5722-SS1 Native Support Feature (EB34) on the current machine

Correct Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 3
A customer running IBM i VSR4MO on a POWERS 520 is considering purchasing a POWER7+720. What steps should be performed as part of the upgrade/migration process?

A. Run ANZOBJCVN on their current V5R4M0 system to identity potential program issues. B. Upgrade to 6.1 Run ANZOBJCVN to determine if the customer can upgrade to IBM i 7.1 C. Upgrade the current machine to 6.1
Run ANZOBJCVN
Then upgrade to 7.1 to support the new hardware D. Upgrade to V5R4M5
Run STROBJC VN to prepare programs for 7.1.

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 4
A customer will be upgrading to a new POWER7+ server running IBM i 7.1. This customer is currently running IBM i 6.1 and uses AnyNet for SNA connectivity over TCP/IP. What must be configured to allow this customer to continue to receive IBM support for problems which may occur with the TCP/IP-based SNA connectivity?

A. EtherChannel B. Converged Network Adapters C. Virtual IP Addressing (VIPA) D. Enterprise Extender

Correct Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 5
A customer needs to keep energy consumption as low as possible and is considering a POWER7+ server. In order to monitor and manage energy usage, which product is needed?

A. Systems Director B. PowerVM C. Flex Server Manager D. Tivoli Data Center Manager

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 6
A customer is running several partitions on a Power 740 with a Storwize V7000. The server and the V7000 are in a remote data center. The customer wants to add 3 partitions running the same operating system. What is the most efficient and cost effective manner to install these new partitions?

A. Use an image repository of the VIO Server B. Use an image catalog on a USB drive C. Use an image catalog of the service processor D. Install the partition from installation media

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 7
An IBM i 7.1 customer with a Power 720 needs to occasionally run a small test environment of IBM i. The environment doesn't require regular backups, availability isn't a factor, and consistent I/O performance isn't important.
The test environment needs to be deployed quickly, and must be redeployed with a fresh instance after testing.
Which of these following configurations supports these requirements?

A. Storage and network managed with VIO Server B. IBM i as a client partition of IBM i C. Storage managed with VIO Server, dedicated network D. Dedicated internal storage and network

Correct Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 8
In which situation is the FC #EB34 IBM i 6.1.1 Native I/O feature required?

A. To configure a POWER6+ or POWER7 system to run client I/O for an IBM i 6.1 partition B. To enable a POWER7 system to host a Linux partition C. To implement a single-image system on a POWER7+ server running only IBM i 6.1 D. To allow a POWER7+ system to run external I/O

Correct Answer: C

IBM Assessment: Power Systems with POWER7 and IBM i Technical Sales Skills -v2 - A4040-226 Exam Questions