Power Systems with POWER7 and IBM i Sales Skills -v2 (000-124) Free Practice Test

Question 1

An IT Director plans the purchase of a new Power Systems server with IBM i. Due to a previous bad experience with a competitive product that was improperly sized, the IT Director is concerned that processor, memory and storage I/O of the solution accurately reflect the company's needs.
Which IBM tool would the sales representative use and discuss with the IT Director to help ensure correct sizing?

A. Systems Planning Tool

B. Workload Estimator

C. eConfigurator

D. System Performance Guide

Correct Answer: B

Question 2

What information should be provided to a customer who wants to move from a 4-core POWER5 550 to a 4-core POWER7 system and keep the same serial number?

A. Upgrades from the POWERS 550 are to a POWER7 or POWER7+ 750 or above.

B. The upgrade path which preserves the serial number is to a 4-core Power 740.

C. Migrations are supported but not upgrades, so the serial number will change.

D. The upgrade path is to an 8-core Power 720, but they only need to license 4 cores to IBM i.

Correct Answer: C

Question 3

A customer has a Power 740 with 128GB of memory installed. There are 6 LPARs with dedicated memory implemented. Performance analysis shows that the usage of the memory in the different LPARs changes frequently and is rarely optimal.
How can memory optimization be achieved?

A. Active Memory Expansion

B. Utility CoD Memory

C. Shared Memory Pools

D. Active Memory Sharing

Correct Answer: D

Question 4

Which of the following best describes a unique characteristic of IBM i when compared to non-IBM platforms?

A. DB2 doesn't require any specific database installation procedures, and provides automatic storage allocation for all database objects.

B. Integration with BladeCenter and System x allows IBM i partitions to host heterogeneous applications running Microsoft Windows or Linux applications.

C. IBM i provides Processor Instruction Retry and Alternate Processor Recovery mechanisms to recover from processor errors by utilizing an available spare processor core.

D. IBM i comes with a performance tuner that provides network multi-pathing, based on predictive analysis, to utilize all Ethernet ports.

Correct Answer: A

Question 5

Why would customers implementing leading ERP solutions from SAP, Oracle, JD Edwards, Lawson or Infor choose IBM i?

A. IBM pre-installs ISV solutions on IBM i, which reduces risk, cost and implementation time.

B. Solution Editions reduce acquisition cost and total cost of ownership.

C. IBM generates pre-tested application and system patches which reduce risk and complexity

D. These software providers offer discounts on software and services when the solution is running on IBM i.

Correct Answer: B

Question 6

A customer has a Power 740 with LPARs serving users in different time zones. Demand peaks at difference times during the day, depending on the time zone being supported.
All LPARs have dedicated memory, and many are memory constrained.
Which of the following will improve the customer situation?

A. Active Memory Expansion

B. Elastic Capacity on Demand

C. Hot-add memory

D. Active Memory Sharing

Correct Answer: D

Question 7

What is a key customer benefit of a Technology Refresh?

A. A Technology Refresh replaces the need to install PTF5.

B. A Technology Refresh may provide new functions, performance improvements and I/O support.

C. A Technology Refresh requires no system down time to implement.

D. A Technology Refresh includes IBM engineer services for implementation, reducing risk to customers upgrade processes.

Correct Answer: B

Question 8

An 8-core POWER7+ server with IBM i 7.1 runs two distinct interactive applications. The applications need to be separated so that one user group has twice as much memory as the other.
What is the minimum required to make this change?

A. Add an IBM i Navigator pre-start job for each user group to allocate memory

B. Add PowerVM Express so that an LPAR can be created for each application.

C. Add PowerVM Standard so that an LPAR can be created for each application

D. Add a new IBM i subsystem definition to separate the users into memory pools

Correct Answer: D

Question 9

A customer says that they cannot use IBM i for their chosen ERP solution as some of the application software is in Java and a Java development environment is also required.
How can this objection be addressed?

A. Java Virtual Machine is provided in WebSphere Application Server and runs natively on IBM i.

B. IBM i runs Javascript in a Java Virtual Machine allowing applications to run and a development environment to be created.

C. Rational Development Studio for i has a set of Java compilers for development and a Java runtime environment (JRE) for running applications.

D. IBM i 7.1 on POWER7+ now supports Java running natively using DB2 for i

Correct Answer: A

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