Power Systems with POWER8 Sales Skills V1 (C4040-250) Free Practice Test

Question 1

How does POWER8 technology contribute to lower TCO?

A. RAS features mean the cost of failover systems can be eliminated.

B. Higher performance cores reduces software licensing.

C. Software licensing and with Capacity on Demand allows software to be licensed to the lowest core count.

D. The lower energy usage of Power Systems can reduce 20% of systems costs.

Correct Answer: B

Question 2

A credit card company is going to implement a new application for which security is a major requirement. The company has been quoted a solution running in Windows.
Why should the company consider a Power Systems solution?

A. PowerSC includes templates for PCI compliance

B. IBM has superior firewalls.

C. Starting with POWER8 security is built into the processor.

D. IBM AIX and IBM i have security check points that make it nearly impossible to be hacked.

Correct Answer: A

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Question 3

When implementing a 40TB NoSQL in-memory database on an x86 platform, a customer needs 24 servers. The same database requirement can be satisfied on POWER with a CAPI connected FlashSystem 840.
How many Power S822L(s) is (are) needed?

A. 8

B. 1

C. 16

D. 24

Correct Answer: B

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Question 4

Which management function is provided by IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack?

A. Ongoing optimization and VM resilience

B. Resource pooling and dynamic VM placement

C. End-user self-service provisioning and automation

D. Electronic Service Agent for proactive hardware reporting

Correct Answer: C

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Question 5

A customer is considering the purchase of three IBM POWER8 Scale-out systems to run their AIX and IBM i applications. Their main concern is application uptime.
What feature of the POWER8 Scale-out systems should the IBM reseller discuss?

A. Live Partition Mobility

B. Hot swap memory and cores

C. PowerVC

D. RAS features eliminate disk and memory failures

Correct Answer: A

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Question 6

Upon meeting in an elevator, a customer's senior executive asks an IBM sales agent to explain in one sentence why POWER8 systems are superior to x86 solutions.
Which statement best represents the Power Systems value proposition?

A. Regardless of the benchmark used, IBM POWER8 has proven to be the fastest performing server chip in the industry.

B. x86 technology is reaching chip design limitations and x86 performance has not increased proportionality to the chip core count, which results in higher software costs.

C. The IBM POWER8 processor is Purpose Built resulting in premium performance over x86, which results in lower TCA and TCO.

D. IBM POWER8 servers deliver a lower TCO with unparalleled system reliability.

Correct Answer: C

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Question 7

What is the PVU value for an IBM two socket Scale-out system?

A. 50 PVUs per processor

B. 100 PVUs per socket

C. 120 PVUs per system

D. 70 PVUs per core

Correct Answer: D

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Question 8

What is an advantage of the POWER8 Scale-out systems compared to a competitive Oracle T5 offering?

A. The option to run multiple partitions.

B. The ability to connect to a SAN.

C. The option to run SUSE Linux.

D. The ability to support internal drives.

Correct Answer: A

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Question 9

A customer is close to maximum energy consumption in their data center and wants to measure and predict energy use.
Which POWER8 feature will provide the required function?

A. Power core nap mode

B. Power saver mode

C. Power capping

D. Power trending

Correct Answer: D

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Question 10

A customer has an E870 and is installing IBM software products in a Red Hat partition.
What PVU will the customer be charged per core?

A. 70PVUs

B. 120PVUs

C. 100PVUS

D. 80PVUs

Correct Answer: A

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