A customer has 5 older POWER5 systems and they want to consolidate them onto a POWER6 system. What information is important to analyze when deciding how to design the new machine using the System Planning Tool?()
A customer has an existing SP system and needs to add cards to some of the nodes. Which of the following applications must be used to configure the upgrade?()
A customer has a mixed Dell and IBM server environment. They want to implement a system management solution for all their Windows, Linux, and VMWare ESX Intel based servers. Which TWO features of IBM Director will be an advantage for this customer?()
A customer has an existing rack environment with 18 x365 and 2 x255 servers. How can the customer monitor and manage the hardware even if the systems are shut down?()
A customer currently has five partitioned POWER4 systems and is adding new systems. When the pSeries technical specialist introduces the first p5 system with CoD into this environment, how should the HMC be handled?()
A customer has an EMC Symmetrix DMX-4 installed. The disk subsystem is coming off lease. The customer is considering an IBM System Storage DS8800. What is a key advantage of the DS8800()
One of your best customers has limited funding and is interested in the ability to increase a system’s computing power as needed. Which of the following System x server attributes should the Sales Specialist promote?()
A customer is looking for a low cost System x Server solution that has a fairly robust set of software application workload requirements. Which tool will assist you in making sure the hardware will match the workload?()
A customer has just received three enterprise systems that support a total of 48 LPARs. Which installation method expedite the process?()
A customer has purchased three IBM System Storage DS8700 systems and would like to have their administrators trained. Which training alternative provides the necessary training with the least financial impact()
A customer has a requirement to eliminate single points of failure for an application. They have allocated one Ethernet adapter to each VIO server on the system. Which features of PowerVM and AIX will support the customer requirement?()
A customer has 15 IBM x365 servers in a rack environment and is using IBM Director for systems management. They require the ability to restart any server independent of the operating system. Which of the following is the most cost-effective solution?()
A customer has a Linux server farm and wants to use IBM Director to manage all of their systems. Which of the following is the preferred installation of IBM Director to fully manage the Linux systems?()
A customer has been quoted a DS8800. Which part of the TDA process would ensure that there isenough power in the customer location to operate the system?()
A customer has a requirement for a single AIX LPAR to be highly available. The customer only has enough funding to purchase a single system. Which would be the most critical option to mitigate AIX availability?()
A customer has bought an IBM System Storage DS8700 and wants to attach ten SuSE Linux Enterprise Server hosts to the DS8700 with multiple paths. What is the Multipathing Driver the customer needs()
A customer has two DS8000 systems in their environment. One DS8000 has FlashCopy licensed while the other does not. The customer wishes to license FlashCopy on the second DS8000. Which of the following describes the TDA requirement in this situation()
A customer has the need for performance monitoring of an IBM System Storage DS8000. Which product does the customer need()
A customer has a wide range of IBM enterprise disk systems and wants to manage copy services functions. Which of the products should the storage specialist recommend to this customer()
A customer has many RS/6000s and POWER4 systems running different AIX applications. What should the customer do to best position themselves for the migration to POWER5?()
A retail customer has a database server that requires more than 64Gb memory and four or more processors sockets. Which of the following system x servers meets this requirements?()
A customer has a requirement for a single AIX LPAR to be highly available. The customer only has enough funding to purchase a single system. Which would be the most critical option to mitigate AIX availability?()
A customer’s data center has all POWER4+ systems, and they plan to add three new p5-570 systems. They will be purchasing a new 7310-CR2 HMC to support the POWER5 systems. What is a key requirement that they need to plan for with the new HMC?()
A System p administrator has created a customized security profile using AIX Security Expert. Which of the following commands will apply this to a system()