IBM Assessment: Power Systems with POWER7 Common Sales Skills -v2 - A4040-122 FREE EXAM DUMPS QUESTIONS & ANSWERS]

Question 1

Which statement describes how Active Memory Mirroring contributes to RAS?

A. Detects and reports memory errors that might be developing before they cause a outage B. Disables failed memory from the system configuration at startup C. Corrects multiple single-bit errors to keep memory from failing D. Protects the hypervisor code and its components from a memory failure

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Correct Answer: D Vote an answer

Question 2

An existing Power Systems client has implemented an SAP application with the financial, database and web serving applications on separate POWER5+ servers.
A Power 760 proposal to consolidate all three POWER5+ systems using LPARs has been presented.
The CIO has stated that only the unpredictable performance of the web server justifies replacement. What should the response be?

A. Consolidation onto one Power 760 offers the ability to dynamically move virtual system resources to the web server when required. B. Split the web server into multiple LPARs for better performance on the new Power 760 C. The Power 760 offers Linux web serving for higher performance D. Consolidation onto one Power 760 using dedicated LPARs to support the three environments

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Question 3

What is a reason that POWER7 technology can provide higher throughput than Xeon x86 technology?

A. POWER7 has higher redundancy of registers than x86. B. POWER7 supports more virealization technologies than x86. C. POWER7 supports more DIMM slots than x86. D. POWER7 supports 4 threads per core, while Xeon supports only 2.

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Question 4

What is an advantage of PowerVM compared to VMware VSphere?

A. PowerVM can support as many as 20 LPAR5 per core while VMware can support only 10 virtual machines per core. B. PowerVM can dynamically reallocate processor, memory storage and I/O while VMware is limited onlyto "hot-add" of processor and memory. C. PowerVM can virtualize processor, storage and networking resources while VMware virtualizes only processor and storage. D. PowerVM offers 2-way Live Partition Mobility for both Red Hat and SuSe while VMware can only provide 1-way mobility with vMotion.

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Question 5

What is the function of the Flexible Service Processor (FSP)?

A. Automates the implementation of Operating System updates B. Enables system analysis in case of an application failure C. Logs the status of Power Systems components for reporting back to IBM in the event of a failure D. Enables the virtualization layer fault tolerance

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Question 6

What is the minimum HMC model required to manage POWER7 or POWER7+ servers?

A. 7042-CR5 B. 7310-CR4 C. 7310-CR2 D. 7310-CR3

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Question 7

Due to changes in management structure, a Power customer is questioning the cost effectiveness of Power Systems servers as compared to HP ProLiant servers.
Which response addresses the issue?

A. Power Systems servers typically have a lower total cost of acquisition. B. Power Systems servers typically have a lower environmental cost. C. Power Systems servers typically have a lower software cost. D. Power Systems servers typically have a lower total cost of ownership.

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Question 8

What is the function of Live Partition Mobility?

A. The ability to move active logical partitions from one system to another without downtime B. The ability to provide reliable failure detection and automated recovery of partitions C. The ability to dynamically reconfigure a logical partition, without the need to shut down D. The ability to relocate an application from one partition to another without restarting

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Question 9

Which energy management capabilities of Power Systems will help a government customer that needs to reduce energy usage by 10%?

A. The HMC monitors system features, enabling the customer to deactivate components based on
energy usage reporting. B. POWEP7 servers are Energy Star certified, and consume at least 10% less energy than
POWEP6 servers. C. Optional features monitor the system, dynamically deactivate what is not required, and report
on energy consumed. D. Intelligent Power Distribution Units can be ordered to support different energy consumption
requirements set by the customer.

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