IBM Assessment: Power Systems with POWER7 and IBM i Sales Skills -v2 - A4040-124 FREE EXAM DUMPS QUESTIONS & ANSWERS]

Question 1

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 Sharing B. Active Memory Expansion C. Shared Memory Pools D. Utility CoD Memory

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Correct Answer: A Vote an answer

Question 2

What no-charge function of IBM i allows a customer with directly attached internal disks to replicate data to a system located in another part of the city?

A. Global Mirror B. Remote journaling C. Flash Copy D. Geographic mirroring

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Correct Answer: B Vote an answer

Question 3

A new Power 720 customer running IBM i has complained that they are required to make daily adjustments to their system memory pools to accommodate changing application workloads.
What should be discussed?

A. IBM i offers Active Memory Expansion to make better use of system memory. B. IBM POWER7 models offer an optional TurboCore mode which allows the processor cores to manage shared memory pools. C. IBM i has the ability to automatically manage shared memory pools and will adjust the storage and activity levels as needed D. Extended Adaptive Cache should be used to create a system cache, reducing the physical I/O requests for the disk

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Correct Answer: C Vote an answer

Question 4

A customer has IBM i, AIX and Linux on Power Systems and Linux on x86. The customer is refreshing their infrastructure and might drop IBM i as they cannot maintain management skills for all their different virtualization software.
How can this issue be addressed?

A. Fewer virtualization skills are required on IBM i because LPAP creation and management are integrated into the operating system. B. The IBM i roadmap offers FSM, providing a single point of management for IBM i, AIX and Linux on Power Systems and Linux on x86. C. IBM i can host and manage AIX and Linux partitions, eliminating the need for virtualization skills on x86. D. The PowerVM roadmap shows virtualization solutions for IBM i, AIX and Linux on Power Systems and Linux on x86.

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Correct Answer: B Vote an answer

Question 5

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. System Performance Guide C. Workload Estimator D. eConfigurator

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Correct Answer: C Vote an answer

Question 6

A customer has a Power Systems server with IBM i installed and must reduce the run time of a read-intensive batch job. Why does the use of Solid State Drives (SSDs) support this request?

A. IBM i supports multiple file types which leverage the use of SSDs. B. IBM i automatically moves the most active files to the SSDs. C. IBM i performance is improved with SSDs due to on-board cache. D. IBM i single level storage improves the performance of SSDs.

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Correct Answer: B Vote an answer

Question 7

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 PowerVM Standard so that an LPAR can be created for each application B. Add PowerVM Express so that an LPAR can be created for each application. C. Add a new IBM i subsystem definition to separate the users into memory pools D. Add an IBM i Navigator pre-start job for each user group to allocate memory

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Correct Answer: C Vote an answer

Question 8

An IT Director needs a relational database but cannot hire a Database Administrator (DBA) to maintain it. How does IBM i address this challenge?

A. System i Navigator manages Single Level Storage so that database administration does not require a DBA. B. Single Level Storage architecture and automated DB2 features mean that a DBA is not required. C. Systems Director for i manages Single Level Storage so that database administration is easy without a DBA. D. Systems Director Navigator for i handles DB2 database administration automatically.

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Correct Answer: B Vote an answer

Question 9

What is a benefit of using RAID-6 with IBM i?

A. It protects data from being lost within a RAID set because of a disk or bus failure. B. It protects data from being lost due to a disk or adapter failure within a RAID set. C. It protects against a single disk unit failure within a RAID set and includes a hot spare for continuous operations. D. It allows IBM i to continue running in the event of two simultaneous disk failures within a RAID set.

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Correct Answer: D Vote an answer