IBM Power Systems Scale-Up Technical Sales v1.0 (C1000-031)

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A customer"™s infrastructure is currently based on a Power System E870 managed by an HMC 7042-CR6 at V8.860 SW level. They are planning to upgrade their server to a new Power System E980.
Which of the following will enable the customer to connect an HMC to the Power System E980?

  • A. Install vHMC on a partition on the Power System E980.
  • B. Order a new Power-based HMC (7063-CR1).
  • C. Upgrade the software on the existing HMC.
  • D. Use the existing HMC at the current SW level.


Answer : C

A customer has a mission-critical IBM i application running on a POWER9 processor-based server that requires eight processor licenses. For High Availability, a
POWER9 CBU server is synchronized with the production server using PowerHA for IBM i.
What is the minimum number of IBM i processor licenses required on the CBU server?

  • A. 2
  • B. 4
  • C. 1
  • D. 8


Answer : C

Which of the following can be a consequence of running in Maximum Performance mode?

  • A. Increased acoustic noise
  • B. Decreased I/O latency
  • C. Increased memory frequency
  • D. Decreased power draw


Answer : B

What are IBM"™s recommended best practices for racking and cabling on the IBM Power System E980?

  • A. Use the eight inch rack rear expansion.
  • B. Place the PDUs in the rack"™s vertical side pockets.
  • C. Use the acoustic rack doors to minimize floor space and protect operator hearing.
  • D. Locate the EXP24S SAS drawers in a different rack from the node of PCIe I/O drawer containing the SAS adapters running them.


Answer : C

What POWER9 processor capability has been enhanced, relative to POWER8, to enable more efficient processor utilization in support of some applications?

  • A. SMT8 Fused Core Optimization
  • B. SMT16 Simulation Mode
  • C. Direct Attached Memory Mode
  • D. AltiVec Instruction set


Answer : D

A customer is considering implementing NovaLink for critical Enterprise workloads.
Where will NovaLink run?

  • A. As an appliance connected to the FSP.
  • B. On the HMC.
  • C. As a job in each dual VIOS.
  • D. In a separate Linux partition on the managed server.


Answer : D

Which of the following is a feature in PowerVM?

  • A. Simultaneous Multithreading
  • B. Hard capping of virtual machines
  • C. Active Memory Expansion
  • D. Storage Connectivity Groups


Answer : B

A customer has multiple partitions running their AIX applications. Each partition has heavy memory requirements at different times of the day due to differences in the time zones of the users.
Which memory technique on POWER9 can be utilized to dynamically allocate memory as needed among the LPARs?

  • A. Active Memory Sharing
  • B. Virtual Memory Mirroring
  • C. Uncapped Memory Pool
  • D. Active Memory Expansion


Answer : A

A customer would like to have the ability to dynamically adjust processor and memory allocations for a virtual machine. They are currently running VMware and
Linux on x86.
What is a benefit of using PowerVM over VMware on x86?

  • A. Processors and memory can be dynamically added, although VM must be rebooted to remove memory.
  • B. Processors and memory can be dynamically added.
  • C. Processors and memory can only be dynamically removed but not dynamically added.
  • D. Processors and memory can be dynamically added and removed.


Answer : A

An IBM Business Partner is designing a production system for SAP HANA with multiple virtual machines.
Which feature of a Power System E980 server is an advantage over an x86 server for the customer?

  • A. Memory bandwidth and Level 4 cache
  • B. 12-way simultaneous multithreading
  • C. Takes advantage of DDR3 memory
  • D. Number of cores per socket


Answer : A

A customer is interested in running many Linux workloads and they are comparing a single Power System E950 versus multiple LC922 servers.
An advantage of the Power System E950 is the ability to support:

  • A. dual VIOS.
  • B. either PowerVM or KVM.
  • C. OPAL firmware.
  • D. Power Enteprise Pools.


Answer : B

What is the minimum memory capacity of a Power System E980?

  • A. 32TB
  • B. 64TB
  • C. 128TB
  • D. 192TB


Answer : B

A customer has a two node Power System E880 with EXP24S Disk Drawers and I/O Drawers used exclusively for dual VIOS local boot.
How can a Solutions Architect design a POWER9 solution to minimize the physical rack space with an upgrade to a Power System E980?

  • A. Change the EXP24S to Mode 4 to allow consolidation to a single EXP24S.
  • B. Upgrade the I/O Drawers with SAN boot capable Fibre Channel Adapters.
  • C. Configure a single node Power System E980.
  • D. Configure NVMe Flash Drives into the Power System E980 nodes.


Answer : C

A customer has used Trial Capacity on Demand on their Power System E980 for two months to test the effect of activating two additional cores and 32GB of additional memory for their SAP LPAR. Being satisfied with the test result, they bought a permanent activation of two cores and 32GB memory.
They now want to do another short test that requires the activation of one additional core.
Which option provides the most cost-effective solution?

  • A. Use Static Activation.
  • B. Use Utility Capacity on Demand.
  • C. Use Trial Capacity on Demand again.
  • D. Use Mobile Activation.


Answer : B

Which of the following statements is true regarding LPAR Mobility?

  • A. An active AIX logical partition cannot be migrated from one server to another server by using the System Management Interface Tool (SMIT)
  • B. An inactive logical partition may be migrated from one server to another server by using the Partition Migration wizard on HMC.
  • C. The HMC command-line interface is required to migrate a Linux logical partition from one server to another server.
  • D. A suspended logical partition cannot be migrated from one server to another server.


Answer : B

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