A customer recently purchased a Power E870 that includes redundant Service Processors, and would like to implement dual HMCs.
What does IBMs Best Practice documentation recommend?
AEach HMC should be connected to both Service Processors on a separate private network.
BThe HMCs should share the same DHCP range.
CEach HMC should be managed by PowerVC.
DThe HMCs should use the same subnet to connect to the service processors.
Which IBM product is used to build, deploy, and manage infrastructure?
APowerVM
BPowerVP
CPowerVC Manager
DPowerSC Manager
Which feature of POWER8 processor-based systems is optimized for big data solutions?
A40GbE FCoE adapter
BPCIe Gen3 I/O Expansion Drawer
CMemory bandwidth
DInternal Split Backplane
A Power 770 MMD with two CEC enclosures 256GB of memory, and PCIe expansion drawers with SAS disk is being upgraded to a Power E870.
Which of the following is a valid process to leverage the existing client investment and maintain the existing serial number?
ARemove expansion drawers. Perform an MES upgrade of the memory and processor to POWER8. Migrate disk to the E870 system nodes.
BRemove expansion drawers. Add EXP24S. Perform an MES upgrade of the memory and processor to POWER8.
CMigrate expansion drawers. Perform an MES upgrade of the memory and processor to POWER8.
DMigrate expansion drawers. Migrate disk.
A FlashSystem 840 attaches to a Power E870 via:
A16Gb Fibre Channel adapter.
B8Gb GX++ adapter.
Clarge write cache SAS adapter.
DOptical CXP converter adapter.
Which of the following is a benefit of Power Enterprise Pools?
AHas no restrictions on where or how long cores and memory can be relocated.
BProvides automatic load balancing based on built in policies enabled in PowerVM.
CProvides greater flexibility to manage core and memory availability for workloads.
DCan use a Scale-out system temporarily in certain conditions.
A customer would like to add a second HMC to an environment which consists of multiple POWER7 and POWER8 systems.
Which of the following is a requirement for both HMCs to be able to manage all the systems?
ABoth HMCs must be on the same HMC VLAN.
BEach HMC must be on a dedicated HMC VLAN.
CAll the POWER7 systems must be at the same firmware level.
DBoth HMCs must be at the same version of HMC Code.
Which IBM adapter types provide NPIV capability?
AFibre Channel and SAS
BFibre Channel and SR-IOV
CFibre Channel and Fibre Channel over Ethernet
DSAS and Fibre Channel over Ethernet
A customer is running an internal cloud and would like to have the ability to activate and deactivate processor cores on their E880 for peak processing periods throughout the year and to help control cost.
Which feature is required?
AElastic Capacity on Demand
BCapacity Upgrade on Demand
CMobile Capacity on Demand
DEnterprise Capacity Pools
A customer wants to host their AIX PowerHA SystemMirror systems in two cities that are 175 miles (280 kilometers) apart.
Which solution will provide SAN-based data replication with the least latency between the two sites?
AMetro Mirror
BCopy Services Toolkit
CDouble-Take RecoverNow for AIX
DStretched Cluster
A customer runs POWER7+ servers managed by the HMC 7042-CR4 with firmware V7R7.9.0.
The customer will purchase a Power E870 server and wants to manage all servers from the same HMC.
How can this be accomplished, if necessary?
APurchase a 7042-CR9 HMC.
BUpgrade the HMC code to V8R8 2.0.
CThe current HMC configuration already meets the customer requirements.
DMES the existing HMC to a 7042-CR5.
Which of the following solutions satisfies a customer’s requirement for redundant FSPs in an E870 solution?
ATwo E870 system nodes.
BOne E870 system node and two System Control units.
CTwo E870 system nodes and two System Control units.
DOne E870 system node and one System Control unit.
A customer wants to optimize their environment.
Which of the following is true about virtualization for POWER8 servers?
AAdapters can be dedicated to Virtual Machines.
BCores must be shared between Virtual Machines.
CVirtual Machines require shared memory.
DVirtual Machines require virtual adapters.
A customer with critical up-time requirements is comparing POWER8 Enterprise with POWER8 Scale-Out servers.
Which of the following RAS features are found only on all of the POWER8 Enterprise servers?
ARedundant clocks Hot Swap Fans Redundant Fans
BSplit backplane Two batteries for clock Dual operator console
CActive Memory Mirroring Triply redundant thermal sensors Redundant voltage regulators
DHot plug PCIe adapters Hot swap disks
Which of the following is a feature exclusive to PowerVM Enterprise Edition?
APowerSC
BPowerVP Performance Monitor
CHMC Virtual Appliance
DPowerVC
A customer has a Power System with multiple IBM i partitions and needs to share a TS2270 amongst them.
What is the best method to share the drive and keep costs low and take advantage of their IBM i skill set?
AAdd the SAS adapter to each partition to connect to the TS2270.
BAdd a VIOS partition for virtual tape.
CCreate NPIV connections to virtualize the TS2270.
DCreate vSCSI connections to virtualize the TS2270.
What is an advantage of running Linux on Power compared to x86 technology?
ADocker containers
BChipkill memory
CExtended Error Handling
DPartition mobility
The CBU for PowerHA offering is designed for AIX and IBM i clients running on which of the following systems?
AE870 and E880
BE850 and E870
CE850
DE880
Which feature of IBM Cloud Orchestrator (ICO) differentiates it from IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager?
AManagement of hybrid public/private clouds
BSupport for multi-tenancy
CImage catalogue of images for deployment
DSelf-service user portal
Which of the following is a benefit of the POWER8 processor for a big data analytics implementation when compared to x86?
AMore threads per core
BBLU Accelerator
CMore cores per socket
DFaster clock speed
Which Ethernet virtualization technique supports Live Partition Mobility on POWER8?
AvSwitch
BStandalone SR-IOV
CSEA
DIVE/HEA
A customer with a Power 770 is planning a migration to an E870. The 770 has four 8Gb PCIe 2-port Fibre Channel Adapters with all storage going through the
SAN. The customer wants to keep the same WWPNs, and avoid a SAN reconfiguration.
What procedure should be recommended?
ARezone the SAN because the existing WWPNs cannot be reused.
BOrder a PCIe Gen3 I/O Expansion Drawer and relocate the HBAs into the drawer.
CMove the HBAs from the 770 and install them into the E870 system node.