C4040-122 Exam Questions

Which of the following Power Systems servers offer Capacity on Demand (CoD)?

A prospective customer is running a database application that cannot be upgraded. They plan to replace it with a DB2-based server environment that can scale in the future. The pros...

A customer with a 15TB data base needs very fast data access to approximately 15% of that data. Which storage solution below supports the customer requirements?

Which of the following describes benefits that Power Systems servers might offer to a customer administering a growing number of Intel-based Linux servers?

A Power Systems customer is using DB2 with its SAP implementation. The customer is considering an x86 solution. What should be discussed with the client to convince them to stay wi...

A customer has been using Systems Insight Manager to manage HP servers. What IBM offering provides similar capabilities and includes energy and virtualization management?

A customer wants to replace their POWER5 server with a POWER7 server. Requirements and a final configuration have been completed. The customer has limited budget and needs to insta...

Which of the following describes the Software Maintenance Agreement (SWMA)?

A BladeCenter S solution with POWER7 has been developed for a customer. This is the first BladeCenter S proposal the representative has done. Which IBM resource can help validate t...

What is the benefit of using the Active Memory Expansion feature in Power Systems servers?

A system needs 3TB of disk storage, based on plans for expansion The storage manager of the IT department would like to use thin provisioning to make best use of storage space What...

An HMC is required under which circumstances?

A prospective customer is about to decide on a strategic server platform and wants to understand the value proposition of Power Systems as compared to x86 based systems. Which stat...

An existing Power Systems customer wants to run Java programs, and they know that Java is now owned by Oracle. The customer has asked how they can run Java programs on a Power Syst...

When moving an HP-UX based application workload from an HP Superdome onto a Power Systems server, which operating system will provide the easiest transition'?

The VP of marketing for a clothing distributor explained that the IT department is looking at Hadoop-based technologies to help the company better understand customer buying trends...

What is a unique RAS characteristic of Power Systems Enterprise servers compared to Power Systems Express servers?

Which Power Systems feature or capability is a significant contributor in TCO analysis?

A prospective customer has a large quantity of x86 servers. What value is gained by consolidating onto Power Systems servers?

What solution can be deployed to enable maintenance on a server while ensuring that a mission critical LPAR remains operational?

A customer has two production IBM POWER7+ 750s in the same data center. The customer has an application in an LPAR that needs to run 24x7. What is required to allow the planned mig...

A prospective customer using Itanium-based servers is concerned about the future of Itanium when considering investing in additional capacity. What should be noted when considering...

An environment for a popular ISV application used on Power Systems must be sized. Which IBM tool or resource should be used?

A customer is moving a small application from an existing POWER7 server to a new system in a new location. They will be moving an existing 12X I/O drawer to the new server Which of...

A customer that needs high performance in their servers raises an objection, saying Power System servers have slower memory than x86 servers, and therefore have slower performance....

A customer has very unpredictable short workload increases. Which automated capability of Power 770, 780 and 795 servers would satisfy this need?

A company has HP and Dell servers installed. The company wants to consolidate all the existing ERP solutions to SAP or to Oracle ERP Suite on a single sewer. An RFP has been issued...

A customer needs to attach an expansion drawer to the POWER7+ 760. What is required to do this?

A customer is interested in a Cloud solution. Since this is a new project they are looking for technical services to help insure a successful implementation. Which IBM organization...

Which of the following demonstrates the versatility of Power Systems Express servers?

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

Other than Linux as the only supported operating system, which of the following is a true statement about the PowerLinux 7R2 servers?

What is an advantage of PowerVM compared to VMware VSphere?

When upgrading a POWER6 570 to a POWER7+ 780. Which of the following can be re-utilized?

Where can customers find details of IBM plans and commitments for future investment, support and development for Power Systems?

What is a benefit of purchasing a new Power Systems Express Server IBM Edition packages, compared to custom configured systems?

Why should customers keep the Software Maintenance Agreement for IBM software up-to-date?

What is an appropriate response to a customer who has a switched SAN environment, is adding a new application, and wants to match connection bandwidth to disk I/O requirements?

An ISV intends to offer their ERP as a cloud service to their clients. The requirements for the environment are: - Provides the largest possible number of partitions in no more tha...

A prospective customer has been told that their order volumes will fit on either a 16-core Power 750 or a 16-core Power. 740. The customer must minimize their 3-year expenditures w...

Which scenario can be improved by the addition of Solid State Drives (SSDs)?

A company is running older-technology servers with increasing maintenance costs. The IT manager wants a technology refresh but cannot secure any additional budget. Which approach c...

Rack mounted Power Systems Express Servers are offered in which of the following models?

What are key elements of a TOO analysis in support of a proposed POWER7+ server consolidation project of older POWER6 servers?

What is the function of Live Partition Mobility?

The customer wants to place a mission critical Linux application on an x86 server. Which statement should be used to encourage the customer to place the application on their existi...

An IT manager is concerned that all components required for a working system are included in the price quotation. Which resource insures that all the features required for a workin...

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

A customer has purchased a remote site to become the fail over location for disaster recovery. The customer currently uses SAN Volume Controller (SVC) technology in their data cent...

Which of the following statements about Elastic (On/Off) Capacity on Demand (COD) is true?