C4040-224 Exam Questions

A customer wants to implement a BigInsights solution using the open source Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) on a Power Systems server. Which operating system is appropriate?

A customer has a 4-core POWERS 550 with 8 internal 300GB SCSI disks. The main workload is a highly-threaded Java application, for which they want to reduce the response time. How c...

A customer is considering upgrading the SEA adapter in the VIQ Server from a 1Gb Ethernet adapter to a 10Gb Ethernet adapter. Which action should be considered for optimal performa...

Which option, available in Power 710 and 720, makes them more desirable choices for smaller workloads at better prices, when compared to Power 730 and 740?

What feature of the POWER7 processor design allows the system to recover from soft or transient errors in the processor core?

A customer requires a PureFlex solution with p460 nodes with 1TB of memory. What must be considered if internal storage is also a requirement for this solution?

A customer needs to virtualize their storage using both vSCSI and NPIV in their SAN environment. What is the minimum number and type of HBAs that need to be configured for the VIO...

An IBM client has an existing POWER6 570. The client is upgrading to a POWER7+ 770. Which asset can be re-utilized in the new configuration?

Comparing PowerVM to VMware which of the following is an advantage of PowerVM?

Active Memory Mirroring is a POWER7 RAS feature that eliminates outages due to uncorrectable errors in which of the following?

A customer who plans to purchase a pair of Power 740 systems is researching which operating system would best fit the needs of the organization. Much of the corporate workload will...

Comparing the POVVER7+ 750 with the Power 760, which of the following differentiates the systems?

Which of the following is a benefit of Intelligent Cache management in the POWER7+ chip?

Which of the following is a requirement for Live Partition Mobility?

A customer has a Power 740 system with dual VIO Servers and a split backplane. The customer wants to use the integrated DVD drive to load AIX and IBM i on various LPARs. Which tech...

Which statement applies to Active Memory Sharing (AMS) as compared to Active Memory Expansion (AME)?

A customer has a 6-core Power 720 installed in a rack. The Power 720 has all internal disk bays populated. The customer is considering adding Solid State Drives (SSDs) in a 12X I/O...

A customer is considering adding more workloads to their production 6-core Power 720. The server already has several IBM i LPARs with dedicated resources. What information would he...

A client needs assistance with managing virtual machines and energy monitoring. The client is considering implementing Systems Director. At a minimum, which edition of Systems Dire...

Which of the following PowerVM Editions is required to take advantage of Live Partition Mobility?

A customer with POWER 7 + 780 servers would like to contain processor related charges with Capacity on Demand for workloads which run in dedicated and shared LPARs and have pronoun...

Compared to Intel, which of the following is an advantage of POWER7+ processor technology for memory optimization?

Which IBM Software Group product is most appropriate for a customer that wants to build a Business Intelligence solution for their Power Systems-based data warehouse?

A customer has a Power 720 with one expansion drawer, running IBM i 7.1. The customer needs to attach to a DS8000 using NPIV. The CEO has no available adapter slots. Which of the f...

Which feature of Shared Storage Pools allows a customer to allocate disk space to a client partition, but only allocate real disk blocks when they are actually used?

A customer would like to efficiently manage the WebSphere Application Server software licensing costs of an uncapped partition in a shared processor pool. Which of the following sh...

A customer has a Power Systems server with storage attached in two EXP24 expansion units. Each EXP24 is populated with 10 disks and is attached to its own SAS RAID adapter. The usa...

A customer needs to run a Linux application which is available for both x86 and Power processors. What is an advantage of a PowerLinux JR1 solution versus an x86 solution?

A customer is considering two Power 770 servers with AIX 7.1 and DS8800 storage, each system in a separate data center. The customer wants to achieve the fastest recovery of a crit...

A prospective customer is comparing Oracle VM for Sparc and PowerVM from IBM. Which of the following is an advantage of PowerVM?

A customer has ordered a 6-core POWER7 720. Two IBM i partitions are defined in a shared processor pool with 2 processors. One of the IBM i partitions will be defined as desiring 0...

A customer is implementing redundant HMCs for managing multiple Power Systems servers using the following requirements: - 2 HMCs - 5 managed systems - DLPAR will be used on the man...

Which of the following includes Active Memory Sharing (AMS)?

A customer would like to create a shared processor partition with 16 virtual processors. What is the minimum number of processing units required in the partition profile?

When a customer attempts to manage virtual machines, virtual images and system pools with the VMControl Express Edition, all operations fail except for managing virtual machines. W...

A customer is evaluating PowerVM capabilities for dynamically allocating resources without rebooting LPARs. Which features of PowerVM support the customer requirement?

A customer is ordering a 4-core Power 720 with IBM i and AIX licenses. Which is the minimum PowerVM edition required to support 2 IBM i and 2 AIX partitions?

Which of the following scenarios would benefit from the implementation of Shared Storage Pools as a disk storage virtualization solution?

A customer has a POWER7 795 and a POWER6 570 in their current environment. The customer requires the following: - Upgrade the POWER6 570 - Retain the serial number - Integrate the...

A customer is comparing RAS features between a POWER7+740 and 750. Which of the following is available only for a POWER7+750?

What is the primary purpose of the Technical and Delivery Assessment (TDA)?

What is the correct stage in the sales process for a Pre-Sales Technical & Delivery Assessment (TDA)?

A customer is evaluating PowerVM and VMware to run a data warehouse application. Which feature of PowerVM should be highlighted as a differentiator?

A customer plans to consolidate multiple business unit applications on a single Power Systems server. The maximum number of cores which can be used by each business unit must be li...

Which of the following is included in IBM Systems Director Express Edition?

Which of the following is a compelling reason to deploy IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager (AEM) in a data center with high energy utilization?

What System Planning Tool function will provide a graphical image of the chassis and the partition information?