C4040-252 Exam Questions

Which of the following is a feature in PowerVM?

What VIOS Shared Storage Pool feature is used to rapidly recover data to a previous point in time?

Which component of IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack allows clients to automate how they build, deploy, and manage their infrastructure?

A client would like to automate provisioning of new virtual machines with an end user self- service interface. Which of the following will provide that functionality?

Which hardware can be moved from a 770 to an E870 when doing a migration?

A customer decided to install an IBM i LPAR on an E870, which hosts AIX and VIOS partitions. The server does not contain a DVD Unit (#5771). What is the least expensive option to i...

A customer has purchased a POWER8 server and will deploy dual VIO servers to provide virtualized access to storage and networking. The customer has skills in both managing Power Sy...

A customer is interested in running a dual VIOS configuration, and wants to avoid SAN boot for the VIOS. Which of the following solutions should be recommended?

A customer wants to use SAS drives for dual VIOS boot on their E880 running AIX. Which option will support their requirement?

In addition to higher bandwidth and lower latency of eDRAM on POWER8 over SRAM on x86, what is another compelling benefit of POWER8 technology?

A customer is considering upgrading the SEA in the VIO Server (VIOS) from a 1Gb adapter to a 10Gb adapter. Which of the following is unaffected by the upgrade?

A customer is deciding between NPIV and vSCSI for storage virtualization. What must be considered when using vSCSI, but not when using NPIV?

A client is evaluating P0WER8 relative to x86 for a big data and analytics solution. They want to determine the lowest cost option. What could be used to provide a financial analys...

Comparing an Oracle Exadata to an E870, what advantage does an E870 have when compared to the Exadata?

What are the primary factors to be considered when evaluating the bandwidth requirements of an application?

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 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?

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

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?

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

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 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...

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

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?

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...

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

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 managed s...

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 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...

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...

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

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

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

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?

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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?