IBM Power Systems with POWER7 and IBM i Sales Skills -v2 Sample Questions:

1. Which statement about IBM i optimization explains why the customer will have improved performance as a result of adding SSDs to a customer environment?

A) IBM i dynamically adjusts the size and type of reads and writes for files on SSDs to maximize the use of main storage and minimize the number of disk I/Os.
B) Adaptive DB2 processing self-tunes logical files and queries across all available SSDs to achieve improved storage performance.
C) IBM i automatically collects Input/Output performance data and moves most active data to SSDs to achieve optimal performance.
D) Expert Cache monitors the read/write activity and logical reference patterns for each SSD database file to reduce total disk I/Os.

2. The system administrator for a company has called and stated that 4 new disk drives had just been installed and added to the Auxiliary Storage Pool of their system.
The IT Director is out of the office and the administrator is unsure how to start using the new storage. What should be explained?

A) Disk configuration tasks such as activation and RAID protection can easily accomplished using the Hardware Management Console.
B) Navigator for i provides a set of GUI-based system management features that will allow simple activation of the new drives.
C) The IBM System Service Tools (SST) should be used to configure, manage, and activate new disk drives.
D) IBM i automatically distributes data (data spreading) across the new disk arms and requires no operator involvement.

3. A customer is concerned that there have been no new releases to IBM i since 7.1 was announced in 2010. They are afraid that IBM is no longer investing in IBM i as a strategic operating system.
Which statement answers the customer concern?

A) IBM i is used by over 150,000 companies around the world to run their business applications. The size of this customer set assures the continued future of IBM i.
B) IBM has purposely extended the period between major releases, but has delivered Technology Refreshes with new capabilities approximately every six months.
C) IBM consolidated its investments in POWER so that it could be exploited by multiple operating systems. All investments in POWER benefit IBM i.
D) The announcement of PureSystems servers and the support of common software technologies such as PowerVM and PowerHA demonstrate investment in IBM i.

4. A Power 720 customer running IBM i recently failed an internal security is audit. The customer asked for a solution that will enable them to better track who accesses, or attempts to access, certain confidential files.
Which of the following recommendations is most appropriate?

A) IBM i can provide tracking for all users, activity tracking for specific objects, and for specific users.
B) IBM i continuously logs information of all system security activities in time-stamped history logs.
C) IBM has earned ISO 27001 Certification and now has controls to safeguard consumer data in both public and private clouds.
D) Tivoli Security Management suite for IBM i provides a centralized security management and access control tool set.

5. What disaster recovery benefit is provided to a customer running IBM i applications when they are using PowerHA Asynchronous Geographic Mirroring?

A) It can be used to provide disaster recovery services to multiple company locations whether using internal disk or SAN storage.
B) It offers a cloud-based suite of remote mirroring software that enables integrated, automated failover for IBM i and attached x86 servers
C) Instead of IBM i server replication it delivers peer-to-peer remote copy services to any remotely attached IBM SAN storage supported by IBM 7.1
D) All objects are automatically replicated from an independent auxiliary storage pool to another IBM i storage pool

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