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IBM 000-977 EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

Exam Name: Power Systems with POWER7 Common Sales Skills - v1

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QUESTION 1Which of the following describes a benefit of TurboCore?

A. Increases the system bandwidthB. Increases the speed of the coreC. Increases L2 cache available per chipD. Increases the threads per core from 4 to 8

Correct Answer: BSection: (none)Explanation

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QUESTION 2A customer has a 2-core POWER5 server, thirty x86-based Linux servers, and 10TB of storage. They havebudget approval for a complete infrastructure refresh, including a disaster recovery system.Which solution supports the customer needs at lowest cost?

A. Blade servers with DS5000B. Power 770 servers with DS8000C. Power 730 servers with DS5000D. Power 755 servers with DS6000

Correct Answer: CSection: (none)Explanation


QUESTION 3The IT manager has asked for assistance in building a proposal to consolidate their Sun servers runningWebSphere to an existing Power 570. The CFO has received a proposal for an HP blade solution to replacethe Sun servers.What is the correct approach?

A. Request a meeting with the IT manager and CFOB. Provide IBM customer references and white papers.C. Propose a POWER7 solution with multiple partitions.D. Provide IBM Global Services and financing for the HP solution.

Correct Answer: ASection: (none)Explanation


QUESTION 4A customer is running an Oracle database on a 16-core POWER5 570 and wants to migrate to a Power 750.Processing requirements have remained stable. How can the sales representative help to justify the purchase?

A. Active Energy Manager found in the Power 750 firmware lowers energy cost.B. The Power 750 requires fewer cores to run the Oracle database, lowering software costs.C. The ability to concurrently replace cores and memory on the Power 750 reduces the cost of disrupted

service.D. The Power 750 has better virtualization features than the POWER5 570, increasing the utilization of the

system.



QUESTION 5A client needs a solution which provides a quick and easy way to deploy firmware patches, receive notificationsof hardware component failures, disk and CPU thresholds, and operating system patch levels. Which offeringwill support the customer requirement?

A. IBM PowerVM Enterprise EditionB. IBM Systems Director Express EditionC. IBM Tivoli Monitoring Express EditionD. IBM Performance Manager for Power Systems



QUESTION 6An IT manager would like an explanation of why he should consider purchasing the UPS that is included withother peripherals in a configuration for a Power 750.What function and benefit does the UPS in thisconfiguration provide?


A. A production server requires a UPS to provide uninterrupted electricity in the event of a long term poweroutage.

B. A UPS can significantly reduce energy usage on POWER7 servers when managed by Systems Directorand Active Energy Manager.

C. Using a UPS specifically designed for Power Systems reduces energy consumption and significantlyextends the life of the system.

D. The UPS will help protect assets by detecting electrical utility anomalies and providing power for a limitedperiod of time, when required.

Correct Answer: DSection: (none)Explanation


QUESTION 7A Power Systems user has been notified by the local utility company that the amount of supplied energy is at itslimit. The company is expanding and needs to add new applications. In addition to consolidating applications onto fewer servers, what can a Power sales representative offer to help the customer?

A. VMControl to cap application energy usageB. IBM i 7 or AIX 7's energy management featuresC. Systems Director to manage server energy consumptionD. Active Energy Manager to manage the server energy usage



QUESTION 8A company with limited budget has a requirement for sixteen POWER7 cores to implement an application.Plans for future applications require the system to scale to 24 cores. Which system addresses the current andfuture customer needs at least cost?

A. Power 740B. Power 750C. Power 770D. Power 780



QUESTION 9IBM Systems Director Enterprise Edition addresses which customer pain points?

A. Energy monitoringB. Maintaining security settingsC. Automating storage managementD. Disaster Recovery synchronization



QUESTION 10A medium sized company acquired two smaller companies and now has many separate Linux-basedapplications that must be integrated into a single IT department. They also have Sybase databases running on

Linux. What advantages would a Power Systems solution offer this customer?

A. PowerVM Lx86 provides an environment for Linux applications to run natively on a single Power Systemsserver in a shared processor pool.

B. Micro-partitioning provides an environment to consolidate many Linux servers and offers significantly betterutilization of system resources.

C. General Parallel File System (GPFS) protects the customer investment by clustering with other Linuxsystems to form a grid based architecture.

D. The Power Systems Linux Tool Kit recompiles Linux applications and databases onto AIX providing cost-effective consolidation into Workload Partitions.



QUESTION 11A customer is considering the purchase of two PS701 Blades in a BladeCenter S chassis (BCS). The customerwould like to have additional storage beyond what can be supported internally on the Blades and inside thechassis. What storage solution can be attached to a BCS to extend its disk storage?

A. DS3000B. DS4000C. DS5000D. DS6000



QUESTION 12What customer issues will PowerHA help resolve?

A. System outagesB. Network latencyC. Low resource utilizationD. Application response time



QUESTION 13What is the difference between the Power 750 and Power 755?

A. The Power 755 is an eight socket system using half the cores and twice the cache.B. The Power 755 has 32 cores activated and supports half the memory of a Power 750.

C. The Power 755 operates in Turbo mode and has twice the memory bandwidth of a Power 750.D. The Power 755 is a Linux-only High Performance Computing solution and requires water cooling.



QUESTION 14A customer is considering the replacement of a POWER5 570 and has some questions about newertechnology. They are very familiar with RAID-5 storage but would like to know about support for RAID-6 in thePower 770. What should the Power Systems Sales Representative explain to this customer?

A. RAID-6 is supported with AIX and Linux. It provides the capability to create multiple arrays for large systemsand supports global hot spares with at least 6 drives.

B. RAID-6 is supported with AIX, Linux and IBM i. It protects against data loss in the event of two concurrentdisk failures in the same array and requires at least 4 drives.

C. RAID-6 is supported with AIX and IBM i. It provides significantly more performance than RAID-5 whileoffering customers the same functionality and requires at least 3 drives.

D. RAID-6 is supported natively with Linux. It provides the emulation necessary to support operating systemsdesigned for RAID-5 while offering higher performance and improved resiliency.



QUESTION 15A client has fifty x86 servers, a pSeries server and an iSeries server. The CIO wants to completely refresh theexisting infrastructure and is focused on cash flow. What should be included in a Power Systems server TotalCost of Ownership presentation?

A. Monthly payments for an IBM Global Finance leaseB. Total direct costs of the project, but not indirect costsC. Reduced downtime, projected outage and system failure expensesD. Total operating costs but not the cost of acquisition for the Power server



QUESTION 16A Power Systems customer is using DB2 with its SAP implementation. The customer is considering an x86solution. What should be discussed with the client to convince them to stay with Power?

A. SAP is developed specifically for DB2 on Power.B. It takes less staff to administer SAP on Power.C. DB2 is priced less on Power since it is an IBM product.D. DB2 offers greater scalability on Power servers compared to x86 servers.



QUESTION 17A customer has been using Systems Insight Manager to manage HP servers. What IBM offering providessimilar capabilities and includes energy and virtualization management?

A. IBM Integrated Virtualization ManagerB. IBM PowerVM Standard or Enterprise EditionC. IBM Systems Director VMControl Enterprise EditionD. IBM Systems Director Standard or Enterprise Edition



QUESTION 18A customer wants to replace their POWER5 server with a POWER7 server. Requirements and a finalconfiguration have been completed. The customer has limited budget and needs to install as soon as possible.What is the next step in the sales cycle?

A. Set up a pre-install TDA meeting to finalize the implementation plan.B. Process an order for the new POWER7 server with an expedited ship date.C. Determine the budget for the new server and request a lease from IBM Global Financing.D. Run multiple configurations with various migration options to determine the lowest cost of acquisition.



QUESTION 19A customer needs to acquire as much processing power as possible to fit in a minimum amount of rack space.Which model fits this requirement?




QUESTION 20A potential customer is purchasing a 24-core POWER7 system and is considering either a Power 750 or 770.Why would the Power seller recommend the Power 770 instead of the Power 750?

A. The Power 770 offers redundant service processors.B. The Power 770 offers instruction retry on an alternate processorC. The POWER7 processor used in the Power 770 offers chipkill in the L3 cacheD. The Power 770 includes automatic system reboot in the event of component failure.



QUESTION 21A hospital is considering replacing four racks of HP3000 servers with Power Systems servers. They are facedwith rising electricity costs in their current data center. Which of the following solutions would justify new Powerservers?

A. Tivoli Monitoring for Energy Management provides dynamic energy optimization.B. PowerVM power capping capability drives higher utilization and energy savings.C. Dynamic Infrastructure automatically manages CPU utilization for optimum energy management.D. EnergyScale technologies intelligently and dynamically optimize performance for energy efficiency.



QUESTION 22Which of the following describes the Software Maintenance Agreement (SWMA)?

A. Phone support and service packsB. On site support and service packsC. Upgrade protection and support lineD. Upgrade protection and hardware support



QUESTION 23A BladeCenter S solution with POWER7 has been developed for a customer. This is the first BladeCenter Sproposal the representative has done. Which IBM resource can help validate the Configuration before the finalproposal is delivered?

A. TechLineB. Redbooks

C. Info CenterD. Lab Services



QUESTION 24A customer has two Power 570 servers. They want to move to POWER7 technology, reduce overall costs,improve resource utilization, and maintain a high level of application resiliency. What solution, as part of theVision for a Smarter Planet, will help the customer?

A. PowerHA PureScale and PowerVMB. PowerVM and PowerHA System MirrorC. PowerHA System Mirror and Systems DirectorD. Systems Director and PowerVM Live Partition Mobility



QUESTION 25A prospect with 100 Windows and Linux servers using VMware is unable to maintain software patches andproperly manage server status. The prospect just acquired another company using a 2-core Power 520 systemwhich is at maximum capacity. Which of the following statements address the customer pain points?

A. PowerVM virtualization offers industrial strength consolidation of workloads with up to 1000 partitions onPOWER7 systems.

B. POWER7 delivers a huge leap in capacity, virtualization, and energy efficiency which would provide extremescalability for the Power 520 workload.

C. Linux for Power Systems and VMControl provide automated systems and virtualization management,minimizing the time required to monitor and administer software updates.

D. BladeCenter with Power Blades, Intel Blades and IBM System Director provide advanced platform andsystems management, reducing operational complexity and improving IT admin efficiency.



QUESTION 26A customer needs to add an 8-core server at each of 4 branch locations which currently have a BladeCenter Hchassis with 12 x86 blades installed. What solution supports the customer requirement at the lowest cost?

A. Power 550B. Power 750C. JS22 BladeD. PS701 Blade



QUESTION 27A customer states they are moving to Windows on Nehalem-based systems due to its significant performanceimprovement and lower cost when compared to Power Systems. Which of the following would help re-focus thecustomer?

A. POWER7 has more threads, a larger L3 cache and a faster interconnect, resulting in higher performance.B. Power Systems offer hardware virtualization technology that enables the consolidation of many servers.C. For database applications, more cores and threads increases Oracle performance and reduces Oracle cost.D. A balance of performance, resource optimization and resilience results in lower TCO for Power Systems

servers.



QUESTION 28A customer is complaining that intermittent hardware failures are causing significant lost productivity in theirnon- Power Systems servers. Which IBM technology used in Power Systems can avoid this situation?

A. Memory ChipkillB. Light Path diagnosticsC. ECC/retry on PCI bussesD. First Failure Data Capture



QUESTION 29IBM recommends an expert pre-sale Technical and Delivery Assessment (TDA) when which trigger criteria aremet?

A. The solution is server consolidation.B. The solution is first in customer locationC. The solution is a High Performance Computing. (HPC)D. The solution is complex in design, implementation, or operation.



QUESTION 30What IBM resource will provide a detailed technical description for a set of feature codes?

A. RedbooksB. Sales ManualC. Systems WidgetD. Facts and Features



QUESTION 31In response to a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a new ERP system, the sales team has decided to bid Power740 systems. Competeline has suggested that the competition will likely bid a scaleout Blade-based solution.Which of the following points should be included in the executive summary?

A. Scale out increases the number of potential areas of failure and therefore increases business risk.B. Scale out introduces database server limitations resulting in a mixed operating system environment that

would be operationally complex.C. Scale up will offer a lower total cost of ownership because it allows for much more aggressive virtualization

and decreased cost of support personnel.D. The redundant clocks and service processors plus automatic processor recovery in the Power 740

substantially improves availability to reduce business risk.



QUESTION 32A prospective customer has made a strategic decision to consolidate all ERP applications to SAP or OracleERP Suite and will publish an RFP. HP and Dell are currently installed and support their existing applications.What key strategy should be considered when responding to the RFP?

A. Emphasize DB2 performance benefits when running Oracle and SAP on Power.B. Use a three-tier approach with Web, application, and database on separate servers.C. Focus on reliability, availability, scalability and I/O bandwidth of Power Systems.D. Lead with VMControl for consolidated management of diverse applications on Power Systems.



QUESTION 33The CIO of a large hospital stated they plan to move all their applications to Linux running on Nehalem-EX

processor based HP servers. What should the Power Systems sales representative explain to the CIO aboutPOWER7 versus Nehalem-EX?

A. POWER7 offers a greater number of cores per socket.B. Several Linux distributors do not support Nehalem-EX.C. Power Systems servers have greater reliability and scalability.D. Nehalem-EX supports only 64 bit applications, POWER7 supports both 32 and 64 bit.



QUESTION 34A regional health care provider must expand the size of their data center to address adequate floor space andcooling issues. The CFO is directly involved with all plans which identify ways to cut energy costs in order tomeet overall budget constraints. What cost saving features of a Power Systems solution should be discussedwith the CFO?

A. EnergyScale, Active Energy Manager, Rear Door Heat Exchanger, PowerVMB. POWER7 Power Saver modes, Power Trending and Reporting, Rear Door Heat ExchangerC. Intelligent Power Distribution Unit, Advanced System Management Interface, Systems DirectorD. Thermal Power Management Device, VMControl, Energy Estimator, Intelligent Power Distribution Unit



QUESTION 35A prospective customer currently uses HP Itanium systems and is concerned about HP reliance on Intel forfuture chip enhancements. How can the salesperson differentiate POWER versus Itanium?

A. IBM Power Systems includes a subset of the Itanium chip and customers can always migrate to PowerSystems and run HP-UX.

B. IBM and Intel are co-developers of the Itanium chip architecture and as such both POWER and Itaniumhave a guaranteed future.

C. IBM makes chips for the game console manufacturers and embedded automotive applications whichinsures POWER architecture futures in Power Systems.

D. Customers have more assurance that IBM will deliver on its roadmap because IBM manages both thedevelopment of the POWER architecture and Power Systems.



QUESTION 36What key topic should be reviewed with a CFO to help differentiate the benefits of implementing WebSphere onPower Systems versus the competition?

A. Passport AdvantageB. IBM financing optionsC. Total Cost of OwnershipD. Processor Value Unit pricing



QUESTION 37A small business customer wants to install a Power Systems server because of its reliability and energycharacteristics. The customer has relatively low IT skills and wants to implement an inventory managementapplication. Which operating system will address the customer's needs?

A. AIXB. IBM iC. LinuxD. Windows



QUESTION 38While visiting a client with a large number of x86 servers, what areas of the client's infrastructure should bereviewed to determine Power Systems advantages?

A. Number of Servers Development language(s) IndustryPlug typesB. Number of Servers Wiring Topology Size of IT Staff ApplicationsC. Number of Servers x86 processor type Applications Number of end usersD. Number of Servers Data Center Square footage Type of Telephone Switch Warehouse locations



QUESTION 39A CIO asked what possible relevance the comparative market share of IBM vs. Sun and HP has to the decisionmaking process, since both and HP each still command over 25% of the UNIX market. Which of the followingresponses address this statement?

A. Market share is a key indicator of technology superiority which results in lower cost to customers.B. Growing market share ensures larger open source development to expand the UNIX capabilities of AIX.C. Marker momentum is a good predictor that IBM is most is most likely becoming the sole provider of the

UNIX environment

D. Higher market share often results in a larger pool of skilled workers and the availability of more applications.




QUESTION 40A customer is complaining that intermittent hardware failures are causing significant lost productivity in theirnon- Power Systems servers. Which IBM technology used in Power Systems can avoid this situation?

A. Memory ChipkillB. Light path diagnosticsC. ECC/retry on PCI bussesD. First Failure Data Capture



QUESTION 41Which IBM storage products will directly attach to both IBM i and AIX partitions?

A. DS6000, DS8000, XIVB. DS5000, DS8000, XIVC. DS5000, DS6000, DS8000D. DS3000, DS4000, DS5000



QUESTION 42For which products does IBM require a pre-sales Technical and Delivery Assessment (TDA)?

A. 755B. 770C. PS702D. 740



QUESTION 43A customer indicated that their biggest concern is continuous availability of their DB2 database. What PowerSystems product can improve availability of the database?

A. PowerHA pureScaleB. IBM Smart Analytics SystemC. Workload Partition MobilityD. PowerVM Live Partition Mobility



QUESTION 44A major pharmaceutical company has a space constrained data center. They need 50 new standalonePOWER7 servers, each with 12 cores. Which model will meet their processor requirement and use the leastamount of space?




QUESTION 45A customer has a Power 570 with 24 PCI-X adapters and they moving to a Power 770 server. What must theydo to be able to use their current PCI-X adapters?

A. Order enough CECs to hold PCI-X adaptersB. Upgrade the PCI-X adapters to PCIe adaptersC. Order 24X I/O drawers which will support PCI-X adaptersD. Ensure customer has 12X I/O drawers which support PCI-X



QUESTION 46Which of the following elements should be included in an executive summary?

A. IBM Global Finance optionsB. Overview of proposed IBM productsC. High-level overview of key pointsD. Company overviews for IBM or the business partner



QUESTION 47What IBM Power Systems resource is available to customers for obtaining information related to systemwarranty, planning, installation, replacement, configuration, and upgrades?

A. Sales ManualB. Systems Support HandbookC. Systems and Technology Group Smart ZoneD. Power Systems Hardware Information Center



QUESTION 48A retail business is considering the purchase of a Power 780 and is concerned about downtime. The customeronly needs local failover capabilities. In addition to a second Power Systems server, which of the followingPowerHA editions supports the customer requirement at least cost?

A. Basic EditionB. Express EditionC. Standard EditionD. Enterprise Edition



QUESTION 49A customer is running an ISV application that requires 24 cores. What are the customer options?

A. Power 560, 750, or 780B. Power 570, 750, or 770C. Power 550, 750, or 780D. Power 770, 780 or PS702



QUESTION 50A prospective customer has a data center located in a large city. They are outgrowing their physical space butexpansion is not an option. Which recommendation will address the customer needs?

A. Replace all servers with Blades to reduce the rack space required.B. Install several Power Systems 780s with PowerVM to virtualize their entire environment.C. Purchase a WebSphere Cloudburst appliance to virtualize all systems in the data center.D. Perform a server consolidation assessment to determine what methodology best fits their needs.



QUESTION 51A customer is evaluating a new business intelligence application which is supported on multiple hardwareplatforms, including Sun, HP and IBM. The customer has proposals from both Sun and HP and believes thatIBM will be unable to compete based on price and performance. What primary areas of Power Systems TotalCost of Ownership should be stressed relative to the competitive proposals?

A. Virtualization capabilities, software costs, operational costs over 3 yearsB. Hardware acquisition costs, migration costs, and operating system education costsC. Migration costs, DB2 performance in IBM business intelligence solutions, solid state disksD. Compliance with Open Software Foundation standards including support, virtualization product costs,

energy savings of PowerScale

Correct Answer: ACSection: (none)Explanation


QUESTION 52A government agency is considering Power Systems to replace aging Sun servers. The IT staff has indicatedSun has a strong advantage because Solaris is common across the entire product line. In addition to the heresupported operating systems, what further advantages are demonstrated by Power Systems?

A. Benchmarks consistently demonstrate linear scalability across all Power servers.B. Power servers offer a common processor family, RAS features, virtualization, system management, and

support.C. The PowerPC architecture maintains the same binary compatibility today with POWER7 as when it was first

introduced.D. AII IBM and non-IBM software products have the same level of capability on each operating system that is

supported across the Power Systems family.



QUESTION 53A prospective customer has various Sun and HP servers and wants to replace them with Power Systems. WhatIBM resource should be engaged to ensure a smooth transition?

A. TechLineB. CompeteLineC. Lab ServicesD. Migration Factory



QUESTION 54A customer has agreed on a Power 740 solution but they have no budget for the on-site LPAR implementationservices line item. Without these services the project cannot move forward and will have to be put on hold untilthe next budget cycle. Which of the following is an option to assist the customer in covering the cost ofservices?

A. Project TwilightB. Special bid pricingC. IGF Jumpstart ServicesD. STG lab services vouchers



QUESTION 55A sales representative made several attempts to access the Web site of a retail customer and received amessage that the server was unavailable. After contacting the customer it was determined that the servers hadbeen down intermittently over several hours. The website is currently being hosted on several Intel servers. APower Systems solution will address which issue?

A. Network availability and trafficB. Server reliability and availabilityC. Application reliability and securityD. Server response time and network availability



QUESTION 56The CIO of a manufacturing company is concerned about the large number of aging Sun servers being usedfor critical applications and databases. Many of the servers are only utilizing a fraction of available resourcesand others are near maximum capacity. How can a Power 750 proposal provide a solution for this companywhich maximizes the use of their resources?

A. Servers can be divided into multiple partitions and have dedicated capacity assigned to each partition. Asworkloads demand more capacity, administrators can allocate more resource.

B. Power Systems offer customers a choice of systems. Some are designed specifically or applications thatneed more I/O, and other models designed for databases that need more memory bandwidth.

C. Capacity on Demand features enable customers to configure environments that dynamically allocate andmemory resources to partitions from the available pool of unused resources.

D. Applications and database workloads can be consolidated onto few servers by using shared pools,dedicated partitions and uncapped resources to dynamically optimize resource utilization without impactingcritical workloads.



QUESTION 57In the executive summary of a Power Systems proposal, which of the following IBM Visions is most important toa CFO concerned about operating expenses?

A. IBM Smarter Infrastructure: On Demand technology provides infrastructure savingsB. IBM Smarter Analytics: virtualization means faster time to new application deploymentC. IBM Smarter Energy: POWER technology intelligently manages company energy and thermal usageD. IBM Smarter Planet: IBM Cloud allows customers to pay for only the processing power they need



QUESTION 58A customer has let their Software Maintenance (SWMA) expire. What is their option to renew the SWMAcontract?

A. Pay an hourly rate per call.B. Renew at the normal annual rate.C. Acquire an IGS maintenance contract.D. Pay an after license fee and renew SWMA.



QUESTION 59A customer has a 2-core POWER5 server, x86-based Linux servers, and 10TB of storage. They have budgetapproval for a complete infrastructure refresh, including a disaster recovery system.Which solution supports the customer needs at lowest cost?

A. Blade servers with DS5000B. Power 770 servers with DS8000C. Power 730 servers with DS5000D. Power 755 servers with DS6000



QUESTION 60A customer has two Power 550 systems in their data center. Each has 4 cores each running at 60% capacity.They need an easy way to create a High Availability solution. Which of the following would meet the customersneed at the lowest cost?

A. Replace each Power 550 system with a PS702 Blade. Add PowerHA Express Edition on each blade.B. Upgrade both Power 550 systems to 8 active cores. Add PowerHA Standard Edition on both systems.C. Upgrade one Power 550 to 8 active cores. Add 4 CUoD cores to the second Power 550. Add PowerHA

Standard Edition to both systems.D. Replace one Power 550 with a Power 750 that has 6 active cores. Replace the second Power 550 with a

Power 750 that has 1 active core. Add PowerHA Standard Edition on both systems.



QUESTION 61A company with many application servers operates in a demanding 24x7 environment. The IT director isplanning to consolidate into LPARs on two POWER7 systems. Which of the following Power Systems RASfeatures will help ease the availability concerns of the customer?

A. Modular ArchitectureB. Electrical IsolationC. LightPath DiagnosticsD. Concurrent Maintenance



QUESTION 62

Energy usage is a major concern for a CIO planning a server refresh. What business benefit of Power Systemsshould be articulated?

A. The IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager enforces power caps via dynamic frequency and voltageadjustment.

B. IBM Systems Energy Estimator enforces energy usage specifications by enabling soft power capping andenergy thresholding.

C. The optional TPMD chip for POWER7 systems manages thermal output and energy usage in hardware toavoid excessive energy usage.

D. IBM EnergyScale capabilities provide many ways to measure, monitor and control energy usage in servers,IT equipment and throughout the data center.



QUESTION 63An ISV has recommended and established the need for a Power Systems solution. What key informationshould a Sales Representative discuss in the initial meeting with the CIO?

A. Staffing skillsB. Available budgetC. Power Systems roadmapD. Application requirements



QUESTION 64A customer is running an Oracle database on a 16-core POWER5 and wants to migrate to a Power 750.Processing requirements have remained stable. How can the sales representative help to justify the purchase?

A. Active Energy Manager found in the Power 750 firmware lower energy cost.B. The Power 750 requires fewer cores to run the Oracle database, lowering software costs.C. The ability to concurrently replace cores and memory on the Power 750 reduces the cost of disrupted

service.D. The Power 750 has better virtualization features than the POWER5 570, increasing the utilization of the

system.



QUESTION 65A customer is moving to Power from Sun systems running Solaris. The customer is concerned about migrationand has limited system administration skills. What operating system would make best use of existing Solaris

skills?

A. AIXB. IBM iC. LinuxD. Windows



QUESTION 66A large healthcare provider has been told by their software provider that their application suite is making astrategic shift from POWER to x86-based platforms running Linux. The customer wants to continue runningtheir primary hospital applications on Power. What sales strategy will save the Power footprint?

A. Propose Lx86 on Power to run the application suite in the new format.B. Introduce the client to other healthcare applications supported on Power.C. Engage IBM Global Services to maintain and support the Power version of the application suite.D. Work with the System x specialist to propose an integrated Windows solution hosted by Power Systems.



QUESTION 67In an initial meeting with the CEO, which of the following can a sales representative use to showcase IBM'sstrategy and investments in the IT industry?

A. IBM's Smarter PlanetB. IBM's patent portfolioC. IBM's financial reportsD. IBM's research and development



QUESTION 68A current HP customer is running Oracle as their database engine. The customer is the final year of their three-year Oracle site license. They are concerned about the new license cost since they added a number of serverslast year. What can the seller tell the customer to help solve the problem?

A. Oracle licensing is less expensive when running on Linux.B. Oracle licensing is less expensive per core when running on POWER Processors.C. POWER processors are more efficient and reduce the number of cores requiring an Oracle license

D. IBM Systems Director makes more efficient use of server resources and reduces the number of serversrequiring an Oracle license.



QUESTION 69In addition to Systems Director, what product will address a requirement for reduced environmental costs?

A. VMControlB. Energy StarC. EnergyScaleD. Active Energy Manager



QUESTION 70A sales representative is scheduled to present a Power Server proposal to a prospect. The prospect would liketo understand how IBM's Vision and Power Systems servers would benefit their company. What should beincluded in the proposal?

A. Power your Planet enables hardware optimized for Grid Computing resulting in lower total cost ofcomputing.

B. Smarter Systems optimizes workloads on a virtualized infrastructure, providing lower cost and morecustomer value.

C. Smarter Analytics offers servers with self-diagnostic and self-healing capability resulting in greater reliability.D. Dynamic Infrastructure enables Power Systems servers to automatically balance workloads between for the

highest possible resource utilization.




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