A media customer has an IBM BladeCenter E with ten HS22 Blade server installed. Currently only one Ethernet port is available for each server. What is required to enable the second port on eachserver?()
An IBM Business Partner suggests an IBM System Storage DS8000 to a customer with a SAN that is now configured with an EMC Symmetrix subsystem disk. The customer wants to determine if new HBAs and software upgrades are needed on the servers if the EMC storage is replaced by the DS8000 What document must be carefully read to help address the customer’s concerns()
A customer has a storage requirement for a mixed IBM Power AIX and System z environment. They require approximately 3 TB of high performance disk for their System z environment. They require approximately 32 TB of low-performance disk for their System p environment. The storage specialist is using Capacity Magic to configure an IBM DS8700. Which configuration is most appropriate for this customer()
Company.com has a non-IBM disk storage unit connected by two Fibre channel connections. The Nodes have multiple connections to the storage device that allow load balancing. A failure with one Fibre adapter or connection will not be noticed by the application, but it needs to be addressed. How can HACMP help make this environment more robust?()
A customer using an IBM System Storage DS8300 is facing performance problems. After the analysis by the technical specialist, the diagnosis indicates that the cache hits may be improved by a cache upgrade. How can the system be monitored in order to check the benefits of the cache upgrade()
A customer recently installed new a SAN with an IBM System Storage DS8700 and several open systems servers to address a need for storage consolidation and still provide good response time. They have asked the Business Partner technical representative for the most complete IBM product that would allow them to do performance reporting of the new SAN environment. What is the best solution()
A customer with both IBM servers and storage asked their storage specialist to present updatedinformation on the IBM storage portfolio. The specialist suspects a competitor is actively selling inthis account. Which of the following questions, if asked by the customer, would most likely indicatecompetitive activity?()
The IBM System Storage TS7650 ProtecTIER Appliance and Gateway solution is designed toaddress which customer requirement?()
A customer wants to take advantage of IBM’s Micro-Partitioning capabilities for their new AIX applications. The pSeries technical specialist should recommend purchasing which of the following?()
What IBM resource will give you a picture of the possible plug types clearly labeled for those times your customer asks, "What plug type do I tell my electrician to use, and what does it look like? ()