A customer with p615, p630 and p650 pSeries servers installed and running AIX is considering Linux as an additional environment. Which Linux capabilities can the pSeries Sales Specialist present as choices that are available to enhance the existing systems?()
A customer has an 8-way p650 running an application for about 200 users. In the past, the requiredamount of memory and processors has increased proportionally to the number of new users. The customer plans to increase users by 10% each year for the next three years. Next year, a database will be added to the workload to support the users directly rather than being on a separate machine. What is the most likely result of this projected growth?()
A customer has ordered a rack, a p650, two p630s, and two p615s. During a conversation on installation planning, the pSeries technical specialist recognizes that the customer expects the rack to arrive as one unit. However, the specialist knows that the p650 will be racked, but the other systems will arrive separately. In fact, the other systems are CSU (Customer Set Up). Why should the specialist immediately inform the customer that additional racking is the customer’s responsibility?()
Companycom currently has three p650 servers in their environment and they are implementing a p5 595. The p650 servers are running in an SMP environment, but are connected to a pair of HMCs. In order to follow best practices in the enterprise server environment and maintain HMC connectivity to the p650s, what else will needs to be ordered in addition to the p5 595?()
A company has recently placed an order for a POWER4+ p650 server. Their facilities manager has approached the pSeries technical specialist to gather information on the correct power receptacle for thenew server. They have requested a picture of the power cord plug to show to their electrician. Where would the pSeries technical specialist find the required information?()
A customer wants to upgrade their existing 6-way p650 to an 8-way. The installed inventory shows the p650 as only a 4-way. What should the pSeries technical specialist do in order to best correct IBMinventory records? ()
A customer has a p650 on order and plans to put it in a current OEM rack. They are concerned that the p650 power supply may demand more current than the OEM PDU can provide. Which planning guide specification would provide the necessary requirements?()
A customer has a p650 with a write-intensive database application. Recently the order entry team has complained about unusually slow response times. There have been no complaints from any other departments. Which of the following actions would most likely address the problem?()
A customer is ordering a new p650 server to be placed into an existing OEM 42U 19-inch rack containing only two p630 servers. This is the first p650 in the enterprise. What is the most important question that the pSeries technical specialist should ask the customer before the order is placed?()