During a presentation on the p5 machines, a customer asks the pSeries technical specialist a question regarding the differences between POWER4+ and POWER5. In addition to new advanced power management, SMT, and larger L2 and L3 caches in POWER5, which of the following describes some of the key improvements in POWER5?()
An existing IBM customer has a few pSeries servers running DB2 on AIX in their environment. The DB2 application contains the database for an order entry application. An xSeries SQL database server replicating from DB2 is added for off-line analysis purposes. The customer wants to know if consolidating the storage and centralized backup is possible. What are the options available to accomplish this?()
A customer wants to upgrade an existing pSeries system. In addition to retrieving the IBM configuration records, what else should be done to ensure an accurate upgrade quote is provided?()
A pSeries server is being used as a file server and all data is stored on a non-root volume group and resides on mounted filesystems. Which of the following commands provides the quickest way to backup all of the data and filesystem definitions?()
A customer is getting ready to install a new pSeries system into their data center. They are concerned about providing the appropriate clearance around their 7014-T42 to allow for maintenance. What reference material should the pSeries technical specialist provide to the customer?()
A customer is ready to order a pSeries solution. However, the pSeries technical specialist is unsure whether the customer preferred the fibre channel or the external SCSI disk attachment option. What is the most appropriate action for the specialist to take next?()
A customer has two locations that host their pSeries servers. Traffic is being routed through the public Internet. The customer needs to exchange confidential financial data between the servers. Which of the following solutions should the pSeries technical specialist propose to the customer to secure the data?()
A pSeries technical specialist has just returned from an internal course for implementing Micro-Partitioning on the POWER5 range of servers. There were many handouts from the course. To ensure the rapid transfer of the newly acquired skill, what should the technical specialist do?()
A customer wants to install a pSeries system into an OEM rack. What critical information is provided in the Site and Hardware Planning Information manual?()
A pSeries technical specialist has completed a server consolidation study of a customer’s environment. An LPAR worksheet was produced, which details the resource (CPU, memory, disk, adapters) requirements for each OS image (partition) based on workload. What is the most appropriate next step?()