C4040-224: Power Systems with POWER7 Common Technical Sales Skills -v2

TestHorse C4040-224 Test Questions and IBM C4040-224 Real Practice Exam
1.Power Systems Architecture and Product Family (47%)
Describe the Power Systems product family, including PureSystems compute nodes, with emphasis on Power 710 through Power 740 models using POWER7 and POWER7+ technology.
Describe the Power Systems product family with emphasis on Power 750 through Power 795 models using POWER7 and POWER7+ technology
Given a scenario, describe which operating system (or mix of operating systems) is appropriate (AIX, IBM i, or Linux)
Given a scenario, describe which Power Systems Software product, and Edition, is appropriate, including PowerHA, PowerVM, PowerSC, and Systems Director (including plugins such as VMControl)
Compare POWER5, POWER6, and POWER Blade server capabilities to current POWER7 and POWER7+ servers to determine the correct upgrade/migration path (including migrations to PureFlex).
Describe other members of the Power Systems product family and the scenarios in which they are appropriate, including PowerLinux and PureSystems compute nodes.
Describe Reliability, Availability and Serviceability (RAS) features of the Power Systems product family, including those features which are limited to Enterprise-class models
Identify Capacity on Demand features and benefits, including CUoD, and describe when each is appropriate
Identify expansion drawers, adapter cards, 12X loops, traditional disk, Solid State Drives (SSDs), and attached SAN and tape.
Describe the benefits of POWER processor architecture, including SMT, L3 cache, balanced performance, clock speed, EnergyScale, etc.
Differentiate between memory optimization technologies for Power Systems (for example: Active Memory Expansion (AME), Active Memory Sharing (AMS)), identifying the configuration requirements of each on the systems which support them.
Given a scenario, identify which Software Group product is appropriate, including Rational, Tivoli, WebSphere, Lotus, DB2, Cognos/SPSS, etc.
2. Virtualization (21%)
Given a scenario, recognize when to configure physical I/O or virtual I/O or a combination of both
Describe hardware connectivity (Fibre Channel or SAS) options and types of virtualization (NPIV, vSCSI)
Describe the value of shared storage pools (SSP)
Identify the configuration requirements for Live Partition Mobility.
Given a scenario, describe Power Systems’ ability to share resources including processors, I/O and memory.
Describe the business value of Virtualization from a technical perspective
Differentiate capabilities of PowerVM editions
Describe the competitive advantages of PowerVM and other vendors’ virtualization solutions (VMware, Hyper-V, KVM), emphasizing the advantages of PowerVM when running on either AIX or IBM i.
3. Design Solution to Customer Requirements (26%)
Design HMC/FSP network connectivity. Include multiple HMCs and redundant FSPs. Include requirements for HMC with various environments (stand alone and multiple systems). Include coexistence considerations (including existing POWER5 and POWER6 systems)
Re-utilize appropriate existing hardware in a new configuration
Evaluate storage requirements, disk protection options (RAID-5, 6, 10, mirroring), placement (internal disk vs SAN), appropriate to AIX or IBM i environments.
Given a scenario describe hardware and environment elements required for designing single and dual VIO Servers (including using NPIV and vSCSI to host storage). Consider requisites, co requisites and limitations which may impact future use, such as 4Gb vs 8Gb.
Given a scenario, design an HA or DR environment at a high level, including selecting the appropriate PowerHA Edition and capabilities.
Given a scenario, identify the correct tools and information resources such as eConfig, System Planning Tool (SPT), Workload Estimator (WLE), Performance Reports Sizing guides, Energy Estimator
Evaluate networking requirements needed to manage redundancy, vLAN, security, bandwidth and sharing, including determining the correct adapter type(s) and quantity necessary.
Determine processor requirements, including operating system and software licensing considerations. Include considerations for micropartitioning, sub-capacity licensing, shared processor pools, dedicated and shared dedicated processors. Consider future
4. Competition (7%)
Identify the advantages of POWER processor technology vs x86.
Identify the advantages of PowerVM vs VMware and other virtualization solutions.
Compare Power Systems servers with competitive systems (competitive x86, Dell, HP, Oracle, etc)