A customer wants to consolidate storage from four IBM System p servers and one large IBM System i server. The customer does not have a SAN installed. The customer will require approximately 4 TB for System p and 3 TB for System i. The customer states that performance and isolation of the System i system is most important. Capacity, multi-path access, and replication functions are important for the System p servers. Which solution best satisfies the customer requirements()
A customer plans to consolidate two 8-core POWER6 systems with a total of 8 PCI-X adapters, 6 PCIe adapters, and a PCI-X I/O drawer into a 16-core Power 750. Which action allows the most efficient use of existing equipment?()
A customer plans to consolidate multiple business unit applications on a single Power Systems server. The maximum number of cores which can be used by each business unit must be limited by creating shared processor pools. What is the minimum PowerVM Edition which provides this feature?()
A customer plans to consolidate several systems onto POWER7. Their immediate requirement is to have a single Power 770, and they will buy a second Power 770 at a later stage. They want to keep their existing three POWER5 570s and three POWER6 520s which are all managed by an HMC (7310-CR3). Which of these statements is true and would minimize the cost?()
A customer plans to consolidate multiple business unit applications on a single Power Systems server. The maximum number of cores which can be used by each business unit must be limited by creating shared processor pools. What is the minimum PowerVM Edition which provides this feature?()
A small organization is purchasing a POWER5 to consolidate four applications. Currently, each application has two Host Bus Adapters (HBA) connected to an Enterprise Storage Server (ESS). The customer is concerned about the cost of purchasing eight new HBAs. Which feature of virtualization will be most beneficial to this organization?()
Which of the following tools is used to consolidate files and folders on a local drive?()
A customer has 5 older POWER5 systems and they want to consolidate them onto a POWER6 system. What information is important to analyze when deciding how to design the new machine using the System Planning Tool?()
Which of the following is an advantage of using virtualization to consolidate servers?()
A customer has 5 older POWER5 systems and they want to consolidate them onto a POWER6 system. What information is important to analyze when deciding how to design the new machine using the System Planning Tool?()