IBM Power Systems with POWER7 and IBM i Sales Skills -v2 Sample Questions:

1. A Power 720 customer with IBM i and disk mirroring is afraid of being unprotected after a disk failure when waiting for IBM to replace it. They have asked whether there is a simple solution.
Which of the following actions will relieve the customer concern?

A) Implement loop-level mirroring so that all disk pairs have a second set of mirrored disk pairs, automatically mirrored by IBM i.
B) Add an extra disk unit which can be used as a hot spare. IBM i will synchronize it to the remaining good disk in the pair.
C) Turn on IBM i RAID-5 in addition to disk mirroring. IBM i can use parity data to rebuild both disks in the event of a second disk failure.
D) Purchase a spare disk unit to keep at the customer location. The customer could then replace the failed disk and resume mirroring.

2. A retailer plans to introduce an internet-based ordering application for their customers. The retailer has stated that their order-entry green-screen RPG programs are antiquated and they will convert to an x86 solution.
What should be discussed?

A) IBM has a flexible architecture approach that helps IBM i customers find the right tools to modernize RPG applications and extend their functions to the Web.
B) IBM has a utility called Rational Migration Extension that converts RPG programs and transforms them into generated Java programs that can run on IBM i orx86.
C) The IBM Navigator for i family of products provides a graphical user interface that can host 5250 green-screen applications and extend them to the Web.
D) IBM i includes Host Access Transformation Services (HATS) that can dynamically transform text-based 5250 green screen applications into web applications.

3. A CEO is evaluating the purchase of a Power 740 server to replace several x86 servers. Before approving the purchase, the CEO would like to know how the new server will reduce operating expenses.
Which statement addresses the CEO concern?

A) POWER7 processors require much less electricity to run than competitive servers, resulting in lower operating costs.
B) Hardware and software maintenance costs are less for Power Systems sewers than for comparable x86 servers.
C) Operating system upgrades and technology refreshes are included at no extra cost while the Power 740 is in productive use.
D) The DB2 database, integrated in IBM i, results in better system stability, administrator productivity and lower ongoing costs.

4. Which of the following capabilities or features are included as standard with IBM i?

A) Systems management Antivirus DB2
B) Work management JVM Integrated Pile System
C) Security management Web Server PowerHA
D) Storage management DB2 UDB BRMS

5. A customer has a Power 720 with 2 IBM i partitions. The production partition has 30 concurrent users during office hours with 2 users that work outside office hours. The development partition has 3 part time users which work during office hours.
What is the minimum number of IBM i user licenses that the client needs?

A) 30
B) 33
C) 35
D) 32

Solutions: