IBM Assessment: Power Systems with POWER7 Common Sales Skills -v2 Sample Questions:

1. What are key elements of a TOO analysis in support of a proposed POWER7+ server consolidation project of older POWER6 servers?

A) Software upgrades and virtualization education costs
B) Existing server hardware and administrative costs
C) Hardware maintenance and software licensing costs
D) Security and business continuity costs

2. Which energy management capabilities of Power Systems will help a government customer that needs to reduce energy usage by 10%?

A) Intelligent Power Distribution Units can be ordered to support different energy consumption
requirements set by the customer.
B) Optional features monitor the system, dynamically deactivate what is not required, and report
on energy consumed.
C) The HMC monitors system features, enabling the customer to deactivate components based on
energy usage reporting.
D) POWEP7 servers are Energy Star certified, and consume at least 10% less energy than
POWEP6 servers.

3. A customer that needs high performance in their servers raises an objection, saying Power System servers have slower memory than x86 servers, and therefore have slower performance. Which of the following is an appropriate response?

A) Power Systems have a large cache system which reduces the need for fast, expensive memory
B) Power Systems consistently have higher benchmark results than x86 due to a balanced approach to performance
C) Memory is buffered in Power Systems, so the memory speed is irrelevant
D) The slower memory speed in Power Systems is offset by faster memory busses

4. Due to changes in management structure, a Power customer is questioning the cost effectiveness of Power Systems servers as compared to HP ProLiant servers.
Which response addresses the issue?

A) Power Systems servers typically have a lower environmental cost.
B) Power Systems servers typically have a lower software cost.
C) Power Systems servers typically have a lower total cost of ownership.
D) Power Systems servers typically have a lower total cost of acquisition.

5. An ISV intends to offer their ERP as a cloud service to their clients. The requirements for the environment are:
-Provides the largest possible number of partitions in no more than 8U of physical rack space. -Includes software to assist with automatic provisioning of new environments.
In addition to offering all supported operating systems, which of the following designs supports the ISV requirements?

A) One 48-core POWER7+ 760 sewer SmartCloud Entry Edition
B) Two 32-core POWER7+ 750 servers SmartCloud Enterprise Edition
C) Two 36-core POWER7+ 760 servers SmartCloud Entry Edition
D) Four 32-core POWER7 + p460 PureElex compute nodes SmartCloud Enterprise Edition

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