IBM C1000-031 Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

IBM C1000-031 Online Questions & Answers

• Question 41:

  What is the minimum amount of rack space that an 80 core Power System E980, without any I/O drawers, will take up in a 19 inch rack?

  A. 10U
  B. 12U
  C. 16U
  D. 8U
  D. 8U

• Question 42:

  A customer is evaluating application software from a third party with versions that can run on both Linux and IBM i. The application requires Db2. What benefit should be considered when comparing the TCA of IBM i versus Linux?

  A. Db2 is included in the IBM i OS with no additional cost.
  B. IBM i licenses come with three year base warranty coverage.
  C. Linux licenses are more expensive per core than IBM i.
  D. Db2 on IBM i has individual warranty and maintenance charges.
  A. Db2 is included in the IBM i OS with no additional cost.

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  Reference: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1027715

• Question 43:

  Which of the following is a benefit of the POWER9 processor with Power Enterprise Servers when compared to x86?

  A. DDR4 Memory
  B. More cores per socket
  C. More threads per core
  D. NVIDIA Tesla V100
  B. More cores per socket

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  Reference: https://www.ibm.com/it-infrastructure/power/power9

• Question 44:

  A customer consolidated several environments running IBM i, Linux and AIX into a Power System E980. Now the system's installed memory is insufficient. The customer believes that the Active Memory Expansion (AME) feature may resolve the memory issue.

  Which of the following operating systems is capable of using the compression and decompression technology to resolve the issue?

  A. IBM i
  B. Red Hat
  C. SUSE
  D. AIX
  D. AIX

• Question 45:

  A customer with a Power System E870 with five IBM i licenses wants to replace it with a new Power System E980 for a new workload. They will require eight IBM i licenses.

  What is the most cost-effective way for the customer to accomplish this?

  A. Purchase 3 new IBM i licenses and transfer 5.
  B. Purchase 2 new IBM i licenses and transfer 6.
  C. Purchase 5 new IBM i licenses and transfer 3.
  D. Purchase 8 new IBM i licenses.
  A. Purchase 3 new IBM i licenses and transfer 5.

• Question 46:

  A customer with an AIX in-house SMT2 application on POWER6 would like to upgrade to POWER9. The customer would like to know the relative performance of the servers. Which resource provides the SMT2 performance of the two systems?

  A. IBM Performance Management for Power Systems
  B. IBM Power Systems Performance Report
  C. IBM Power Systems Facts and Features
  D. IBM Systems Workload Estimator
  A. IBM Performance Management for Power Systems

• Question 47:

  A customer has a two node Power System E880 with EXP24S Disk Drawers and I/O Drawers used exclusively for dual VIOS local boot.

  How can a Solutions Architect design a POWER9 solution to minimize the physical rack space with an upgrade to a Power System E980?

  A. Change the EXP24S to Mode 4 to allow consolidation to a single EXP24S.
  B. Upgrade the I/O Drawers with SAN boot capable Fibre Channel Adapters.
  C. Configure a single node Power System E980.
  D. Configure NVMe Flash Drives into the Power System E980 nodes.
  C. Configure a single node Power System E980.

• Question 48:

  Which of the following is a feature exclusive to PowerVM Enterprise Edition?

  A. PowerVC
  B. PowerSC
  C. Active Memory Sharing
  D. HMC Virtual Appliance
  C. Active Memory Sharing

• Question 49:

  Which of the following can be a consequence of running in Maximum Performance mode?

  A. Increased acoustic noise
  B. Decreased I/O latency
  C. Increased memory frequency
  D. Decreased power draw
  B. Decreased I/O latency

• Question 50:

  What is the advantage of NVMe U.2 flash drives on a Power System E980 SAP HANA BW implementation?

  A. They can provide internal boot capability for dual VIOS.
  B. They allow for Live Partition Mobility of HANA databases through CAPI 2.0.
  C. They can provide AIX Preferred Read storage to reduce SAN latency.
  D. They can act as an extension to memory for HANA databases.
  C. They can provide AIX Preferred Read storage to reduce SAN latency.