IBM C4040-252 Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

IBM C4040-252 Online Questions & Answers

• Question 51:

  A customer is purchasing a new POWER8 Server and will make a choice between PowerVM and PowerKVM.

  What is an advantage of PowerVM over PowerKVM?

  A. NPIV support
  B. M R-IOV support
  C. Memory Deduplication
  D. Micro Threading
  C. Memory Deduplication

• Question 52:

  A customer is running an internal cloud and would like to have the ability to activate and deactivate processor cores on their E880 for peak processing periods throughout the year and to help control cost. Which feature is required?

  A. Capacity Upgrade on Demand
  B. Elastic Capacity on Demand
  C. Enterprise Capacity Pools
  D. Mobile Capacity on Demand
  B. Elastic Capacity on Demand

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  Reference: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpapers/pdfs/redp5137.pdf

• Question 53:

  Which of the following is true for an IBM Power Enterprise processor pool?

  A. The master HMC and backup master HMC can be concurrently assigning activations and resources to servers in the pool.
  B. Multiple physical sites are supported, but each site must have access to the master HMC.
  C. A server is deleted from, or added to, the pool when the client creates a new XML file.
  D. The master HMC is defined using an client-created XML file which lists serial number of each Enterprise Pool Participate (EPP).
  A. The master HMC and backup master HMC can be concurrently assigning activations and resources to servers in the pool.

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  Reference: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpapers/pdfs/redp5101.pdf

• Question 54:

  A customer decided to install an IBM i LPAR on an E870, which hosts AIX and VIOS partitions. The server does not contain a DVD Unit (#5771). What is the least expensive option to install an IBM i operating system?

  A. Install an IBM i partition using the existing NIM server.
  B. Use the internal tape device to load IBM i.
  C. Configure a vSCSI adapter and use the Virtual Media Repository.
  D. Attach an external DVD drive via the USB port in front of the System Control Unit
  C. Configure a vSCSI adapter and use the Virtual Media Repository.

• Question 55:

  A customer has a tape drive directly connected to a 8Gb FC adapter to one LPAR which now needs to be shared between four LPARs. Network and storage are being accessed through NPiV and SEA. In addition to assigning the adapter to the VIOS, what else needs to be done?

  A. Reassign the tape to client LPARs as needed.
  B. Assign the tape drive to the partitions.
  C. Complete the NPIV connectivity and map the tape to client partitions.
  D. Complete the vSCSI connectivity and map the tape to client partitions.
  A. Reassign the tape to client LPARs as needed.

• Question 56:

  Which P0WER8 processor feature was announced to deliver balanced system performance?

  A. EnergyScale Technology
  B. TPMD (Thermal Power Management Device)
  C. Level 4 (L4) cache
  D. 20 partitions per core
  A. EnergyScale Technology

• Question 57:

  Which of the following RAS features is always enabled and functional on an E870 / E880, regardless of configuration?

  A. System auto-restart
  B. Dynamic Memory Sparing
  C. Dynamic Processor Sparing
  D. Processor Instruction Retry
  D. Processor Instruction Retry

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  Reference: https://mrt.presalesadvisor.com/PowerStoragePDF/687.pdf Explanation: Again by using the advanced RAS feature that is known as Processor Instruction Retry.

• Question 58:

  Active Memory Mirroring is a POWER7 RAS feature that eliminates outages due to uncorrectable errors in which of the following?

  A. DDR3 memory
  B. Cache memory
  C. Partition memory
  D. Hypervisor memory
  D. Hypervisor memory

• Question 59:

  A client would like to automate provisioning of new virtual machines with an end user self- service interface. Which of the following will provide that functionality?

  A. IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack
  B. PowerVC
  C. IBM Platform Resource Scheduler
  D. PowerSC
  B. PowerVC

• Question 60:

  A customer needs to run a Linux application which is available for both x86 and Power processors. What is an advantage of a PowerLinux JR1 solution versus an x86 solution?

  A. More memory bandwidth
  B. More utilities are compiled for Power vs x86
  C. Virtual machines can be moved between PowerLinux servers
  D. PowerVM on PowerLinux systems uses Single Level Storage
  A. More memory bandwidth