IBM System z Technical V5 Sample Questions:

1. Which of the following customer environments would be the est Fit?for the placement of a zBX?Which of the following customer environments would be the ?est Fit?for the placement of a zBX?

A) A customer that is already running an XI50 DataPower solution and wants to relocate their XI50 blades over into a zBX to take advantages of the Unified Resource Manager Qualities of Service.
B) Customers already running a IBM System Analytics solution on POWER.
C) Customers with a large Intel environment that are running a mix of old and new servers running a mixture of Windows operating systems releases
D) A customer that is running a legacy application in a multi-tier environment where the database is running on System z and the application servers are running on HP servers running a current Linux release.

2. What is a differentiator of the System z compared to other hardware platforms?

A) System z utilizes SAP for offloading I/Os from standard processors.
B) System z is the only platform that exploits memory protection technologies.
C) System z platform provides spare processors to improve availability.
D) System z utilizes faster memory to accelerate application execution.

3. Which of the following includes major components needed to place an IBM zEnterprise into a Parallel Sysplex clustered environment?

A) A coupling facility, two z/OS partitions, STP and coupling links
B) A coupling director, a z/OS partition, a zBX, STP and coupling connectors
C) A coupling facility, a z/OS and an AIX partition, STP and coupling connectors
D) A coupling director, a z/OS and a VSE partition, STP and coupling links

4. A System z customer has a new CIO. The CIO is concerned about continuous operations and recovery following a site catastrophe. Which of the following addresses this issue?

A) GDPS
B) DR
C) Parallel Sysplex
D) CBU

5. A customer is planning an upgrade to a z196 from a System z9. They still have a high number of ESCON I/O channels on the current machine. The customer has no immediate plans to migrate away from their ESCON attached I/O devices. Which of the following actions should the Technical Specialist suggest?

A) The customer should purchase ESCON to FICON convertors for each active ESCON port.
B) ESCON channels are still supported on the System z196, no additional steps are required
C) IBM Global Services may conduct a onsolidation Analysis?to help better understand the customer environment.IBM Global Services may conduct a ?onsolidation Analysis?to help better understand the customer environment.
D) The customer must verify the number of active ESCON ports required. Fewer than 240 ports may be carried over on the z196. Additional ESCON ports require ESCON to FICON convertors.

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