An xSeries specialist monitors a customer’s server that has poor performance.  The customer is running an x365 with a ServeRAID 6i controller with write-back cache turned on and ten 15K rpm drives in a RAID-5 array.  It is a mission-critical server and mu

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An xSeries specialist monitors a customer’s server that has poor performance.  The customer is running an x365 with a ServeRAID 6i controller with write-back cache turned on and ten 15K rpm drives in a RAID-5 array.  It is a mission-critical server and must have a redundant storage system.  Performance tests indicate that the Average Disk sec/Transfer exceeds 20 ms.  Which of the following is the lowest-cost method to increase the throughput？（）

  • A、Disable the ServRAID cache
  • B、Change the RAID level to 10
  • C、Change the cache level to Write Through
  • D、Add five more drives to the array to increase the number of read/write heads
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1.Which three server types are supported for the installation of Cisco CRS?（）A、Cisco MCS 78xx serversB、Dell PowerEdge serversC、HP DL Cisco certified serversD、Acer Altos serversE、IBM xSeries Cisco certified serversF、Apple servers

2.A customer is trying to remotely upgrade their system BIOS firmware on their xSeries server through their RSA adapter.  What feature would best fit the requirement？（）A、Use the remote update feature of the RSAB、Use the remote diskette/CD feature on the RSAC、Insert the diskette in the server， flash the BIOS， and reboot the server.D、Use the remote POST function of the RSA to flash the BIOS

3.Some xSeries servers support 4-way memory interleaving and some support 2-way interleaving.  In both types of interleaving， the data is accessed 256 bits at a time.  How is this 256-bit data access achieved with 2-way interleaving？（）A、The DIMMs used for 2-way interleaving are double the width of DIMM used in 4-way interleaving.B、The DIMMs used for 2-way interleaving are 64-bit wide and data bits are accessed both on the rising edge and falling edge of the clock cycle.C、The DIMMs used for 2-way interleaving are 32-bit wide and data bits are accessed both on the rising edge and falling edge of the clock cycle.D、The DIMMs used for 2-way interleaving are double the width and data bits are accessed both on the rising edge and falling edge of the clock cycle.

4. A customer has a requirement for a server to run Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition and Exchange 2003 Enterprise Edition. It has been determined that 4GB RAM will be needed.  The customer is trying to decide between the two following configurations：   （1）An IBM xSeries x366 with 4 Xeon MP processors and 4 x 1GB memory DIMMs.       （2）An IBM xSeries x445 with 4 Xeon MP processors and 8 x 1GB memory DIMMs.  Which question should be asked to guide the customer in selecting the correct memory configuration？（）A、Is rack space an issue？B、Is there a high cache-hit ratio？C、Is this a mission-critical application？D、Are there plans to expand the memory to 8GB in the future？

更多“An xSeries specialis”相关问题

  • 第1题：

    An existing IBM customer has some iSeries servers in their environment.  The customer is adding an x366 server with an RSA-II installed for their Microsoft Client/Server applications.  The customer wants to consolidate the storage and centralize the backup of the iSeries and xSeries platforms.  Which of the following will accomplish this？（）

    • A、Share the data over the Ethernet LAN.
    • B、Install the IXA Adapter in the iSeries server.
    • C、Install the IXA Adapter in the xSeries server.
    • D、Attach both servers to an IXS switch.

    正确答案:C

  • 第2题：

    A customer has a need for an xSeries server for an application requiring 12GB memory with the capacity of up to 20GB.  The HDD configuration needs to be as follows：      （1）Two drives RAID-1 for the operating system   （2）Five drives for Data in a RAID-5 configuration with one Hot-Spare       （3）All drives have to be internal.  Which of the following will satisfy the requirements for the application？（）

    • A、x366
    • B、x255
    • C、x346
    • D、x455

    正确答案:B

  • 第3题：

    When designing a single tier AIX database solution for a customer， what other technical specialist would be most instrumental in putting together a total solution and why？（）

    • A、xSeries specialist，as the customer may have some Intel-based systems.
    • B、Hardware customer engineer，as they will be installing the entire solution.
    • C、Services specialist，as they can provide education recommendations for the entire solution. 
    • D、Storage specialist，as the customer may need disk to store the data and tape to backup the data.

    正确答案:D

  • 第4题：

    A customer is installing a new xSeries server into a Token-Ring environment.  Where would the customer find the latest supported Token-Ring PCI adaptors for that server？（）

    • A、IBM ServerProven hardware website
    • B、IEEE Proven website
    • C、IBM PartnerWorld website
    • D、3Com Support website

    正确答案:A

  • 第5题：

    A customer purchased a new IBM xSeries x445.  They already have a non-IBM industry standard rack with 14U of open space that is being considered to house the new server.  The rack houses an existing UPS unit for the entire rack.  Which of the following questions is most important to ensure that the power in the datacenter environment is ready for the initial install？（）

    • A、Have optional Fibre Channel and Ethernet switches been installed in the server？
    • B、What is the available kVA value of the UPS？
    • C、Are there sufficient empty socket outlets in the UPS？
    • D、What is the impact on the power consumption of the data center cooling system？

    正确答案:B

  • 第6题：

    单选题
    A customer is running system management software on one of their Windows xSeries servers， and the software seems to slow down their database application over time.  The customer is running IBM Director in their environment.  Which IBM Director tool can they utilize to guarantee processor time for the different applications and optimize the server performance？（）
    A

    Software Rejuvenation

    B

    Capacity Manager

    C

    Capacity Workload Manager

    D

    Aurema Application Workload Manager


    正确答案： D
    解析： 暂无解析

  • 第7题：

    单选题
    A retailer is considering deploying an online transaction application on xSeries to serve their buyers.  The server will need no more than four processors and will run on Red Hat Linux AS.  The storage requirement is for 5TB of usable storage， and the maximum memory requirement is 4GB of RAM.  Which solution will provide the best price and performance while maintaining fault tolerance？（）
    A

    An x260 with dual fault tolerant ServeRAID adapters and 12 internal drives

    B

    An x366 with dual fault tolerant NICs with a single Fibre HBA directly attached to a DS4300 with three EXP710s fully populated with 146GB Fibre Drives

    C

    An x366 with dual fault tolerant NICs and two Fibre HBAs directly attached to a DS4300 Turbo with three EXP700s fully populated with 146GB drives

    D

    An x445 server with dual fault tolerant HBAs and a DS4500 with two additional EXP710s fully populated with 146GB Drives


    正确答案： D
    解析： 暂无解析

  • 第8题：

    多选题
    Which three server types are supported for the installation of Cisco CRS?（）
    A

    Cisco MCS 78xx servers

    B

    Dell PowerEdge servers

    C

    HP DL Cisco certified servers

    D

    Acer Altos servers

    E

    IBM xSeries Cisco certified servers

    F

    Apple servers


    正确答案： A,C,E
    解析： 暂无解析

  • 第9题：

    A Dell customer decided to use IBM Director and xSeries to manage their servers.  They purchased 10 IBM x336 servers and they already have 75 various Dell servers.  Which TWO steps need to be verified to be able to manage the mixed environment with IBM Director？（）

    • A、Verify that the Dell systems have TCP/IP enabled
    • B、Verify that the systems are running the IBM Director Agent
    • C、Verify that the managed systems are SMBIOS 2.1 and WfM 2.0 compliant
    • D、Verify that the Dell systems have at least a 1GB of memory installed
    • E、Install an SNMP agent on the Dell systems as IBM Director cannot manage Industry Standard non-IBM servers

    正确答案:B,C

  • 第10题：

    A customer is planning to implement a Linux solution and is trying to decide whether the application should go on an xSeries 365 with a IA-32 processor or a p5-520 with a POWER5 processor.  Which of the following questions would best help them make that determination？（）

    • A、Is a 64-bit kernel needed？
    • B、Is Samba going to be running？
    • C、Will the application run in a cluster？
    • D、Which Linux distribution will be run - Red Hat or SuSe？

    正确答案:A

  • 第11题：

    A retailer is considering deploying an online transaction application on xSeries to serve their buyers.  The server will need no more than four processors and will run on Red Hat Linux AS.  The storage requirement is for 5TB of usable storage， and the maximum memory requirement is 4GB of RAM.  Which solution will provide the best price and performance while maintaining fault tolerance？（）

    • A、An x260 with dual fault tolerant ServeRAID adapters and 12 internal drives
    • B、An x366 with dual fault tolerant NICs with a single Fibre HBA directly attached to a DS4300 with three EXP710s fully populated with 146GB Fibre Drives
    • C、An x366 with dual fault tolerant NICs and two Fibre HBAs directly attached to a DS4300 Turbo with three EXP700s fully populated with 146GB drives
    • D、An x445 server with dual fault tolerant HBAs and a DS4500 with two additional EXP710s fully populated with 146GB Drives

    正确答案:C

  • 第12题：

    An online retailer is considering deploying a database application on xSeries and Windows to serve their Web-based transactions. The database will need about 4TB of usable storage.  Downtime costs the customer tens of thousands of dollars per minute， so system availability will be of highest priority.  The customer needs to acquire the system within a certain budget but will pay for things that provide higher system availability.   Which of the following will be the most appropriate solution？（）

    • A、A dual pathed switched DS4000 Solution with Clustering， Remote replication， Redundant NICs， and Fibre attached backup
    • B、A single path Direct attach DS4000 solution implemented with Clustering and SAN Based Backup combined with IBM Director for PFA management
    • C、A dual pathed Direct Attach fibre solution， along with dual NICs and memory mirroring
    • D、An iSCSI solution with dual NIC’s with the Flashcopy option enabled on the DS300

    正确答案:A

  • 第13题：

    A customer uses an IBM xSeries x366.  They experienced downtime when the NIC failed earlier this year.  Their Windows 2003 server needs to be accessible all the time， at the highest speed possible.  Two adapters are currently installed in the x366.  Which of the following is the procedure to obtain the best performance and ensure network functionality in case of NIC failure？（）

    • A、Install four NICs and configure load balancing adapter teaming.
    • B、Install four NICs and configure adapter failover teaming.
    • C、Install seven NICs and configure load balancing adapter teaming.
    • D、Install one extra NIC to team with the internal adapter and configure failover teaming.

    正确答案:A

  • 第14题：

    单选题
    A customer is installing a new xSeries server into a Token-Ring environment.  Where would the customer find the latest supported Token-Ring PCI adaptors for that server？（）
    A

    IBM ServerProven hardware website

    B

    IEEE Proven website

    C

    IBM PartnerWorld website

    D

    3Com Support website


    正确答案： B
    解析： 暂无解析

  • 第15题：

    单选题
    An existing IBM customer has a few pSeries servers running DB2 on AIX in their environment.  The DB2 application contains the database for an order entry application.  An xSeries SQL database server replicating from DB2 is added for off-line analysis purposes.  The customer wants to know if consolidating the storage and centralized backup is possible. What are the options available to accomplish this？（）
    A

    pSeries and xSeries use different file systems. Consolidating Storage and backup is not achievable.

    B

    Consolidation is possible by connecting pSeries local storage to the xSeries SQL server using the IXA adapter.

    C

    Storage consolidation can be achieved by connecting the pSeries and xSeries servers to a common DS4000 storage server.

    D

    Storage consolidation is only achievable when raw file systems are used by the databases and both servers run the same Linux file system （e.g.， EXT3 or Reiser）.


    正确答案： A
    解析： 暂无解析

  • 第16题：

    单选题
    A customer wants to deploy VMWare ESX on four-way Intel systems.  They are considering IBM and Dell.Which of the following is an advantage IBM has over the competition？（）
    A

    IBM provides optional Remote Technical Support for hardware， NOS， and VMWare.

    B

    The IBM xSeries EXA chipset has extensions to provide better efficiency for the VMFS file system.

    C

    IBM servers can address larger LUNs on SAN storage than Dell.

    D

    IBM provided VMWare with the majority of their internal drivers for ESX.


    正确答案： B
    解析： 暂无解析

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