A System z customer is planning to move their data center with several existing System z servers to a new space without a raised floor. Which of the following requirements should the technical specialist discuss with the customer?
A. Ordering the height reduction feature if needed
B. Top Exit Cabling Option is required for all the CPCs
C. Confirm all the System z servers are z9 BC, z10 BC or z114
D. Confirm the new installation is compliant with the Installation Manual for Physical Plugging
A customer technical staff has been briefed on migration to a z114 or z196. They are discussing the new features with the System z Technical Specialist. Which of the following customer statements is incorrect and must be corrected by the Technical Specialist?
A. Addition and removal of z196 I/O cage is disruptive
B. There is Plan Ahead option available for the I/O drawers
C. The I/O drawers can be added or removed non-disruptively
D. The correct mix of I/O cage and drawers is configured based on the number and type of I/O features ordered
A customer will be upgrading their z10 EC to a z196 and would like to position the z196 to take advantage of new PCIe infrastructure for future support. Currently they have two I/O cages. The customer cannot take a future outage to add the new drawer.
Which of the following will position the server for future use of a PCIe I/O drawer?
A. Just perform the upgrade, the existing cards will carry forward into the new PCIe drawer.
B. The drawer can be added later when the customer is ready to order the new PCIe cards.
C. Order the new PCIe OSA-Express4S 1000BaseT and/or FICON Express4S cards now which will drive the new PCIe drawer.
D. The new PCIe drawer cannot be installed concurrently so order the new PCIe OSA-Express4S 10GbE and/or FICON Express8S cards now which will drive the new PCIe drawer.
A customer is looking for a solution that delivers a workload management across the platforms that run his core application. Additionally he is interested in a continuous availability solution that controls all components of the application independent of the platform that is used for the deployment.
Which of the following makes zEnterprise the best match to those requirements?
A. The new Infiniband coupling link of z196 offer the opportunity to interconnect all platforms. The Unified Resource Manager delivers a central tool to control all events.
B. z/OS offers with Parallel Sysplex and WLM a best of breed solution. For the distributed part Tivoli System Automation for Multi Platforms (TSAMP) delivers the required functionality.
C. The combination of Unified Resource Manager, GDPS and TSAMP meets all requirements without changes to the applications.
D. The customer can consolidate all application parts either on z/OS or on Linux on System z to meet the requirements.
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
The System z Technical Specialist is asked by a customer for differentiators of a zBX solution with x86 blades compared to x86 blades in a traditional BladeCenter. Which of the following is a key differentiator?
A. VMware license costs for x86 blades will be the same when integrated into zBX, but management costs will be lower.
B. Software license costs on x86 blades are optimized when integrated into zBX.
C. Unified Resource Manager includes an x86 hypervisor, and management costs are lower.
D. Any existing customer x86 Blades can be integrated into the zBX
A new customer bought a zEnterprise 114 and zBX. The customer questioned why there are two HMCs configured. Which of the following is the reason that the HMC needs to be redundant?
A. zEnterprise 114 and zBX will have a dedicated HMC respectively
B. The Support Element (SE) is no longer available
C. All zEnterprise servers are configured with 2 sets of HMC by default
D. Two HMCs are required to preserve Ensemble state configuration
A presales TDA meeting is in review process the Technical Specialist finds a problem with the configuration. The incorrect power cord on the z196 was ordered. The machine order was placed and has a Plant Order Number in the system. Which of the following is the correct action to resolve problem?
A. Reschedule the presales TDA
B. Resolve with the customer at the planning meeting
C. Request the customer change the power supply
D. Advise the sales specialist to alter the order to correct the power cord
Which of the following planning considerations for zBX environments is least critical compared with the others?
A. Involve customer network access and security management in system design and planning.
B. Review z/OS LPAR weight settings on all CPCs attached to the zBX.
C. Inform datacenter management and major application analysts on new HMC workload management functions.
D. Review interaction and SLA expectations among SCP-host and blade applications and components.
A customer is considering a zEnterprise with a zBX. The customer has a back level AIX server installed running production workloads. Which of the following is the best action a specialist could take to ensure the customer is satisfied with the new zBX?
A. Migrate to the latest version of AIX for supported migration to the zEnterprise
B. Create a migration plan for all AIX applications to the zBX
C. Conduct a Fit for Purpose workshop to ensure the customer understands workload deployment on zEnterprise
D. Use zCP3000 to measure the transaction rate
