IBM 00M-512 Question 18

IBM 00M-512 Question 18
POWER7 TurboCore Mode provides which of the following?

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A. 4 cores with 32 MB L3 Cache
B. 8 cores with 64 MB L3 Cache
C. 2 cores with 32 MB L3 Cache
D. 6 cores with 24 MB L3 Cache

Answer: D
Reference: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpapers/pdfs/redp4640.pdf (page 4, see L3 cache)

IBM 00M-512 Question 17

IBM 00M-512 Question 17
What is the function of Virtual I/O Server (VIOS)?

A. Enables File and Print Serving on virtual servers.
B. Facilities sharing of I/O resources between AIX Systems.
C. Facilitates sharing of physical I/O resources between IBM i, Linux and AIX LPARS
D. Facilitates sharing of virtual I/O between Linux, IBM i and AIX cluster nodes.

Answer: C
Reference: http://www-304.ibm.com/support/customercare/sas/f/vios/home.html (see the first paragraph and the subsequent bulleted points)

IBM 00M-512 Question 16

IBM 00M-512 Question 16
Existing Power Systems customers with transactional web front-ends running on Intel/Linux may consider POWER7 for which of the following reasons?

A. They will be able to scale out their databases using DB2 pureScale.
B. Intel/Linux is not recommended by IBM because it is not secure and does not scale.
C. Running multi-tiered applications on Power can reduce complexity, improve the manageability and reduce costs.
D. They can consolidate everything onto a BladeCenter and run the back-end on Power Blade and the front-end on Intel blades.

Answer: C

IBM 00M-512 Question 15

IBM 00M-512 Question 15
PowerVM on POWER7 delivers virtualization without limits. Which of the following was the performance improvement noted for PowerVM when compared to VMware for the same virtual workloads?

A. 65%
B. 20%
C. 85%
D. 150%

Answer: A
Reference: http://www.spectrumconsulting.co.nz/aix/wp-content/uploads/PowerVM_VMware.pdf (page 2, see the first bullet)

IBM 00M-512 Question 14

IBM 00M-512 Question 14
IBM Smart Analytics are often compared to Oracle Exadata. Which of the following are advantages of the IBM solution?

A. IBM Smart Analytics may cost more money, but provides better warranty and support.
B. IBM Smart Analytics uses shared disk RAC which is a highly suitable shared architecture.
C. IBM Smart Analytics has lower cost, better availability, greater capacity and higher performance.
D. IBM Smart Analytics is highly customizable, flexible and open to various Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence solution packages.

Answer: D

IBM 00M-512 Question 13

IBM 00M-512 Question 13
Which product is used to dynamically allocate memory from a shared pool to a partition based on different workload peaks?

A. AIX Workload Partitions
B. IBM Cloudburst Appliance
C. PowerVM Active Memory Sharing
D. PowerVM Live Partition Mobility

Answer: C
Reference: ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/common/ssi/rep_wh/n/POW03026USEN/POW03026USEN.PDF (page 5, benefits)

IBM 00M-512 Question 12

IBM 00M-512 Question 12
Which of the following enables inter-partition Ethernet connections without physical adapters?

A. Virtual Ethernet
B. Multiport PCI-X Adapter
C. Integrated Ethernet Adapter
D. Integrated Virtual Ethernet

Answer: C

IBM 00M-512 Question 11

IBM 00M-512 Question 11
Which of the following is/are the key component(s) of a cluster?

A. Cloud computing
B. Servers, systems, switches
C. Virtual Private Network (VPN)
D. Nodes, interconnect, cluster management software

Answer: B

IBM 00M-512 Question 10

IBM 00M-512 Question  10
How do AIX and Linux differ in support for network adapters?

A. AIX supports all adapters provided by IBM.
B. AIX and 64-bit Linux distributions support all adapters provided by IBM.
C. Customers need to purchase support from IBM for necessary Linux drivers.
D. SUSE and Red Hat 64-bit Linux distributions support all adapters provided by IBM

Answer: C