C1000-031 Online Practice Questions and Answers

A customer has a significant investment in open source software for performing in-memory analytics. This workload is currently deployed on Linux and recent x86 hardware.

What advantage would a POWER9 processor-based server provide this customer?

A. Faster ChipKill correction rate

B. More cache per core

C. More cores per socket

D. Faster PCIe bandwidth

A customer has several workloads using LPARs. The customer desires that the maximum number of active cores be made available for each workload, a shared SAN connection, and dedicated LAN throughput for each workload.

Which of the following satisfies the workload requirements?

A. Dedicated donating cores, NPIV, SR-IOV network

B. Shared Processor Pool, vSCSI, VIOS SEA

C. Shared Processor Pool, Dedicated HBAs, dedicated LAN adapters

D. Shared Processor Pool, NPIV, dedicated LAN adapters

A customer would like to add a second HMC to an environment which consists of multiple POWER8 and POWER9 processor-based systems.

Which of the following is a requirement for both HMCs to be able to manage all the systems?

A. Both HMCs must be at the same version of HMC Code.

B. Both HMCs must be on the same HMC VLAN.

C. All the POWER8 processor-based systems must be at the same firmware level.

D. Each HMC must be on a dedicated HMC VLAN.

Which Ethernet virtualization technique supports Live Partition Mobility on POWER9?

A. vSwitch

B. Standalone SR-IOV without VIOS

C. Proxy ARP

D. SEA

Which of the following is true for systems virtualized with PowerVM?

A. Adapters can be dedicated to LPARs.

B. LPARs require virtual adapters.

C. LPARs require shared memory.

D. Cores must be shared between LPARs.

A customer needs to run a Linux database application that is supported on both x86 and Power System processors.

What is the advantage of selecting a POWER9 processor-based system for this application?

A. The ability to move live workloads without downtime.

B. More applications are compiled for Power Systems than for x86.

C. Better memory bandwidth on POWER9 processor-based systems.

D. More cores per socket on POWER9 processor-based systems.

Which HMC alternative will support a migration from a Power System E880 to a Power System E980?

A. 7042-CR9 with firmware V8

B. 7042-CR7 with firmware V8

C. 7042-CR8 with firmware V8

D. 7042-CR6 with firmware V8

A customer with critical up-time requirements is comparing POWER9 processor-based servers.

Which RAS feature is found only on the Power System E980?

A. Redundant Service Processors

B. Hot swap fans

C. Chipkill memory

D. Split backplane

A customer's infrastructure is currently based on a Power System E870 managed by an HMC 7042-CR6 at V8.860 SW level. They are planning to upgrade their server to a new Power System E980.

Which of the following will enable the customer to connect an HMC to the Power System E980?

A. Install vHMC on a partition on the Power System E980.

B. Order a new Power-based HMC (7063-CR1).

C. Upgrade the software on the existing HMC.

D. Use the existing HMC at the current SW level.

Which of the following is a feature exclusive to PowerVM Enterprise Edition?

A. PowerVC

B. PowerSC

C. Active Memory Sharing

D. HMC Virtual Appliance