A Power 740 customer with 4 cores licensed to AIX is planning to add 4 additional cores and a partition for IBM i. They have sized the new IBM i workload at 1.7 cores and AIX will use the other 6.3 cores. What software will be necessary to enable this solution'?
A customer has let their Software Maintenance (SWMA) expire and needs to activate additional processors on their Power 770. What does the customer need to purchase?
A sales professional is engaged in a competitive sales situation against a non-IBM solution that is unfamiliar to them. Which resource should be engaged first?
An existing IBM customer needs to acquire a new Power Systems server with the following characteristics: Must support 12 processor cores Must accommodate the largest number of adapters in the system unit Must fit within 4U of existing rack space Which of the following should be proposed'?
What energy capability of Power Systems can be used in data centers to restrict server energy consumption, especially in cases where the data center might be nearing the limit of the energy it can provide?
A prospective customer is running a database application that cannot be upgraded. They plan to replace it with a DB2-based server environment that can scale in the future. The prospect has asked why anyone would choose Power Systems servers when Intel-based servers cost less. Which of the following is an effective response?
An existing Power Systems client has implemented an SAP application with the financial, database and web serving applications on separate POWER5+ servers. A Power 760 proposal to consolidate all three POWER5+ systems using LPARs has been presented. The CIO has stated that only the unpredictable performance of the web server justifies replacement. What should the response be?