A company is deploying a Microsoft Windows-based, mission-critical Data Warehousing application.
The customer has specified 4GB of RAM. Which TWO of the following questions will best help the
consultant determine the proper memory configuration?
A customer is planning to implement a database server for their high volume online business.
Downtime at any point represents a significant loss of revenue, so performance and high availability are
extremely important. They requested a 4-way configuration with 8GB RAM and four gigabit Ethernet
connections. Which of the following solutions is the most appropriate?
An automotive supplier maintains CAD workstations in widely separated plant locations, and these
locations are interconnected by single 1.5Mb/second communication lines. A consultant has been asked
to provide a solution that will allow back-ups to be centralized in one location and improve data recovery
times. Which TWO questions should the consultant ask first to determine the best solution?
A customer has a large amount of data stored on three database servers and is concerned that at
present there is no disaster recovery plan in place. They have an existing tape backup solution that meets
their backup window. In order to analyze potential disaster recovery plans, which of the following
questions is the most important?
A customer has an existing rack environment with 18 x365 and 2 x255 servers. How can the customer
monitor and manage the hardware even if the systems are shut down?
A company has 20 remotely located Microsoft Windows 2000 xSeries servers which need to deploy a
non-IBM software application from a Windows 2000 xSeries server. How would they take advantage of IBM
Director to be able to effectively deploy this application?
A customer's support technician finished installing their new x366 server running Windows 2003
Enterprise Server and the IBM Director agent. The customer applied the latest BIOS and firmware drivers
available on the Web for the system. The problem is that the x366 runs for a few minutes and then
reboots itself. Which of the following should be checked first?
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 customer wants to implement the Software Inventory capabilities of IBM Director in their environment
of 50 servers, 500 laptops and 150 desktops. Which of the following would represent a minimum valid
configuration to support this solution?