In a pre-Sale TDA review meeting, what requirement below is recommended before placing an order for new or upgrade system z114 or z196 machine being proposed. Which of the following requirements must be performed before the TDA review?

A. SW Configuration

B. Contract Proposal

C. Capacity Planning Analysis

D. Project Plan

The customer is upgrading their z196 processor this weekend and wants to know what IBM team can configure an upgrade for additional capacity. Which team or group would configure this for the customer?

A. Manufacturing

B. Service Support Representative (SSR)

C. Technical Specialist

D. Customer Fulfillment

A prospective zEnterprise customer is fascinated with the addition of the zBX products. The sales specialist is discussing the flexibility of System z family of servers. Which of the following is a key aspect?

A. Binary compatibility between servers

B. Hot pluggable processor and memory boards

C. Consistent CoD features with entire family

D. Ability to interchange features between systems

A customer is migrating to z114 and z/VM V6.1. The existing z9 BC will be used as cold standby system in a separate datacenter. Which of the following is correct?

A. In order to run all guests on the z9 BC both, z9 BC and z114, have to run z/VM V6.1

B. The latest version of z/VM supported on z9 BC is z/VM V5.4. However the guests stay compatible.

C. In order to keep z/VM guests both systems (z114 and z9 BC) need to run z/VM V5.4.

D. The customer has to run z/VM V6.1 as a second level guest on the z9 BC z/VM V5.4The customer has to run z/VM V6.1 as a second level guest on the z9 BC? z/VM V5.4

Which of the following tools provides a financial analysis for a distributed server consolidation on System z opportunity at no cost to the customer?

A. BVWA

B. RACEv

C. SCON

D. PRA

Which of the following is an advantage of PCIe I/O drawers over I/O cages?

A. Support of Crypto Express cards

B. Support of more ports per installed feature

C. Support of increased number of features and ports per volume

D. Support of over 240 ESCON cards

A customer has PSIFB installed on his z196 processor. The customer wants to know how many CHPIDs can be configured across the two ports on the HCA card?

A. 16

B. 24

C. 12

D. 18

A customer is planning an upgrade to a z114. They have indicated that they will be adding additional disk storage in the future and want to make sure they have room for non disruptive future I/O growth. Which of the following is the appropriate first action for the Technical Specialist?

A. Use the eConfig Plan Ahead feature to place an order for an additional I/O drawer but don order any cards until they need them.

B. Ask the sales specialist to give the customer a discount and order the cards at the end of the quarter

C. Carefully plan out the upgrade based upon the current I/O configuration. Confirm there is enough room to support and add a future I/O drawer if needed.

D. The z114 hardware model M10 has more I/O adapters so you should order the M10 model which will assure you have room for future growth.

A customer expresses concern that one of their key ISV for z/OS is not willing to support their software on zEnterprise. A customer expresses concern that one of their key ISV? for z/OS is not willing to support their software on zEnterprise.

Which of the following is the first action for the IBM or Business Partner Technical Team to take?

A. Join a previously arranged customer meeting with the ISV to discuss

B. Retain the existing processor to run this ISV software

C. Notify the ISV their contract will be terminated and replaced with IBM software

D. Offer to share this concern with our PartnerWorld board for possible de-certification as an ISV.

A customer has decided to modernize one of its main z/OS applications by using web technologies such as J2EE. Customer's cost studies indicate the only affordable platforms are based on distributed servers. What would be your best strategy to protect and grow System z?

A. Create an offer based on Linux for System z for Application Development, System z Solution Edition for WebSphere and System z Solution Edition for Enterprise Management.

B. Create an offer that addresses the total application lifecycle based on System z Solution Edition for Application Development, System z Solution Edition for WebSphere and additional management tools, as needed.

C. Create an offer that addresses the total application lifecycle based on System z Solution Edition for Cloud Computing, adding development tools, WebSphere Application Server and additional management tools, if needed.

D. Create an offer that addresses the total application lifecycle based on System z Solution Edition for Linux, System z Solution Edition for Application Development, System z Solution Edition for WebSphere and System z Solution Edition for Enterprise Management.