单选题A customer is considering replacement of twenty older 4U and 6U rack-based servers with one IBM x366 Server running VMWare ESX attached to one DS4300.  Which of the following represents a reduction in Total Cost of Ownership （TCO） for the customer？（）A

第1题：

A customer recently purchased a new x3550 M3 server and one of the hard drives has failed. The customer has a standard warranty. They called you asking for a replacement. Which action should the customer take？（）

• A、Contact the IBM FTSS to replace the drive
• B、Contact the IBM CSR or SSR to replace the drive
• C、Order a replacement drive
• D、Contact IBM Service

第2题：

A customer needs to deploy ten dual processor Xeon servers.  Six servers will be running Linux and Apache， and the other four will be Citrix presentation servers.  The customer’s main concerns are the rack space and the option to have SATA drives.  The maximum memory required is 8GB.  Which of the following options will provide the best price and performance？（）

• A、Ten x306’s with internal SATA drives
• B、Five x346’s with internal SATA drives and VMWare ESX Server
• C、Five x366’s partitioned into two VMs each with VMWare ESX Server
• D、Ten x336’s with internal SATA drives

第3题：

A customer is running system management software on one of their Windows xSeries servers， and the software seems to slow down their database application over time.  The customer is running IBM Director in their environment.  Which IBM Director tool can they utilize to guarantee processor time for the different applications and optimize the server performance？（）

• A、Software Rejuvenation
• B、Capacity Manager
• C、Capacity Workload Manager
• D、Aurema Application Workload Manager

第4题：

A customer is interested in a power efficient server solution. The Sales Specialist has recommended a BladeCenter solution. The customer debates the price is high compared to rack servers.  Which of the following should the Sales Specialist emphasize to address the pricing difference？（）

• A、Higher rack density that reduces data center footprints
• B、Internal upgrades that only IBM can offer
• C、Total Cost of Ownership （TCO） related to innovative components such as Integrated Switches 
• D、The Rear Door Heat eXchanger that only IBM can offer

第5题：

A customer wants to run VMWare ESX on an x445 with a large number of virtual machines running Windows 2003 Server as a Disaster Recovery （DR） Site for the production environment.  Which of the following questions would most impact the memory configuration？（）

• A、What version of VMWare ESX Server is being considered？
• B、Do the systems currently use Double Data Rate （DDR） memory？
• C、What is the total number of processors installed in the production systems？
• D、What is the total amount of memory currently being used across all the production systems？

第6题：

A customer is considering replacement of twenty older 4U and 6U rack-based servers with one IBM x366 Server running VMWare ESX attached to one DS4300.  Which of the following represents a reduction in Total Cost of Ownership （TCO） for the customer？（）

• A、Reduction in operating system software licensing and application costs
• B、Reduction in floor space and hardware cost saving
• C、VMWare is licensed per system so no extra charge for SMP support
• D、No single point of failure， reducing downtime

第7题：

A customer wants to deploy VMWare ESX on four-way Intel systems.  They are considering IBM and Dell.Which of the following is an advantage IBM has over the competition？（）

• A、IBM provides optional Remote Technical Support for hardware， NOS， and VMWare.
• B、The IBM xSeries EXA chipset has extensions to provide better efficiency for the VMFS file system.
• C、IBM servers can address larger LUNs on SAN storage than Dell.
• D、IBM provided VMWare with the majority of their internal drivers for ESX.

第8题：

A customer is considering consolidating their file servers by moving them into a virtual environment using VMWare ESX Server running on an x445 system.  The ratio of consolidation is expected to be about 15：1.  Which TWO of the Total Cost of Ownership factors are the key benefits of this solution？（）

• A、VMWare is licensed per system so no extra charge for SMP support
• B、Lowering administration cost while providing better remote management tools
• C、The x445 provides high availability options designed to minimize system outages
• D、The x445 provides no single point of failure
• E、The x445 provides SAN Connectivity right out of the box without needing to purchase extra hardware

第9题：

A customer has a mixed Dell and IBM server environment.  They want to implement a system management solution for all their Windows， Linux， and VMWare ESX Intel based servers.  Which TWO features of IBM Director will be an advantage for this customer？（）

• A、IBM Director comes with free Aurema and SteelEye software plug-ins.
• B、IBM Director supports non-IBM industry standard Intel based servers.
• C、IBM Director servers can be managed from within the MS Performance Monitor.
• D、IBM Director requires no agents to be installed and run on the IBM systems.
• E、IBM Director offers agents to manage VMWare ESX Server and runs on Linux while Dell does not.

第10题：

A customer has four 2-way 2U front-end web servers that are currently running at 15% CPU utilization.  These servers provide points of access for users worldwide， and volume is expected to triple in the next six months and aggressively grow thereafter.  They want to upgrade these systems to newer technology and stay within the 8U of rack space that they are replacing.  Which solution would fit the customer’s requirements？（）

• A、Three x366 4-ways running VMWare ESX Server.
• B、An x445 8-way Xeon MP attached to a DS4300 and running VMWare ESX Server.
• C、An x445 16-way Xeon MP attached to an EXP400 and running VMWare ESX Server.
• D、Four x346 2-ways running VMWare ESX Server.