Duration

1 hour

Overview

Test information:

Number of questions: 41
Time allowed in minutes: 60
Required passing score: 60%
Test languages: English, Japanese

1. Product Knowledge - relative to AIX (32%)

Differentiate AIX Editions, including features/functions, and the ability to upgrade Editions.
Compare features of AIX to competitive operating systems (HP, Oracle/Sun, etc)
Compare and contrast Linux on Power to Linux on x86.
Position Linux relative to AIX, including perceived cost differences of hardware, applications, etc.
Describe functions of AIX that contribute to system reliability and availability
Explain the AIX release strategy, including Technology Levels (TL) and Service Packs (SP)
Describe the available solutions for AIX and Linux HPC customers at a high level
Describe the architecture and advantages of GPFS in AIX and Linux environments.
Differentiate between memory optimization technologies for Power Systems relative to AIX implementations, identifying the configuration requirements of each on the systems which support them.
Given a scenario, identify appropriate IBM Systems Storage solutions related to AIX and Linux customers (for example, SAN, NAS, and appropriate products such as Storwize V7000, XIV, SVC, etc).
Compare POWER5, POWER6 and Blade Server capabilities to current POWER7 and POWER7+ servers to determine the correct upgrade/migration path (including migrations to PureFlex) relative to AIX and Linux environments.

2. AIX, Linux & Power Systems Software stack (24%)

Explain Linux licensing and support on Power Systems servers, including both Red Hat and SuSe
Identify performance management and evaluation tools are packaged with AIX, including TOPAS, nmon, etc., and what value they offer to the solution.
Identify tools for specific systems management tasks, including smit, Systems Director, HMC, Flex Systems Manager (FSM), etc. relative to positioning Power Systems solutions.
Explain the licensing and support options for AIX and Linux, including Processor tiers, transferring licenses within enterprise and country, license considerations relative to Capacity on Demand.
Given a scenario relative to AIX customers, describe which Power Systems Software product and Edition, is appropriate, including PowerHA, PowerVM, PowerSC, Systems Director, and AIX versions.

3. Virtualization (17%)

Differentiate partition technologies (LPAR, WPARs, and Versioned WPARs) and describe their benefits, including application mobility
Differentiate between vSCSI and NPIV, including the benefits and limitations of each.
Explain, at a high level, the relationship between shared processor pools and the allocation of physical and virtual processing units.

4. Gathering Customer Requirements (12%)

Describe factors in the customer environment which will impact backup and restore (including hardware and software compatibility issues, device quantities and types, migration timing, etc.)
Identify storage and networking performance requirements to achieve customers objectives. (IOPs, throughput and response times)
Determine consolidation opportunities and strategy, including identifying those situations where not consolidating is appropriate (for example, when doing so would make software costs impossible).

5. Design a System to Support Customer Requirements (15%)

Given a scenario, identify requirements and configure an appropriate High Availability or Disaster Recovery (HA/DR) solution.
Design networking, SAN and tape connectivity to support customer requirements (including performance and availability)
Given a scenario, recommend a suitable storage solution to support current customer requirements. Consider growth, protection, performance, usable space, and availability. Awareness of IBM storage products relative to Power Systems solutions you are selling
Identify appropriate tools and resources used for sizing, solution design, and opportunity development. Consider Fix Level Recommendation Tool (FLRT), Facts & Features Guide, AIX Strengths to Strengths, Info Center, White Papers, Developer Works wiki, Performance Report, Workload Estimator, System Planning Tool, Sizing questionnaires, ISV tools, Energy Estimator.

Test Preparation

All IBM certification tests presume a certain amount of "on-the-job" experience which is not present in any classroom or Web presentation. The recommended courses and links will help you gain the skill and product knowledge represented in the test objectives. They do not teach the answers to the test questions, and are not intended to do so. This information may not cover all subject areas in the certification test, or may contain more recent information than is present in the certification test. Taking these or any classes will not guarantee that you will achieve certification.

Online course

Course title: Power Systems Technical Sales School for AIX and Linux

Course duration: Self-paced

Course number: AM71

Abstract:

1- Click on the course title above

2- Sign In

3- On the Job Role Course Catalog tab scroll down and click on the + to expand the Sales School folder

4- Click on the + to expand Power Systems Technical Sales School for AIX and Linux folder and select appropriate

modules.

Within this folder you will find web lectures covering key topic areas. You can listen to the replay and download the

course material.

Course title: Power Systems Technical Sales School for IBM i

Course duration: Self-Paced

Course number: AS600