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IBM Certified Specialist - Power Systems Technical Support for i


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Job Role Description / Target Audience

The IBM Certified Specialist - Power Systems Technical Support for i person is the key technical liaison between the customer, the Power Family solution sales person that represents the IBM product line, and IBM.
By acting as the key technical resource, the specialist works determines design and implementation requirements for the solution.  The specialist should be able to design and install systems of varying size and complexity and use tools like SPT, HMC, and other tools native to i5/OS (e.g. System i Director, Management Central).
This specialist has detailed technical knowledge about the IBM Power Systems products, i5/OS technologies and related solutions, as well as the skills to architect solutions to meet customer requirements.  The specialist can perform competitive analyses, translate technical requirements into customer solutions, solve technical problems, and describe Power Systems strategy and solutions, and business trends and directions.  As part of the process, the specialist designs, configures, migrates and implements the IBM solution.


Recommended Prerequisite Skills

At least two to three years experience, working with multiple IBM Power Family servers, familiarity with IBM Software Products compatible with IBM i, guest operating systems, and operational system administration (performance, communications, network specification, and database management) and management including:
  • At least 10-15 POWER5/POWER5+ varied system design and installation opportunities across the product line.
  • At least five POWER6 system design and installation opportunities.
  • Strong LPAR skills including VIOS, guest and/or alternate operating systems (e.g.  AIX, Linux, Windows, and IBM i on a Blade).


Requirements

This certification requires 1 test(s).

Test(s):

  1. Test 974 - Power Systems Technical Support for i



Test registration

Authorized Prometric test centers (worldwide testing)