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Use the exam objectives below in conjunction with the description of the job role and prerequisites/experience required for the exam to help you decide if the exam is appropriate for your expertise, skill, and experience.
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Each topic area in the exam covers a specific number of questions in the exam. The percentage listed in the section title below indicates the relative amount of content included in the exam for that particular topic area.
Questions on the exam can be based on business or technical scenarios. Computing Needs Analysis (14.5%) - Collect information to evaluate the current computing environment, including national language support.
- Analyze customer requirements for system performance and availability (for example, response times, batch performance, and downtime tolerance).
- Determine the customer's system connectivity requirements, including SNA connectivity.
- Collect and analyze performance data.
- Evaluate compatibility of application software for the targeted hardware and its requisite operating system.
- Determine user application interface requirements that determine which edition is selected, based on factors such as 5250 OLTP, WebFacing/HATS, and Accelerator.
Relate System i to Customer Needs (41%) - Describe features, functions and benefits of System i technology (for example, smart IOA, POWER5+, auxiliary write cache) and available operating systems.
- Describe features, functions and benefits of management tools such as Management Central and IBM Director.
- Describe features, functions and benefits of client tools such as iSeries Access, NetServer, and iSeries Access for Web.
- Determine the requirements for Domino on System i (for example, capacity, performance, clustering, availability, and WorkPlace).
- Determine the requirements for Java on System i (for example, capacity, performance, availability, and 32-bit versus 64-bit JVM).
- Determine the requirements for WebSphere and WebSphere Portal on System i.
- Explain System i network security considerations (intrusion detection, encryption, firewall, VPN, and so on).
- Explain user profile management and how it relates to EIM, iSeries Navigator, and SSO.
- Explain the use and benefits of system management tools available, such as Backup Recovery Media Services, Virtual Tape, and Job Scheduler.
- Describe how System i meets customers' needs for high availability and resiliency (for example, RAID options, mirroring levels, redundant power supplies, and UPS).
- Determine how LPAR meets a customer's needs.
- Explain server consolidation as it relates to Microsoft Windows Server, AIX 5L, Linux and/or System i servers.
- Describe the role, capabilities, and limitations of the Hardware Management Console on System i.
- Describe console options and considerations on System i.
- Explain differences between current and previous System i servers, such as LPAR processor capabilities, cache, HSL capabilities, and processor speed.
- Describe rack options and design considerations.
- Describe the upgrade options from previous System i models.
- Describe the differences among System i editions.
- Determine the System i interoperability requirements for integrated System x solutions, including Windows, Linux, and IXS/IXA/iSCSI.
Solution Design (30%) - Given typical customer situations, select the optimal configuration.
- Match customer requirements to the system (for example, model, disk, SAN, tape, I/O, network, and growth).
- Select appropriate disk configurations and disk protection options for the target system, considering expected growth/expansion.
- Specify proper interactive/total CPW configuration, including on demand processor and memory features.
- Specify console features (for example, LPAR, iSeries Navigator or OS/400 Command Line interface, ASMI, and HMC).
- Identify specific LPAR resource allocation characteristics (for example, processor, interactive performance, tape and CD).
- Specify the requirements for an LPAR installation, including the effects of different versions of System i operating systems, HMC, hardware models, and IOP/IOAs).
- Identify licensing issues with LPAR requirements and uncapped processor implications.
- Specify backup requirements, considerations, and strategies for all operating environments.
- Specify communications requirements, including bandwidth, LAN/WAN, protocols, and so on.
- Differentiate the specific tasks of IBM Director versus Management Central.
- Given customer requirements, apply appropriate IOP/IOA features (including smart IOA, PCI, PCI-X, and PCI-X DDR).
- Describe HSL design considerations, including cables, cable lengths, performance implications, and optical versus copper).
Implementation Planning (14.5%) - Determine the physical planning requirements, including floor and power requirements and rack configuration.
- Determine migration methodology, considering data, LPAR migration, and IOP/IOA placement.
- Plan the system resource implementation (for example, host names, line descriptions, valid TCP configuration, resource mappings, VLANs, Enterprise Extender, VIPA affinity, and so on) for all environments.
- Analyze and explain migration capacity and availability requirements during migration activities.
- Identify compatibility/interface issues for software and applications on the system.
- Plan the system software installation and configuration.
- Plan for communications during migration for multiple systems on the network.
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