SPARC GLP Update

(Answer all questions in this section)

1. Which one of these is NOT a target customer for the Standardize on SPARC sales
play?  Mark for Review 
(1) Points

Oracle SPARC customers also running IBM AIX or HP-UX…

… and are looking for a low cost solution (*)

… and are considering UNIX to Linux/x86 migration

… and are interested in saving IT operating costs

… and may move business critical apps to public and private cloud

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2. What are the three cloud deployment models from Oracle?

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(1) Points

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On Premises (*)

Cloud hosting service

Cloud at Customer (*)

Public Cloud (*)

Correct!

3. Which Oracle software product can aid in demonstrating Real-Time analytics

acceleration?  Mark for Review 
(1) Points

Solaris 11

PeopleSoft

Oracle VM for SPARC

Oracle Database 12c (*)

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4. What are the three steps to overcome objections?

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(1) Points

(Choose all correct answers)

Schedule

Understand (*)

Engage (*)
 Align (*)

Correct!

5. Which generation is the core on the SPARC M8 processor?

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(1) Points

4th

3rd

5th (*)

2nd

1st

Correct!

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SPARC GLP Update

(Answer all questions in this section)

6.  All of these are competitive power moves against IBM, except:
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(1) Points

Show how Oracle delivers superior security<br>

Highlight operational efficiency gains with Oracle SPARC<br>

Show lower cloud costs (*)

Let other customers speak for you<br>

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7.  All of these are business demands of cloud for speed and agility, except:
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(1) Points

Compelling applications

Better workflow

Lower headcount (*)

Deeper analytics

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 8.  How many cores are there on the Fujitsu SPARC M12-1?
 Mark for Review 
(1) Points

6 (*)

12

24

Correct!

Cloud Strategy
(Answer all questions in this section)

9.  These are all on-premises offerings except?

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(1) Points

SPARC servers

Minicluster

SPARC Dedicated Compute Service Model 300 (*)

SPARC Cloud Machine

SPARC ECI, ECI-2

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10. Which is the correct subscription-based pricing for the SPARC Model 300?
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(1) Points

6 months increments subscriptions

Month-to-Month RTU

Multi-year RTU

None

1 Yr. Minimum Subscription (*)

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Cloud Strategy
(Answer all questions in this section)

11. What are three capabilities that support our claim that SPARC is Cloud-Ready?
 Mark for Review 
(1) Points

(Choose all correct answers)

Solaris 11 built for Cloud (*)

Application portability (*)

SPARC T7 is 3% faster per core vs. IBM Power

Oracle introduced SPARC public roadmap until 2021

Multiple consumption models (*)

Correct!

12. Which behavior traits best describe the Line of Business persona?

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(1) Points

Aggressive and wants to move faster

Defensive and don’t want to move fast

In a difficult position

Frustrated and angry (*)

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13. Which three customer personas are examples of people who need to get things
done?  Mark for Review 
(1) Points

(Choose all correct answers)

Application Developers (*)

Infrastructure Teams

Line of Business (*)

IT Leadership (*)

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Product Features M8
(Answer all questions in this section)
 14. Which two features are new to the Software in Silicon on the SPARC M8-based
servers?  Mark for Review 
(1) Points

(Choose all correct answers)

Real-time decompression of in-memory data

Silicon Secured Memory

Native OZIP format added (*)

Zero overhead encryption

Oracle Number acceleration units (*)

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again

15. Which three features do Oracle Solaris and SPARC use to stop malware before it
gets in?  Mark for Review 
(1) Points

(Choose all correct answers)

SSH Logins

Immutable Systems (*)

Virtual Machines (*)

Support of https

Tamper Evident Software (*)

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Product Features M8
(Answer all questions in this section)

16. How many SPARC processors have been released since Oracle aquired Sun?
 Mark for Review 
(1) Points

8 (*)

5
 4

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17. Which are the key message pillars for the SPARC M8-based servers (choose 3):
 Mark for Review 
(1) Points

(Choose all correct answers)

Lowest hardware acquisition cost

Designed for security (*)

Highest core efficiency (*)

Performance acceleration of data analytics (*)

A replacement product family (versus an extension) of the current SPARC M7

family servers

Correct!

18. By using the in-Memory columnar format, how much improvement can a customer
achieve?  Mark for Review 
(1) Points

75x

100x (*)

80x

120x

95x

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19. Which four security features are unique to SPARC servers?

 Mark for Review 
(1) Points

(Choose all correct answers)

Silicon Secured Memory (*)

Encryption Accelerators (*)

Password Protected Logins

Access Control, Read-only VMs (*)

Compliance Reporting, Remote Audits (*)

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 Product Features M12
(Answer all questions in this section)

20. Which operating system do the Fujitsu SPARC M12 Servers run?

 Mark for Review 
(1) Points

Oracle Solaris (*)

Oracle Linux

Fujitsu Linux

AIX

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Product Features M12

(Answer all questions in this section)

21. What is the licensing core factor for the Fujitsu SPARC M12 Servers?
 Mark for Review 
(1) Points

0.5 (*)

0.1

Correct!

22. Which software can be accelerated with Fujistu's Software on-Chip technology?

 Mark for Review 
(1) Points

Java custom apps

Informatica

Apache Tomcat

Oracle Database (*)

Correct!

23. Which one of the following is not one of the Software on-Chip features of the
Fujitsu SPARC M12 Servers?  Mark for Review 
(1) Points
 In Memory Query Acceleraiton

Decimal Number Acceleration

Graphics acceleration (*)

Encryption

Correct!

24. What is the estimated core performance increase between Fujitsu M10 and the
new Fujitsu SPARC M12 Servers?  Mark for Review 
(1) Points

5x

1x

2.5x (*)

10x

Correct!

25. Which processor is used in the Fujitsu SPARC M12 Servers?

 Mark for Review 
(1) Points

SPARC64 XII (*)

SPARC M7

SPARC64 X+

SPARC T5

Correct!

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Product Architecture M8
(Answer all questions in this section)

26. If the eUSB device fails on a T8 server, what is the fall-back boot strategy?
 Mark for Review 
(1) Points

Replace broken eUSB and reboot

Boot from PCIe card

Boot from SP (*)

 Boot from DVD disk

Correct!

27. What is the memory bandwidth of an M8 processor?

 Mark for Review 
(1) Points

79 GB/s

100 GB/s

120 GB/s

160 GB/s

170 GB/s (*)

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28. What is Oracle Numbers?

 Mark for Review 
(1) Points

Oracle Numbers is a special format for the Oracle Database to store data on
storage.
Oracle Numbers is the standard format for the Oracle Database to store data
on storage.
Oracle Numbers is the standard format for the Oracle Database to store fixed
and floating numbers. (*)
Oracle Numbers is a special format for the Oracle Database to store fixed and
floating numbers
Oracle Numbers is an ISO standard for using fixed and floating numbers.

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29. What is the clock speed of the DDR4 memory in an M8-based server?

 Mark for Review 
(1) Points

1400 MHz

1800 MHz

2133 MHz

2400 MHz (*)

2500 MHz

Correct!

30. Which two configurations support DIMM sparing?

 Mark for Review 
(1) Points

(Choose all correct answers)

 T8-1 with 8 DIMMs

T8-1 with 16 DIMMs (*)

M8-8 CMIOU with 8 DIMMs

M8-8 CMIOU with 16 DIMMs (*)

Correct!

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Product Architecture M8
(Answer all questions in this section)

31. How many PCIe 3.0 root complexes are there on the SPARC M8 I/O Controller
ASIC?  Mark for Review 
(1) Points

5 (*)

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32. Which one of the following is not a Software in Silicon feature

 Mark for Review 
(1) Points

In-Memory Query Acceleration

Near-zero overhead virtualization (*)

Silicon Secured Memory

In-Line Decompression

Encryption Acceleration

Correct!

Product Architecture M12

(Answer all questions in this section)
 33. Which type of cooling mechanism is implemented on the new Fujitsu SPARC M12
Servers that provides a 2x improvement in the cooling performance vs M10  Mark for Review 
servers? (1) Points

No cooling

Vapor and Liquid Loop Cooling (*)

Air cooling

Liquid cooling

Correct!

34. Which one of the statements is false regarding the new SPARC 64 XII processor?
 Mark for Review 
(1) Points

It has less cores than previous generation SPARC64 X+

Up to 4.25 GHz

36. What is
the  Mark for
maximum Review 
scalability (1) Points
that can
be
achieved
with the
Fujitsu
SPARC
M12-2S
Servers?

8 building blocks: 16 sockets

Not scalable

16 building blocks: 32 sockets (*)

32 building blocks:: 64 sockets

Correct!

37.  Which versions of Oracle Solaris can be run in a non-virtualized

environment (bare-metal) on Fujitsu SPARC M12 Servers?  Mark for Review 
(1) Points

Oracle Solaris 11 and Oracle Solaris 10

Oracle Solaris 11 only

Oracle Solaris 10 only

Oracle Solaris 11.1 and later and Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 plus required
patches (*)

Correct!
38.  Which one of the following statements is false regarding Capacity on
Demand?  Mark for Review 
(1) Points

Core activations are purchased as permits. Each permit activates 1

core.
Minimum number of activated cores per system is 2

There is no feature for core autoreplacement in the case that an active

core fails (*)
With the interim permit you can activate all cores for 30 days for free

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39.  Which one is NOT a NEW RAS Feature of the Fujitsu SPARC M12 Servers?
 Mark for Review 
(1) Points

Vapor and Liquid Loop Cooling (*)

Hot Swap (Multi-BB configs) w/o Dynamic Reconfiguration

Redundant SAS and 10 GbE controllers

Hot-swappable fans

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