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 Assessment: Oracle x86 Systems Solution Engineer Specialist

 1. Which virtualization technologies are supported on Oracle’s 2-socket and 4-socket servers?
Incorrect. Please review Oracle Communications Diameter Signaling Router Solutions Engineer Specialist
to find the correct answer.

Answers
 1.Vmware
 2.PDOMs
 3.KVM
 4.LPARs
 5.Oracle VM

 2. What is the primary focus of the Oracle server X4-4 design?

Answers
 1.Oracle Software, IaaS, and Virtualization
 2.Clustered Databases and Virtualized Environments
 3.Oracle Database and Scale-Up Enterprise Applications
 4.Oracle Database in Single-Node Configurations and Enterprise Storage Solutions

 3. Name two of the key elements to the Oracle x86 Systems Elevator Pitch.

Answers
 1.Oracle's x86 standalone servers are differentiated and add most value to our customers when
deployed with Oracle Software
 2.Oracle's x86 platform enables logical and physical domains in its high-end systems
 3.Oracle's Database and Scale-Up Enterprise Applications
 4.Oracle's x86 systems running Red Hat Linux and Vmware provides the best performing
platform for Oracle SW

 4. For an Oracle Solaris and x86 hardware customer that needs extreme reliability plus storage density,
which x86 server would you recommend?

Answers
 1.Oracle Server X4-4, 4 socket server
 2.Oracle Server X4-8, 8 socket server
 3.Oracle Server X5-2, a 2 socket 1U server
 4.Oracle Server X5-2L, a 2 socket 2U server

 5. What are two of the ways that the NVM Express (NVMe) design has increased bandwidth to each
SSD?

Answers
 1.Flash data is first transformed to SAS protocol
 2.Bandwidth to each SSD limited by SAS3 bandwidth
 3.Eliminates the protocol transformation to SAS
 4.Interfaces with root complex over a 4-lane PCIe Gen3 Interface

 6. What is the primary focus of the Oracle server X4-8 design?

Answers
 1.Oracle Software, IaaS, and Virtualization
  2.Clustered Databases and Virtualized Environments
 3.Oracle Database and Scale-Up Enterprise Applications
 4.Oracle Database in Single-Node Configurations and Enterprise Storage Solutions

 7. Who are target Oracle x86 customers? Select four.

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 1.Customers running Oracle software
 2.Customers running Oracle hardware
 3.Customers that require extreme reliability
 4.Customers who want to run Oracle VM for SPARC
 5.Customers that see the value of a vertically integrated stack
 6.Customers running AIX as their primary operating system

 8. For an Oracle x86 hardware customer that needs extreme reliability plus the most dense system and
a fully modular chassis design, which x86 server would you recommend?

Answers
 1.Oracle Server X4-4, 4 socket server
 2.Oracle Server X4-8, 8 socket server
 3.Oracle Server X5-2, a 2 socket 1U server
 4.Oracle Server X5-2L, a 2 socket 2U server

 9. What is the primary focus of the Oracle server X5-2 design?

Answers
 1.Oracle Software, IaaS, and Virtualization
 2.Clustered Databases and Virtualized Environments
 3.Oracle Database and Scale-Up Enterprise Applications
 4.Oracle Database in Single-Node Configurations and Enterprise Storage Solutions

 10. What are some of the strategies used by Oracle for engineering extreme reliability into hardware,
software and firmware of x86 solutions? Select three.

Answers
 1.Ruggedized OS kernels for database workloads
 2.Motherboard, power and mechanical subsystems designed by third-party engineering teams to
maintain commodity value proposition
 3.Hardened BIOS, HBA, and NIC firmware from rigorous testing in engineered systems
 4.Designs that reduce cabling, power distribution boards, and other points of failure
 5.Use of a proprietary chipset

 11. Which three responses are systems that are part of the x86 portfolio?

Answers
 1.Oracle Cloud
 2.SPARC T5 Servers
 3.Fujitsu M10 Servers
  4.Engineered Systems
 5.2, 4, and 8 socket X Servers

 12. For an Oracle Solaris and hardware customer that needs a co-engineered solution, which x86
server would you recommend?

Answers
 1.Oracle Server X4-4, 4 socket server
 2.Oracle Server X4-8, 8 socket server
 3.Oracle Server X5-2, a 2 socket 1U server
 4.Oracle Server X5-2L, a 2 socket 2U server

 13. What is the primary focus of the Oracle server X5-2L design?

Answers
 1.Oracle Software, IaaS, and Virtualization
 2.Clustered Databases and Virtualized Environments
 3.Oracle Database and Scale-Up Enterprise Applications
 4.Oracle Database in Single-Node Configurations and Enterprise Storage Solutions

 14. For an Oracle software customer that needs extreme reliability in the smallest footprint which x86
server would you recommend?

Answers
 1.Oracle Server X4-4, 4 socket server
 2.Oracle Server X4-8, 8 socket server
 3.Oracle Server X5-2, a 2 socket 1U server
 4.Oracle Server X5-2L, a 2 socket 2U server