Assessment: Product Essentials For Sales - Oracle
x86 Systems
1. For an Oracle Solaris and hardware customer that needs a co-engineered solution, which x86
server would you recommend?
Oracle Server X4-8, 8 socket server
Oracle Server X4-4, 4 socket server
Oracle Server X5-2L, a 2 socket 2U server
Oracle Server X5-2, a 2 socket 1U server
(1/1) Points
2. What are two of the ways that the NVM Express (NVMe) design has increased bandwidth to
each SSD?
Eliminates the protocol transformation to SAS
Bandwidth to each SSD limited by SAS3 bandwidth
Interfaces with root complex over a 4-lane PCIe Gen3 Interface
Flash data is first transformed to SAS protocol
(1/1) Points
3. Which three responses are systems that are part of the x86 portfolio?
Oracle Cloud
2, 4, and 8 socket X Servers
SPARC T5 Servers
Engineered Systems
Fujitsu M10 Servers
(1/1) Points
4. What is the primary focus of the Oracle server X5-2 design?
Clustered Databases and Virtualized Environments
Oracle Database in Single-Node Configurations and Enterprise Storage Solutions
Oracle Database and Scale-Up Enterprise Applications
Oracle Software, IaaS, and Virtualization
(1/1) Points
5. Who are target Oracle x86 customers? Select four.
Customers running Oracle software
Customers that see the value of a vertically integrated stack
Customers who want to run Oracle VM for SPARC
Customers running Oracle hardware
Customers running AIX as their primary operating system
Customers that require extreme reliability
6. What is the primary focus of the Oracle server X5-2L design?
Clustered Databases and Virtualized Environments
Oracle Software, IaaS, and Virtualization
Oracle Database and Scale-Up Enterprise Applications
Oracle Database in Single-Node Configurations and Enterprise Storage Solutions
(1/1) Points
7. Name two of the key elements to the Oracle x86 Systems Elevator Pitch.
Oracle's Database and Scale-Up Enterprise Applications
Oracle's x86 systems running Red Hat Linux and Vmware provides the best performing platform
for Oracle SW
Oracle's x86 platform enables logical and physical domains in its high-end systems
Oracle's x86 standalone servers are differentiated and add most value to our customers when
deployed with Oracle Software
(1/1) Points
8. Which virtualization technologies are supported on Oracle’s 2-socket and 4-socket servers?
KVM
PDOMs
LPARs
Oracle VM
Vmware
(1/1) Points
9. For an Oracle Solaris and x86 hardware customer that needs extreme reliability plus storage
density, which x86 server would you recommend?
Oracle Server X5-2L, a 2 socket 2U server
Oracle Server X4-4, 4 socket server
Oracle Server X5-2, a 2 socket 1U server
Oracle Server X4-8, 8 socket server
(1/1) Points
10. 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?
Oracle Server X4-4, 4 socket server
Oracle Server X4-8, 8 socket server
Oracle Server X5-2L, a 2 socket 2U server
Oracle Server X5-2, a 2 socket 1U server
11. What is the primary focus of the Oracle server X4-8 design?
Oracle Software, IaaS, and Virtualization
Oracle Database in Single-Node Configurations and Enterprise Storage Solutions
Clustered Databases and Virtualized Environments
Oracle Database and Scale-Up Enterprise Applications
(1/1) Points
12. For an Oracle software customer that needs extreme reliability in the smallest footprint which
x86 server would you recommend?
Oracle Server X5-2L, a 2 socket 2U server
Oracle Server X5-2, a 2 socket 1U server
Oracle Server X4-8, 8 socket server
Oracle Server X4-4, 4 socket server
(1/1) Points
13. What is the primary focus of the Oracle server X4-4 design?
Oracle Database and Scale-Up Enterprise Applications
Oracle Database in Single-Node Configurations and Enterprise Storage Solutions
Clustered Databases and Virtualized Environments
Oracle Software, IaaS, and Virtualization
(1/1) Points
14. What are some of the strategies used by Oracle for engineering extreme reliability into
hardware, software and firmware of x86 solutions? Select three.
Motherboard, power and mechanical subsystems designed by third-party
engineering teams to maintain commodity value proposition
Designs that reduce cabling, power distribution boards, and other points of
failure
Use of a proprietary chipset
Hardened BIOS, HBA, and NIC firmware from rigorous testing in engineered
systems
Ruggedized OS kernels for database workloads
