1.
Which application consolidation scenario is most suitable for Private Cloud Appliance?
Consolidation of multiple Oracle Database instances
Consolidation of multiple mission critical applications that demand highest reliability and extreme
performance
Consolidation of multiple applications deployed on Oracle WebLogic Server 12c
Consolidation of ISV or home grown applications running on Linux, Windows
2.
Identity reasons why Private Cloud Appliance are much simpler to support than competitive
solutions.
Best practices including ASR can be applied to enable rapid system support.
All building blocks in Private Cloud Appliance are from Oracle so that can provide true single point of
support.
Built-in Dashboard tool can provide monitoring for Private Cloud Appliance from infrastructure to
application.
Leverage unified supporting team at backend to resolve issues more efficiently.
PCA System has been certified for critical enterprise workloads based on real tests.
3.
Which statements about Virtualization Runtimes in PCA System Firmware are correct?
Both Network Virtualization and Server Virtualization solutions are deployed in Private Cloud Appliance.
Virtualization Runtimes make Private Cloud Appliance as a solution platform.
Virtualization Runtimes are pre-configured by PCA System Firmware.
Virtualization Runtimes can provision virtual resources directly to Guest VMs running in Private Cloud
Appliance.
4.
Which statements about the benefits of Oracle's Converged Infrastructure are correct?
Apply best practice at all levels
Pre-package in factory and ship to customer as a single system
Built-in system management & orchestration
Bundled support for the whole system
Reduce the initial purchase cost of the system
5.
Which statements correctly describe the fact of Private Cloud Appliance?
Can easily integrate with Enterprise Manager Cloud Control to provide out-of-box private cloud solution
Enable Rapid Application Deployment (RAD) with pre-built templates and software appliances
Previously known as Virtual Compute Appliance, and has been evolving for generations
Designed as an optimized Oracle VM platform for consolidating Oracle applications in customers'
datacenter
Implemented as a Converged Infrastructure with great simplicity, flexibility and manageability
6.
Which statements are the drawbacks in a typical traditional horizontal infrastructure?
Brittle to support
Complex management model
Longer time and higher cost spent in integration
Poor performance and reliability
Hard to upgrade and change
7.
Which strategies can be leveraged to upsell other Oracle Products with Private Cloud
Appliance?
Request for deeper discount when bundle more Oracle products in a deal
Engage with Consulting, System and Software team at Oracle to drive solution selling opportunity
Sell complete Oracle Stack that includes system, applications and management
Help customer to expand their business on Private Cloud Appliance
8.
Which statements can explain the reasons why customers may have interest to purchase Public
Cloud Services from Oracle even they have Private Cloud Appliance platform in their data
center?
Purchase ready software services from trusted provider
Oracle Public Cloud Services can be deployed locally in customers data center
Expand computing capacity within limited period
Leverage advanced storage services such as DB backup and system archive that available in Oracle Public
Cloud
9.
Which components can be customized for the Base Rack of Private Cloud Appliance?
Internal Ethernet Switches
Transceivers for Ethernet Modules in the Fabric Interconnect Devices
Internal ZFS Storage Appliance
IO Modules in the Fabric Interconnect Devices
PDUs in the rack
10.
Which questions you can ask your customers to understand their configuration requirements for
Private Cloud Appliance?
Do they need HA configuration for the management services in Private Cloud Appliance?
What physical interfaces are being used in the external network switches?
What power and cooling standards are being used in customers' data center?
What kind of external storage resources need to connect from Private Cloud Appliance?
How many Compute Nodes should be configured for their business?
11.
Which statements about Software-Defined IO Device feature in Oracle Virtual Networking
solution are correct?
Communication between frontend and backend must be wrapped inside IB packets.
Backend of virtual IO device instances are implemented in Fabric Interconnect.
Two types of backend implementation are supported in Fabric Interconnect. Both implementations support
vNIC and vHBA devices.
Frontend of virtual IO device instances are powered by a special kernel driver in server nodes running a
supported OS.
Software-Defined IO Device implementation in Oracle Virtual Networking uses split-device model.
12.
Which descriptions of solutions in the market are more probably the competitors of Private
Cloud Appliance?
A home-grown general-purpose virtualization platform which is build from components from market.
A converged x86 system which is designed for general-purpose applications.
A cloud solution from a top software vendor. It can be deployed on most of the hardware platform.
A converged x86 system which is designed for general-purpose virtualization platform.
A converged x86 system which is designed for data analytics purpose.
13.
Which hardware components are building blocks of Private Cloud Appliance?
Rack Cabinet with PDUs
ZFS Storage Appliance
x86 Server
Fibre Channel Switches
Ethernet Switches
14.
When negotiating a Private Cloud Appliance opportunity, you heard from the customer that
some other vendors said PCA is new and not a proven solution. Which of the following
statements you can use to answer the objection?
All components used inside PCA are proven technologies.
Private Cloud Appliance is designed for general-purpose so that customers can freely choose guest OS and
applications.
Many enterprise workloads including Oracle, SAP and MS Windows have been certified on the Private Cloud
Appliance.
The first release of Private Cloud Appliance was in 2013. It has been evolving for several generations till
now.
15.
Which statements about internal storage of Private Cloud Appliance are correct?
The storage inside Private Cloud Appliance is used as the system disk and not recommended for storing
guest VM's data.
The storage inside Private Cloud Appliance is fully redundant to ensure highly availabile data services.
The storage inside Private Cloud Appliance is a customized ZFS Storage Appliance for Oracle Engineered
Systems.
The storage inside Private Cloud Appliance can attach more disk enclosures to expand its storage capacity.
16.
Choose PCA features which can help to reduce overall cost for customers?
Enterprise-Level System Components
Comprehensive Virtualization Runtime
Mission Critical OS
Application Certification
Built-in system management & orchestration services
17.
In an open bid for a converged virtualization platform, the customer shows preference for the
solution with lower TCO. Which features of Private Cloud Appliance you can leverage to attract
the interest of the customer?
Be able to connect external storage resources
Can upgrade system with latest server platform and software components
Trusted Partition helps to reduce Oracle software license cost
Engineered to simplify integration, management and support
Faster time-to-value with free Oracle VM Template
18.
Which statements about pricing model of Private Cloud Appliance are correct?
All services can only be delivered by Field Engineers from Oracle ACS.
The system parts of Private Cloud Appliance include System Rack and Compute Nodes.
The service options for Private Cloud Appliance will ensure proper installation and maintenance of the
system.
In a Purchase Order of Private Cloud Appliance, both System Options and Service Options must be
included.
19.
While talking with a customer holding a private cloud service, you heard the following complains
on their current infrastructure: 1. Annual OPEX is sky rocketing 2. Hard to scale with business
growth 3. Urgent demand for enhancing PaaS and SaaS services for enterprise users 4. Lacking
powerful Compute Node (64 Cores, 2TB RAM is a minimum) for mission-critical applications 5.
Multi-vendor finger pointing for support 6. Exhausted floor space and power budget in the data
center Which of the above issues can be resolved if Private Cloud Appliance with EMCC can be
deployed for the customer?
1, 2, 4, 5, 6
1, 2, 3, 5, 6
2, 3, 5, 6
All of those issues
20.
To enable Network Function Virtualization (NFV) capabilities for Oracle Virtual Networking
solution, which configuration MUST be performed for selected Guest VMs in the PCA System?
Deploy Oracle Fabric Manager 5.0 software in the Guest VM
Configure a virtual network interface with external connectivity
Configure at least 2 vCPU and 4GB Virtual Memory
Install Oracle Linux 6.5 or later OS in the Guest VM
21.
When negotiating a Private Cloud Appliance opportunity with a customer, the customer shows
the fear of vendor lock-in. Which statements can answer customer's concern?
Private Cloud Appliance can scale up to 25 servers in the base rack. Future expansion rack can further
expand the computing power for the system.
Oracle Virtual Networking (SDN) solution in PCA enables external connectivity to existing network and
storage resources in customers data center.
Enterprise Manager Cloud Control can be the central management tool from platform to guest OS and
application.
Private Cloud Appliance is a general-purpose platform, customers have the freedom to choose guest OS
and applications.
22.
Which three products in the market are top competitors of Private Cloud Appliance?
HP ConvergedSystem for Virtualization
IBM PurePower System
VCE VBlock
NetApp FlexPod
Citrix CloudPlatform
23.
Which statement correctly describes the purpose of Trusted Partition in a PCA deployment?
Trusted Partition can isolate resource provisioning among multiple tenants.
Trusted Partition allows customers to pay Oracle Software license by vCPUs assigned to guest VMs.
Trusted Partition is defined to enforce security rules for different groups of applications.
Trusted Partition allows customers to pay Oracle Software license by physical cores pinned to guest VMs.
24.
Which virtualization technology are native in Private Cloud Appliance solution?
Storage Virtualization
Server Virtualization
Application Virtualization
Network Virtualization
25.
Which statements about the Oracle VM solution in Private Cloud Appliance are correct?
Oracle VM can be integrated with Enterprise Manager for full-stack management and private cloud solution.
Oracle VM makes all server nodes in the Private Cloud Appliance as the resource pool for guest VMs.
Oracle VM is targeting enterprise customers with a highly reliable, high performance hypervisor and
advanced management solution.
Oracle VM enables leading Rapid Application Deployment capabilities to Private Cloud Appliance.
Oracle VM is a general-purpose server virtualization solution that can support multiple guest OS.
26.
Which statements about Node Automation Service in PCA are correct?
Node Automation Service is a group of customized system services that interact with Compute Nodes to
implement automation.
Node DB is used to store state and other information of discovered Server Nodes.
Node Manager drives the automation process based on defined State Machine for Compute Nodes.
After a Compute Node is powered on, it can be discovered, provisioned and configured automatically by
Node Automation Service.
27.
Which statements about PCA System Bootstrap Service are correct?
System Bootstrap Service will launch required system services at every power on.
System Bootstrap Service has the responsibility to start PCA System properly at every power on.
System Bootstrap Service is implemented as a system service in the Management Nodes.
During initial power on, System Bootstrap Service will configure network and storage nodes in PCA.
After the management cluster starts properly, the customer need to start the Compute Nodes manually.
28.
Which statements about Software-Defined Fabric features in Oracle Virtual Networking solution
are correct?
Software-Defined Fabric, aka. Private Interconnect (PVI), is based on the virtual IO device implementation
that terminates in a Fabric Board.
The virtual fabric defined is a software domain which isolates network configuration and switching.
Software-Define Fabric is ideal for cloud deployment with the isolation nature.
The boundary of network domain does not use any existing network protocol like VxLAN so will simplify
network planning.
External switches in customers data center can help to route network traffic across multiple PVIs.
29.
One of your customers shows interests to replace their aged infrastructure with Private Cloud
Appliance. The customer expect it can serve for long period. Following are the their major
concerns: 1. Overall cost during the lifecycle 2. How to extend the life of Private Cloud Appliance
to protect their investment Which statements can answer customer's concerns?
Customer can expand and refresh computing power for Private Cloud Appliance with latest x86 server.
Private Cloud Appliance is engineered to reduce customer's cost spent on integration, management and
support.
Oracle commits to ensure Private Cloud Appliance up-to-date with firmware updates.
Trusted Partition policy can help reduce license cost for Oracle Software running on Private Cloud
Appliance.
The initial purchase cost of Private Cloud Appliance is lower than competitive solutions in the market.
30.
Identify the statements that correctly describe OVM Manager deployment in a PCA System.
All components of an Oracle VM Manager instance are deployed in same Management Node.
OVM Manager Repository in Oracle VM Manager uses Oracle DB software.
Management Server in Oracle VM Manager is running in an Oracle WebLogic Server instance.
Two Oracle VM Manager instances are configured identically in two Management Nodes to build an Active-
Standy cluster.
31.
In the RFP from a customer who plan to purchase a Private Cloud Appliance system you see the
following description: 1. The data center is in Europe and will follow local standards for best
compatibility 2. 6 * X5-2 Compute Nodes need to be configured for factory install, 4 with 256GB
RAM and the other 2 with 512GB RAM. In the future can expand up to 25 servers in the System
Rack. 3. Only NAS Storage is available at beginning however it is very possible to use FC
Storage in the future 4. Data center network switches are co-located in the same server room as
PCA. The interfaces reserved for Private Cloud Appliance are all at 10G/s speed with SFP+
interface. 5. All external network cables and power cords will be provided by customer directly.
Some people in your team make a system configuration as below: 1. PCA System Rack with two
single-phase PDUs (International Standard) 2. Internal ZS3-ES Appliance 3. No FC Module is
configured 4. 4 Short Range (SR) SFP+ transceivers for Ethernet Modules in F1-15 devices 5. 6
X5-2 Server Upgrade Kit for factory install 6. 32 * 16GB LR DDR4-2133 DIMM Which of the
following configuration item combination are the mistakes made in the PCA configuration?
1, 3, 6
1, 2, 3
1, 2, 6
2, 3
32.
Which are the most distinguished pain points that drive customers moving from legacy
infrastructure to cloud?
Not a single call of support
Increasing Operating Cost
Unknown time to value
Not easy to match computing resources with unpredictable demands
Hard to upgrade applications from dated infrastructure
33.
Why Oracle Engineered Systems can be the win-win deal for customers, partners and Oracle?
Increase revenue for partners and Oracle
Reduce risks in integration, management and support
Greatly simplify system deployment
Only converged infrastructure in the market
Reduce TCO for the customers
34.
Which statements about the core value propositions of Private Cloud Appliance are correct?
Extreme IO performance with Exabus software stack running over internal IB Fabric
Reduce overall TCO for customers
Ready private cloud solution with EMCC Integration
Single point of support from infrastructure to applications
Accelerate time-to-value for customers
35.
Which statements about Data Fabric in Private Cloud Appliance are correct?
Topology of the Data Fabric is end-to-end fully redundant.
Data Fabric enables data communications between server and storage nodes.
InfiniBand Switches in System Racks connect to Fabric Interconnect in same rack with uplinks.
Server and storage nodes in a System Rack connect to InfiniBand Switches in same rack.
Data Fabric allows 10Gb/s high-speed connections to server and storage nodes.
36.
Identify statements that correctly describe common configuration of System Racks in Private
Cloud Appliance.
Customers can choose among different PDU options, however only high voltage PDUs can support
maximum system configuration.
All configured nodes are pre-installed at fixed position. Unpopulated RUs are reserved for future expansion
and configured with filler-panels.
All System Racks use standard Sun Rack II 1242 cabinet.
Power cords and network cables are pre-loaded for those populated nodes only.
37.
One of your customers wants to build a new private cloud infrastructure. Which statements can
be leveraged to recommend Private Cloud Appliance?
Out-of-box private cloud solution to deliver comprehensive cloud services
Ability to grow computing power for cloud infrastructure on demand
Engineered with Oracle Virtual Networking to enable IO multi-tenancy
Flexible to choose running applications on bare-metal servers or inside guest VMs
Reduce overall cost for the customer
38.
One of your customers is planning a new private cloud platform. Because of limited staff, less
complexity in all areas is their top priority. You want to propose Private Cloud Appliance and
Enterprise Manager Cloud Control (EMCC) for this case. Which EMCC features can support your
decision?
Carefully designed training is ready from Oracle University
Consolidate full-stack datacenter management and cloud management in a single tool
Fine-grained resource provisioning based on group and roles
Built-in full-feature UI for both administrators and end users
Out-of-box life-cycle based private cloud solution enables Iaas, PaaS, SaaS
39.
Which statements about Private Cloud Appliance and SuperCluster are correct?
Both are designed as converged infrastructure for general purpose applications.
SuperCluster targets high-demanding mission-critical applications whereas Private Cloud Appliance targets
workgroup applications or application clusters.
Both are configured with built-in server virtualization and Oracle SDN solution.
SuperCluster is configured with larger and more reliable Compute Nodes powered by SPARC technology.
40.
From the following CIO top business priorities choose those that can be fulfilled by Private
Cloud Appliance solution?
Delivering operational results
Reducing Enterprise Cost
Creating new products and services (innovation)
Increasing enterprise growth
Improve business efficiency