A company's IT staff must ensure that their IT services are available 24x7 and always operating at peak levels. Which HP Technology Service would you suggest to meet these requirements?
A. HP Advanced Care
B. HP Care Pack
C. HP Foundation Care
D. HP Proactive Care
Which benefits differentiate HP servers from competitors' servers? (Select two.)
A. HP is the only vendor that unifies UNIX and x86 hardware.
B. HP servers include a Get Virtual Guarantee.
C. HP servers feature autonomic management and tier 1 capabilities at mid-range prices.
D. HP servers have a 33% lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
E. HP servers support open standards, rather than proprietary technologies.
Which benefit does HP 3PAR Thin Provisioning technologies provide?
A. A highly efficient backup and restore solution that uses federated deduplication
B. A high-speed network that uses a simple, flat topology
C. A single-pane-of-glass management solution for provisioning networks, storage, and servers
D. A lower cost storage solution that uses as few as half the disks
A customer is currently using an older storage technology. The customer would like to move to HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage, but is worried about the business disruption that moving to a new storage system might cause. Which HP services would you suggest? (Select two.)
A. HP Data Migration
B. HP Storage Impact Analysis
C. HP 3PAR Storage Assessment
D. Proactive Care 24 x 7
E. HP 3PAR Health Check
You are considering whether HP MSA 2040 Storage meets a customer's needs. What are the benefits and consideration of this solution?
A. It is a good mid-sized storage array, but requires a blade infrastructure.
B. It is easy to implement and manage, but does not scale as well as other HP solutions.
C. It provides a tier 1 storage solution, but the company might eventually outgrow it.
D. It is very affordable, but its performance depends on the hardware of the server on which it is installed.
Which HP CloudSystem features help businesses manage private, public, and hybrid cloud environments? (Select two.)
A. Built-in software-defined network (SDN) controller
B. Complete management of the service lifecycle
C. A software-defined server platform for social, mobile, cloud, and big data
D. Support for multi-hypervisor and multi-OS infrastructures
E. A pre-integrated technology stack, configured for a particular application
A customer needs a campus LAN networking solution that supports traditional desktops and wireless devices. How can you distinguish HP from competing solutions?
A. Explain that HP does not offer wireless solutions because its networks work with the customer's choice of wireless vendor.
B. Explain that HP provides simplified network solutions based on open standards that unify management of wired and wireless connectivity.
C. Explain that HP provides the only end-to-end solution based on proprietary wireless optimization technologies.
D. Explain that competitors only offer 1- or 2-tier solutions, but HP offers full 3-tier wired and wireless solutions.
How does HP 3PAR Thin Provisioning for storage solutions benefit companies?
A. Allows IT to create volumes without dedicating physical storage until it is needed
B. Automatically indexes file systems so that users can locate files and analyze data more quickly
C. Enables high availability for storage systems
D. Enables IT to set up federated storage systems, thereby optimizing how data is stored
What is one way that the implementation of HP Converged Infrastructure will benefit a company's data center?
A. It allows the IT staff to upgrade the infrastructure devices, server software, and SAN without any downtime
B. It delivers speed and agility so uptime targets are met and Service Level Agreements (SLAs) are maintained
C. It provides thick provisioning for storage helping businesses to double vital storage volumes
D. It allows companies to compartmentalize servers, SANs, and network infrastructure devices so they can be managed more easily
How should you assess a customer's needs for an HP Medium Business Group solution?
A. Because mid-market customers rarely have similar goals, do not attempt to segment customers by needs
B. Consider a variety of factors including IT maturity, financial goals, and the competitive environment.
C. Primarily use the company's financial goals to determine the correct "one size fits air solution.
D. Primarily consider the specific number of employees to determine the appropriate solution.