Introduction

Welcome to the IBM Power Virtual Server for Technical Sales - Level 3 course and demonstration guide! The goal is to provide IBM and Business Partner technical sellers with the knowledge and tools to perform hands-on demonstrations of IBM Power Virtual Server (PowerVS).

Important information about the demonstration environment!

In this demonstration environment, full access to the IBM Cloud account is NOT provided. User identifications (IDs) are restricted to specific capabilities. Permission to create or modify PowerVS service instances, virtual machines (instances), networks, images, and so on, is NOT provided. The demonstration guide includes click through demonstrations to cover these functions.

The learning material is divided across distinct parts, each with one or more chapters. To complete the IBM Power Virtual Server for Technical Sales - Level 3 badge requirements, IBM and Business Partner technical sellers must complete each part.

Business Partners must pass an accreditation quiz after completion of the hands-on portion of the course. The quiz consists of multiple-choice questions, with four possible responses (and only one correct answer) for each question.

IBMers must develop and record a Stand & Deliver presentation. This recorded video is intended to simulate delivery of a “live” demo in front of a client. IBMers have the flexibility to define a hypothetical client, the challenges the client has, and the goals they aspire to achieve. Specific criteria that must be demonstrated as part of the Stand & Deliver recordings are provided within the documentation that accompanies the Level 3 course.

Acronyms

The following acronyms are used throughout this demonstration guide:

- Application programming interfaces (APIs)
- Classless inter-domain routing (CIDR)
- Control (ctrl) - The control key on keyboard
- Command (cmd) - The command key on keyboard
- Disaster recovery (DR)
- Gigabyte (GB)
- High availability (HA)
- IBM Cloud Object Storage (COS)
- IBM Power Virtual Server (PowerVS)
- IBM Technology Zone (TechZone)
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
- Input/output operations per second (IOPs)
- Internet protocol (IP)
- Operating system (OS)
- Random access memory (RAM)
- Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability (RAS)
- Secure Socket Shell (SSH)
- User identification (ID)
- Virtual machine (VM)