Which communication protocols are valid between the NIM master and standalone clients?

For NIM to install client machines located in a non-adjacent network, which routing must be
defined?

Which is a supported method to upgrade firmware on an IBM Power Systems 570?

What is the implication of using Deferred versus Concurrent firmware updates?

While reducing a file system, an administrator receives the following error message:
root@aixserver:/home/root# df -k /var
Filesystem 1024-blocks Free %Used Iused %Iused Mounted on /dev/hd9var 3538944 2686256 25%
14370 3% /var root@aixserver:/home/root# chfs -a size=-512M /var
chfs: There is not enough free space to shrink the file system.
What is the most likely cause of the problem?

Which presents the heirarchical relationship between LVM entities?

While running ‘lsvg -l rootvg’, an administrator notices that the quantity of LPs and PPs are different.
What is the likely cause?

An administrator is trying to extend an existing volume group with a new hard disk, but the extendvg
command returns the following error:
The chvg -t may or may not allow the extendvg command to succeed. What is the implication of
using this option?

A SAN needs to undergo disruptive maintenance, which will effect a hosted production system with
multiple applications and related volume groups, one of which, datavg, resides on the SAN. There is
one spare disk in the system but it is smaller than datavg. How can application outages and risk of
corruption be minimized?

What is the objective of the superstrict option that can be used when creating mirrors?