An existing IBM customer explains they cannot consider POWER8 because they have a
small application that requires AIX 5.2. Which of the following capabilities will allow that
application to run on a POWER8 server?
A.
Little Endian support will allow AIX 5.2 to run on any POWER8 server.
B.
Versioned Workload Partitions (WPARs) for AIX 7.1 EE can allow workloads dependent
on AIX 5.2 to run on POWER8.
C.
Logical Partitions (LPARs) enable different versions of AIX to run simultaneously on one
POWER8 system.
D.
AIX binary compatibility allows applications created on earlier releases of AIX to run
unchanged and without recompilation on POWER8.
A is incorrect because Little Endian is for Linux not for AIX I think is B the right answer
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B)
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_aix_72/com.ibm.aix.wpar/wpar_version_prerque.htm
but for AIX 5.3
IBM AIX 5.3 enabled to run natively on IBM POWER8 servers
https://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?htmlfid=897/ENUS216-155&infotype=AN&subtype=CA
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Answer is D
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_aix_72/com.ibm.aix.install/binary_compatability.htm
AIX® binary compatibility allows applications that were created on earlier releases or technology levels of AIX to run unchanged and without recompilation on later releases or technology levels of AIX. For example, an application that is created on AIX 5L™ can be run on AIX Version 7.1, or later.
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