- Exam Code: C4040-221
- Exam Name: AIX 7 Administration
- Updated: Sep 01, 2026
- Q & A: 229 Questions and Answers
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| Certification Vendor: | IBM |
|---|---|
| Exam Name: | AIX 7 Administration |
| Exam Number: | C4040-221 |
| Passing Score: | 61% |
| Related Certifications: | IBM Certified Systems Expert - AIX |
| Exam Format: | Multiple-choice, Multiple-response |
| Exam Price: | ~$200 USD |
| Real Exam Qty: | 63 |
| Certificate Validity Period: | 3 years |
| Available Languages: | English |
| Exam Duration: | 120 minutes |
| Recommended Training: | IBM AIX 7 Administration Training |
| Exam Registration: | Pearson VUE IBM Exams |
| Sample Questions: | ![]() |
| Exam Way: | In-person at Pearson VUE test centers; retired exam |
| Pre Condition: | Recommended: 1+ year hands-on experience administering AIX 7 systems |
| Official Syllabus URL: | https://www.ibm.com/certify/exams/C4040-221 |
| Section | Weight | Objectives |
|---|---|---|
| Topic 1: Network Configuration | 15% | - TCP/IP, interfaces, routing, and resolvers - NFS, DNS, and network services - Network redundancy and EtherChannel |
| Topic 2: Security & WPARs | 15% | - Permissions, RBAC, and auditing - System hardening and access control - Workload Partitions (WPARs) |
| Topic 3: Performance & Troubleshooting | 10% | - Monitoring tools: topas, nmon, vmstat, iostat - Error log, dump analysis, and diagnostics - Tunables: vmo, ioo, no, schedo |
| Topic 4: System Management | 20% | - Process scheduling and resource control - User, group, and environment management - Installation, boot, and shutdown - SMIT, SRC, and system configuration |
| Topic 5: Storage & LVM | 22% | - Logical Volume Manager concepts - Paging space and backup/restore (mksysb, savevg) - Volume groups, logical volumes, and filesystems |
| Topic 6: Software & NIM Management | 18% | - Network Installation Manager (NIM) - Open source package management - Fileset, fix, and update management |
IBM AIX 7 Administration is an official certification exam from IBM, identified by the exam code C4040-221. Pass it and you hold the IBM Certified System Administrator - AIX 7 certification, which sits at the Professional level. It also feeds into related credentials, including IBM Certified Systems Expert - AIX. In practical terms, this certification tells employers your skills have been measured against the vendor's own standard, which is why certified candidates tend to stand out in hiring and promotion decisions.
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Recommended: 1+ year hands-on experience administering AIX 7 systems
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IBM lists the following recommended training for IBM AIX 7 Administration candidates.
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The IBM AIX 7 Administration blueprint spans 6 domains. The ones carrying the most weight include System Management (20%), Performance & Troubleshooting (10%), and Software & NIM Management (18%). The complete domain-by-domain breakdown is in the exam topics section above; treat it as your master checklist and let the weights tell you where your study hours earn the most.
Question 1
A DLPAR memory operation was attempted and failed. Given the following information, what is the likely caused
A. Destination LPAR maximum memory setting is too low.
B. Source LPAR maximum memory setting is too low.
C. HMC RMC daemons are not communicating properly to the source
D. Source LPAR is using all of its allocated memory
E. Operation timed out
F. Source LPAR minimum memory setting is too high.
Question 2
What are the three basic elements of RBAC in AIX?
A. Roles, Privileges and Authorizations
B. Users, Groups and KeyStore
C. Keys, Privileges and Groups
D. Groups, Keys and Access
Question 3
One disk within a mirrored rootvg volume group failed and was replaced. What is the first action the administrator must take after re-establishing mirroring?
A. Recreate/dev/ipldevice.
B. Copy/dev/hd5 to the new disk.
C. Create the boot image on the replaced disk.
D. Re-enable volume group quorum.
Question 4
Which configuration will provide an LPAR maximum network resilience and performance with two Ethernet adapters?
A. Configure both adapters with Quality of Server (QoS) adapters and configure virtual IP address on interfaces
B. Configure EtherChannel using Internet Protocol over InfiniBand (IPoIB) with 64K TCP/IP MTU 64K Superpacket
C. Configure EtherChannel with one Ethernet adapter as primary adapter & one as backup with hash mode roundrobin
D. Configure both Ethernet adapters as IEEE 802.3ad link Aggregated with src_dst_port mode
Question 5
Consider the following screen capture.
The administrator needs to add 512 MB of space to the /db2/db2sp1 filesystem.
What must be done before the administrator will be able to add this disk space to the
filesystem?
A. Extend the upper bound of the logical volume.
B. Add another disk to the exevg volume group and migrate partitions.
C. Increase the logical volume size first by 512 M
D. Increase the number of logical partitions the logical volume can hold
Solutions:
| Question 1 Answer: A | Question 2 Answer: A | Question 3 Answer: C | Question 4 Answer: D | Question 5 Answer: D |
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