Fast Track PE- Servers Part One
This exam will test your knowledge on the first part of the Dell fast track program on power edge servers
- 1.Explain how Racks and Rails work together in the server environment
- A.
Rack systems ensure proper closure of your servers and rail systems provide easy access to the server components without having to remove the servers.
- B.
Rack and Rail systems lock the server in the rack so that you can not remove it
- C.
Racks keep the servers in place so that the rails can slide in and out of the rack
- D.
Racvk and rails systems do not work together in a server environment
- 2.Which type of internal hard drives are available on the ninth generation power edge servers
- A.
SCSI and SAS
- B.
SATA only
- C.
9th generation servers only have external hard drives
- D.
SATA and SAS
- 3.What is the function of a Power Supply Paralleling Board (PSPB) and why is it important.
- A.
The PSPB does not distribute the power load of a server
- B.
The PSPB distributes the power load of the server across multiple power supplies
- C.
The PSPB helps maintain the power of the server
- D.
The PSPB is not a component of the server
- 4.How is a TCP/IP off load engine used
- A.
In place of a NIC card
- B.
As a back up to the NIC card
- C.
As a way to trunk NIC cards
- D.
To reduce excessive traffic on internal buses
- 5.What are the different types of teaming functions. select all that apply.
- A.
Parrity Striping
- B.
Fault Tolerance
- C.
Load Balancing
- D.
Generic Trunking
- E.
Redundancy
- 6.TRUE or FALSE : DRAC stand for Dell Remote Assistance Controller
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.What are the benefits of SAS (Serial Attached ) Select all that apply
- A.
Offers wide links and wide ports
- B.
Devices contain one or more ports, each with a distinct address
- C.
Leaverages the SCSI command set an parts of the fibre channel frame
- D.
Supports multiple drives on a single channel
- E.
Shares the throughput bandwidth of the channel connection
- 8.Some PowerEdge servers have hot‐plug PCI support. Which of the following conditions must be met for that support:
- A.
Server must support hot‐plug PCI
- B.
Operating system must support hot‐plug PCI
- C.
PCI adapter must support hot‐plug PCI
- D.
Fibre Channel HBAs and network adapters support hot‐plug PCI
- E.
Dell RAID and SCSI controllers do not support hot‐plug PCI
- 9.Which of the following statements are true about the Indicators on the Hot‐Plug PCI slots
- A.
Green: Expansion slot power is on. No action is required
- B.
Amber blinking slow: Hot‐plugged expansion card is a slower operating speed than other cards on the same PCI bus.
- C.
Amber blinks twice and pauses, and then repeats the sequence: Expansion card is faulty or improperly installed and causing a problem with power supply to the card.Hot‐plugged expansion card is a slower operating speed than other cards on the same PCI bus.
- D.
Off: Expansion slot power is off. No action is required.
- 10.Which of the following are Memory Technologies.found in Dell Power Edge Servers
- A.
Spare bank:
- B.
Memory mirroring
- C.
Memory RAID:
- D.
Chip kill Memory
- E.
SDRAM module set
- 11.What happens when a SAS controller comes online. Choose all that apply
- A.
It goes through each of the phys.
- B.
Registers every device
- C.
Notes the device WWN
- D.
Maintains a list of physical disks to configure
- 12.During power up a server goes through a post check what does the abbreviation stand for
- A.
Power only start-up check
- B.
Power on self test
- C.
Pre operation system check
- 13.TCP/IP Offload Engine : TOE increases overall system efficiency and performance by:Pick all that apply
- A.
Removing processor bottlenecks
- B.
Reducing excessive traffic across internal memory buses
- C.
Reducing traffic on the internal PCI buses
- D.
Requiring a TOE key
- 14.Open Manage consists of Deployment Tools, Monitoring Tools and Maintenance Tools.Which of the following can be used as Maintenance Tools.
- A.
PED : Power Edge Diagnostics
- B.
DSA: Dell Server Assistant
- C.
OMSA: Open manage Server Administrator
- D.
SUU: Server Update Utility
- 15.Which Component Interacts with the microprocessor and storage devices to write and retrieve data.
- A.
PERC
- B.
DRAC 5
- C.
Raid
- D.
PCI Riser
- 16.Whichcomponents can be redundant in a server
- A.
Power Supply
- B.
Hard Drive
- C.
Network Card
- D.
Memory
- E.
All the above
- 17.What is the purpose of a Hot Spare in a RAID array
- A.
Used to replace a failed drive in a redundant array
- B.
Used to store the stripe information of a redundant array
- C.
Serves as the master disk in a raid 10 array
- D.
An empty disk that is plugged into the server to keep it warm
- E.
A disk taken off line due to overheating
- 18.Restoring BIOS/Factory Defaults:Which off the following are correct methods for restoring the system BIOS to the Factory setting
- A.
Press ALT-F to restore factory defaults for the entire BIOS
- B.
Press F2 from the system BIOS Screen
- C.
Press ALT -D to restore factory defaults for the entire BIOS
- D.
Open the chassis and change the NVRAM jumper to the clear setting.
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