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A systems administrator is setting up a second VLAN for end users. Which of the following should be provisioned for a DHCP server to be able to receive client requests from a different subnet?
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Answer: D
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A systems administrator is setting up a second VLAN for end users. Which of the following should be provisioned for a DHCP server to be able to receive client requests from a different subnet?
Answer: D
A server administrator is tasked with resolving an issue with the server’s local storage. The administrator turns on the server and only two out of the four drives are found. After several reboots, an additional hard drive connects and disconnects randomly. Which of the following is most likely the cause?
Answer: B
The most likely cause of the issue described is B. Power supply. If only two out of four drives are consistently found and another drive is connecting and disconnecting randomly, it suggests an intermittent power issue. This could be due to a failing power supply unit (PSU) not providing enough power consistently to all the drives, resulting in some drives not being detected or being intermittently detected. Rebooting the server might temporarily resolve the issue as the power supply resets, but the problem persists due to the underlying issue with power delivery. Therefore, the power supply is the most likely culprit in this scenario.
Source: Adapted from community discussion — [Removed]
An engineer is configuring the RAID on a new server that will support a large database handling real-time data processing. The system needs to have the largest available space with the best write performance. Given the following disks and configurations: • Four 300GB SSD disks • Eight 1.2TB 15K SAS disks • Must include redundant OS disk Which of the following configurations would meet all the necessary requirements for the new database server?
Answer: C
A server technician is configuring the IP address on a newly installed server. The documented configuration specifies using an IP address of 10.20.10.15 and a default gateway of 10.20.10.254. Which of the following subnet masks would be appropriate for this setup?
Answer: A
WTF? Do you really think that is right answer? I tried to use your answer and guess what? Number of Usable Hosts: 0 - ROTFL IPv4 Subnet Calculator Result IP Address: 10.20.10.15 Network Address: 10.20.10.14 Usable Host IP Range: NA Broadcast Address: 10.20.10.15 Total Number of Hosts: 2 Number of Usable Hosts: 0 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.254
Source: Adapted from community discussion — el_adamba
A technician is attempting to resolve an issue with a file server that is unable to download a file. Given the following output:
Which of the following would best allow this file to be read?
Answer: C
The output seems to indicate that the OS is protected with SELinux and probably sudo setenforce 0 can be used to put it in permissive mode
Source: Adapted from community discussion — tame_rabbit
A virtual server that is hosting a legacy line-of-business application has been identified for a critical patch application. Which of the following should be performed prior to the patch?
Answer: B
Which of the following symbols is used to write a text description per line within a PowerShell script?
Answer: D
A systems administrator is provisioning a SQL server with a RAID controller. The management team requires that the server be able to withstand at least a single hard drive failure, but the administrator is concerned that a computationally intensive RAID level may reduce server performance. Which of the following should the administrator choose?
Answer: C
A technician installed a new 4TB hard drive in a Windows server. Which of the following should the technician perform first to provision the new drive?
Answer: D
A server technician is placing a newly configured server into a corporate environment. The server will be used by members of the accounting department, who are currently assigned by the VLAN identified below:
Which of the following IP address configurations should the technician assign to the new server so the members of the accounting group can access the server?
Answer: A
A. IP address: 172.16.25.90/24 - Default gateway: 172.16.25.254 VLAN NAME: ACCOUNTING VLAN ID: 25 IP ADDRESS: 172.16.25.1 - 172.16.25.254/24 DEFAULT GATEWAY: 172.16.25.254 EXCLUSION RANGE: 172.16.25.50 - 172.a6.25.100 Based on the scenario provided, none of the options work (at a glance). Therefore, (unless there is a typo) I will make the assumption this question is not about IP addressing, it is about understanding the rationales behind administrative practices such as Exclusion Ranges. An exclusion range is typically created for use by only certain types of hosts, like servers or printers. Based on that rationale, assigning the server an IP address from the exclusion range is the BEST answer.
Source: Adapted from community discussion — surfuganda
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