DES-4121 Online Practice Questions and Answers

A technician is installing a new server and is not getting any link lights on the iDRAC management port. They have verified that the cable and switch port are working. What could be causing this issue?

A. iDRAC has an Express license

B. IP has not been set in the Lifecycle Controller

C. iDRAC has been disabled in the Lifecycle Controller

D. iDRAC firmware update is currently in progress

A technician is creating a virtual disk in the DRAC (2x 4 TB NL-SAS in RAID 1) to install Windows 2016. They manually boot to the OS installation media without using the Lifecycle Controller OS Deployment wizard. Only the first 2048 GB on the virtual disk can be partitioned.

How should the technician obtain access to the remaining 2 TB (approximately) of storage?

A. Delete the 4 TB virtual disk and create a virtual (boot) disk no longer than 2048 GB.

B. Upgrade to a newer version of the operating system.

C. Use the lifecycle Controller's OS Deployment Wizard to deploy the OS on this server.

D. Use F2 to go into the BIOS, change the BIOS boot mode to UEFI, and try again.

A technician needs to repurpose a server. What should they do to prepare the server for its new role?

A. Boot into F10, select System Erase, and press "Y" to confirm erase

B. Enable Delete All Settings in the iDRAC Troubleshooting section

C. Boot into F10, navigate to Retire or Repurpose Server, and Select Components to be cleared

D. Boot to Ctrl+S and perform Network Erase

A technician deletes the iDRAC Express license on a R440 server. Which license type is then enabled?

A. iDRAC Express license cannot be deleted

B. iDRAC Basic license

C. iDRAC Enterprise license

D. iDRAC will not have a license until a new one is installed

A technician is working on an operational PowerEdge R640 server that cannot be rebooted. Observing that all drives are hot-swappable devices, the technician decides to remove a drive that has been giving intermittent errors. After the single drive is removed the operating system crashes.

What could have caused the operating system to crash?

A. System Lockdown mode was enabled, which does not allow any component to be hot-swapped

B. iDRAC was not configured for hot-swappable components

C. Drive was part of a RAID 0 virtual disk

D. PERC was configured to allow a single drive removal

A system administrator needs to install OpenManage Server Administrator on 200 servers. What is the quickest way to meet this requirement?

A. Use the Lifecycle Controller to install OpenManage Server Administrator on each server.

B. Install OME and push OpenManage Server Administrator to all 200 servers.

C. Use Microsoft utilities to automate the deployment of OpenManage Server Administrator.

D. Download OpenManage Server Administrator from Dell.com and install on each server.

A PowerEdge R640 server has a failure on one of its onboard NICs and sends an alert to technician support. The assigned technician needs to order a FRU to resolve the issue.

What action should the technician take?

A. Replace the system board after first backing up the server profile

B. Order a new NDC and replace the failing NDC

C. Use the iDRAC to reset the NDC to default values then reconfigure. If that fails replace the NDC

D. Order a new NIC port then replace the failing NIC port on the NDC

Which tool provides automated Dell support case creation?

A. SupportAssist Collector

B. OpenManage Case Creator

C. OpenManage Server Administrator

D. SupportAssist for iDRAC / Enterprise systems

A technician must update the firmware on a server, but has no network connectivity. What can the technician use to update the BIOS and iDRAC/Lifecycle Controller firmware?

A. OpenManage Server Administrator DVD

B. ftp.dell.com

C. NFS share

D. USB key with Dell Update Package

A technician is using the iDRAC web GUI to upload a firmware that requires a reboot. They select the update and choose `Apply Update and Reboot Now'. How could the technician determine the status of the firmware update?

A. Access the System Setup Utility > iDRAC Settings and check the completion status in the Job Queue.

B. Log in to the iDRAC web GUI and check the completion status in the Job Queue.

C. Monitor the iDRAC web interface for an "Updates Completed" message in the iDRAC.

D. Access the Lifecycle Controller > Firmware Updates menu and check the completion status in the Job Queue.

A server has six memory modules attached to each CPU Memory Optimizer mode is configured. The user now wants to have maximum protection for the memory but cannot afford to lose any memory space. What should the technician install/configure?

A. Six additional memory modules matching the original Switch on Single Rank Spare Mode

B. Six additional memory modules matching the original Switch to Memory Mirroring

C. No additional memory Switch on Single Rank Spare Mode

D. No additional memory Switch to memory Mirroring

A technician resets the iDRAC but when they attempt to log back in to the iDRAC is offline. Why is the iDRAC offline?

A. Technician must move the iDRAC network cable back to the iDRAC dedicated NIC

B. DRAC has reset to the default IP address of 192.168.0.120

C. iDRAC is still in the reset process

D. Technician must use iDRAC Direct to enable the iDRAC network

A technician is remotely installing ESXi 6.0 on a PowerEdge R640 in BIOS boot mode. The system has dual internal SD cards. After the OS is installed, the system reboots and shows an error screen with the following message: "No boot device found".

What should the technician do to resolve this issue?

A. Enable vFlash in iDRAC web GUI

B. Set the boot made from BIOS to UEFI

C. Reseat the SD cards and try to boot to them again

D. Change the Hard Disk Drive Sequence

A server is configured with a RAID 5 Virtual Disk across five hard disks and one spare disk. If a hard disk failure occurs within the RAID 5 virtual disk, the spare disk needs to be online as quickly as possible. It is acceptable for users to experience decreased performance during the rebuild procedure.

How should this requirement be met?

A. Enable Rebuild Priority

B. Increase Rebuild Rate

C. Change cache to Write Through

D. Select Fast Rebuild

A technician needs to use the iDRAC GUI to roll back a diagnostics firmware revision on a server that was updated four weeks previously. However, the replaced version cannot be found in the Firmware Rollback section on the iDRAC GUI.

What could be the issue?

A. Diagnostics firmware revision is part of the Lifecycle Controller firmware so the Lifecycle Controller must be updated first

B. Rollback feature was not enabled in iDRAC Settings

C. Firmware can only be rolled back within a week of being replaced.

D. Diagnostics firmware is not supported in the Rollback feature.