DES-4121 Online Practice Questions and Answers

A technician is setting up a previously used server. Upon power up, the PERC alerts them to the presence of a foreign configuration. In the iDRAC storage section, the technician checks Foreign View. The foreign array configuration is the same as the configuration needed for the new project.

What is a recommended way to prepare the disks for the new project?

A. Edit the foreign configuration and set it to Ready

B. Import the foreign configuration and perform a full initialization

C. Format the foreign configuration and clear the controller configuration

D. Access the Ctrl+R utility, clear the foreign configuration and set up array as needed

A technician receives an email alert that one of the drives on a server has failed. Upon replacing the bad drive, they receive a second email alert that the same drive has failed. The technician installs the replacement drive in another server and it works correctly.

What is a valid troubleshooting step for this issue?

A. Replace the PERC

B. Recreate the RAID array

C. Perform a full initialization on the replacement drive

D. Verify that the drive firmware is up to date

A new Dell customer is ordering servers that have very specific firmware dependencies. Any replaced

parts of the same type must match the replaced original part identically. The procedure must be as simple

as possible with minimal risk.

What action should a technician take to accomplish this goal?

A. Enable the Match Firmware of Replaced Part setting in the system BIOS

B. Install and configure a repository manager

C. Configure servers to access the remote firmware repository

D. Enable the Collect System Inventory On Restart (CSIOR) attribute

What are benefits of installing the Dell iDRAC Service Module?

A. Ability to update firmware on the server. iDRAC access via host OS

B. Remote iDRAC reset. Ability to update firmware on the server

C. iDRAC access via host OS. Ability to access the Lifecycle Controller for server updates

D. In-band SNMP traps for hardware alerts. Remote iDRAC reset

Refer to the exhibit.

A technician tries to apply a BIOS update on a server through the iDRAC web interface using the Linux Dell Update Package file BIOS_2H4CC_LN_2.0.2.BIN. This results in the error shown in the exhibit.

What should the technician do to address this issue?

A. Reset the iDRAC and reapply the update

B. Extract the Linux Dell Update Package and apply payload file

C. Re-download the file to replace the corrupted version and reinstall

D. Download and apply the Windows Dell Update Package file

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 technician needs to configure a server to PXE boot a server setup image with the BIOS in UEFI mode. What action is required to enable this function?

A. Navigate to Network Settings, PXE Device1 Settings, and configure IP

B. Boot to Ctrl+S and configure the NIC for PXE Device1

C. From the iDRAC web interface, select Network Settings, and enable PXE Device1 D. Navigate to Boot Options Settings and set PXE Device1 as first option

What operation should a technician perform to ensure configuration recovery if a server must be physically replaced?

A. Create and export a Server Configuration Profile

B. Back up the Server Profile to a network share or vFlash SD card

C. Enable the export configuration option in System Setup

D. View and export the current hardware inventory

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 server has two power supply units (PSUs) in a redundant configuration. One PSU fails. A technician replaces the failed PSU, but the server does not return to redundant power mode.

What is the cause of this issue?

A. Power redundant option is disabled in the System Setup Utility.

B. Server has not been power cycled to bring the new PSU online

C. Both PSUs were not replaced at the same time

D. New PSU has a different wattage than the existing PSU