SERVER OPERATING SYSTEMS 2

WHAT IS A SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENTS

IT IS A CONTRACT OUTLINING EXPECTED SERVICE FROM A SERVICE PROVIDER TO A SERVICE CONSUMER

WHAT IS SERVER CORE

IT IS A WINDOWS SERVER OPTION THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE GUI

NAME 2 EXAMPLES OF TYPE 2 HYPERVISOR

1. VMWARE 2. ORACLE VIRTUAL BOX

AT A USER STATION, YOU NOTICE THE IO ADDRESS BEGINS WITH 169.254..WHY CAN`T USER STATIONS REACH THE INTERNET

A DHCP SERVER CANNOT BE REACHED

WHAT TYPE OF DNS RECORD IS USED TO RESOLVE FQDNs TO IP ADDRESSES V4.

A RECORD

UNDER OPERATING SYSTEM VIRTUALIZATION, NAME 4 TYPE

1. VMWARE 2. MICROSOFT HYPER-V 3. CITRIX XENSERVER 4. ORACLE VIRTUALBOX

NAME 2 TYPES OF HARDWARE YOU KNOW THAT IS USED FOR VIRTUALIZATION

1. INTEL VIRTUALIZATION -INTEL VT 2. AMD VIRTUALIZATION -AMD-V

WHY IS INVENTORY NECESSARY

1. INVENTORY AUDITS 2. ASSET TRACKING 3. DETERMINE ASSET USE 4. ASSET REPAIR AND WARRANTY 5. ASSET RECALL 6. ASSET SECURITY

WHAT DOES UPTIME SPECIFY

1. IT SPECIFIES EXPECTED AVAILABILITY FOR IT SERVICES 2. PROVIDERS ARE USUALLY OBLIGATED TO NOTIFY CLIENTS OF SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE AND DOWNTIME.

WHAT IS PROACTIVE MAINTENANCE IN SERVER MANAGEMENT

1. KEEP SERVERS CLEAR OF DUST 2. KEEP SERVERS CLEAR OF INTAKE FANS 3. KEEP SERVERS COOL 4. SERVERS PLUGGED INTO UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLIES TO ENSURE GRACEFUL SHUTDOWN

NAME 7 THINGS, HARDWARE THAT CAN BE INVENTORIED

1. MAKE AND MODEL 2. MOTHERBOARD AND DEVICE NUMBER 3. PHYSICAL OR DIGITAL ASSET TAG4. RAM 4. STORAGE 5. NETWORK INTERFACE 6. PRINTERS 7. MONITOR DISPLAYS

NAME 2 EXAMPLES OF TYPE 1 HYPERVISOR

1. MICROSOFT HYPER-V 2. VMWARE ESXi

WHAT ARE THE FACTORS TO CONSIDER DURING DOCUMENTATION

1. NETWORK DIAGRAM -SERVER PLACEMENT 2. DATAFLOW DIAGRAM - SERVER INVOLVMENT IN DATAFLOW 3. BASELINE DOCUMENTATION - NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS AND TROUBLESHOOTING 4. RECOVERY DOCUMENTATION - PROCEDURES TO RETURN SERVER TO AN OPERATIONAL STATE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE

NAME 3 TYPES OF VIRTUALIZATION YOU KNOW

1. OPERATING SYSTEM VIRTUALIZATION 2. USER DESKTOP VIRTUALIZATION 3. APPLICATION VIRTUALIZATION

ON-PREMISES SERVERS CAN COMMUNICATE WITH CLOUD-BASED VIRTUAL MACHINE SERVERS USING WHAT METHOD

1. SITE-TO-SITE VPN CONNECTION 2. DEDICATED LEASED CONNECTION -DO NOT TRAVERSE THE INTERNET

WHAT DOES RESPONSE TIME

1. THIS SPECIFIES HOW QUICKLY IT SERVICES REPOND WHEN THEY ARE NEEDED 2. THIS CAN SPECIFY HOW QUICKLY THE PROVIDER RESPONDS WHEN YOU NEED SUPPORT a. HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE FOR A PROBLEM TO BE RESOLVED b. IS SUPPORT AVAILABLE ONLY DURING WORK HOURS

NAME THE 2 TYPES OF HYPERVISOR YOU KNOW

1. TYPE 1 HYPERVISOR 2. TYPE 2 HYPERVISOR

NAME THE 2 COMMON ITEM FOUND IN SLAs

1. UPTIME 2. RESPONSE TIME

WHAT IS A BMC

BASEBOARD MANAGEMENT CONTROLLER IT IS THE INTERFACE BETWEEN SERVER MANAGEMENT TOOLS AND THE PHYSICAL SERVER HARDWARE BEING MANAGED

WHAT IS VIRTUALIZATION

IT IS A BETTER USE OF HARDWARE RESOURCES, WHERE MULTIPLE VIRTUAL MACHINES ARE RUNNING SIMULTANEOUSLY AND SHARING THE UNDERLYING HARDWARE, MANAGES BY THE HYPERVISOR

YOUR NETWORK CONSISTS OF WINDOWS 10 COMPUTERS AND ANDROID SMARTPHONES. YOU NEED TO ENSURE THAT THE ANDROID DEVICES ARE GIVEN IP ADDRESSES THAT PLACE THEM ON THEIR OWN ISOLATED VLAN. WHAT TO DO

CONFIGURE A DHCP VENDOR CLASS IDENTIFIER

WHICH SERVER ROLE PROVIDES CENTRALIZED IP CONFIGURATION SETTINGS FOR CLIENT

DHCP

WHAT IS ILO

INTEGRATED LIGHTS OUT MANAGEMENT IT OFFERS NOT ONLY SECURE REMOTE MANAGEMENT CAPABILITIES BUT ALSO INCLUDES SERVER MONITORING AND ALERT CAPABILITIES

YOU NEED TO CONFIGURE DHCP TO DELIVER SPECIFIC IP ADDRESS TO A SPECIFIC NETWORK PRINTER. WHAT SHOULD YOU CONFIGURE

DHCP RESERVATION

WHAT IS IPMI

INTELLIGENT PLATFORM MANAGEMENT INTERFACE IT IS A REMOTE SERVER MANAGEMENT SOLUTION COMMONLY USED WITH VARIOUS BLADE ENCLOSURES IT ALSO PROVIDES SERVER MONITORING AND INVENTORY FUNCTIONALITY

WHAT ARE KVM SWITCHES USED FOR

KEYBOARD, VIDEO, MOUSE SWITCHES CONNECT SERVERS TO A SINGLE DISPLAY, KEYBOARD, AND MOUSE.

WHAT IS LOM

LIGHT OUT MANAGEMENT IT MONITORS SERVER COMPONENTS SUCH AS CPU USE TEMPERATURE OS HEALTH

WHAT TOOL CAN BE USED TO DEPLOY AND MANAGE NON-MICROSOFT UPDATES IN A WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT

MICROSOFT SYSTEM CENTER UPDATE PUBLISHER -SCUP

THE SERVER 2016 NANO SERVER IS DESIGNED TO BE MANAGED REMOTELY USING WHAT TOOLS

POWERSHELL

WHAT IS PXE

PREBOOT EXECUTION ENVIRONMENT THIS IS WHEN YOU BOOT OVER A NETWORK

WHAT DOES WINDOWS USE FOR REMOTE MANAGEMENT

RDP -REMOTE DESKTOP PROTOCOL

WHAT IS EACH VIRTUAL MACHINE IN VIRTUALIZATION CALLED

THE GUEST

WHAT IS THE HYPERVISOR CALLED

THE HOST

WHAT DO ADMINS GET WHEN THEY RDP INTO SERVER CORE

THEY SIMPLY GET A COMMAND PROMPT

YOUR NETWORK SERVERS POINT TO NTP TIME SERVERS CONNECTED TO REFERENCE CLOCKS. WHICH TYPE OF NTP TIME SERVER DO YOU HAVE ON YOUR NETWORK

STRATUM 2

WHAT IS REACTIVE MAINTENANCE

THIS IS WHEN YOU REACT QUICKLY TO CERTAIN EVENTS WHEN MANAGING SERVERS. EG 1. FAILING DISK ARRAY 2. RAM ERRORS 3. PROBLEMS WITH BATTERIES OR BACKPLANES 4. ERRORS AND BEEP CODES

WHAT IS IN-BAND REMOTE ADMINISTRATION

THIS TYPE OF REMOTE MANAGEMENT RELIES ON SOFTWARE RUNNING WITHIN THE OS.

ADMINISTRATORS CAN CONNECT TO REMOTE SERVERS AT THE HARDWARE LEVEL

TRUE

DELL SERVERS SUPPORT INTEGRATED DELL REMOTE ACCESS (iDRAC).

TRUE

DNS IS HIERARCHICAL WHILE WINS IS NOT, IT USES A FLAT NAMING STRUCTURE

TRUE

KVM OVER IP OVERCOMES THE POSSIBILITY OF SYSTEM CRACHES

TRUE

MANY TOOLS USE THE SIMPLE NETWORK MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL (SNMP) TO QUERY MANAGEMENT INFORMATION BASES (MIBs) ON DEVICES.

TRUE

MODERN DEVICES USE USB, BUT OLDER INPUT DEVICES USE PS/2 OR SERIAL CONNECTORS FOR KVM

TRUE

MOVING VIRTUAL MACHINES FROM ONE CLUSTER NODE TO ANOTHER REQUIRES PHYSICAL CPUs TO BE SIMILAR

TRUE

PXE BOOT RELIES ON DHCP TO ASSIGN IP SETTINGS TO PXE CLIENTS

TRUE

PXE USES TRIVIAL FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL (TFTP) TO DOWNLOAD A SMALL BOOT IMAGE OS USED FOR INSTALLATION AND IMAGING

TRUE

SERVER ADMINS CAN CONNECT TO IPMI MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS LOCALLY OR OVER A NETWORK

TRUE

SSH IS THE STANDARD AND SECURE WAY OF REMOTELY MANAGING NOT ONLY UNIX AND LINUX HOSTS, BUT ALSO NETWORK DEICES SUCH AS SWITCHES AND ROUTERS.

TRUE

SSH SUPERCEDED THE INSECURE TELNET PROTOCOL, WHICH SENDS CREDENTIAL IN CLEAR TEXT

TRUE

THE TYPE OF HYPERVISOR HAS DIRECT ACCESS TO THE PHYSICAL HARDWARE OF THE SYSTEM

TYPE 1 HYPERVISOR

THIS TYPE OF HYPERSVISOR IS REFERRED TO AS A BARE-METAL HYPERVISOR

TYPE 1 HYPERVISOR

THIS TYPE OF HYPERVISOR DOES NOT RELY ON ANOTHER OPERATING SYSTEM

TYPE 1 HYPERVISOR

THIS TYPE OF HYPERVISOR HAVE THE BENEFIT OF INCREASED SECURITY

TYPE 1 HYPERVISOR

THIS TYPE OF HYPERVISOR IS USED FOR MORE SERIOUS VIRTUALIZATION ENVIRONMENTS

TYPE 1 HYPERVISOR

THIS TYPE OF HYPERVISOR DOES NOT HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO HARDWARE

TYPE 2 HYPERVISOR

THIS TYPE OF HYPERVISOR RUNS ON TOP OF AN EXISTING OPERATING SYSTEM

TYPE 2 HYPERVISOR

WHAT PORT BY DEFAULT DOES RDP LISTEN ON

UDP AND TCP 3389

WHAT IS WBEM USED FOR

WEB-BASED ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT IS A STANDARDIZED WAY OF MANAGING AND MONITORING SERVICES AND DEVICES FROM DIFFERENT VENDORS

WHAT DOES POWERSHELL DEPEND ON TO BE CONFIGURED, RUN, AND BE ACCESSIBLE THROUGH FIREWALLS

WINDOWS REMOTE MANAGEMENT SERVICE WinRM

WHAT IS WSUS

WINDOWS SERVER UPDATE SERVICES IT IS A FREE MICROSOFT PATCH MANAGEMENT TOOL

DOES KVM WORK OVER IP

YES

WHICH WINDOS COMMAND SHOWS DHCP LEASE INFORMATION

ipconfig/all