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
