ISS-003 Online Practice Questions and Answers

Which of the following documents should be referred to for the CPU microcode version currently in use in the Intel server board?

A. FRUSDR Release Notes

B. BIOS Release Notes

C. BMC Release Notes

D. Technical product specification

E. Supported processor list

As an Intel Server Specialist you have been asked by one of your biggest server resellers for help in planning and configuring their new line of servers. One of their questions relates to graphics; in which of the following Intel Server boards can Intel HD graphics be used. How would you answer from the list below? (Select ALL that apply).

A. S1200BTL

B. S1200V3RPL

C. S1600?P

D. S1200V3RPM

E. S1400FP

During a RAID "Deep-Dive" training event that you have organized as the Intel Server Specialist, you have been asked how to increase the speed of HWRAID. How would you answer that question from the following list? (Select ALL that apply).

A. "Write Through" should be enabled.

B. The battery should be removed.

C. "No Read Ahead" should be enabled.

D. "Always Read Ahead" should be enabled.

E. "Always Write Back" should be enabled.

On an Intel Server Board S2600WT, which of the following is the MAXIMUM possible memory speed that can be reached when the system is configured with 24 DIMMs and 2 Intel Xeon?Processors E5- 2600 v3?

A. 2133 MHz

B. 1333 MHz

C. 1600 MHz

D. 1866 MHz

Why is it important to update the system BIOS when building a new server?

A. Updating the BIOS causes the fan speed control to be set correctly for a chassis.

B. Updating the BIOS configures the BMC settings for remote access.

C. Updating the BIOS implements the latest updates and fixes for a system.

D. Updating the BIOS ensures the BMC and HSC have a clear communication path.

A customer calls you for support to know what needs to be changed to ensure that the server will not have difficulty in detecting attached drives. As an Intel Server Specialist, you advise that all of the following cabling configurations will detect drives successfully EXCEPT:

A. SATA controller, connected to expander card, connected through non-expander backplane, connected to a SATA drive.

B. SATA controller, connected through non-expander backplane, connected to a SATA drive.

C. SAS controller, connected to expander card, connected through backplane, connected to a SATA drive.

D. SAS controller, connected through an expander backplane, connected to an SSD drive.

Your customer has been asked to undertake the infrastructure renewal for one of their bigger customers, including all the network connections. They would like to plan for several years and need to know about 10Gb network adapters. In particular what type of connector does the Intel Server X540-T2 10Gb adapter have? Please choose your answer from the list below.

A. SFP+

B. QSFP

C. CX4

D. RJ-45

E. CX3

Your customer has a RMS25CB080 RAID card. The Array is a RAID 6 with 6 Seagate Barracuda hard drives. During normal operation one drive failed and no action was taken. Alerts were generated but ignored. At a later date a second drive failed. Which of the following is the BEST advice you can give your customer? (Select ALL that apply).

A. Do nothing. The array is in degraded mode but still available.

B. Ensure a regular backup policy is implemented.

C. The customer needs to change the RAID card.

D. Customer should replace the drives and rebuild the array to restore redundancy.

E. All data is lost and nothing can be recovered.

A customer has an Intel® Server System R2308WTTYS based on two Intel® Xeon® E5-2630L v3 processors. The customer tries to power on a virtual machine in Microsoft Hyper-V Manager but gets an error: "The virtual machine could not be started because the hypervisor is not running. Verify that the processor of the physical computer has a supported version of hardware-assisted virtualisation". Which of the following statements explains this case?

A. The BIOS version of the system is less than R01.01.0008.

B. Intel® Virtualization Technology is disabled in the BIOS.

C. Hypervisor reinstallation is required.

D. Intel® Xeon® E5-2630L v3 processor does not support virtualization technology.

An Intel® Server Specialist is helping a customer configure their RAID using the Intel® RAID Web Console. The Specialist advises the customer to use Auto-Configuration Mode as it automatically creates the best possible RAID-configuration for the available hardware. Which of the following configurations are NOT supported using this mode? (Select ALL that apply).

A. Auto Configuration cannot be used when using more than one backplane.

B. Auto Configuration cannot be used with SSD drives.

C. Auto Configuration cannot be used for RAID 10, 50, or 60.

D. Auto Configuration cannot be used for creating RAID on 2 HDDs.

E. Auto Configuration cannot be used with mixed SATA and SAS drives.