A network administrator is configuring a database server and would like to ensure the database engine is listening on a certain port. Which of the following commands should the administrator use to ac

The correct answer is B. netstat -a. The "netstat -a" command is a command-line tool that can be used to display the status of all the network connections and listening ports on a server. The "netstat -a" command can show the protocol, local address, foreign address, and state of each connection or port. The network

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A network administrator is configuring a database server and would like to ensure the database engine is listening on a certain port. Which of the following commands should the administrator use to accomplish this goal?

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Anslookup
Bnetstat -a
Cipeonfig /a
Darp -a

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The "netstat -a" command is a command-line tool that can be used to display the status of all the network connections and listening ports on a server. The "netstat -a" command can show the protocol, local address, foreign address, and state of each connection or port. The network administrator can use this command to ensure the database engine is listening on a certain port by looking for the port number in the local address column and the "LISTENING" state in the state

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