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SK0-004 · Question #471

A remote technician is notified that a LED light for a server's hard drive is red. Which of the following should the technician check to verify RAID functionality?

The correct answer is C. File system check. A red hard drive LED signals a potential drive failure in a RAID array; a file system check is the appropriate tool to verify RAID integrity and data health.

Troubleshooting

Question

A remote technician is notified that a LED light for a server's hard drive is red. Which of the following should the technician check to verify RAID functionality?

Options

  • ANetwork-based hardware administration
  • BAccess control lists
  • CFile system check
  • DConnectivity via a serial cable

How the community answered

(47 responses)
  • A
    11% (5)
  • B
    2% (1)
  • C
    83% (39)
  • D
    4% (2)

Why each option

A red hard drive LED signals a potential drive failure in a RAID array; a file system check is the appropriate tool to verify RAID integrity and data health.

ANetwork-based hardware administration

Network-based hardware administration is used for remote server management tasks such as power cycling or monitoring, and does not verify RAID array health or functionality.

BAccess control lists

Access control lists govern user and system permissions on network resources and have no diagnostic relationship to RAID arrays or storage health.

CFile system checkCorrect

A file system check (such as fsck or chkdsk) inspects the file system structure and underlying storage integrity, surfacing RAID degradation or failure conditions that a red drive LED may indicate. It directly tests whether the RAID array is reading and writing data correctly. The other available options do not provide any mechanism to assess RAID functionality.

DConnectivity via a serial cable

A serial cable provides direct out-of-band console access for configuration purposes but offers no built-in method to verify RAID array status or integrity.

Concept tested: Verifying RAID health via file system check

Topics

#RAID failure#hard drive LED#file system check#storage troubleshooting

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