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SK0-004 · Question #649

An administrator is installing a new OS on a brand new server. The administrator cannot bring a monitor or keyboard into the datacenter. Which of the following is the administrator MOST likely to…

The correct answer is B. Remote desktop protocol. When physical console access is unavailable in a datacenter, RDP allows an administrator to remotely access and configure a Windows OS over the network.

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Question

An administrator is installing a new OS on a brand new server. The administrator cannot bring a monitor or keyboard into the datacenter. Which of the following is the administrator MOST likely to use to configure the OS?

Options

  • AIntegrated lights out manager
  • BRemote desktop protocol
  • CVirtual network computing
  • DKeyboard ?video ?mouse

How the community answered

(24 responses)
  • A
    4% (1)
  • B
    88% (21)
  • D
    8% (2)

Why each option

When physical console access is unavailable in a datacenter, RDP allows an administrator to remotely access and configure a Windows OS over the network.

AIntegrated lights out manager

An Integrated Lights Out (iLO) manager is an out-of-band hardware management controller used for firmware updates, power control, and pre-boot BIOS access - not the standard tool for configuring an installed OS remotely.

BRemote desktop protocolCorrect

Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) provides a full graphical desktop session over a TCP/IP network connection, enabling OS-level configuration without a physical monitor or keyboard. Once the server has basic network connectivity established, RDP is the standard Microsoft protocol used to remotely manage and configure the running operating system.

CVirtual network computing

VNC (Virtual Network Computing) is a cross-platform remote desktop tool, but it requires a VNC server daemon to be pre-installed and running on the target OS before it can be used.

DKeyboard ?video ?mouse

A KVM (Keyboard-Video-Mouse) switch is a physical device that shares local peripherals across multiple servers and does not provide network-based remote access to a server in a datacenter.

Concept tested: Remote OS access without physical console - RDP

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/remote/understanding-remote-desktop-protocol

Topics

#remote management#RDP#headless server#OS installation

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