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SK0-005 · Question #341

A data center technician is assigned the daily task of walking through the data center to perform a health check on all the systems. Which of the following issues can the technician detect without…

The correct answer is B. UPS battery fault C. Overheating. During a physical walk-through, a technician can visually or audibly detect a UPS battery fault through indicator lights or alarms, and overheating through excessive fan noise or heat from the system.

Troubleshooting

Question

A data center technician is assigned the daily task of walking through the data center to perform a health check on all the systems. Which of the following issues can the technician detect without logging on to any of the systems? (Choose two.)

Options

  • AVLAN mismatch
  • BUPS battery fault
  • COverheating
  • DMemory exhaustion
  • EIP conflict
  • FOS failure

How the community answered

(54 responses)
  • B
    87% (47)
  • D
    2% (1)
  • E
    7% (4)
  • F
    4% (2)

Why each option

During a physical walk-through, a technician can visually or audibly detect a UPS battery fault through indicator lights or alarms, and overheating through excessive fan noise or heat from the system.

AVLAN mismatch

A VLAN mismatch is a logical network configuration issue that cannot be detected by a physical walk-through; it requires checking network device configurations.

BUPS battery faultCorrect

Many UPS devices are equipped with status indicator lights or audible alarms that signal a battery fault, which can be observed or heard without needing to log into any system.

COverheatingCorrect

Overheating systems often produce noticeably loud fan noise, and heat can be felt emanating from server exhausts; additionally, some server chassis have external status LEDs that indicate thermal issues.

DMemory exhaustion

Memory exhaustion is an operating system or application-level issue that requires logging into the system or using monitoring tools to detect.

EIP conflict

An IP conflict is a logical network issue that causes connectivity problems but is not physically observable from the outside of a system.

FOS failure

While a completely failed OS might result in a server showing no activity, the specific cause (OS failure) is not directly detectable without logging in or using out-of-band management for console access.

Concept tested: Physical data center health checks

Topics

#Physical inspection#Server health check#Troubleshooting#UPS

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