Free D-PE-OE-01 sample questions

Correct answer: Upgrade to iDRAC 10 Datacenter, because Active Directory needs Enterprise while BIOS Live Scanning strictly requires a Datacenter license.

Both the iDRAC10 User's Guide license table and the Security Configuration Guide list directory services (Active Directory and LDAP) as unavailable on the factory-default Core license and included from Enterprise upward. BIOS Live Scanning, which checks the integrity and authenticity of the BIOS image in the primary ROM while the host is powered on, requires an iDRAC Datacenter license in both documents. Because the Datacenter license includes every Enterprise feature, it is the lowest single tier that meets both mandates. Enterprise alone (option B) lacks BIOS Live Scanning, Core (option C) lacks both features, and an OpenManage Enterprise plugin (option D) does not replace the iDRAC Datacenter license that BIOS Live Scanning requires.

Correct answer: WSMan (Web Services-Management) and Group Manager

iDRAC 10 introduces major architectural modernizations, deprecating and removing legacy management mechanisms including WSMan (in favor of standard RESTful Redfish APIs) and Group Manager (in favor of Dell OpenManage Enterprise for multi-server fleet management). Other removed features in iDRAC 10 include vFlash, Software RAID, TLS 1.1, Simple 2FA (email), and Local Key Management (LKM). Redfish, Remote RACADM, iSM, and IPMI remain supported.

Correct answers: Only one active instance of Local RACADM is permitted to execute on the host operating system at any given time.; It requires the installation of the Dell iDRACTools package on the host operating system.

Only one active instance of Local RACADM can execute concurrently on the host operating system due to locking of the internal kernel interface communicating with the BMC.

Local RACADM executes in-band within the host operating system and requires the installation of the Dell iDRACTools software package. Because Local RACADM communicates directly with the BMC via internal system interfaces, it requires administrative/root privileges on the host OS, and only one instance of Local RACADM can execute concurrently on the system. Supplying '-r', '-u', and '-p' parameters is characteristic of Remote RACADM, not Local RACADM.

Correct answer: racadm storage createvd:RAID.Slot.1-1 -rl r5 -wp wbf -rp ara -pdkey:Disk.Bay.0:Enclosure.Internal.0-1:RAID.Slot.1-1,Disk.Bay.1:Enclosure.Internal.0-1:RAID.Slot.1-1,Disk.Bay.2:Enclosure.Internal.0-1:RAID.Slot.1-1

The documented iDRAC 10 RACADM CLI syntax for virtual disk creation is 'racadm storage createvd: -rl [-wp {wt|wb|wbf}] [-rp {nra|ra|ara}] -pdkey: '. The write policy parameter for Write Back Force is '-wp wbf', the read policy parameter for Adaptive Read Ahead is '-rp ara', and physical drive FQDDs must be comma-separated under '-pdkey'.

Correct answer: racadm storage hotspare:Disk.Bay.4:Enclosure.Internal.0-1:RAID.Slot.1-1 -assign yes -type ghs

In iDRAC 10 RACADM, a physical disk becomes a hot spare with 'racadm storage hotspare: -assign yes -type ghs', where ghs makes it a global hot spare (ghs is also the default when -type is omitted). Option A uses '-type dhs', which requests a dedicated hot spare and also needs '-vdkey: ' to name the virtual disk it protects. Options B and D use syntax that does not exist: the storage command (which can also be run as raid) has no sethotspare or assignhotspare operation.

Correct answer: racadm set system.thermalsettings.ThirdPartyPCIFanResponse 0

By default, PowerEdge servers apply an additional fan response when a non-Dell third-party PCIe card is detected, and the card's presence is recorded as message PCI3018 in the Lifecycle log. To disable this default response and return fans to normal thermal algorithm control, run 'racadm set system.thermalsettings.ThirdPartyPCIFanResponse 0' (where 1 is Enabled, the default, and 0 is Disabled). Setting FanSpeedOffset to 255 sets the offset to None, but does not disable the third-party PCIe response. ThermalProfile 2 selects the Minimum Power profile, and BIOS.PCIeSettings.FanOverride is not the setting that controls this behavior. flowchart TD Detect[Third-Party PCIe Card Installed] --> Event[LC Log Records Event PCI3018] Event --> Check{ThirdPartyPCIFanResponse?} Check -->|1: Enabled - Default| High[Default Third-Party Card Fan Response Applied] Check -->|0: Disabled| Normal[Standard Thermal Algorithm Maintained]