Follow Node Cabling Best Practices POWERSCALE-MAINTENANCE Practice Questions (Page 1)

Questions 1–5

1. 1expert · hard

   A technician is installing a PowerScale node in a rack with a cable management arm. The arm is rated for a maximum weight of 10 kg. The technician needs to route 8 kg of cables through the arm. What is the best practice to avoid damaging the arm?

   • AUse the arm for only half the cables and route the rest outside
   • BRemove the cable management arm to reduce weight
   • CDistribute the cables evenly across the arm and ensure the weight is within the rated limit
   • DRoute all cables on one side of the arm to keep them organized
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2. 2expert · hard

   A technician has connected a PowerScale node to the network. The front-end link indicator is lit, but the back-end link indicator is not. The technician has verified that the back-end cable is securely connected to the correct port. What is the next step?

   • AReplace the back-end switch port
   • BReboot the node to reset the back-end interface
   • CCheck the switch configuration for the back-end VLAN
   • DTest the back-end cable with a known-good cable
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4. 3expert · hard

   A PowerScale node has four 10GbE ports. The customer wants to use two ports for client access and two ports for cluster communication. However, the customer also wants to use link aggregation for the client ports to increase bandwidth. What is the best practice?

   • AUse all four ports for back-end and rely on the front-end ports for client access
   • BConfigure the two client ports as a link aggregation group (LAG) and use the remaining two ports for back-end
   • CUse all four ports for client access and rely on the back-end ports for cluster communication
   • DUse one port for client access and three ports for back-end
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5. 4application · medium

   A PowerScale node has two 25GbE ports for back-end networking and two 10GbE ports for front-end networking. The customer wants to use the 25GbE ports for client access to maximize throughput. What should the technician do?

   • AUse the 25GbE ports for both client access and cluster communication
   • BUse the 10GbE ports for client access as designed
   • CReplace the node with one that has 25GbE front-end ports
   • DUse the 25GbE ports for client access to meet the throughput requirement
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6. 5foundation · easy

   What should you do if a PowerScale node's network link LED does not light up after connecting the cable?

   • AReplace the entire node immediately
   • BIgnore it because the link LED is not important
   • CReboot the node to force the link to come up
   • DVerify the cable is firmly seated and check the port on both the node and the switch
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