What is the maximum amount of physical memory a host running Microsoft Hyper-V 2016 can support?

What is the maximum amount of physical memory a host running Microsoft Hyper-V 2016 can support?

• Up to 24 TB per physical server
• Up to 8 TB per virtual machine
• Up to 4TB per physical server
• Up to 6 TB per virtual server 

 

EXPLANATION

Windows Server 2016 increased the scalability of physical RAM per host for Hyper-V from 4TB (Hyper-V 2012) to 24TB per host.
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/windowsserver/2016/09/28/windows-server-2016-hyper-v-large-scale...

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Which of the following is a popular program used to execute commands on remote machines?

Which of the following is a popular program used to execute commands on remote machines?

• PsRemote.exe
• CommandFromAfar.exe
• RemoteExec.exe
• PsExec.exe 

EXPLANATION

PSExec is one of many useful tools in the Sysinternals suite provided by Microsoft.

SOURCE

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/sysinternals-suite

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Which Ethernet pins conduct power for passive power over Ethernet (PoE)?

Which Ethernet pins conduct power for passive power over Ethernet (PoE)?

• 2, 3, 6, and 7
• 1, 3, 5, and 8
• 4, 5, 7, and 8
• 4, 6, 7, and 8 

 

EXPLANATION

Two pairs are used for data transfer. The two spare pairs that are not used for data transfer are used to carry power.
So the positive voltage is applied to pins 4 and 5 of the Ethernet cable. The negative voltage is applied to pins 7 and 8.

SOURCE

POE device-specific pinouts:

STANDARD	SOURCE									LOAD		REMARKS
		Ethernet RJ-45 connector pin number
	Source Voltage	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Load Voltage	DC Load Connector
IEEE 802.3af using data pairs	48 V DC, protected	RX, DC+	RX, DC+	TX, DC-	spare	spare	TX, DC-	spare	spare	(embedded)		Industry Standard for active PoE
IEEE 802.3af using spare pairs	48 V DC, protected	RX	RX	TX	DC+	DC+	TX	DC-	DC-	(embedded)		Industry Standard for passive PoE
Intel, Symbol, Orinoco	Usually 12 or 24 V DC	RX	RX	TX	DC+	DC+	TX	DC-	DC-	(embedded)		Most Brands of PoE
Cisco (OLD old standard)	48 V DC	RX	RX	TX	DC-	DC-	TX	DC+	DC+	(embedded)		Older Cisco polarity is REVERSED
Cisco (NEW old standard)	48 V DC	RX	RX	TX	DC+	DC+	TX	DC-	DC-	(embedded)		New Cisco is IEEE compliant
Cisco   (very unusual)	28 V DC	DC+	DC-	TX	n.c.	n.c.	TX	RX	RX	(embedded)		Seen on Cisco 7936 conference station, also worked with Polycom SoundStation IP 4000 with 19V source power
D-Link (Adapter)	48 V DC	RX	RX	TX	DC+	DC+	TX	DC-	DC-	5VDC @ 2.5A or 12VDC @ 1A	DC coaxial 5.5/2.5mm	D-Link PoE Adapter for non-PoE products.
Apple MacIntosh AirPort PoE, Extreme	48 V DC	RX	RX	TX	DC?	DC??	TX	DC??	DC??	Converted to ???	DC coaxial (???)	Mac Polarity Unknown
HyperLink	Many DC Voltages Available	RX	RX	TX	DC+	DC+	TX	DC-	DC-	same as input	DC coaxial and others available	Variety of Options Available to Fit Most Brands of PoE
NYC Wireless Roll Your Own	12 or 24 or 48 V DC	RX	RX	TX	DC+	DC+	TX	DC-	DC-	same as input	DC coaxial or as reqd	New York City Wireless PoE
3Com AirConnect	24 V DC	RX	RX	TX	spare	spare	TX	DC+	DC-			3Com AirConnect wireless access points
Alvarion VL	55 Vdc	RX	RX	TX	DC+	DC-	TX	DC+	DC-
TP-link TL-SF1008P		DC-	DC-	DC+					DC+
Polycom IP500 / 501	12V DC	RX	RX	TX	DC-	DC-	TX	DC+	DC+			The only difference between regular PoE injectors and the Polycom one is the inverted polarity.

 

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In Windows OS, the ping command provides statistica information about packet loss to a certain destination while the tracert command gives information about each hop involved along the way of the packet. What command combines both functions into one?

In Windows OS, the ping command provides statistica information about packet loss to a certain destination while the tracert command gives information about each hop involved along the way of the packet. What command combines both functions into one?

• pathping
• treaceroute
• netstat
• ping -r

EXPLANATION

pathping computes statistics for every hop along the way of the ICMP packet
(for 75 seconds by default) and it is very useful to determine where exactly a packet loss occurs.

SOURCE

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc958876.aspx

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Which of the following is not considered a type of storage on a computer?

Which of the following is not considered a type of storage on a computer?

• RAM
• SSD
• CSS
• HDD 

EXPLANATION

CSS is a programming language and not a type of data storage.

SOURCE

https://www.w3schools.com/css/css_intro.asp

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You've been asked to move from IPv4 to IPv6. What is a valid reason for adopting IPv6 over IPv4?

You've been asked to move from IPv4 to IPv6. What is a valid reason for adopting IPv6 over IPv4?

• Change of destination address in the IPv6 header
• Telnet access does not require a password
• Change of source address in the IPv6 header
• No broadcast 

EXPLANATION

With IPv6, devices can build a link-local address automatically.
But notice this address is only used for communications within the local subnetwork, routers do not forward these addresses.

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Linux and Unix systems typically track 3 timestamps in file inodes: atime, ctime, and mtime. The "a" in atime means access. The "m" in mtime means modify. What does the "c" in ctime mean?

Linux and Unix systems typically track 3 timestamps in file inodes: atime, ctime, and mtime. The "a" in atime means access. The "m" in mtime means modify. What does the "c" in ctime mean?

• copy-on-write
• create
• change
• cache 

 

EXPLANATION

"c" in ctime means change.  Specifically, a change to the inode's status, eg, permissions, ownership, link count, file size, etc.
http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/inode.7.html
"Last status change timestamp (ctime) stat.st_ctime; statx.stx_ctime"

http://www.linux-mag.com/id/8658/
"Timestamps telling when the inode itself was last change (ctime, changing time), the file content was last modified (mtime or modification time), and when the file was last accessed (atime or access time)"

SOURCE

http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/inode.7.html

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