                                OS/2 LAN Server Workstation Planning
                                and Installation
                                Test 106


TEST INFORMATION:

- Required for Certified LAN Server Engineer
- Number of questions:  85
- Passing % Score:      70
- Length (in minutes):  120


PREPARATION:

- Self Study

LAN Server Certification Handbook

-  IBM Courses

G3891              OS/2 LAN Server 4.0 Administration II









































                                OS/2 LAN Server Workstation Planning
                                and Installation
                                Test 106 Objectives
                                Version 3

SECTION 1 - LAN INTRODUCTION

-  List a domain's components.
-  Describe resource sharing.
-  Describe NTS/2 and MPTS and their components.
-  Describe the features of the LAN Server 3.0 and LAN Server 4.0
   Entry packages.
-  Describe the features of the LAN Server 3.0 and LAN Server 4.0
   Advanced packages.
-  List the advantages provided by 386HPFS.
-  List each diskette and how it is used.
-  List the documentation and how it would be used.
-  Describe the various types of requesters.
-  Describe the various types of servers and their roles.
-  Describe requester services.
-  Describe server services.

SECTION 2 - HARDWARE

-  Explain power-on-passwords for a server workstation.
-  Explain the significance of advanced BUS technology for a workstation.
-  Explain the interaction of the LANStreamer LAN adapter card with the
   advanced server.
-  Explain the significance of Advanced Disk Technology for a server.
-  Explain the advantages of Raid Technology for a server.

SECTION 3 - WORKSTATION PLANNING

 -  List the business requirements that influence decisions about servers.
 -  Describe how features of LAN Server software or hardware could
    support each of the following needs:
    -    Performance
    -    Availability/continuous operations
    -    Data protection
    -    Ease of increasing capacity
    -    Security
 -  Describe the capacity at installation.
 -  Describe the use of CNFGLS and the LS40TUNE LAN Server 4.0
    Performance Tuning Assistant.
 -  List the important parameters for capacity.

SECTION 4 - FDISK

-  Describe the uses of FDISK.
-  Differentiate between primary partition, extended partition, logical
   partition, installable and bootable.
-  Configure unattended mode.
-  Describe workstation startup; set the workstation startup options.
-  Set/change/delete the workstation password.

SECTION 5 - OS/2 LAN REQUESTER


 -  Install LAPS using commands and menu choices.
 -  Describe PROTOCOL.INI.
 -  Describe the LANTRAN.LOG file.
 -  Install the OS/2 requester using commands and menu choices.
 -  Start the requester.
 -  Describe the IBMLAN.INI with reference to how the NET1, domain/
    computer name, and Workservices are used.
 -  Describe how to use the OS/2 logging and LAN Server/Requester error logging.

SECTION 6 - OS/2 LAN SERVER

-  Install the server using commands and menu choices.
-  Start the server.
-  Describe the differences in IBMLAN.INI in the server and the requester.
-  Describe how to use the custom install process.
-  Describe how to use the remote install process.

SECTION 7 - THE DOS LAN REQUESTER

-  Explain the functions provided by LAN support program in a DOS workstation.
-  Define shared RAM.
-  Explain the function of adapter shared RAM.
-  Explain the significance of the LAN support program device drivers.
-  Explain the purpose and use of the DXMAID utility.
-  Install the DLR and DOS LAN Services.
-  Start the DLR and DOS LAN Services.
-  Explain the services that the DOS LAN Requester can start.
-  Explain the significance of the DOS configuration parameters used
   by the DOS LAN Requester and DOS LAN Services requester.

SECTION 8 - DLR WITH WINDOWS

-  Describe the operational advantages of using the DLR and DOS
   LAN Services with Windows instead of using them from DOS.
-  Name the LAN Server facilities available to a DOS DLR user that are
   not available to the Windows DLR user.
-  Define the steps to install the DLR and DOS LAN Services in Windows.
-  Configure DLR and DOS LAN Services in Windows.

SECTION 9 - COMPLEMENTARY PRODUCTS

-  Explain the advantages of using software backup implementations
   for the 386HPFS.
-  Explain the advantages of server machines that duplicate hardware
   components such as processors, power supplies, etc...
-  Explain the advantages of using a UPS with LAN Server.



                                OS/2 LAN Server Workstation Planning
                                and Installation
                                Sample Test 106
                                Version 2

SECTION 1 - LAN INTRODUCTION

1. Which statement about a LAN Server domain is true?

a.  A LAN Server domain is a LAN segment.
b.  A LAN Server domain is a physical network.
c.  A LAN Server domain is a logical group of LAN requesters, servers and definitions.
d.  A LAN Server domain is a physical group of LAN requesters, servers and definitions.

2. For a server resource to be accessible to LAN users, a
________ command must be issued in some form at the server.

a.  net use
b.  net view
c.  net files
d.  net share

3. The Advanced Server includes the ________ component to enhance
performance of file server operations.

a.  code
b.  RIPL
c.  ring 0 server
d.  additional

4. A server that is set up to handle logons on an "if required" basis is

a.  a peer server
b.  a domain controller
c.  an additional server
d.  a backup domain controller

5. The ________ service controls security issues such as password expiration time
and when the user can logon to the domain.

a.  UPS
b.  Netlogon
c.  Generic Alerter
d.  DCDB Replicator

SECTION 2 - HARDWARE

6. What is the purpose of having a redundant component in a workstation?

a.  To allow easy replacement of a failed component.
b.  To allow operation to continue in spite of a component failure.
c.  To eliminate the wait imposed by the shipping of new parts.
d.  To eliminate the possibility of the required part being out of stock.

7. Advanced disk technology is of most value on

a.  a RIPL server
b.  a file server
c.  a domain controller
d.  a backup domain controller

8. RAID-1 technology provides

a.  data striping
b.  disk mirroring
c.  disk duplexing
d.  skewed parity

SECTION 3 - WORKSTATION PLANNING

9. The availability of the domain can be enhanced by using

a.  a SCSI disk controller
b.  an associative disk cache
c.  a backup domain controller
d.  a higher wattage power supply

10. If no changes are made to the parameters in the IBMLAN.INI file that is
created by the installation process, the LAN Server 3.0 Entry server will allow
128 connections from requesters. To understand how to change this value and why
it may need to be changed, you should look in

a.  LAN Server Network Administrator Reference Volume 1
b.  LAN Server Network Administrator Reference Volume 2
c.  LAN Server Network Administrator Reference Volume 3
d.  LAN Server Master Index

11. Server parameters can affect the number of ________ that a requester
can use at one time.

a.  servers
b.  file records
c.  message buffers
d.  shared resources

SECTION 4 - FDISK

12. Only partitions that have a status of ________ appear on the Boot Manager menu.

a.  bootable
b.  startable
c.  formatable
d.  installable

13. Which do you include in the disk label to avoid confusion when using fault tolerance?

a.  the partition size
b.  the disk serial number
c.  the original drive letter
d.  the operating system level

SECTION 5 - OS/2 LAN REQUESTER

14. Which protocols must be installed via LAPS to support the OS/2 LAN Server?

a.  NetBIOS; and TCP/IP if Messenger Service is running
b.  NetBIOS; and IEEE 802.2 if the Server will use Remote IPL
c.  Both IEEE 802.2 and TCP/IP
d.  Both NETBEUI and EHLLAPI

15. Where is information about the remaining NetBIOS resources, after
the NetBIOS protocol driver has been loaded, found?

a.  in CONFIG.SYS
b.  in IBMLAN.INI
c.  in LANTRAN.LOG
d.  in PROTOCOL.INI

16. Which must be installed before the OS/2 LAN Requester 3.0 can be installed?

a.  LAPS
b.  CM/2
c.  DB/2-2
d.  LSclient

17. Which file contains the initialization parameters for the OS/2 LAN Server code?

a.  OS2.INI
b.  NET.ACC
c.  IBMLAN.INI
d.  PROTOCOL.INI

SECTION 6 - OS/2 LAN SERVER

18. How do you install 386 HPFS and CACHE386 on the server?

a.  Add the  RUN=\IBM386FS and DISKCACHE= statements to CONFIG.SYS.
b.  Install the  LAN Server-Entry product using the advanced installation path.
c.  Install LAN Server-Advanced on a machine with HPFS volumes using the basic
     installation path.
d.  Format the server drive using /FS=386 HPFS parameter.

19. An option in the ________ allows the server to be started automatically
when the workstation is booted.

a.  IBMLAN.INI file
b.  OS2SYS.INI file
c.  shutdown process
d.  installation process

20. Which installation paths may be used to create a custom install diskette?

a.  advanced path of LAN Server Entry product
b.  basic path of the LAN Server Entry product
c.  basic path of the LAN Server Advanced product
d.  advanced path of LAN Server Advanced product
e.  can only be done from the command line using "laninst /custom" command

SECTION 7 - THE DOS LAN REQUESTER

21. In a DOS workstation, a LAN Support Program module provides the facility
to change the ________ of the workstation's network adapter.

a.  PRID
b.  ROM code
c.  interrupt level
d.  shared RAM address

22. LAN adapters are identified on the network by their address.  This
address may be a globally unique address that is burned into the card or
it may be a

a.  NETBIOS name
b.  group address
c.  product resource identifier
d.  locally administered address

23. Which function allows an application running on a workstation to access
shared data on a server as though the data is on the workstation's local fixed-disk?

a.  RAM disk
b.  disk cache
c.  redirector
d.  virtual disk

24. The domain name supplied during DOS LAN Requester installation becomes the

a.  computer name
b.  default domain
c.  default server name
d.  user's initial password

25. The parameters that define how the DLR will be configured
when it is started are in the ________ file.

a.  WIN.INI
b.  IBMLAN.INI
c.  DOSLAN.INI
d.  PROTOCOL.INI

26. The parameters that defines how the DLS will be configured when
it is started are in the ___________ file.

a. WIN.INI
b. IBMLAN.INI
c. NETWORK.INI
d. PROTOCOL.INI

SECTION 8 - DLR WITH WINDOWS

27. DLR Windows provides the DOS user with

a.  additional command line functions that allow the user to manipulate
     a graphical environment
b.  the ability to access shared applications through the Windows
     graphical interface
c.  additional FSI functions that make the FSI a GUI
d.  a replacement for the DLR and Windows

28. DLS Windows provides the DOS user with

a. additional command line functions that allow the user to manipulate a
    graphical environment.
b. the ability to access shared applications through the Windows graphical interface.
c. additional FSI functions that make the FSI a GUI.
d. a replacement for the DLR and Windows

29. In addition to the parameters required to run DLR Windows, to
have messages appear immediately on the screen when using DLR
Windows, you must also add ________.

a.  /POP to IBMLAN.INI
b.  POPUP=YES to SYSTEM.INI
c.  LOAD=WINPOPUP to WIN.INI
d.  STACKS=9,256 to CONFIG.SYS

30. In addition to the parameters required to run DLS Windows,
to have messages appear immediately on the screen when
using DLR Windows, you must also add ________.

a. /POP to IBMLAN.INI
b. POPUP=YES to SYSTEM.INI
c. LOAD=WDLS to WIN.INI
d. STACKS=9,256 to CONFIG.SYS

SECTION 9 - COMPLEMENTARY PRODUCTS

31. An important consideration for any backup scheme used with
LAN Server  Advanced is that all ________ must be contained in the backup copy.

a.  file headers
b.  archive bits
c.  record counts
d.  access control information


ANSWER KEY

1.  c                                                          23. c

2.  d                                                          24. b

3.  c                                                          25. c

4.  d                                                          26. c

5.  b                                                          27. b

6.  b                                                          28. b

7.  ab                                                         29. ac

8.  bc                                                         30. c

9.  c                                                          31. d

10. bd

11. bd

12. a

13. c

14. b

15. c

16. a

17. c

18. c

19. d

20. ad

21. d

22. d
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