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Exam Preparation Tasks

As mentioned in the section “How to Use This Book” in the Introduction, you have a couple choices for exam preparation: the exercises here, Chapter 21, “Final Preparation,” and the exam simulation questions in the Pearson Test Prep Software Online.

Review All Key Topics

Review the most important topics in this chapter, noted with the Key Topics icon in the outer margin of the page. Table 5-3 lists these key topics and the page number on which each is found.

Table 5-3 Key Topics for Chapter 5

Key Topic Element

Description

Page Number

List

Storage layout options

86

Steps

Storage Pool expansion

88

Command

Manually optimizing tiered storage

89

List

PowerShell cmdlets for iSCSI targets

90

List

Storage Replica key points

95

Complete Tables and Lists from Memory

Print a copy of Appendix B, “Memory Tables” (found on the book website), or at least the section for this chapter, and complete the tables and lists from memory. Appendix C, “Memory Tables Answer Key,” also on the website, includes completed tables and lists you can use to check your work.

Define Key Terms

Define the following key terms from this chapter and check your answers against the glossary:

  • Storage Spaces

  • Storage Pool

  • Tiered Storage

  • iSCSI Target

  • iSCSI Initiator

  • iSNS

  • DCB

  • MPIO

  • Storage Replica

Q&A

The answers to these questions appear in Appendix A. For more practice with exam format questions, use the Pearson Test Prep Software Online.

  1. What two tiers of disk types are used with tiering inside Storage Spaces?

  2. What PowerShell command can you use to connect an iSCSI target in a Windows Server 2016 environment?

  3. What type of partition system does Storage Replica require on disks? What edition of Windows Server 2016 does it require?

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