DELL EMC D-PE-OE-23 Practice Exams
Last updated on Oct 22,2026- Exam Code: D-PE-OE-23
- Exam Name: Dell Technologies PowerEdge Operate 2023
- Certification Provider: DELL EMC
- Latest update: Oct 22,2026
What happens when the Hardware Root of Trust fails to validate the BIOS?
- A . Boot Guard switches over to the backup BIOS and logs a warning in the system event log.
- B . Automated BIOS Recovery process recovers the BIOS from the DUP saved in the control panel.
- C . The server continues running and logs a critical error in the system event log.
- D . The server shuts down and logs a critical error in the system event log.
A technician needs to use the Lifecycle Controller to update the server usingftp.dell.com.
Which step must the technician take to complete this task?
- A . Download the repository to a local USB
- B . Providethe FTP credentials
- C . Configure the Lifecycle Controller with an IP address
- D . Enable FTP protocol in the Lifecycle Controller
A technician is creating a virtual disk in the DRAC (2x 4 TB NL-SAS in RAID 1) to install Windows 2016. They manually boot to the OS installation media without using the Lifecycle Controller OS Deployment wizard. Only the first 2048 GB on the virtual disk can be partitioned.
How should the technician obtain access to the remaining 2 TB (approximately) of storage?
- A . Delete the 4 TB virtual disk and create a virtual (boot) disk no longer than 2048 GB.
- B . Upgrade to a newer version of the operating system.
- C . Use the lifecycle Controller’s OS Deployment Wizard to deploy the OS on this server.
- D . Use F2 to go into the BIOS, change the BIOS boot mode to UEFI, and try again.
A technician needs to remotely install the OS on a server using iDRAC virtual media.
What is the minimum iDRAC license required to perform this task?
- A . Express
- B . Enterprise
- C . Standard
- D . Datacenter
A technician must use the iDRAC UI to roll back a diagnostics firmware revision on a server that was updated four weeks previously. However, the replaced version cannot be found in the Firmware Rollback section on the iDRAC UI.
What is the cause of this issue?
- A . The Rollback feature was not enabled in iDRAC Settings.
- B . Diagnostics firmware is not supported in the Rollback feature.
- C . The Lifecycle Controller was not updated before the rollback.
- D . Firmware can only be rolled back within a week of being replaced.
A technician must create a RAID array that uses striping with double parity.
Which RAID level must be used?
- A . RAID 5
- B . RAID 10
- C . RAID 50
- D . RAID 6
A company has scheduled downtime for updates to one of their Enterprise licensed Dell PowerEdge systems. The technician responsible for the task wants to have the updates applied automatically during the downtime without having to install additional Dell software.
What step must the technician perform?
- A . Use the Platform Update feature in the Lifecycle Controller to schedule an update task with reboot
- B . Use the Server Update utility to schedule an automatic update task with reboot
- C . Use the iDRAC Web Interface to schedule automatic updates with reboot
- D . Use the Automatic Updates feature in the Open Manage Server Administrator to schedule updates with reboot
Where is the data stored to allow Easy Restore to successfully complete a system board replacement?
- A . IDSDM card
- B . Internal USB flash
- C . BOSS
- D . Front control panel
A technician needs to install a server with a PERC RAID controller and 24, 2.5" SAS SED drives.
The installation requires the following items to be created:
– Three equal-sized virtual disks
– Encrypted virtual disks
– A global hot spare
In addition to selecting the physical drive to be the hot spare disk, what tasks should the technician perform to set up the RAID controller?
- A . Boot to Ctrl+R and create the three virtual disks
Select each physical drive and enable encryption - B . Boot to F12 and create the three virtual disks
Select each physical drive and enable encryption - C . Boot to F12 and create the three virtual disks
Select each virtual disk and enable encryption - D . Access the iDRAC GUI and create the three virtual disks
Select each virtual disk and enable encryption
What are two ways to check on the health status of a server? (Select 2)
- A . iDRAC Dashboard
- B . System BIOS
- C . Front panel LEDs
- D . iDRAC Settings Overview
- E . Job Queue