DELL EMC D-PE-OE-23 Practice Exams
Last updated on Oct 23,2026- Exam Code: D-PE-OE-23
- Exam Name: Dell Technologies PowerEdge Operate 2023
- Certification Provider: DELL EMC
- Latest update: Oct 23,2026
A technician is attempting to update firmware using the Automatic Update feature of the iDRAC GUI. However, the Automatic Updates tab is missing from the iDRAC System Update page.
What is the issue?
- A . iDRAC needs to be reset
- B . Automatic Update server may be down
- C . iDRAC is missing the Enterprise license
- D . User is not logged in as Root
A server is being up as a VMware ESXi host. A technician needs to install the OS on an internal SD card. They install the SD card. However, during OS installation, the SD card is not visible.
What should the technician do to fix the issue?
- A . Enable the SD card in the BIOS Settings
- B . Format the SD card with an EXT3 partition before installation
- C . Move the SD card from slot 2 to slot 1
- D . Use Lifecycle Controller to install the SD card
Which sections are included in the iDRAC Troubleshooting tab?
- A . Post Code, Diagnostics, and Video capture
- B . Diagnostics, Last crash screen, and Post Code
- C . Video capture, Post Code, and Last crash screen
- D . Last crash screen, Video capture, and, Diagnostics
A server has both processor sockets populated. An adapter card in the server is not functioning. However, no errors are displayed. The technician reboots the server, enters the System Setup utility, and selects System BIOS.
What should the technician do before replacing the adapter card?
- A . Select Integrated Device Settings > Slot Disablement
Verify that the adapter slot is enabled - B . Select System Profile > Custom
Verify that the adapter slots for both processors are enabled - C . Select Device Settings
Reset the adapter card to default settings - D . Select Processor Settings
Verify that the slots associated with processor 1 are enabled
An engineer must install a new GPU card in a Dell PowerEdge 15G server. They discover the server has two 570W PSU, but the new configuration requires 900W of power. More powerful PSUs are ordered.
What can be done for the system to support the GPU card before replacing the PSUs?
- A . Enable Power Capping and set a limit of 150%.
- B . Change the redundancy configuration to 2+0.
- C . Disable Power Capping and remove any limit.
Case Study 1
A company has several independent business units that operate globally. The company has consolidated its IT infrastructure services and operations. Common infrastructural services which include IPAM, DNS, NTP, DHCP, and SMTP have been consolidated.
The company has complimented its infrastructure development by investing in Dell EMC Isilon clusters to host its user’s home and group directories and for compliance archival purposes required by individual business units. The IT operations are located in India and the United States with its primary data center facilities co-located between New York and Texas.
The company has a total of 60 AD forests:
– 1 main domain
– 55 domains have one-way trust relationships with the main domain
– An additional 4 domains do not have any trust relationship with no future plans of establishing trust relationships with the other domains.
Users of different AD domains use different FQDN to access their corresponding file services. Additionally, the company does not plan to consolidate the AD domains and each domain uses a different IP subnet.
The users of the domains with no trust relationships have a compliance archival requirement. The company wants to all data to be replicated between New York and Texas.
How many tenant Access zones will be required?
- A . 1
- B . 55
- C . 59
- D . 60
A PowerEdge R640 server has a failure on one of its onboard NICs and sends an alert to technician support. The assigned technician needs to order a FRU to resolve the issue.
What action should the technician take?
- A . Replace the system board after first backing up the server profile
- B . Order a new NDC and replace the failing NDC
- C . Use the iDRAC to reset the NDC to default values then reconfigure. If that fails replace the NDC
- D . Order a new NIC port then replace the failing NIC port on the NDC
A technician recently installed a supported third-party PCIe expansion card and updated the iDRAC firmware on a server. The server is now experiencing internal temperatures that are higher than normal. A second technician is troubleshooting the server and discovers that the expansion card is hot to the touch.
What should the technician do to resolve this issue?
- A . Adjust the Multi Vector Cooling values.
- B . Adjust the power settings.
- C . Reseat all the fans.
- D . Replace the fans one at a time until the faulty fan is identified.
Which NDC options can be ordered for a Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd server?
- A . Two 10 Gbps
Two 10 Gbps and two 25 Gbps
Four 25 Gbps - B . Four 1 Gbps
Two 10 Gbps and two 25 Gbps
Two 25 Gbps - C . Four 1 Gbps
Four 10 Gbps
Two 25 Gbps and two 1 Gbps - D . Four 10 Gbps
Two 10 Gbps and two 1 Gbps
Two 25 Gbps
A user has a service with only one processor installed with 6x 32 GB ROIMMs. A technician was asked to install a second processor. After installing the second processor, the technician finds that the second processor is not operational.
What should be done to make the second processor operation?
- A . The second CPU socket needs to be enabled
- B . Logical processor must be enabled in the BIOS
- C . The iDRAC license needs to be at either Express or Enterprise levels
- D . The ROIMMs need to be moved so that there are three RDIMMs on each CPU