You work as a network administrator at ABC.com. The ABC.com network consists of a single
domain named ABC.com. All computers on the ABC.com network are configured to receive their
IPv4 configuration from a DHCP server named ABC_SR05.
The ABC.com network contains server named ABC_SR17 has a Sever Core Installation of
Windows Server 2012 R2.
How would you configure ABC_SR17 to have a static IP address?
A.
You should run the ipconfig command on ABC_SR17.
B.
You should create a DHCP exclusion range for ABC_SR17.
C.
You should run the netdiag command on ABC_SR17.
D.
You should run the netcfg command on ABC_SR17.
E.
You should run the netsh command on ABC_SR17.
F.
You should run the wdsutil command on ABC_SR17.
G.
You should run the wecutil command on ABC_SR17.
Explanation:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/257748
netsh interface ip set address “Local Area Connection” static 192.168.0.10 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.1 1
I am not sure is it good idea to set static IP address on DHCP network without creating exclusion range on DHCP server?
Answer E is correct. You would run the Netsh command on the Server 2012 Core version.
I was also leaning towards Answer B (DHCP Exclusion). But this only sets aside those IP addresses you don’t want DHCP clients to receive. However it does not configure or assign the Static IP Address. For this you need to setup the DHCP Reservation.
Microsoft wants us to choose the best answer from the options provided. If you were left with the options of Netsh and DHCP Exclusion, try reading the question while applying each answer. Hopefully you might pick up Microsoft’s subtle clue on which one is the correct answer.
E is correct, the question is very clear that asking you how to assign to the new core server side not DHCP side.