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1
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When planning rack layout, why should base enclosures be grouped together?

A. Power distribution requirements
B. Rack weight balance
C. Ease of cable management
D. Hot aisle requirement

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C

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What does the remote replication Failover operation do?

A. Fully synchronizes the source and destination data states and reverses the replication direction
B. Fully synchronizes the source and destination data states and stops the current replication session
C. Promotes the destination system to production with its replica data consistent to the last successful
RPO synchronization state
D. Promotes the destination system to production and resets the RPO synchronization cycle in the
protection policy

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C

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What describes the Import External Storage feature?

A. An external plugin feature for hosts to tune application workload IO on PowerStore NVMe based
storage
B. A native network configuration feature of PowerStore that configures external Ethernet switching for
PowerStore installation
C. A feature external to PowerStore that orchestrates vMotion movement of virtual machines onto
PowerStore X systems
D. A native data migration feature of PowerStore that imports external block storage to PowerStore

A

D

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What is the recommended Windows multi-pathing policy for block volumes on a PowerStore array?

A. Least QueueDepth
B. Round-Robin
C. FailOver
D. Least Weighted Paths

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D

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While configuring a Dell switch with PowerStore, what are the recommended license outputs from a
show license status command?

A. Type: Term-Based, Status: Active
B. Status: Perpetual, Type: Open
C. Type: Perpetual, Status: Active
D. Status: Term-Based, Type: Unlimited

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C

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A protection policy with snapshot and replication rules is applied to a file system. What is the result?

A. Applying the protection policy to the file system fails
B. Replication rules get ignored and only snapshot rules get applied
C. Both replication and snapshot rules get applied
D. Snapshot rules get ignored and only replication rules get applied

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C

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Which IP addresses are required when adding an appliance to the cluster?

A. DNS and NTP
B. Storage and NTP
C. Management and Storage
D. Management and DNS

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C

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A storage administrator has configured the addition of a VNX2 as a remote system for migration.
Which Import External Storage migration feature architectural components are now established?

A. Host iSCSI initiators are registered on the VNX2 storage system
B. Data path and management control path to the source storage system
C. Data path and management control path to the access host
D. Host Fibre Channel initiators are registered on the VNX2 storage system

A

B

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What is a way to verify the data path connectivity between a source VNX2 storage system and the
PowerStore system when configuring an import session?

A. Examine Fibre Channel zoning
B. Verify host initiators on PowerStore Manager
C. Review Server Manager MPIO properties
D. Use the VNX2 SP ping operation

A

D

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What is the correct power up sequence for a PowerStore?

A. 1. Base Enclosure Node B, 2. Base Enclosure Node A, 3. Expansion Enclosure
B. 1. Base Enclosure, 2. Expansion Enclosure
C. 1. Base Enclosure Node A, 2. Base Enclosure Node B, 3. Expansion Enclosure
D. 1. Expansion Enclosure, 2. Base Enclosure

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D

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What is the total number of NVRAM devices used in PowerStore 3000?

A. 2
B. 4
C. Up to 6
D. Up to 21

A

A

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Which API does PowerStore use to communicate with ESXi server during vVols provisioning operation?

A. REST
B. SOAP
C. VAAI
D. VASA

A

D

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What is a requirement for the Import External Storage migration feature?

A. Fibre channel connectivity between the source and Powerstore storage
B. Host with Powerath-based multipathing software
C. iSCSI connectivity between the source and PowerStore storage
D. Powerstore LACP bonded ports tagged for Replication

A

C

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A PowerStore T cluster has 3 appliances. Users are unable to access NAS services. What might be the
issue?

A. Master appliance is off-line
B. NAS appliance failover is incorrectly configured
C. Trial license is expired
D. Resource balancer service has failed

A

B

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What are the IP requirements for ICW on PowerStore X and PowerStore T models?

A. PowerStore T requires three storage IP addresses and PowerStore X requires five storage IP addresses
B. PowerStore T requires four management IP addresses and PowerStore X requires six management IP
addresses
C. PowerStore T requires five management IP addresses and PowerStore X requires six management IP
addresses
D. PowerStore T requires seven storage IP addresses and PowerStore X requires three storage IP
addresses

A

B

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Which network is used by the PowerStore for communication to the cluster database?

A. inter-node
B. ICM
C. IDN
D. ICD

A

B

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What does the data import session Pause operation do?

A. Deactivates the host to PowerStore control path
B. Stops the source to PowerStore background copy operation
C. Stops the source to PowerStore cutover operation
D. Deactivates the host to PowerStore data path

A

B

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18
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An administrator received the following alert from PowerStore regarding a previously created NAS
server?
Description:
The SMB server of the NAS server PowerStore_NAS_01 is configured to be joined to the domain
test.mid, but is currently not joined.
Which setting should the administrator change?

A. UDS
B. SMB
C. LDAP
D. NTP

A

B

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19
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What is the logical block size when creating and formatting volumes on PowerStore for Windows hosts?

A. 512 bytes
B. 520 bytes
C. 4096 bytes
D. 64 kilobytes

A

A

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20
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When a Volume is selected for the intercluster migration, what other data services associated with the
volume will also be moved with it?

A. Thin Clones and snapshots
B. Thin Clones and File systems
C. Replications and Volume Groups
D. NAS Servers and File.systems

A

A

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21
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An administrator receives an alert on a PowerStore Cluster with three appliances:
The appliance A1 is projected to run out of space in 8 days Capacity utilization is above 90 percent
Which tools are available to assist the Administrator with a potential resolution?

A. Thin provision conversion wizard
B. System Optimization
C. Space reclamation wizard
D. Assisted Migration

A

C

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An administrator is trying to set a performance policy while creating a Thin Clone of a volume group.
Why is the option to set performance policy unavailable?

A. Volumes in the volume group are not mapped to any hosts
B. No Volumes are added in the volume group
C. Thin Clones cannot be created using a volume group
D. Performance policy can only be set on a Thin Clone volume

A

C

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23
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A storage administrator has provisioned a 50GB volume and presented it to an application. The
application owner has requested that the volume be replicated to a secondary array. Which policy
should be assigned to the volume to enable replication?

A. Protection
B. Performance
C. Remote
D. Replication

A

D

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24
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A PowerStore X system is being implemented using Dell EMC S5248F-ON Ethernet switching as data
switches.
What is required when configuring the VLT interconnects on the data switches?

A. Assign the switch default route for the VLT traffic
B. Set the VLT connection to the switch default VLAN
C. On each switch, select the switch management port MAC as the VLT MAC
D. Configure the VLT MACs with a matching unique made-up address

A

D

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25
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What is the final configuration step when installing the ImportKit for a Windows host accessing VNX2
storage?

A. Select the folder location on the host for the program installation
B. Select the RSA key for configuring the control path HTTPS certificate
C. Configure the network port and interface for the host data path
D. Configure the network port and interface for the management control path

A

C

26
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How many cables are required for minimum support for PowerStore T Front-End storage connectivity?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 4
D. 6

A

B

27
Q

An administrator assigns a protection policy to a volume group. Volume1, Volume2, Volume3 are put
into the volume group. Later it is decided that Volume2 should be replicated at a different time. Volume2
is removed from the volume group. The administrator attempts to assign a new protection policy to
Volume2 and the option is greyed out.
Why is the option greyed out?

A. Already has a protection policy from the Volume-Group
B. Requires a replication rule not a protection policy
C. Requires a snapshot rule and a replication rule
D. Still has associated Volume-Group snapshots

A

D

28
Q

What describes the process used in the Import External Storage migration architecture?

A. Orchestrator on PowerStore communicates over the control path to the host plugin and controls the
multipathing active path to storage
B. Plugin on PowerStore communicates over the control path to orchestrator on the host and controls
the multipathing active path to storage
C. Orchestrator on PowerStore communicates over the data path to the host plugin and controls the
multipathing active path to storage
D. Plugin on PowerStore communicates over the data path to orchestrator on the host and controls the
multipathing active path to storage

A

C

29
Q

How is the upgrade process on a multi-appliance cluster run?

A. Master appliance primary node first, then the peer node
B. On one node at a time
C. On all primary nodes first, then peer nodes
D. In parallel on all nodes

A

B

30
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An administrator has performed the Cutover operation for an import session from a VNX2 source storage
system.
What is a result of the operation?

A. Host is removed from the VNX2 Storage Group
B. Imported LUN is removed from the VNX2 Storage Group
C. Storage Group containing the imported LUN is deleted
D. Imported LUN is deleted from the VNX2

A

B

31
Q

A storage administrator has provisioned 10 × 2GB volumes. 400MB of data is written to each of the ten
volumes. What is the Thin Savings ratio for this configuration?

A. 3:1
B. 4:1
C. 5:1
D. 6:1

A

B

32
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Which type of network is used for storage migration between appliances?

A. Inter-node network
B. Intra-Cluster Management network
C. Intra-Cluster Data network
D. Storage network

A

B

33
Q

Match the correct Base Enclosure port in column A to the Expansion Enclosure port in column B to show
the correct cabling for adding a single expansion enclosure to a base enclosure.

Node A SAS Port B - LCC B Port A
Node B SAS Port B - LCC A Port B
Node A SAS Port A - LCC B Port B
Node B SAS Port A - LCC A Port A

A

Node B SAS Port B - LCC B Port A
Node B SAS Port A - LCC A Port B
Node A SAS Port A - LCC B Port B
Node A SAS Port B - LCC A Port A

34
Q

How is the VASA provider registered with vSphere when connecting to a PowerStore X system?

A. VASA is unsupported in PowerStore X models
B. Built into the PowerStore X system code
C. Automatically added during Initial Configuration
D. Manually added from vCenter server using add storage provider option

A

C

35
Q

What does a Storage Administrator need to consider about Resource Balance when assigning volumes?

A. Whether the Cluster is offline Node failure status
I/O utilization
B. Whether the appliance is online Appliance failure status
Cluster utilization
C. Whether the Node is offline Appliance failure status Node utilization
D. Whether the appliance is offline Appliance failure status Capacity utilization

A

D

36
Q

Which administrator tasks are needed to increase the size of a VMFS datastore without the use of the VSI
plugin, mounted to an external ESXi host?

A. Change the volume size in PowerStore Manager and refresh the size of the datastore in vSphere
B. Change the volume size in PowerStore Manager and restart the VASA service in vSphere
C. Change the size of the datastore in vSphere and refresh the size of the volume in PowerStore Manager
D. Change the size of the datastore in vSphere and restart the VAAI service in PowerStore Manager

A

A

37
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What describes the remote replication Failover operation?

A. It is run automatically by the replication destination system in the event of a source system outage
B. It is run from the replication destination system by the administrator in the event of a source system
outage
C. It is run automatically by the replication source system in the event of a source system outage
D. It is run from the replication source system by the administrator in the event of an outage on the
system

A

B

38
Q

Match the CLI command to the appropriate configuration:

  1. Ensure the switch has preceedence
  2. Configure a switch as a VLT backup
  3. Add VLTi ports to a VLTi domain
  4. Commit and save configuration
  5. Disable L2 Mode on a VLTi interface
A
  1. primary-priority 1
  2. backup destination 172.17.57.30
  3. discovery-interface ethernet 1/1/55-1/1/56
  4. copy running-configuration startup-configuration
  5. no switchport
39
Q

A PowerStore T administrator discovers that only one port on each node is active and passing traffic. The
other port is healthy and online, but total bandwidth is only half of what the customer expects. Which
action could resolve the issue?

A. Configure VLT and Link Aggregation Control Protocol
B. Implement VLT and Dynamic Link Aggregation Group
C. Configure Link Aggregation Control Protocol and Dynamic Link Aggregation Group
D. Implement Dynamic Link Aggregation Group

A

A

40
Q

A customer wants to add capacity to their PowerStore 5000T. The system is populated with 6 NVMe SCM
750 GB drives. What is the maximum number and type of drives that can be added to the base
enclosure?

A. 15 NVMe SCM
B. 15 NVMe SSD
C. 17 NVMe SCM
D. 17 NVMe SSD

A

A

41
Q

What is the significance of the warning given when a volume with data services is deleted?

A. Volume is mapped to a host
B. Volume is participating in a migration
C. Snapshot is present on the volume
D. Protection policy is configured on the volume

A

C

42
Q

A customer is new to PowerStore and asks if there are any differences between the A and B back-end
ports. What is the correct response?

A. All ports on the base enclosure are input ports
B. All ports on the base enclosure are output ports
C. “A” ports are input ports and “B” ports are output ports
D. “A” ports are output ports and “B” ports are input ports

A

C

43
Q

A SQL Cluster with attached PowerStore storage has Volumes SQL1, SQL2, SQL4, SQL5 which all require
write order preservation. The SQL administrator no longer requires SQL4 and has removed it from the
database. The Storage Administrator goes to delete volume SQL4 and finds that the option is grayed out.

Why is the option to delete the volume unavailable?

A. SQL4 was renamed from SQL3
B. SQL4 still has replications
C. SQL4 is part of a volume group
D. SQL4 still has snapshots

A

C

44
Q

What is the maximum number of appliances that can be connected to form a cluster?

A. 1 in a PowerStore T cluster, 4 in a PowerStore X cluster
B. 1 in a PowerStore T cluster, 1 in a PowerStore X cluster
C. 4 in a PowerStore T cluster, 4 in a PowerStore X cluster
D. 4 in a PowerStore T cluster, 1 in a PowerStore X cluster

A

C

45
Q

Which ports are recommended for use as the interconnect between the two Dell supplied Data Switches connected to PowerStore?

A. Two 10 GigE
B. Two 25 GbE
C. Two 100 GigE
D. Four 1 GbE

A

C

46
Q

At what point in the configuration of an External Storage Import session does the data path from the
host to the PowerStore system become the active IO path?

A. When the import session begins
B. Before launching the Import Storage wizard
C. During the ImportKit installation
D. As MPIO restarts on the host

A

A

47
Q

A Storage Administrator removed an appliance from the cluster. What is the status of the removed
appliance’s licenses?

A. Licenses are erased
B. No licensing impact
C. Licenses becomes void
D. New licenses are created

A

C

48
Q

A VM administrator uses their PowerStore user account and noticed they are unable to change their
password. Why?

A. Extended schema for Unix users in Active Directory not set
B. VM Administrator role cannot set password
C. In settings > users: enable allow user to change password not set
D. Validate user in Active Directory not set

A

C

49
Q

What is the maximum number of snapshot rules per cluster?

A. 8
B. 16
C. 32
D. 64

A

A

50
Q

What is a result of removing a remote replication session?

A. Remote system relationship is removed
B. replica is deleted from the replication destination
C. ports tagged for replication are untagged
D. replica remains on the replication destination

A

B

51
Q

A storage administrator is attempting to delete a volume, after selecting the volume under Storage > Volumes the delete button was not enabled. Why is the option to delete the volume greyed out?

A. A protection policy is currently assigned
B. Volume has a QoS policy assigned
C. There is/are associated snapshot(s)
D. Volume was part of a previous replication

A

C

52
Q

A customer creates a new volume and maps this volume to a new ESXi host. The customer opens the vCenter server and after browsing the Datastores the new volume does not appear. What is the final operation a customer should carry out to see the newly created volume.

A. Rescan storage from the vCenter Server
B. Ensure multi-pathing is set to round robin
C. Ensure the volume was creted as type VMFS 6
D. Create a Datastore on the vCenter Server.

A

D

53
Q

A storage administrator observes a volume icon with a blue dot. What does this indicate?

A. A volume has host I/O
B. Volume is a thin clone
C. Space reclamation is in process
D. A volume migration is in process

A

D

54
Q

An administrator is planning the deployment of a Powerstore X Cluster. How many IP Addresses are required for the vMotion network?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

A

B

55
Q

Where are the write cache drives located in a Powerstore 7000 base-enclosure?

A. Last 2 slots
B. First 2 slots
C. First 4 slots
D. Last 4 slots

A

D

56
Q

What is needed when configuring the network during the ImportKit installation?

A. Fibre channel zoning between source and Powerpath storage is in place
B. iSCSI CHAP configuration be disabled on all data paths between source and Powerstore storage
C. Host and network firewalls allow Powerstore control path communications
D. Control paths between source and Powerstore storage be in place

A

A

57
Q

What is a configuration step when installing the ImportKit for a Linux host accessing Dell EMC Unity storage?

A. Configure the host iSCSI initiator for hogh availability
B. Select a port number for the host MPIO path
C. Select a port number for the management control path
D. Configure the host iSCSI interface IP addressing

A

B

58
Q

What administrative action is recommended after the migration of all data from an external storage system is completed?

A. Remove the remote system from PowerStore
B. Configure the host mappings for the imported volumes
C. Configure the HLU values for the imported volumes
D. Remove the host agent running on the host

A

A

59
Q

After adding a drive to a Powerstore Base Enclosure in production what should be verified?

A. latch on the drive is in the UP position
B. Status of the added drive using Powerstore Manager
C. Available capacity on existing volumes has increased
D. Operation of the added drive using svc_diag

A

B

60
Q

What is the Powerstore feature used to maintain write order preservation?

A. volume group
B. consistency group
C. application group
D. storage group

A

B

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