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EMC D-MSS-DS-23 Dell Midrange Storage Solutions Design 2023 Exam Practice Test

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Question 1

What is the maximum percentage of drives busy that the simple performance path considers to determine the achievable IOPS rate?

Options:

A.

60%

B.

80%

C.

50%

D.

70%

Question 2

A customer has three Dell PowerStore 1000Ts in a cluster and wants to add a PowerStore 5000X. What must they do?

Options:

A.

Create a cluster with the 5000X.

B.

Use the PowerStore CLI to add the appliance.

C.

Reconfigure the existing cluster.

D.

Use the PowerStore Manager to add the appliance.

Question 3

What non-Dell product reports can be generated using My Work?

Options:

A.

HP EVA and IBM SVC

B.

NetApp and HDS

C.

3PAR and IBM XIV

D.

HDS and 3PAR

Question 4

An application owner needs 10 volumes for their application to be created, and they must have snapshots taken simultaneously with write-order-consistency. Which feature in Dell PowerStore should be used to enable this requirement?

Options:

A.

Volume Groups

B.

Snapshot Groups

C.

Data Groups

D.

Consistency Groups

Question 5

Which tool must a Solution Architect use to check compatibility of a new storage solution with an existing infrastructure?

Options:

A.

Live Optics

B.

E-Lab Navigator

C.

Atlas

D.

DTM Assist

Question 6

Which parameters can be defined when sizing a Dell Unity XT solution using the Simple Performance method?

Options:

A.

Read size (KB) Target IOPS

B.

Write size (KB) Initial capacity (TB)

C.

Application workload type Yearly growth rate (%)

D.

Days hot Number of LUNs

Question 7

Which backend port are required to expand the PowerStore x200 models to have NVMe Expansions?

Options:

A.

100 GbE 2-port Mezz card

B.

25 GbE 4-Port Mezz Card

C.

32 Gb FC I/O Module

Question 8

Which Dell PowerStore supported media devices carry a FIPS Type D certification?

Options:

A.

SAS SCM, NVMe SSD, and NVRAM

B.

SAS HDD, NVMe SSD, NVMe SCM, and SAS SSD

C.

NVMe SCM, NVMe SSD, and SAS SSD

D.

SAS SSD, NVMe SSD, NVMe SCM, and NVRAM

Question 9

A technical architect is helping a customer prepare for a data center maintenance window. All applications must failover to the disaster recovery site. The customer also wants to test their disaster recovery plan. What PowerStore Manager replication option should be used to address the customer's need, and from which site should the option be run?

Options:

A.

Planned failover from target site

B.

Planned failover from source site

C.

Failover from source site

D.

Failover from target site

Question 10

Which sizer option supports configuration of a Midrange solution with hybrid dynamic pools?

Options:

A.

Advanced Performance

B.

Quick Configuration

C.

System Designer

D.

Simple Performance

Question 11

How many writes per day are SAS Flash 4 drives rated at?

Options:

A.

10

B.

3

C.

1

D.

5

Question 12

Which two attributes characterize I/O workloads for sizing the PowerStore storage solution? (Select 2)

Options:

A.

Extent of Serialization

B.

Splitting of Workloads

C.

Random vs. Sequential I/O

D.

Read vs. Write ratios

E.

CloudIQ Reporting

Question 13

What initiates an automatic NAS server failover to the peer SP?

Options:

A.

Assisted internal migration

B.

Network link failure

C.

SP hardware fault

D.

Resource balancing algorithm

Question 14

What is the minimum number of drives in a RAID 6 dynamic pool?

Options:

A.

8

B.

9

C.

6

D.

7

Question 15

What is the recommended order for connecting DAEs to SAS ports when only two ports are available on each SP of a Dell Unity XT DPE?

Options:

A.

DAE 1 to SAS Bus 1 -DAE 2 to SAS Bus 1 -DAE 3 to SAS Bus 0

B.

DAE 1 to SAS Bus 0 -DAE 2 to SAS Bus 1 -DAE 3 to SAS Bus 0

C.

DAE 1 to SAS Bus 1 -DAE 2 to SAS Bus 0 -DAE 3 to SAS Bus 1

D.

DAE 1 to SAS Bus 0 -DAE 2 to SAS Bus 0 -DAE 3 to SAS Bus 1

Question 16

A customer has a PowerStore 3200T system with only base enclosure consisting of 15 SSD 1920 GB drives and wants to expand the available capacity. What is the most cost-effective drive addition from a raw and usable capacity perspective to achieve the result wanted by the customer?

Options:

A.

6 x 1920 NVMe SSD drives

B.

6 x 3840 NVMe SSD drives

C.

6 x 750 GB NVMe SCM drives

Question 17

What information must a solution architect gather before they start designing a storage solution?

Options:

A.

Application response, LAN, and WAN requirements

B.

Network Infrastructure, Storage, and Customer workload performance requirements

C.

LAN, SAN, and IOPS requirements

D.

LAN, SAN, and Customer workload requirements

Question 18

What are differences between the Dell Unity XT 380F array and the Dell Unity XT 880F array?

Options:

A.

Dell Unity XT 380F has converged network adapter ports. Dell Unity XT 880F has embedded mezzanine ports.

B.

Dell Unity XT 380F supports dynamic storage pools. Dell Unity XT 880F does not support dynamic storage pools.

C.

Dell Unity XT 380F has embedded mezzanine ports. Dell Unity XT 880F has converged network adapter ports.

D.

Dell Unity XT 380F does not support dynamic storage pools. Dell Unity XT 880F supports dynamic storage pools.

Question 19

What is the minimum number of IP addresses for optimal performance of PowerStoreX?

Options:

A.

7

B.

4

C.

6

D.

9

Question 20

Which tool can be used for proactive monitoring and anomalies detection for a Unity environment?

Options:

A.

CloudIQ

B.

InsightIQ

C.

Unisphere

D.

ArrayconfigAnalyzer

Question 21

Which CPU family is used on a Dell Unity XT 480?

Options:

A.

Haswell

B.

Ice Lake

C.

Broadwell

D.

Skylake

Question 22

What does the Storage Performance Saturation field show in the Configurations tab of the PowerStore sizing tool in a Multi-Appliance solution?

Options:

A.

Aggregate of all workloads

B.

Maximum Performance

C.

Aggregate of all capacity

D.

Maximum usable capacity

Question 23

An architect is designing a cost-effective PowerStore solution in sizer that is expected to perform in the event of a node failure without impacting the max performance. What must be considered?

Options:

A.

Set Max Performance Saturation to 50% while sizing.

B.

Plan and design a disaster recovery site.

C.

Set Performance Growth to 50% while sizing.

D.

Provide a higher model than the sizer-recommended solution.

Question 24

Which tool is used to remediate issues discovered during a site evaluation?

Options:

A.

CloudIQ

B.

ECT

C.

Live Optics

D.

Grab

Question 25

What is Dell's recommendation for scheduling FAST VP relocation?

Options:

A.

Before backups or nightly batch processing

B.

During backups or nightly batch processing

C.

After backups or nightly batch processing

D.

Before and After backups or nightly batch processing

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