What is a characteristic of host Fibre Channel initiators?

Can be associated with multiple initiator paths

A company bought a new Windows 2019 server with FC HBA cards installed in it. There is
an existing Dell EMC Unity XT storage array in the datacenter. The storage administrator has
been asked to provision a 2 TB LUN to this new server.

According to best practices, what is the step-by-step procedure to accomplish this?

3In the Windows server, go to Disk Management and scan for new devices
2 Create a 2 TB LUN and provide access to the host from Unisphere GUI
4Create disk partition and format the partition
1 Physically connect the server to the SAN and configure zones

What capability is provided by the Dell EMC CIFS Management snap-in?

Manage local NAS Server users

Manage home directories
Configure NAS Server registry settings
Configure share permissions

4.

What is a benefit of Dell EMC Unity XT file-level retention?

Protects data from deletion or modification

Which protocols are supported by Dell EMC UnityVSA for storage provisioning?

iSCSI, NFS, and SMB

SMB and NFS only
iSCSI and SMB only
FC, NFS, and iSCSI
After performing the initial configuration of a new Dell EMC UnityVSA single-SP offering,
when do alerts concerning license expiration first occur?

4 weeks prior to expiration

15 days prior to expiration
3 weeks prior to expiration
7 days prior to expiration

8.

How does Dell EMC Unity Compliance FLR differ from Enterprise FLR?

Compliance protects block and file data content.

Enterprise protects only file data content.
Both protect CIFS, NFS and FTP data content.
Compliance also meets US SEC rules for digital storage.
Compliance protects only file data content.
Enterprise protects block and file data content.
Both protect CIFS, NFS and FTP data content.
Enterprise also meets US SEC rules for digital storage.

9.

What is a consideration when implementing a Thin Clone on a Dell EMC Unity XT array?

Thin Clone can be expanded independently from the Base LUN

Data Reduction can be enabled independently on source LUN and on Thin Clon

What determines the size of the dynamic pool private LUN?

Dell EMC Unity XT storage array model

Number of drives in the dynamic pool
Number of RAID extents associated with the private LUN
Data protection method assigned to the dynamic pool

What is the default NFS share access permission?

 No Access

Read-Only
Read/Write
Read-only, allow Root

12.

What is the maximum number of SAS ports available on a Dell EMC Unity XT 680?

4
6
7
8

In addition to Unisphere CLI, what interfaces are available to administer and manage a Dell
EMC Unity XT storage system?

REST API and UEMCLI

A storage administrator is tasked with configuring a density-based Host I/O policy based on
the following requirements:

 Resource Size: 400 GB LUN

 Density Limit: 15 IOPS

What is the total IOPS set by this policy?

4000
6000
6500
8000

How does a Dell EMC Unity XT array with dynamic pools rebuild failed drives?
 Uses spare space reserved within the pool

What term refers to the link between a host initiator and a target port on a Dell EMC Unity
XT storage system?

Initiator Path
Target Path
Logical Path
Physical Path

A storage administrator configured a hybrid Unity XT storage system using one default pool
containing only drives of the performance tier. They need to expand the Unity with Flash as
well as NL-SAS drives and make use of FAST VP using all three tiers. The FAST VP license
is already installed.

What is the correct way to add and configure the pool(s)?

Add one or more RAID Groups of NL-SAS and Flash drives to the existing pool

18.

What determines the maximum file size on Dell EMC UnityVSA?

Available disk capacity

Defined by its license
Dell EMC Unity OE version

What block size is used to copy highly accessed data from disks into FAST Cache on a Dell
EMC Unity XT storage system?

16 KB
32 KB
64 KB
128 KB

Which operation can be performed during both synchronous and asynchronous replication
sessions?
 Failback
Sync
Failover with Sync
Failover (planned)

21.

Which CRUs are hot plugable?

DAE, SP, DPE PS

What data is sent using ESRS, even when call home suppression is enabled?

Configuration
CloudIQ

System alerts
Diagnostic

23.

Which tool enables vSphere to determine the capabilities of a Dell EMC Unity XT storage
system?

SRM
VASA
ESA
SRA

A storage administrator wants to configure a Dell EMC Unity XT system to join the list of
arrays remotely monitored for activity and system status. The administrator is using
Unisphere Central. The security policy on the Unisphere server is set to automatic.

What additional security information must be specified in the Unisphere Settings window to
enable communication with Unisphere Central?

Unisphere Central IP address and Central Hash

Unisphere Central Hash and challenge phrase
 Unisphere Central IP address and login credentials
Unisphere Central Hash and login credentials

What are characteristics of a copy of a file system snapshot?

Read/write, shareable to clients

26.

A storage administrator wants to access a previously created snapshot on an NFS share. What
should the storage administrator do?

Open the hidden “.ckpt” data path

What are four constraints defined in a VMware Capability Profile?

Service Level, Access, Protocol, and Space Efficiency

Protocol Endpoint, Drive Type, RAID Level, and VM UUID
Service Level, Drive Type, RAID Level, and Space Efficiency
Capacity, Drive Type, RAID Level, and Data Reduction

A storage administrator needs to connect a new iSCSI host to a Dell EMC Unity XT array.
Which I/O modules support host iSCSI connectivity?

10 GbE Base-T and 25 GbE optical

What is the maximum size to which a UFS64 file system can be extended on a Dell EMC
Unity XT?

32 TB
64 TB
128 TB
256 TB
When can a file system be defined as thin or thick?

Only when enabling or disabling Data Reduction

Only when migrating the file system
Only when creating the file system
Any time after the file system has been created

A storage administrator using Unisphere has inadvertently disabled Data Reduction on an

existing LUN. What results from this action?

Existing data is left in its current state.

New data is neither deduplicated nor compressed.
A background LUN migration occurs, moving the data to a new LUN where it is
inflated.
New data is neither deduplicated nor compressed.
Data Reduction, once enabled, cannot be disabled.
New data is deduplicated or compressed.
Existing data is dynamically inflated to its full size, undoing the impact of deduplication
and compression.
New data is neither deduplicated nor compressed.

A storage administrator has attached a snapshot to a host but cannot write to the snapshot.
What is most likely the cause of this issue?
 Snapshot was not restored first
Same HLU was used for the snapshot as for the source LUN
Same host LUN ID was used for the snapshot as a regular LUN
Snapshot is attached as read-only

What is a consideration when designing a replication solution using the native Dell EMC
Unity XT Replication feature?

Synchronous remote replication supports replication to only one remote Dell EMC
Unity XT systems

What is a characteristic of the Advanced Deduplication fingerprint cache?

The cache is stored temporarily on each of the system disks.

There are two fingerprint caches per storage processor.
The cache is enabled on any storage resource that has Data Reduction enabled.
There is one fingerprint cache per storage processor.

What is a feature of Dell EMC UnityVSA systems?

Traditional storage pools

Synchronous replication
Data at Rest Encryption
Dynamic storage pools
What is the correct sequence of steps to provision storage for NFS NAS clients?
4 Mount the shared file system to the client
2 Create file systems and file system shares based on the supported protocol
3 Provide client access to the storage resources via NFS storage protocol
1 Group hard drives into storage pools

44.

A storage administrator is tasked with creating a DR solution for block and file storage
resources on a Dell EMC Unity XT 680F system at a primary production site. The company
has two other campus locations:

 Campus A is located 50 km away and has a Dell EMC Unity XT 480 Hybrid system.
 Campus B is located 200 km away and has a Dell EMC UnityVSA system.

What should the storage administrator do to provide the best protection of storage resources
while meeting recommended latency levels?
Replicate block storage resources asynchronously to Campus A
Replicate file storage resources synchronously to Campus A
Replicate block storage resources synchronously to Campus A
Replicate file storage resources asynchronously to Campus B
 Replicate block storage resources synchronously to Campus A
Replicate file storage resources synchronously to Campus A
Replicate block storage resources asynchronously to Campus B
Replicate file storage resources asynchronously to Campus A

A storage administrator wants to expand the current FAST Cache size from 800 GB to the
maximum allowed size on a Unity XT 680. How many drives, and of what type, do they need
to add?

12 Flash 2 drives of 400 GB each

Which SNMP versions are supported by Dell EMC Unity XT?

SNMPv1, SNMPv2c, and SNMPv3

SNMPv2c and SNMPv3 only
SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c only
SNMPv1 and SNMPv3 only

47.

What is the purpose of protocol endpoints when provisioning Dell EMC Unity XT VVol
datastores to VMware ESXi hosts?

Create data path between the ESXi host and a VVol datastore

What options are available under Service Tasks in Unisphere?

Enable SSH, Upload Configuration, and Change Password

Hardware Upgrade, Reinitialize, and Power down
Reinitialize, Disable SSH, and Save Configuration
Reinitialize, Power down, and Restart Management Server

49.
What is the maximum hierarchical Snapshot level, for both LUNs and file systems, on Dell
EMC Unity XT storage system?

10

What is an advantage of using initCLI to assign an IP address to a Dell EMC Unity storage
system?

Allows additional services beyond what the Connection Utility offers

Supports an IPv6 configuration
Does not require the host to have Java installed
Supports the configuration of DHCP addresses

51.

Observing the SP Fault LED during initial power up, what colors and time durations does the
SP use to indicate that it is ready for initialization?

Blue for 3 seconds, then amber for 1 second

Amber for 1 second, then green for 2 seconds

What is a benefit of using FAST VP on an Dell EMC Unity XT array?

Reduces TCO

Improves RPO
Improves RTO
Reduces CapEx

A storage administrator is replicating a NAS Server from one Dell EMC Unity XT to another.
The destination system has a different network scheme than the source system.

What operation must be done on the destination system NAS Server to ensure data is
accessible after failover?

Change the Override properties

A test NFS server running a stress test program consumes nearly all file system space. This
causes performance slowdowns on production hosts sharing the same file system.

Which Dell EMC Unity XT feature could the storage administrator use to prevent a re-
occurrence of this problem?

File System Quotas

55.

What is the correct sequence of steps to create a replication session on an existing LUN?

4 Choose the destination

2 Start the Configure Replication wizard
1 Select the Replication tab from the LUN Properties page
3 Choose the replication mode

Which policy status condition is available for Host I/O Limits?

Error
Resuming
Global Paused
Disabled

When an Active replication session state indicates normal operations, what is the sync state
of the source and destination resources?

In Sync

A storage administrator needs to move a LUN (Dev_ops) from pool_1 to pool_2 on a Dell
EMC Unity XT storage array. The array is asynchronously replicating to another Dell EMC
Unity XT system at a DR site. There is a Snapshot Schedule and user-defined snapshot
created on this LUN.

What is the correct approach to move Dev_ops to pool_2?

 Move Dev_ops to pool_2 using Local LUN Move feature.

Delete replication session, move Dev_ops to pool_2 using Local LUN Move, create
Snapshot Schedule, and reconfigure replication session.
Delete replication session, move Dev_ops to pool_2 using Local LUN Move, and
reconfigure replication session.
Delete replication session, move Dev_ops to pool_2 using Local LUN Move, create
user-defined snapshot, and reconfigure replication session.

What is a characteristic of the IP Packet Reflect feature running on a Dell EMC Unity XT
NAS Server?

Outbound packets use the same interface as the inbound packets

A storage administrator is configuring asynchronous remote replication. What is the total

number of internal snapshots created on the source and destination systems?

31.

Match each tiering policy to its respective description.

Policy: Description:

C Start High then Auto-Tier

A Highest Available Tier

D Lowest Available Tier

B Auto-Tier
Initial data placement and subsequent
data relocations are set to the highest
A.
performing tier of drives with
available space.
Initial data placement optimizes the
pool capacity, then relocates slices to
B.
different tiers based on the activity
levels of the slices.
 Initial data is placed on slices from
the highest tier with available space,
C. then data is relocated based on
performance statistics and slice
activity.
Initial data placement and subsequent
D. relocations are preferred on the lowest
tier with available space.

Which VASA API protocol is used over HTTPS to integrate with Dell EMC UnityVSA?

REST
SOAP
WSDL
SNMP

46.

On a Dell EMC Unity XT, what SP tasks are available in Service Mode?

Reimage, Execute, and Reboot

Reboot, Reimage, and Reset and Hold

A storage administrator wants to perform a load balancing task on a Dell EMC Unity XT
storage system. They identify a multi-protocol based NAS server that needs to be moved to
Storage Processor B.

Which clients experience no data disruption during the move activity?

SMB3 with CA, NFS