Certification Overview
This certification benefits any professional implementing and administering PowerStore storage arrays in open systems environments. The certification focuses on configuration, administration, migration, upgrades and basic troubleshooting.
Certification Requirements
To complete the requirements for this certification you must:
1. Achieve one of the following Associate level certifications*
• Associate – Information Storage and Management Version 2.0
• Associate – Information Storage and Management Version 3.0
• Associate – Information Storage and Management Version 4.0
2. Pass the following Specialist exam on or after May 06, 2020:
• DES-1221 Specialist – Implementation Engineer, PowerStore Solutions Exam
Note: These details reflect certification requirements as of May 06, 2020.
The Proven Professional Program periodically updates certification requirements.
*Please check the Proven Professional CertTracker website regularly for the latest information and for other options to meet the Associate level requirement.
Overview
This exam is a qualifying exam for the Specialist – Implementation Engineer, PowerStore Solutions (DCS-IE) track.
This exam focuses on implementation and administration of PowerStore storage arrays in open systems environments. The exam covers configuration, administration, migration, upgrades and basic troubleshooting.
Dell Technologies provides free practice tests to assess your knowledge in preparation for the exam. Practice tests allow you to become familiar with the topics and question types you will find on the proctored exam. Your results on a practice test offer one indication of how prepared you are for the proctored exam and can highlight topics on which you need to study and train further. A passing score on the practice test does not guarantee a passing score on the certification exam.
Products
Products likely to be referred to on this exam include but are not limited to:
Dell EMC PowerStore 1000T
Dell EMC PowerStore 1000X
Dell EMC PowerStore 3000T
Dell EMC PowerStore 3000X
Dell EMC PowerStore 5000T
Dell EMC PowerStore 5000X
• Dell EMC PowerStore 7000T
• Dell EMC PowerStore 7000X
• Dell EMC PowerStore 9000T
Dell EMC PowerStore 9000X
Exam Topics
Topics likely to be covered on this exam include:
PowerStore Concepts and Features (5%)
• Describe the PowerStore system and use cases
• Identify the PowerStore system configurations and models
• Provide an overview of PowerStore architecture and hardware components
PowerStore Cabling (6%)
• Demonstrate front-end cabling for PowerStore models
• Demonstrate back-end for PowerStore
• Describe Ethernet cabling for PowerStore
PowerStore Implementation (18%)
• Perform PowerStore installation planning
• Rack and stack PowerStore systems
• Configure Ethernet switching for PowerStore
• Discover and perform initial system configuration of PowerStore
• Describe and perform licensing process for PowerStore
PowerStore Configuration (22%)
• Provision and configure block, file, and VMware storage
• Configure host and client access to PowerStore block, file, and VMware storage
• Describe and configure local and remote data protection on PowerStore storage resources
• Describe and configure intercluster data migration
PowerStore Administration (22%)
• Create and administer management users on PowerStore
• Perform administrative operations for PowerStore block, file, and VMware storage
• Perform PowerStore local and remote data protection operations
• Perform PowerStore intercluster data migration operations
PowerStore Migration (15%)
• Describe the PowerStore Migration feature and process
• Identify the PowerStore Migration requirements and capabilities
• Configure the migration requirements and capabilities
• Configure the migration feature to import data from supported sources
• Perform migration operations
PowerStore Software and Hardware upgrades (7%)
• Describe and perform PowerStore software upgrade
• Add an appliance into a cluster
• Add an expansion shelve to a PowerStore appliance
• Add drives to a PowerStore appliance
PowerStore Basic Troubleshooting (5%)
• View system alert, events, and jobs
• Gather support materials
• Identify PowerStore system fault LEDs
The percentages after each topic above reflects the approximate distribution of the total question set across the exam.
QUESTION 1
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
Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 2
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
Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 3
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
Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 4
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
Correct Answer: B
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