A company is using an SC4020 array and the storage administrator wants to expand the available capacity by add
A company is using an SC4020 array and the storage administrator wants to expand the available capacity by adding 92, 3.5” disk drives. Which expansion enclosure(s) can be used to meet the demand? A. 1x SC280 drive bay B. 2x SC180 drive bays C. 4x SC220 drive bays D. 8x SC200 drive bays Reference: https://parera.se/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/DellStorage_SC4020_Spec_Sheet_030714.pdf
A customer is concerned they are over utilizing their 7K drives. Where can information about the real time I/O
A customer is concerned they are over utilizing their 7K drives. Where can information about the real time I/O usage of individual drives be viewed? A. Hardware > Disks > [disk folder] > [disk number] B. Charting > Disks > [disk folder] IO Charts C. Charting > Disks > [disk folder] > [disk number] D. […]
What is the possible reason for this behavior?
A customer is facing poor performance on all synchronously replicated volumes every Thursday between 4 PM and 6 PM. All departments have checked their applications for any batch jobs; however, nothing was found. The I/O graphs do not show any anomaly and the replication links are not saturated. What is the possible reason for this […]
Assume a storage administrator is using the recommended storage profile. What describes the distribution of vo
Assume a storage administrator is using the recommended storage profile. What describes the distribution of volume data residing in an SC series storage array that has 15K and 7K as the back-end? A. New and frequently accessed replay data in Tier 1 RAID 5 Aged replay data and inaccessible data in Tier 3 RAID 6 […]
What is the correct system hierarchy of SC Series array storage virtualization?
What is the correct system hierarchy of SC Series array storage virtualization? Answer: Explanation:
Which best practices should be followed when using iSCSI to connect SC Series arrays and hosts for switches th
Which best practices should be followed when using iSCSI to connect SC Series arrays and hosts for switches that incorrectly negotiate speed and duplex? A. Use a separate supernet or switches for iSCSI traffic Gigabit full duplex hard set for all iSCSI ports Ensure switches used for iSCSI are of a blocking design B. Use […]
Which operating system runs the Dell Storage Manager (DSM) as a virtual appliance?
Which operating system runs the Dell Storage Manager (DSM) as a virtual appliance? A. CentOS 7 B. Windows Server 2012 R2 C. VMware D. Windows Server 2010 R2 Reference: https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/pk/en/pkbsd1/storage-sc9000/dsm-2016-ig/dell-storage-manager-virtual-appliance-requirements?guid=guid-effab9c6-7f09-43a4-a836-f305dbc24253&lang=en-us
Which recommended deployment should the customer use?
A customer is running the Dell Storage Manager (DSM) Suite as a software stack on Microsoft Windows. To reduce the Microsoft licensing costs, the customer wants to switch to the DSM Virtual Appliance. Which recommended deployment should the customer use? A. Configure as a Primary Data Collector B. Configure as a Remote Data Collector C. […]
What are the possible methods to upgrade the firmware on a Brocade switch?
What are the possible methods to upgrade the firmware on a Brocade switch? A. FTP, SFTP, and Web Tools B. USB, FTP, and SFTP C. USB, FTP, and Web Tools D. USB, SFTP, and Web Tools
An administrator wants to configure an SC Series array to use Virtual Port Mode. What is a requirement to acco
An administrator wants to configure an SC Series array to use Virtual Port Mode. What is a requirement to accomplish this task? A. NPIV must be disabled on Fibre Channel switches B. I/O Controller cards must use a single-ID firmware version C. Fibre Channel switches must use a switched fabric topology D. Activation license must […]