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Exam : D-VXR-DY-01

Title : Dell VxRail Deploy Exam

Vendor : EMC

Version : V12.35

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NO.1 Refer to the Exhibit which shows a red box around a node PSNT.

What is a characteristic of the node marked by the red box?

A. VxRail Primary node hosting the VxRail Manager VM.
B. VxRail Primary node hosting the NTP and DNS servers.
C. VxRail node hosting the DNS server.
D. VxRail node that can be excluded from the initial VxRail build.
Answer: A

NO.2 A customer requires a Stretched VxRail Cluster with S570 nodes in its minimal configuration.
Which setup will fulfill the requirement?
A. 2+2 nodes
B. 3+3 nodes
C. 4+4 nodes
D. 6+6 nodes
Answer: B

NO.3 According to Dell best practices, which VxRail series can be deployed in either datacenters or
remote locations?
A. G Series
B. E Series
C. V Series
D. D Series
Answer: B

NO.4 Which log files are related to a VxRail upgrade?

A. platform_svc.log and localhost_access_log.txt
B. loudmouth.log and marvin.log

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C. lcm-web.log, lcm-migration.log, and lcm-do.log

D. dayone.log, short.term.log, and long.term.log
Answer: C

NO.5 According to the VxRail PEQ Engagement Details worksheet, links to what resources should the
SE send to the customer?
A. VxRail vCenter Server Planning Guide
Network Validation Tool
B. VxRail QuickStart Guide
Network Validation Tool
C. VxRail vCenter Server Planning Guide
VxRail Network Planning Guide
D. VxRail QuickStart Guide
VxRail Network Planning Guide
Answer: B

NO.6 What should you use to create the customer deliverable documentation of a VxRail
deployment?
A. E-Lab Advisor
B. SolVe Online
C. As-Built Configuration Generator
D. VxRail Manager
Answer: C

NO.7 What is a valid 2-node VxRail cluster configuration deployment?

A. Internal vCenter and external witness
B. External vCenter and internal witness
C. Internal vCenter and internal witness
D. External vCenter and external witness
Answer: D

NO.8 Match each VxRail data protection solution with its functionality.

Answer:
1-C
2-A

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3-D
4-B

NO.9 What is the difference between Compression only and Deduplication and compression on a
VxRail vSAN cluster?
A. Compression only: A failed capacity disk causes the disk group to go offline
Deduplication and compression: A failed capacity disk does not impact the entire disk group
B. Compression only: Does not require a rolling reformat of the disks when enabled
Deduplication and compression: Requires a rolling reformat of the disks when enabled
C. Compression only: Added capacity disk requires a disk group rebuild
Deduplication and compression: Added capacity disk does not require a disk group rebuild
D. Compression only: A failed capacity disk does not impact the entire disk group
Deduplication and compression: A failed capacity disk causes the disk group to go offline
Answer: D

NO.10 When installing VxRail hardware and configuring iDRAC settings, which methods can be used
per SolVe documentation?
A. Press F10 on post, use System setup
Use Lifecycle controller interface
B. Press F2 on post, use System setup
DB9 to USB cable to configure
C. Using Lifecycle controller interface
DB9 to USB cable to configure
D. Using System Setup during Post
Micro USB Direct connection to node
Answer: D

NO.11 What is a benefit of using the VxRail REST API?

A. Polling for vSAN performance statistics
B. Automated log collection for VxRail clusters
C. Automated security audit of VxRail clusters
D. Remote upgrades of iDRAC related software only
Answer: B

NO.12 What are the minimum requirements for a customer-supplied VDS in a VxRail deployment?
A. 2 uplinks
Port groups for Discovery, Management, vCenter Server, vMotion, and vSAN
B. 4 uplinks
Port groups for Discovery, Management, vCenter Server, vMotion, and vSAN
C. 4 uplinks
Port groups for Discovery, Management, vMotion, and vSAN only
D. 2 uplinks
Port groups for Discovery, Management, vMotion, and vSAN
Answer: A

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NO.13 What is a characteristic of vSAN Erasure Coding?

A. Used for Garbage Collection on all-flash VxRail clusters
B. Is a DoD certified individual drive cleaning tool to facilitate drive replacement
C. Used to securely erase vSAN storage to facilitate node replacement
D. Is a Raid 5/6-like storage policy
Answer: D

NO.14 When preparing for a VxRail deployment, which components require forward and reserve
DNS records?
A. ESXi hosts, vRealize Log Insight, and Platform Services Controller
B. Platform Services Controller. vCenter, and ESRS/VE
C. ESXi hosts, vCenter, and vRealize Operations
D. ESXi Hosts, vCenter, and ESRS/VE
Answer: A

NO.15 A VxRail cluster is being deployed with an external vCenter Server.

What role needs to be assigned to the new VxRail Management User account within vCenter?
A. Read-only
B. Trusted Infrastructure Administrator
C. Administrator
D. No specific role
Answer: D

NO.16 A VxRail deployment has been completed. The implementation engineer wants to generate
the As-Built Configuration report.
How do they obtain the required VxRail XML file?
A. Generate it from the VxRail PEQ by clicking the Create PEQ Data File button
B. Use FTP to copy the file from the VxRail Manager VM
C. Download it from the vSphere Client - VxRail Last Configuration Data Sent
D. Download it from the VxRail Deployment Wizard after a successful deployment
Answer: C

NO.17 During VxRail initial deployment the build fails. Support requests that logs be downloaded
manually.
Which logs should be collected?
A. /var/log/vmware-installer
B. All files and folders under /var/log/vmware
C. /var/log/vmware/marvin/tomcat/logs/marvin.log only
D. /var/log/mystic/web.log
Answer: D

NO.18 From what environment must a network administrator run VxRail network validation?

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A. Windows PowerShell command prompt

B. Same subnet as VxRail Management Network
C. Top of Rack switches
D. VxRail Deployment Wizard
Answer: B

NO.19 Which VxRail Pre-Installation Site Checklist worksheet is auto-populated?

A. Network Basics
B. Switch Config Actuals
C. VxRail Network Configuration
D. Begin Here
Answer: A

NO.20 You have been asked to install a 7 node VxRail single socket 1 GbE G Series cluster. The
company has requested remote KVM support.
How many RJ45 cables will be required?
A. 14
B. 21
C. 28
D. 35
Answer: C

NO.21 VxRail Validation is failing for a deployment engineer during initialization. The error states
that Node 1 cannot reach Node 2 on the Management network. While investigating the issue, the
deployment engineer is unable to ping the management network default gateway.
Which step in the VxRail Configuration Portal should have been followed to prevent the situation?
A. The Pre-Deployment Checklist should have been reviewed and issues resolved.
B. The cluster should have been configured with two virtual distributed switches.
C. The VxRail Manager and vCenter server must be logically separated on different subnets.
D. The NIC Configuration must be set to 4x25GbE to support the network devices.
Answer: A

NO.22 To investigate a problem on a VxRail system, the onsite engineer has to collect the complete
set of logs.
Which method will collect all logs at once?
A. Download https://:443/appliance /support-bundle
B. Export vCenter system logs
C. Run /mystic/generateFullLogBundle command in VxRail Manager CLI
D. Click "Generate New Log Bundle" in the VxRail Manager GUI
Answer: B

NO.23 What is a difference between vSAN Data-In-Transit Encryption and vSAN Data-At-Rest-
Encryption?

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A. Data-In-Transit Encryption: Encrypts traffic between VMs and the VxRail nodesData-At-Rest
Encryption: Encrypts traffic between VxRail nodes only
B. Data-In-Transit Encryption: Does not require a Key Management ServerData-At-Rest Encryption:
Requires a Key Management Server
C. Data-In-Transit Encryption: Key Management Server must reside on the vSAN cluster Data-At-Rest
Encryption: Key Management Server can reside on the vSAN cluster
D. Data-In-Transit Encryption: Addresses fear of media theft Data-At-Rest Encryption: Addresses fear
of rogue administrators
Answer: B

NO.24 Which series of VxRail nodes supports either Intel or AMD processors and either hybrid or All-
Flash storage?
A. V Series
B. E Series
C. G Series
D. D Series
Answer: B

NO.25 What can be used to determine whether hardware faults exist on a VxRail prior to its
deployment?
A. PEQ
B. VxRail NVT
C. VxRail Pre-validation
D. iDRAC
Answer: D

NO.26 What native logging options are NOT available in the VxRail First Run Wizard?
A. SNMP
B. Syslog
C. None
D. Log Insight
Answer: A

NO.27 A VxRail is being deployed with the external vCenter Server.

What is a consideration with the VxRail Management account?
A. Must be a local user
B. Cannot be a new user
C. Must not be part of the SSO domain
D. Must be assigned the VMware HCIA Management role
Answer: D

NO.28 You want to deploy VxRail, leveraging your existing VMware SSO domain.
What is the recommended method?

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A. Deploy to an External vCenter

B. Deploy Embedded vCenter with Embedded PSC
C. Configure Embedded vCenter in Enhanced Linked Mode
D. Deploy External vCenter with no PSC
Answer: A

NO.29 Match each VxRail configuration with its related characteristic.

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NO.30 During the activation of Internal SRS, the implementation engineer receives a message that
the deployment has failed What is a possible cause?
A. Site ID mismatch between the IB database and the SRS Wizard
B. VxRail status already set to installed' in IB database
C. SRS VE Gateway on the same subnet as the VxRail Manager
D. Witness Gateway not configured following Dell best practices
Answer: A

NO.31 For how many days are the vSphere evaluation licenses valid in a new VxRail
implementation?
A. 30
B. 45
C. 60
D. 90
Answer: C

NO.32 What is required to enable vSAN encryption on a VxRail cluster?

A. All-Flash system
External Key Management Server
B. Internal vCenter Server
Internal Key Management Server
C. External vCenter Server

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External Key Management Server

D. Internal vCenter Server
External Key Management Server
Answer: C

NO.33 What is the maximum number of supported nodes in a VxRail Stretch Cluster?
A. 16
B. 32
C. 64
D. 30
Answer: C

NO.34 Match each VxRail API request with the information to be retrieved.

Answer:

NO.35 What is the VxRail maximum cluster size if using 10 GbE links?
A. 8
B. 16
C. 32 with an RPQ
D. 64 with an RPQ
Answer: D

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NO.36 A company has recently implemented a popular date center monitoring and reporting
software solution. They plan to use the solution to consolidate reporting into a single platform.
What is an expected benefit of programmatically gathering VxRail information?
A. Perform pre-checks for vSAN health
B. Automate iDRAC firmware management and status
C. Obtain status of all running operations on a cluster
D. Perform node shutdowns and specific operations
Answer: C

NO.37 What is the size of the drives on the BOSS card in a VxRail P570 node?
A. 64 GB
B. 120 GB
C. 240 GB
D. 256 GB
Answer: C

NO.38 You are expanding an existing 6 node VxRail V470F cluster by adding two additional V570F
nodes.
What is the minimum VxRail version that will support this configuration?
A. 4.5.150
B. 4.5.070
C. Mixed clusters are not supported
D. 4.5.200
Answer: B

NO.39 A VxRail Stretched Cluster will be configured with four All-Flash nodes at each site based on
the following requirements:
PFTT = 1
SFTT = 1
FTM = Erasure Coding
Based on the required usable capacity, what should be the planned capacity of the design?
A. Single Site Capacity = 150% Total Cluster Capacity = 300%
B. Single Site Capacity = 133% Total Cluster Capacity = 266%
C. Single Site Capacity = 100% Total Cluster Capacity = 200%
D. Single Site Capacity = 200% Total Cluster Capacity = 400%
Answer: B

NO.40 An implementation engineer is performing a precheck on a VxRail cluster before expansion.

During validation, they find out that the host is not compatible. Use the VxRail simulator to describe
why the host is Incompatible. Note: It is necessary to close (x) the simulator window before you can
select a response to this question.

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A. Insufficient number of vSphere licenses

B. Invalid vCenter 5erver license
C. Firmware of ESXi host needs to be updated
D. bmc and bios are running older versions
Answer: B

NO.41 What does the VxRail NVT validate when only Network Services Validation is enabled?
A. VLAN configurations, NTP, and DNS settings
B. VLAN and STP configurations
C. IP address conflicts, NTP, and DNS settings
D. VLAN configurations and port mode settings
Answer: C

NO.42 How does an implementer get a local VxRail Configuration XML file so they can generate an
As-Built Configuration Report?
A. SSH to the VxRail Manager VM with the mystic user
SU to root
Go to the /opt/VxRail/config directory
SCP the initial-config.json file to a local location
B. Log in to vCenter with the vSphere Client with the vCenter Administration user
Go to Configure > VxRail > System
Use the Product Documentation option
C. Open an FTP connection to the VxRail Manager VM with the mystic user
Go to the /var/lib/vmware-marvin directory
GET the config-initial.json file
D. Log in to vCenter with the vSphere Client with the vCenter Server Management user
Go to Monitor > VxRail > Last Configuration Data Sent
Use the Download option
Answer: D

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NO.43 How can an administrator limit IPv6 traffic created by VxRail nodes?
A. Configure Link Aggregation
B. Tag VLAN 3939 on the ToR switches
C. Enable MLD snooping and querier
D. Create a unique VLAN for IPv6 traffic
Answer: C

NO.44 A newly installed VxRail system appears to have poor vSAN performance for all VMs on the
cluster.
What can be used to identify the issue?
A. esxtop with v view
B. resxtop with d view
C. esxtop with x view
D. resxtop with s view
Answer: D

NO.45 What is the benefit of using WTS in a VxRail Stretched Cluster implementation?
A. Separation of witness traffic from vSAN data traffic
B. Native implementation of terminal services in a VxRail
C. Access to Windows Terminal Services acceleration module
D. Service automatically updates the witness appliance
Answer: A

NO.46 Which vSAN rules are configured for the VXRAIL-SYSTEM-STORAGE-PROFILE?

A. Failures to tolerate - 2 failures RAID-1 (Mirroring) Object space reservation - Thin provisioning
B. Failures to tolerate - 1 failure RAID-1 (Mirroring) Object space reservation - Thick provisioning
C. Failures to tolerate - 1 failure RAID-5 (Erasure Coding) Object space reservation - Thick provisionin
g
D. Failures to tolerate - 1 failure RAID-1 (Mirroring) Object space reservation - Thin provisioning
Answer: A

NO.47 What step is a best practice in the deployment process of a VxRail Appliance with an External
vCenter server?
A. SSH to the default IP address of the VxRail Manager VM to set the required IP address
B. Create VxRail Management user in SSO with administrative privileges
C. Create VxRail Configuration user in SSO with no role assigned
D. Connect to DCUI to set vLAN tagging on ESXi hosts
Answer: A

NO.48 Which requirement must be met when expanding a 3-node VxRail G560F cluster with a fourth
G Series node in the same chassis?
A. PCIe network card must be added to all nodes
B. Node requires only the same drive configuration

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C. Node hardware must be identical to the other three nodes

D. New node must be at the same VxRail version as existing nodes
Answer: D

NO.49 Which service determines the primary node after powering on the VxRail nodes during the
deployment of a VxRail cluster?
A. Mystic
B. Election
C. Marvin
D. Loudmouth
Answer: B

NO.50 A VxRail deployment has just been completed but the vSAN performance statistics are not
available for the cluster or virtual machines.
What is the reason for this situation?
A. Data has not been populated
B. Performance service has not been manually enabled
C. vSAN performance hot-fix has not been applied
D. Monitoring policy has not been created
Answer: D

NO.51 RecoverPoint for VM has been deployed on a VxRail cluster. Data protection and
management capabilities are provided within the vSphere management interface.
What method within vSphere Operations should be used to ensure a successful outcome?
A. Air-gap data to and from the Data Center during a disaster, ensuring that the business does not
suffer.
B. Replicate data to and from SAP environment during a disaster, ensuring that the business suffers
no downtime.
C. Replicate data to and from remote offices before a disaster, ensuring that the business suffers no
downtime.
D. Back up data from remote offices before a disaster, ensuring that the business suffers minimal
downtime allowing restore data.
Answer: C

NO.52 Match each component of the VxRail HCI System Software to its description.

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NO.53 When validating the VxRail health just after the VxRail initial configuration, there is a red
exclamation mark on the MARVIN-Virtual-SAN-Cluster and the reported health alarm is 'Component
metadata health'.
A "Retest" action in the health service panel is performed and all the nodes in the cluster show health
status as failed with the invalid state. Investigation does not reveal any hardware issues with the
disks in use by vSAN.
What action should be taken next?
A. Wait 24 hours, then click the "Retest" button again
B. Apply the vSphere ESXi600-201611001 patch, then click the "Retest" button again
C. Evacuate and destroy the disk/disk group that contains the component(s) reporting errors and
clear the alarm
D. Reapply the MARVIN storage policy to the VxRail internal virtual machines

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Answer: B

NO.54 What output logs are collected using the vc-support.sh script?
A. vCenter log bundle
B. ESXi log bundle
C. vRealize Log Insight support bundle
D. VxRail Manager log bundle
Answer: B

NO.55 What is a valid 2-node VxRail cluster in a direct-connect configuration?

A. D Series with 4x 25 GbE and internal vCenter
B. P Series with 2x 1 GbE and 2x 10 GbE and internal vCenter
C. E Series with 2x 1 GbE and 2x 10 GbE and external vCenter
D. G Series with 4x 10 GbE and external vCenter
Answer: C

NO.56 Which steps need to be taken to perform a file based restore of VxRail Manager?
A. Restore the initial clone of the VxRail Manager VM and it will update itself to the latest status.
B. Deploy a new VxRail Manager VM and rediscover the cluster environment executing the
vxm_cluster_discovery.py script.
C. Deploy a new VxRail Manager VM and restore the configuration from backup with the
vxm_backup_restore.py script.
D. Restore the latest cloned copy of the VxRail Manager VM from the BOSS drives on nodes 1 and 2.
Answer: C

NO.57 When validating the completed VxRail PEQ, you note the following VLANs in the
configuration:\
- VxRailManagement - VLAN 120
- vSAN - VLAN 121
- vMotion - VLAN 122
- Servers - VLAN 204
- NetManagement - VLAN 208
Which command should you use to validate that the VLANs are configured on each Dell EMC ToR
switch?
A. show running-config spanning-tree
B. show interfaces port-channel brief
C. show interfaces status
D. show vlan
Answer: D

NO.58 Which vSAN license is included with VxRail?

A. vSAN Enterprise
B. vSAN for ROBO
C. vSAN Advanced

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D. vSAN Standard
Answer: A

NO.59 While preparing for an onsite visit for an installation of a VxRail cluster, a Dell installation
engineer is unable to generate a Restricted Procedure in the SolVe Online portal.
What is the cause?
A. The SolVe Online portal is viewed as a customer
B. The engineer has not been approved for VxRail procedures in the SolVe Online portal
C. SolVe Online portal has not been updated with the latest procedures
Answer: A

NO.60 During a node add procedure the new node cannot be discovered. A ping to the IPv6 address
is responding.
What could be the cause of this issue?
A. Only one network interface is up on the new node
B. vSAN VLAN is not configured correctly
C. Management VLAN ID is not set on the vmk0 interface
D. Loudmouth process is not running
Answer: A

NO.61 An implementation engineer is configuring External SRS.

Where can they find the installation files for SRS VE?
A. VxRail Support Matrix
B. SolVe Online
C. VxRail Manager
D. Dell Support Page
Answer: D

NO.62 Which command is used to restart the Loudmouth process on an ESXi node?
A. /usr/IibAmiware/loudmouth/bin/loudmouthd restart
B. systemcti restart loudmouth
C. /etc/int.d/loudmouth restart
D. systemcti restart vmware-loudmouth
Answer: C

NO.63 Which vSAN license includes entitlement for vROps 8 Advanced Services?
A. Enterprise
B. Advanced
C. Enterprise Plus
D. Standard
Answer: C

NO.64 For which components in a VxRail environment can log files be created using vCenter vSphere

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Client when the VxRail Manager is unavailable?

A. Host operating system, vCenter server, and vSphere UI client
B. Server hardware, vCenter server, and vSphere UI client
C. Server hardware, host operating system, and vSphere UI client
D. Host operating system, vCenter server, and PT Agent
Answer: A

NO.65 Use the VxRail simulator to explore the system.

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What is the presented configuration? Note: It fs necessary to close (x) the simulator window before
you can select a response to this question.
A. Internal vCenter and external DNS
B. Internal vCenter and Internal DNS
C. External vCenter and external DNS
D. External vCenter and internal DNS
Answer: A

NO.66 In a VxRail Stretched Cluster built from eight all-flash nodes, what should be the
recommended storage policy to ensure the highest possible protection?
A. Raid-1(Mirroring) FTT=1
B. Raid-1(Mirroring) FTT=2

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C. Raid-5/6(Erasure Coding) FTT=1

D. Raid-5/6(Erasure Coding) FTT=2
Answer: C

NO.67 For which VxRail models must the iDRAC NIC Selection be set to Dedicated?
A. D, G, P, S, and V Series
B. E, P, S, and V Series only
C. D, E, P, S, and V Series
D. D, E, and G Series
Answer: C

NO.68 A customer is running a 5-node VxRail all flash cluster with vSAN advanced licensing. They are
unable to apply a RAID-6 Erasure Coding storage policy to the VMs.
What could be the cause?
A. vSAN license level is incorrect and needs upgrading.
B. Incorrect number of failure domains in the cluster.
C. VxRail cluster only supports mirroring with an FTT of 1.
D. RAID-6 Erasure Coding is only supported with stretched clusters.
Answer: B

NO.69 What is the basis used for VMware vSAN licensing?

A. Per CPU socket
B. TB capacity per cluster
C. TB capacity per node
D. Per disk group
Answer: A

NO.70 When adding an S Series node to a Gen 2 VxRail 240F cluster the build fails.
What could be a possible cause of this situation?
A. IP Pool has no more free addresses
B. Hybrid and Flash nodes cannot be mixed in the same cluster
C. Quanta and Dell hardware cannot be mixed in the same cluster
D. Loudmouth process needs to be restarted
Answer: B

NO.71 What is the first step when preparing for a VxRail deployment using the VxRail configuration
portal?
A. Enter configuration information using a wizard
B. Create the JSON file
C. Create the YAML file
D. Initiate BOM using the Dell Support Portal
Answer: A

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NO.72 Which port configuration is invalid on the integrated NIC of a VxRail node?
A. 2 x 25 GbE SFP28
B. 2 x 10 GbE RJ45
C. 2 x 10 GbE SFP+
D. 2 x 1 GbE RJ45
Answer: D

NO.73 When the Network Services Validation is enabled, what does the VxRail NVT validate?
A. STP and VLAN configurations
B. IP address conflicts, NTP, and DNS settings
C. VLAN configurations, NTP, and DNS settings
D. VLAN configurations and port mode settings
Answer: B

NO.74 A 4 node VxRail solution will be deployed.

Based on the exhibit, what will be the host name assigned to the last node in the cluster?
A. MyVxRaild.mycompany.com
B. MyVxRail-4.mycompany.com
C. MyVxRail-d.mycompany.com
D. MyVxRail04.mycompany.com
Answer: C

NO.75 What is a characteristic of the VxRail S Series node?

A. Large form factor drives
B. Dense Flash disks
C. Form factor of 2U4N
D. Form factor of 1U1N
Answer: D

NO.76 An ESRS deployment on a VxRail system with external vCenter fails with "Invalid target
datastore specified".
What is required to resolve this problem?
A. Open a Service Request to involve support
B. Retry deployment through the retry button
C. Manually deploy ESRS
D. Restart vCenter services and retry the deployment
Answer: D

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NO.77 A failure occurs during the deployment of a VxRail cluster. You need to look through the
marvin.log file to see what could be causing the error.
Where is this file located?
A. var/log/vmware/marvin
B. var/log/vmware
C. var/log/vmware/marvin/tomcat/logs
D. var/log/mystic
Answer: C

NO.78 Where is the VxRail Manager pre-installed on a newly shipped, 4 node VxRail Model G410
system?
A. Node with the highest serial number
B. Bottom-right node from the front
C. All nodes
D. First node
Answer: D

NO.79 A Secure Remote Services deployment on a VxRail system with external vCenter fails with
Invalid target datastore specified.
What action is required to resolve this problem?
A. Ensure DNS is able to resolve the SRS/VE VM hostname
B. Retry the deployment through the retry button
C. Manually deploy Secure Remote Services
D. Restart vCenter services and retry the deployment
Answer: C

NO.80 A planned VxRail deployment will use an external vCenter Server and syslog server.
Which ping connectivity tests should succeed and which should fail before the deployment?
A. Succeed: vCenter server and syslog server
Fail: VxRail Manager and ESXi hosts
B. Succeed: ESXi hosts and syslog server
Fail: VxRail Manager and vCenter server
C. Succeed: VxRail Manager and syslog server
Fail: vCenter server and ESXi hosts
D. Succeed: VxRail Manager and ESXi hosts
Fail: vCenter server and syslog server
Answer: A C

NO.81 A company has gradually expanded their VxRail environment over a period of years. They
now need to update all the VxRail systems to the same code level. However, the company is
concerned about the cost.
How could the company benefit by using VxRail REST API in the upgrade?
A. Report status of all running processes on a cluster or the status of a specific process

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B. Enable automating of upgrade operations of one or more VxRail systems

C. Create iDRAC logs, database logs, and downloads log extracts
D. Report system statistics, heartbeat, and available node information
Answer: B

NO.82 A company is planning to deploy VxRail for business critical applications. The solution should
support automated workload re-balancing.
Which vSphere license is required for this solution?
A. vSphere with Operations Management Enterprise
B. vSphere Enterprise Plus
C. vSphere Enterprise
D. vSphere Standard
Answer: B

NO.83 Due to limitations in data center power at the primary site, an asymmetrical VxRail Stretched
Cluster has been deployed. Site 1 contains 12 hosts, Site 2 contains 16 hosts, and the Witness Host is
in the third site. The administrator has configured affinity rules to run the heavier workloads in Site 2.
What vSAN storage policy settings should be used to ensure adequate workload distribution and data
redundancy between sites?
A. None - keep data on Non-Preferred (stretched cluster)
1 failure - RAID-1 (Mirroring)
B. Dual site mirroring (stretched cluster)
2 failures - RAID-1 (Mirroring)
C. None - keep data on Non-Preferred (stretched cluster)
No Data Redundancy
D. None - stretched cluster
No Data Redundancy
Answer: A

NO.84 How many cables are required to install a 4 node VxRail Model G410 cluster with 1 GbE into a
rack?
A. 4 CAT6 and 16 Twinax network cables
B. 4 CAT6 and 32 SFP+ connectors, and 16 fiber cables
C. 4 CAT6 and 8 Twinax network cables
D. 20 CAT6 network cables
Answer: D

NO.85 Which vCenter object is created automatically when deploying VxRail with an external
vCenter Server?
A. Datacenter
B. Cluster
C. VxRail Management user account
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Answer: B

NO.86 What is the minimum configuration for a vSAN Stretched Cluster?

A. 1+1 nodes and a witness
B. 1+1 nodes and no witness
C. 3+3 nodes and a witness
D. 3+3 nodes and no witness
Answer: A

NO.87 A VxRail cluster 4.7.xxx environment is managed by the internal vCenter Server. An
implementation engineer plans to deploy a new VxRail cluster using the existing vCenter Server
instance, then use the customer-supplied VDS to manage both VxRail clusters.
What must be done?
A. Migrate the internal vCenter Server to an external vCenter Server, then merge the PSC
B. Upgrade the VxRail version from 4.7.xxx to 7.0.000
C. Migrate the internal vCenter Server to an external vCenter Server, then upgrade the VxRail 4.7.xxx
to 7.0.100
D. Upgrade the internal vCenter Server to version 7.0
Answer: C

NO.88 An implementation engineer is attempting to add a new node to a 3 node VxRail cluster.
What is the minimum VxRail code version that no longer requires the fourth node to match the first
three nodes?
A. 4.0.302
B. 4.0.502
C. 4.5.070
D. 4.5.150
Answer: D

NO.89 Which VxRail model requires iDRAC to be configured to LOM1?

A. G
B. V
C. D
D. S
Answer: A

NO.90 An implementation engineer is planning to deploy a new VxRail cluster.

How long is the evaluation period for vSphere licensing on each node?
A. 90 days after nodes are powered on
B. 60 days after nodes are powered on
C. 60 days after nodes are delivered
D. 90 days after nodes are delivered
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NO.91 What is the minimum number of VxRail hosts required if FTT = 1 and FTM is set to Erasure
Coding?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
Answer: B

NO.92 A VxRail cluster is being installed with Dell ToR switches at a "dark site." The administrator is
not able to use the NVT tool.
Which command can they run on the ToR to verify VLANs are created, active, and properly
configured on the uplink ports?
A. show vlan
B. ping default gateway
C. show interface status
D. show port-channel summary
Answer: A

NO.93 A customer is configuring VxRail to connect to an existing, external SRS VE. Their support
account is associated with the Site ID/Party ID where VxRail is installed. A validation error is issued
when the customer attempts to register VxRail in SRS.
What is the possible cause for the error?
A. Status of VxRail in Install Base is 'Shipped'
B. Wrong IP address was used for SRS VE gateway
C. SRS traffic goes through a proxy server
D. Number of deployed devices on SRS gateway has exceeded the maximum
Answer: A

NO.94 A VxRail deployment has just been completed. The vSAN backend IOPS metrics are not
available for the cluster.
What is the reason for this issue?
A. VMware CEIP is unconfigured
B. vSAN Performance Service is disabled
C. Data has not been populated
D. vSAN Support Insight is disabled
Answer: B

NO.95 What is a requirement to set up a supported VxRail Stretched Cluster?

A. VxRail nodes with 10 GbE
B. G560 with one chassis
C. All-Flash configuration
D. Identical VxRail nodes
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NO.96 Which integrated backup solution is included with VxRail at no additional cost?
A. Dell EMC Data Protection Suite
B. VMware vSphere Data Protection
C. VMware VM Snapshots
D. Dell EMC NetWorker
Answer: B

NO.97 What does the VxRail NVT validate on ToR switches?

A. NTP and DNS settings
B. VLAN and LACP configurations
C. VLAN and STP configurations
D. IP address conflicts and SRS accessibility
Answer: C

NO.98 In a 24 node Stretched Cluster VxRail deployment, what is the acceptable Rout Trip Time
(RTT) latency between sites?
A. Primary to witness site RTT latency: 10 ms
Secondary to witness site RTT latency: 10 ms
Primary to secondary site RTT latency: 10 ms
B. Primary to witness site RTT latency: 50 ms
Secondary to witness site RTT latency: 50 ms
Primary to secondary site RTT latency: 6 ms
C. Primary to witness site RTT latency: 75 ms
Secondary to witness site RTT latency: 75 ms
Primary to secondary site RTT latency: 1 ms
D. Primary to witness site RTT latency: 75 ms
Secondary to witness site RTT latency: 150 ms
Primary to secondary site RTT latency: 5 ms
Answer: C

NO.99 What is the recommended format for host names when using the VxRail Deployment Wizard
for an External vCenter solution?
A. FQDN for vCenter Server - Host name for VxRail Manager
B. Host name for both vCenter Server and for VxRail Manager
C. FQDN for both vCenter Server and for VxRail Manager
D. Host name for vCenter Server - FQDN for VxRail Manager
Answer: A

NO.100 A company is in the process of configuring their Top of Rack (ToR) switches as a single rack
that replicates to a secondary data center with vSphere Replication.
What is a consideration for this configuration?
A. IPv6 and IPv4 multi-cast should be layer-3 routed between data centers
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C. IPv6 and IPv4 multi-cast traffic does not need to leave the ToR switches
D. IPv6 and IPv4 multi-cast traffic should span layer-2 between data centers
Answer: B

NO.101 An implementation engineer is validating a VxRail deployment of six V570F nodes, each with
four 10 Gb connections. The VxRail nodes have not been powered on.
Which command should they run to confirm that the Dell EMC ToR switch is configured correctly?
A. show port-channel summary
B. show interface status
C. show lldp neighbors
D. show running-config
Answer: D

NO.102 After powering on Dell PowerEdge-based VxRail nodes, what defines the primary node of
the cluster being configured?
A. Marvin
B. PTAgent
C. Loudmouth
D. Election Process
Answer: C

NO.103 An implementation engineer logs in to the vSphere Client of a recently deployed VxRail
cluster. They want to review the firmware versions on the VxRail nodes.
Which view should they use to gather this information?
A. Hosts and Clusters > VxRail Host > Configure > VxRail > iDRAC Configuration
B. Host and Clusters > VxRail Host > Monitor > VxRail > Physical View
C. Hosts and Clusters > VxRail Cluster > Monitor > VxRail > Appliances
D. Hosts and Clusters > VxRail Cluster > Configure > VxRail > System
Answer: B

NO.104 Which activities must be completed as part of VxRail hardware installation?

A. Verify the time setting on each node before the first-run process
Verify existence of PSNT in the DCUI
Confirm that the Port Group VLAN IDs are configured as intended
B. Verify existence of PSNT in the DCUI
Configure and use the default management network VLAN IDs
Confirm that the Port Group VLAN IDs are configured as intended
C. Configure iDRAC for remote accessibility to perform out of band system
Modify and configure the default management network VLAN IDs
Confirm that the external management VLAN ID is tagged
D. Confirm that the external management VLAN ID is tagged
Configure iDRAC for remote accessibility to perform out of band system
Verify the time setting on each node before the first-run process
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NO.105 A VxRail administrator needs to check that all hosts have valid licenses.
Which two locations within the vSphere Client would show the required information? (Select 2)
A. Administration > Licenses > Licenses > Hosts
B. Administration > Licenses > Assets > Hosts
C. Administration > Licenses > Summary
D. Administration > Licenses > Products
Answer: B D

NO.106 For which VxRail model must the iDRAC NIC Selection be set to LOM1?
A. G Series
B. E Series
C. D Series
D. S Series
Answer: A

NO.107 What is a Dell EMC converged platform product?

A. VxRack
B. VxRail
C. Vscale Architecture
D. Vblock/VxBlock
Answer: D

NO.108 During a VxRail installation, the deployment fails at 9%.

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Based on the exhibit, what could be the reason for this failure?
A. Domain name .local is not supported
B. Password field has an extra space
C. vCenter and PSC information is missing
D. Time zone is in an incorrect format
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NO.109 A systems engineer needs to ensure that the VxRail system is healthy and any issues found
are addressed prior to starting an upgrade process.
Where in the vSphere Client can they review alarms and overall vSAN health?
A. Triggered Alarms > Issues and Alarms > All issues
Triggered Alarams > vSAN > Skyline Health
B. Monitor > All Issues > Issues and Alarms
Monitor > vSAN > Health
C. Triggered Alarms > All Issues > Issues and Alarms
Triggered Alarms > vSAN > Health
D. Monitor > Issues and Alarms > All issues
Monitor > vSAN > Skyline Health
Answer: D

NO.110 What is the base URL for the VxRail API call?
A. http://<VxM_IP>/vxm/v1/
B. https://<VCenter_IP>/rest/vxm/v1/
C. https://<VxM_IP>/rest/vxm/v1/
D. https://<VxM_IP>/API/vxm/v1/
Answer: C

NO.111 A systems engineer notices that a VxRail host that previously appeared in a cluster within
vCenter is now disconnected and is not responding. The VMs that were running on that host have
been recovered on other available hosts.
What initial action needs to be done to resolve the issue?
A. Review event logs for errors and perform root cause analysis
B. Use iDRAC to check the physical state of the nodes
C. Apply the latest updates on the host
D. Generate the appropriate SolVe procedure and follow it
Answer: D

NO.112 View the Exhibit.

You are reviewing a VxRail Pre-Installation Site Checklist.

What conclusion can be drawn about the VxRail deployment from the exhibit?
A. Top of Rack (ToR) switches will use two uplink ports
B. Upstream switches will have two ISLs
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D. Two Upstream switches will be used

Answer: B

NO.113 What is the Dell EMC recommendation for VxRail Management VLANs?
A. Use untagged traffic on the Native VLAN for the Public Management network
B. Use tagged traffic on the Native VLAN for the Public Management network
C. Configure the VLAN ID with a default of 3940
D. Configure the VLAN ID with a default of 1
Answer: A

NO.114 An implementation engineer is tasked with expanding an 8-node VxRail E560 cluster with an
S570 node. The cluster has been configured with 1 GbE networking.
Which two should be considered when planning to expand the cluster? (Select 2)
A. Node limit has been reached on the cluster
B. AMD and Intel based nodes cannot be mixed
C. E Series nodes require more capacity before expansion
D. All nodes in the cluster must be the identical series
Answer: A B

NO.115 What accurately describes VxRail G Series nodes?

A. All nodes in a chassis must be identical.
B. Different dot releases of the same major release are permitted if in different chassis.
C. Each chassis must be fully populated.
D. Hybrid and all-flash nodes are permitted if in different chassis.
Answer: D

NO.116 Where is the VxRail Documentation Quick Reference List located?

A. Dell Technologies Support Page
B. VxRail Configuration Portal
C. Dell Technologies Central
D. Dell Technologies SolVe Online
Answer: A

NO.117 Which series of VxRail nodes are designed for general-purpose workloads with the smallest
possible footprint in a 4-node configuration?
A. P Series
B. E Series
C. D Series
D. G Series
Answer: D

NO.118 A company has chosen to deploy an external vCenter/PSC. They would like to use the
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What is the correct procedure to do this?

A. Contact EMC Licensing to have a replacement vCenter license generated.
B. Contact VMware Licensing to have a replacement vCenter license generated.
C. Log into VxRail Manager through SSH and extract the vCenter license key from the application
properties file.Next, license the newly created vCenter.
D. Bundled vCenter license is only valid when vCenter is internally deployed. The company must
provide their own vCenter license.
Answer: B

NO.119 An implementation engineer has just finished connecting a multi-rack VxRail cluster over a
Layer 3 network. When attempting to migrate System VMs from the first rack to the second rack,
they receive an error.
What is a possible reason for the error?
A. vSphere DRS must be enabled
B. System VMs must be on different subnets
C. Only Layer 2 networking is supported
D. System VMs must be on the same subnet
Answer: D

NO.120 A systems engineer needs to check the health of the nodes and the system VMs to prevent
complications or failures during VxRail upgrades.
Which tool must be used to perform the task?
A. VxVerify
B. CloudlQ
C. VxRail ACE
D. SolVe Online
Answer: A

NO.121 What network protocol is required for a VxRail Management VLAN?

A. IPv6 Unicast
B. IPv4 Unicast
C. IPv6 Multicast
D. IPv4 Multicast
Answer: C

NO.122 An implementation engineer is expanding an existing VxRail E Series cluster with an

additional node The version of the node is not at the current cluster level and is not compatible.
What action must be performed before adding the node?
A. Order node with correct image
B. RASR Factory Reset
C. RASR Factory Image Upgrade
D. Compute node expansion
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NO.123 What is a consideration when performing a VxRail software upgrade from version 4.7.xxx to
version 7.0.xxx?
A. vCenter Server requires a temporary IP address on a different subnet before the upgrade
B. VxRail Manager VM must be changed to the default name to avoid an upgrade failure
C. External vCenter server must be upgraded after the VxRail is upgraded
D. Secure boot must be enabled on the ESXi hosts for a successful upgrade
Answer: A

NO.124 A VxRail Cluster has just been deployed. Use the VxRail simulator to determine the Service
Tag, Model, and ESXJ IP Address of the first node - vcluster730.esx01.edu.local. Note: It is necessary
to dose (x) the simulator window before you can select a response to this question.

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A. Option C
B. Option A
C. Option D
D. Option B
Answer: C

NO.125 What is the complete list of menu option choices available in the RASR factory reset
procedure when booting from the RASR ISO?
A. - RASR RESET
- CREATE RASRUSB
- FACTORY RESET
- REBOOT
- UPDATE FIRMWARE
- QUIT
B. - RASR RESET
- CREATE RASRUSB
- FACTORY RESET
- UPDATE FIRMWARE
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C. - RASR RESET
- CREATE RASRUSB
- FACTORY RESET
- REBOOT
- UPDATE FIRMWARE
- EXIT
D. - RASR RESET
- CREATE RASRUSB
- FACTORY RESET
- QUIT
Answer: D

NO.126 What is the maximum number of supported nodes for a VxRail cluster running on a 1 GbE
network?
A. 5
B. 32
C. 16
D. 4
Answer: C

NO.127 How should an administrator manually validate the DNS readiness of a customer network?
A. Run a traceroute to the DNS server
B. Generate a Network PEQ
C. Ping the default gateway of the management VLAN
D. Run nslookup on server FQDN and IP
Answer: D

NO.128 Which tool is required to re-image a VxRail G560F system?

A. POST
B. RASR
C. MBS
D. BOSS
Answer: B

NO.129 Refer to the exhibit, which shows a red box around a node name.

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What is a characteristic of the node marked by the red box?

A. The selected VxRail is Node 1 and VxRail Manager VM is running on this node.
B. The selected VxRail is Node 3 and VxRail Manager VM is running on this node.
C. There are three VxRail nodes that can be discovered by the VxRail Deployment Wizard.
D. The VxRail node is running DNS and NTP.
Answer: A

NO.130 What is required to perform an Internet upgrade of a VxRail cluster?

A. Dell Technologies Support Account
B. Enable vSphere Lifecycle Manager
C. Download Composite Upgrade Metadata .zip files
D. Dell Secure Remote Services
Answer: A

NO.131 Which two files are used to automate VxRail deployment and validate the network
configuration?
A. Appliance JSON file
PEQ data file
B. Appliance JSON file
SPEQ
C. VxRail Test Plan
SPEQ
D. VxRail Configuration Portal
PEQ data file
Answer: A

NO.132 What is the maximum number of nodes in a VxRail cluster when using 1 GbE links?
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B. 8
C. 16
D. 32
Answer: B

NO.133 What is a requirement for Top of Rack (ToR) switch VxRail node ports?
A. Enable Spanning Tree
B. Disable IGMP Snooping
C. Enable IGMP Querier
D. Disable Link Aggregation
Answer: D

NO.134 A system administrator wants to collect a generated log file via the VxRail REST API.
Which command should they use?
A. POST /v1/support/logs/
B. GET /v1/support/logs/<Log_ID>/download
C. GET /v1/support/logs/<Log_ID>
D. POST /v1/support/logs/<Log_ID>/download
Answer: B

NO.135 What is a consideration when implementing a custom VDS on a VxRail cluster?

A. Used by multiple clusters managed by a single vCenter instance
B. Supported with external and internal vCenter Servers
C. Supports only four NIC uplinks
D. Supports only two NIC uplinks
Answer: B

NO.136 A VxRail Manager VM must be configured as follows:

- IP address: 192 168.10.16
- Net mask: 255.255.255.0
- Gateway: 192 168 10 254
Which command must be used?
A. vxrail-network-config -ip 192 168 10.16-netmask 255.255.255.0-gateway 192 168 10.254
B. vxrail-prrmary -config -ip 192 168 10 16 -netmask 255 255 255 0 -gateway 192 168 10 254
C. vxrail-primary -config -vxrail-address 192.168.10 16 -vxrail-netmask 255 255 255 0 - vxrail-gateway
192.168,10 254
D. vxrail-network -config -vxrail-address 192.166 10 16 -vxrail-netmask 255 255.255 0 - vxrail-gateway
192.168.10.254
Answer: C

NO.137 After initial installation the vSAN health check is reporting issues.
Which action needs to be taken to correct the vSAN health check error?
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B. Upgrade to the latest driver version.

C. Reset error message to green
D. Update HCL database and run health check
Answer: B

NO.138 Which vSAN features are specific to an all-flash model VxRail?

A. Erasure Coding and Stretch Clustering
B. Thin Swap Objects and Stretch Clustering
C. Deduplication/Compression and Thin Swap Objects
D. Deduplication/Compression and Erasure Coding
Answer: D

NO.139 Which step is required to enable VxRail Manager capabilities to register the system, obtain
product license files, update system software, download VxRail documentation, and browse VxRail
Community?
A. Enable the cluster/VDS/management accounts when using an external vCenter
B. Enable EMC Secure Remote Support (ESRS)
C. Configure VMware Secure Support Account (vSSA) access
D. Set the Username and Password for the Support Account
Answer: D

NO.140 What is the Dell EMC product that is purpose-built for departmental and edge applications,
as well as small enterprise and mid-market data centers?
A. Vscale Architecture
B. VxRail
C. VxRack
D. Vblock/VxBlock
Answer: B

NO.141 You are performing a troubleshooting steps on a 4 node VxRail cluster. The cluster uses
Erasure Coding for all VMs. When you attempt to put a node into maintenance modeusing the
recommended vSAN data migration policy, the operation fails.
What could be done to successfully put the node into maintenance mode?
A. Use the 'No Data Migration' option
B. Storage vMotion the VMs off the node
C. Cold migrate the VMs off the node
D. Use the 'Full Data Migration' option
Answer: D

NO.142 Which command will create a daily local backup of the VxRail Manager configuration and
important log files?
A. python /tmp/backup/vxm_backup_restore/vxm_backup_restore.py -c --period daily --keeplog
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C. python /etc/vmware/backup_config/vxm_backup_restore.py -b --period daily --keeplog

D. python /mystic/vxm_backup_restore/vxm_backup_restore.py -c --period daily --keeplog
Answer: D

NO.143 What is the correct sequence of steps to perform a RASR Factory Reset using an SD card?

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NO.144 When preparing to generate an As-Built Configuration Report, it is determined that the
VxRail Configuration JSON file was not saved from the Deployment Wizard.
What actions must be taken to retrieve the JSON file?
A. Log in to vCenter with the vSphere Client with the vCenter Administration user Go to Configure >
VxRail > System Use the Product Documentation option
B. Log in to vCenter with the vSphere Client with the vCenter Server Management user Go to
Monitor > VxRail > Last Configuration Data Sent Use the Download option
C. Open an FTP connection to the VxRail Manager VM with the mystic user Go to the
/var/lib/vmware-marvin directory GET the config-initial json file
D. SSH to the VxRail Manager VM with the mystic user SU to root Go to the /opt/VxRail/config
directory SCP the initial-config json file to a local location
Answer: B

NO.145 What must be enabled on ToR switch ports connected to VxRail nodes to support multiple
VLANs?
A. Access Mode
B. Link Aggregation
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D. Rapid Spanning Tree

Answer: C

NO.146 In which three VxRail Configuration Portal locations can an implementation engineer
download the cluster configuration file? (Select 3)
A. From the My Deployments tab in the VxRail Configuration Portal
B. From the Validate Configuration File tab when editing a cluster
C. From the Resources tab in the Edit Cluster Configuration wizard
D. From the customer Dell Digital Locker website
E. From the My Clusters Tab in the VxRail Configuration Portal
Answer: A B E

NO.147 How many nodes can be added simultaneously to an existing VxRail cluster running at code
version 4.5?
A. 1
B. 3
C. 6
D. 8
Answer: C

NO.148 A Stretched VxRail cluster is being designed with four nodes per site, for a total of eight
nodes.
How many sites are required for this configuration?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 8
Answer: B

NO.149 In what range does the VxRail Manager Health indicator show "yellow" for IOPS, CPU, and
memory usage?
A. 60% - 80%
B. 70% - 80%
C. 75% - 85%
D. 75% - 95%
Answer: C

NO.150 What is configured by default during the initial deployment of a VxRail cluster with All-Flash
nodes?
A. AID-1 vSAN storage policy
B. vSAN Performance Service
C. RAID-5 vSAN storage policy
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Answer: A

NO.151 A company has indicated that they do not want to change the native VLAN for their entire
switch.
Based on best practice, how should the Top of Rack (ToR) switch be configured?
A. Set the native VLAN on the switch ISL ports
B. The native VLAN for the switch must be set
C. Set the native VLAN only at the VxRail trunk ports
D. Do not configure ToR switch native VLAN and instead tag the VLAN on VxRail
Answer: A

NO.152 Match each VxRail API Method to its respective VxRail Manager function.
A. DELETE - Remove a resource
POST - Create a resource
PUT - Edit or update an existing resource
GET - Retrieve a resource
B. DELETE - Edit or update an existing resource
POST - Retrieve a resource
PUT - Remove a resource
GET - Create a resource
C. DELETE - Create a resource
POST - Remove a resource
PUT - Edit or update an existing resource
GET - Retrieve a resource
D. DELETE - Remove a resource
POST - Retrieve a resource
PUT - Edit or update an existing resource
GET - Create a resource
Answer: A

NO.153 Which VxRail configurations can be reviewed using the As-Built Configuration Report at the
time the report is generated?
A. Node names, vSAN interface IP addresses, and VxRail Manager users and passwords
B. Node models, license keys, vSAN VLAN ID, and vMotion VLAN ID
C. vMotion interface IP addresses, vCenter users and passwords, and opened firewall ports
D. Node PSNT numbers, license activation dates, and Private Management Network VLAN ID
Answer: B

NO.154 What is the minimum number of VxRail nodes required for a vSAN storage policy with FTT =
2 an6 FTM set to Erasure Coding?
A. 4
B. 7
C. 5
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Answer: D

NO.155 After a successful installation, where in VxRail Manager should you collect logs?
A. CONFIG > General > Log Collection > Generate New Log Bundle
B. CONFIG > General > System Diagnostics > Generate New Log Bundle
C. CONFIG > System > Log Collection > Diagnose
D. CONFIG > System > System Diagnostics > Diagnose
Answer: C

NO.156 How can an administrator manually verify DNS records for a VxRail implementation?
A. ping
B. ipconfig/all
C. nslookup
D. ping -a
Answer: C

NO.157 You have been asked to deploy a single, 4 node VxRail cluster for company. They would like
to migrate from their existing vSphere 6.5 environment. They have also asked that vCenter Enhanced
linked-mode be supported.
Based on best practice, what is the recommended deployment model?
A. Use existing vCenter 6.5 with Embedded PSC
B. Deploy Internal vCenter with External PSC
C. Deploy Internal vCenter with Embedded PSC
D. Use existing vCenter 6.5 with External PSC
Answer: C

NO.158 What does vSAN use to make metadata available to each host in the VxRail cluster?
A. Loudmouth
B. CMMDS
C. MLD Snooping and Querier
D. IPv6 Multicast
Answer: B

NO.159 An implementation engineer is deploying a VxRail cluster at a secure site that does not allow
access to the external DNS server.
How should the VxRail be deployed?
A. VxRail cannot be deployed in this environment
B. With internal vCenter and internal DNS
C. With internal vCenter and hostfiles for name resolution
D. With customer provided external vCenter and internal DNS
Answer: B

NO.160 Which VxRail model can only be installed with static rack rails?

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A. V Series
B. S Series
C. G Series
D. P Series
Answer: C

NO.161 What is a benefit when using VxRail-Managed vCenter?

A. Ease of VM Migration across multiple clusters.
B. Enhanced security requirements.
C. Additional virtual distributed switch options.
D. Ease of operation for lifecycle management.
Answer: D

NO.162 In a 5 node VxRail cluster in which all nodes are the same model, which cluster requires the
least amount of rack space?
A. G560
B. E560
C. S570
D. V570
Answer: D

NO.163 Match the management tool that is used to perform the associated operation in a VxRail
environment.

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NO.164 An S SeriesVxRail cluster has just been deployed. When attempting to enable compression,
the option is grayed out.
What is the cause of this situation?
A. Compression is not supported on the S Series
B. Erasure Coding is not enabled
C. Erasure Coding is not disabled
D. "Add disks to storage" is set to automatic
Answer: D

NO.165 Which VxRail models support the installation of rack rails with a cable management arm?
A. D, G, P, and S Series
B. E, P, S, and V Series
C. E, G, P, and S Series
D. D, E, S, and V Series
Answer: B

NO.166 A Dell EMC solutions architect has updated the VxRail PEQ with Customer Top-of-Rack (ToR)
switch details.
On which worksheet would they need to be to generate a new NVT JSON file?
A. Engagement Details
B. Networking Details
C. Customer
D. VxRail Cluster
Answer: D

NO.167 A 4-node VxRail Model E560F solution with an embedded vCenter and Log Insight is planned
for deployment.
Prior to deployment, DNS records must be created for which hosts?
A. vCenter Server, ESXi hosts, VxRail Manager, and iDRAC
B. vCenter Server, first ESXi host, VxRail Manager, and iDRAC
C. DNS records are automatically created during VxRail deployment
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Answer: D

NO.168 What is a consideration for using link aggregation on the Top of Rack (ToR) switch for a
VxRail?
A. Should not be used for VxRail node ports, but can be used for uplink and ISL
B. Is not supported on the VxRail ToR switch
C. Can be configured for any connectivity, but are not required
D. Should always be configured for VxRail node ports to allow for failover
Answer: A

NO.169 An implementation engineer has just completed the deployment of a new VxRail cluster.
They are unable to connect to the vCenter Server.
What can they use to confirm the physical health of the VxRail nodes?
A. vSphere Client
B. SRS
C. VxRail Manager
D. iDRAC
Answer: D

NO.170 What is the purpose of the As-Built Configuration Generator?

A. Provide advanced control grouping for Stretched Clusters
B. Capture and generate the installation workflow for review in the event of a failed deployment
C. Create the customer deliverable documentation of the Dell EMC product/solution implementation
D. Keep a record of all spare nodes, not yet added to a VxRail Cluster
Answer: C

NO.171 You are designing a VxRail Stretched Cluster for a company with two datacenters. The
primary datacenter will host all the workloads; the secondary datacenter will be for disaster recovery
.
Where should you host the witness virtual appliance?
A. Both datacenters
B. Secondary datacenter only
C. Primary datacenter only
D. Cloud
Answer: D

NO.172 What is a benefit of programmatically gathering VxRail information with a REST API call?
A. Obtain status of all running operations on a cluster
B. Automate iDRAC firmware management and status
C. Perform node shutdowns and specific operations
D. Perform Day 2 vSAN configuration changes
Answer: A

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NO.173 For which typical activity would the No data migration setting be used when placing a VxRail
host into maintenance mode?
A. Temporary maintenance
B. Relocating host to remote data center
C. Shutting down an entire cluster
D. Permanently removing host from cluster
Answer: C

NO.174 What is a requirement for the vSAN Data-at-Rest Encryption?

A. All-Flash or AII-NVMe VxRail
B. VxRail with at least 3 nodes
C. External Key Management Server
D. External customer provided vCenter
Answer: C

NO.175 After the installation of a VxRail cluster, the vSAN Health Check shows a hardware
compatibility warning.
Where can detailed information about this health check and its resolution be found?
A. VMware Knowledge Base
B. VxRail Manager Help
C. Dell EMC Knowledge Base
D. vCenter Server Help
Answer: A

NO.176 What guideline should be followed when planning bandwidth between sites hosting VM
objects and the witness nodes?
A. 1500 MTU on the VSAN vmkernel interface
B. 500 ms roundtrip (< 250 ms one way)
C. 5 ms with a recommended minimum bandwidth of 10Gbps
D. 2 Mbps for every 1000 objects on the vSAN
Answer: D

NO.177 Which series of VxRail nodes is designed to support a large MongoDB environment that is
being used for data analytics?
A. S Series
B. P Series
C. V Series
D. G Series
Answer: B

NO.178 What VxRail model is designed to support graphic intensive VDI workloads?
A. E Series
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C. V Series
D. P Series
Answer: C

NO.179 What is the default IP address of the VxRail Manager?

A. 192.168.1.16
B. 192.168.10.200
C. 192.168.1.200
D. 192.168.10.16
Answer: B

NO.180 Dell EMC will be responsible for the configuration of ToR and Management switches for a
VxRail deployment.
Where should these details be documented?
A. Dell EMC Fabric Design Center
B. VxRail Appliance PEQ
C. Dell EMC VxRail Configuration Portal
D. VxRail Network PEQ
Answer: D

NO.181 An implementation engineer places a VxRail node into maintenance mode using the Ensure
accessibility setting.
What is the engineer likely planning to do?
A. Permanent removal of host from cluster
B. Extensive maintenance
C. Temporary maintenance
D. Shutdown of an entire cluster
Answer: C

NO.182 How long is the grace period for the vSphere evaluation licenses in a new VxRail
implementation?
A. 30 days
B. 45 days
C. 60 days
D. 90 days
Answer: C

NO.183 A VxRail E560F model was delivered six months ago and is now scheduled to be installed
with the target code.
What is the correct order of steps to complete this task?

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Answer:

NO.184 What is the correct CLI command to collect only the iDRAC logs for node HL2S8N2?
A. generateLogBundle.py --nodes HL2S8N2 -i
B. vm-support.sh --nodes HL2S8N2 -i
C. generateFullBundle.py --nodes HL2S8N2 -i
D. vc-support-bundle.sh --nodes HL2S8N2 -i
Answer: A

NO.185 What is the correct command to restart the Loudmouth process on a VxRail node?
A. /usr/lib/vmware-loudmouth/bin/loudmouthc restart
B. systemctl restart vmware-loudmouth
C. /etc/init.d/loudmouth restart
D. /sbin/service loudmouth restart
Answer: C

NO.186 What categories can be validated by the VxRail NVT?

A. Network Services, ToR Switches, and VxRail Nodes
B. Network Services, Upstream Switches, and VxRail Nodes
C. ToR Switches, Upstream Switches, and VxRail Nodes
D. Network Services, ToR Switches, and Upstream Switches
Answer: D

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NO.187 An implementation engineer needs to validate the VxRail network configuration.

Where can they obtain the NVT for VxRail?
A. Dell Technologies Central
B. Dell Technologies Information Hub
C. Dell VxRail Expert Channel
D. Dell VxRail Fast Pass
Answer: A

NO.188 In a VxRail deployment with an external vCenter Server, which VMware component(s) is
automatically licensed?
A. vCenter and vSphere only
B. vSAN only
C. vCenter, vSAN, and vSphere
D. vCenter and vSAN only
Answer: B

NO.189 What is the correct CLI command to collect only the vCenter logs on VxRail Manager?
A. vc-support-bundle.sh -c
B. generateFullBundle.py -v
C. vc-support.sh -v
D. generateLogBundle.py -c
Answer: D

NO.190 An implementation engineer wants to check if the new node they added to the cluster is
accessible to VxRail Manager.
What can be used for discovery?
A. SRS
B. DRS
C. Loudmouth
D. Marvi
Answer: C

NO.191 During the installation of a new VxRail cluster, where is System Time configured?
A. System BIOS > Miscellaneous Settings
B. iDRAC Settings > System Time
C. System BIOS > System Information
D. iDRAC Settings > System Profile Settings
Answer: A

NO.192 Beginning with VxRail version 4.7, which product license option has changed?
A. vSAN
B. Mware Log Insight
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D. vCenter
Answer: A

NO.193 What is the correct Use Case for using VxRail-Managed vCenter Server?
A. Second or subsequent cluster deployments or the first cluster in a multi-cluster deployment.
B. A stand-alone cluster deployment or the first cluster in a multi-cluster deployment.
C. When you have a multi-site Stretch Cluster and no witness.
Answer: B

NO.194 What does the Election Service use to determine the primary node on a VxRail cluster?
A. PSNT
B. ID manually entered during setup
C. Lowest IP received by DHCP server
D. Service Tag
Answer: A

NO.195 The vSAN Health Check of a VxRail cluster is reporting errors about the stats.db object.
What could be a possible cause of this problem?
A. vSAN Health Service is disabled
B. vSAN Performance Service is not enabled
C. vSAN Performance Service is not enabled on one of the ESX nodes
D. There are inaccessible/unhealthy vSAN objects
Answer: B

NO.196 What environmental components of a 3-node VxRail cluster must be assigned IP addresses?
A. vSAN, Witness Traffic Separation, vRealize Log Insight, and vMotion
B. ESXi Mgmt, vSAN, vMotion, and iDRAC
C. ESXi Mgmt, vCenter, Witness Traffic Separation, and iDRAC
D. vRealize Log Insight, vSAN, VxRail Manager, and Private Management Network
Answer: B

NO.197 What data protection option is included with VxRail?

A. PowerProtect Software Data Domain Cloud Tier
B. vSphere Replication NetWorker
C. RecoverPoint for VM Avamar
D. RecoverPoint for VM vSphere Replication
Answer: D

NO.198 Which vCenter Server option must be selected in the VxRail Deployment Wizard to choose a
vCenter not hosted within the same cluster?
A. Internal (VxRail Manager Service)
B. External vCenter Server
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D. VxRail-Provided vCenter Server

Answer: C

NO.199 You are configuring a VxRail to connect to an existing, external SRS VE. The customer's
support account is associated with the Site ID/Party ID where VxRail is installed. A validation error is
issued when you attempt to register VxRail in SRS.
What is the possible cause for the error?
A. Wrong IP address was used for SRS VE gateway
B. Number of deployed devices on SRS gateway has exceeded the maximum
C. SRS traffic goes through a proxy server
D. Status of VxRail in Install Base is Shipped
Answer: D

NO.200 What is the remote management option for G Series VxRail nodes?
A. RMM
B. iLO
C. iDRAC
D. IPMI/BMC
Answer: D

NO.201 How does the Network Validation Tool (NVT) validate Top of Rack (ToR) switch
configurations?
A. NVT requires switch logon information and parses through the running-config of the switch
B. Using the switch grab batch file, the output is imported into the NVT User Interface
C. The running-config is imported into the NVT User Interface
D. Top of Rack switches are always manually validated prior to implementation
Answer: B

NO.202 A VxRail D560 cluster was delivered six months ago and now needs to be prepared for
installation with the target code.
What is the correct method to complete the task?
A. Boot into RASR ISO and perform a Factory Reset
B. Boot into SD card and perform a Factory Reset
C. Boot into RASR USB and perform a RASR Reset
D. Boot into RASR ISO and perform a RASR Reset
Answer: A

NO.203 An implementation engineer is deploying a new VxRail cluster.

What should they confirm before installing the hardware?
A. Redundant power zones exist with adequate power cables
B. At least 24 in (61 cm) of clearance must exist in front of and behind the cabinet
C. Service laptop is on the same IP network as the iDRACs
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Answer: B

NO.204 What is a requirement for the Top of Rack (ToR) switches used in a VxRail implementation?
A. MLD Querier
B. EtherChannel
C. IPV4 and IPV6 Multicast
D. LACP
Answer: C

NO.205 During a VxRail deployment validation check it is discovered that the Top of Rack (ToR)
switches have Spanning Tree Protocol enabled.
What should be done before the implementation can proceed?
A. Confirm that ToR switch ports connected to VxRail nodes are configured to get into "forwarding"
mode quickly.
B. Confirm that ToR switch ports connected to VxRail nodes have fabric-trunk enabled.
C. Disable STP on the ToR switches
D. Confirm that isolated VLANs exist on the ToR switches for each of the VxRail networks.
Answer: A

NO.206 You are validating that a network environment is ready for a 4 node VxRail Model V570F
deployment.
What types of DNS records must be created for VxRail components before implementation can
begin?
A. Forward (A) records only
B. Forward (A) records and Reverse (PTR) records
C. Forward (A) and MX records
D. NS records and Reverse (PTR) records
Answer: B

NO.207 A VxRail cluster is being deployed with an existing vCenter Server.

Which role needs to be assigned to the new VxRail Management User account within vCenter Server?
A. Administrator role
B. Trusted Infrastructure Administrator role
C. No role needs to be assigned
D. Read-only role
Answer: C

NO.208 Which step must occur prior to deploying a 2 node VxRail Cluster?
A. Witness Traffic Separation configured
B. All ports connected to ToR switch
C. Cluster object created in vCenter
D. Witness deployed and running
Answer: D

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NO.209 Which network feature is unsupported on the VxRail system NIC ports?
A. Spanning Tree
B. Multicast
C. Unicast
D. Link aggregation
Answer: D

NO.210 A company has a simple, 4 node VxRail cluster. The VxRail is running version 3.5 and utilizes
a vSphere standard license. The company has asked for a VxRail software upgrade.
What are the steps for the upgrade?
A. Log in to VxRail Manager, select "Internet Upgrade", then follow the prompts.
B. Log in to support.emc.com and download the upgrade packages.
C. Place all four nodes into maintenance mode.
D. Contact Dell EMC support to request the upgrade to the VxRail cluster.
Answer: B

NO.211 You have just upgraded a VxRail Cluster from version 4.5.x to version 4.7.x. You need to
ensure that new VxRail 4.7.x nodes will be discovered to enable Cluster expansion. The customer
does not want to make any changes to the existing ToR switch infrastructure.
What action is necessary to ensure discovery of the new nodes?
A. In vCenter, create a new distributed portgroup Private Management Network with VLAN ID 3939
B. Change the Management Network VLAN ID on each new node to match the management VLAN ID
of the existing Cluster Restart loudmouth
C. In vCenter, set the VLAN ID of the VxRail Management distributed portgroup to 3939
D. Change the Private Management Network VLAN ID on each new node to match the management
VLAN ID of the existing Cluster Restart loudmouth
Answer: D

NO.212 Which collection of software is part of the VxRail Appliance?

A. VMware Software Components
VxRail System Software
Data Protection Software
B. VMware Software Components
VxRail System Software
Cloud Enablement
C. Data Protection Software
VxRail System Software
Remote Support Software
D. VxRail System Software
Cloud Enablement
Data Protection Software
Answer: A

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to VxRail Manager for first time deployment.

Configuring which two IP addresses on the workstation will result in a successful deployment without
having to change them during initialization?
A. 192.168.1.250 and 10.150.140.255
B. 192.168.10.199 and 10.150.140.255
C. 192.168.10.250 and 10.150.140.250
D. 192.168.1.199 and 10.150.140.100
Answer: C

NO.214 After finishing the rack and stack of a VxRail Model G410 cluster, in which sequence should
the nodes be powered on?
A. All four at the same time
B. Any order possible
C. Forward order (1 - 4)
D. Reverse order (4 - 1)
Answer: D

NO.215 What is a consideration when using ToR switches with VxRail?

A. IPv6 Multicast must be disabled in this environment.
B. Link aggregation must be enabled on VxRail switch ports.
C. VxRail iDRAC Management ports require 10 GbE ports.
D. All-Flash models must use 10 GbE or faster ports.
Answer: D

NO.216 An implementation engineer is tasked with expanding an 8-node VxRail E560 cluster with an
S570 node. Each node has 1GbE RJ45 ports.
What must the engineer consider when expanding the cluster?
A. All nodes in the cluster must be the identical series
B. E Series nodes require more capacity before expansion
C. Node limit has been reached on the cluster
D. AMD- and Intel-based nodes cannot be mixed
Answer: C

NO.217 An implementation engineer is expanding an existing VxRail S Series cluster with an

additional node. The version of the node is not at the current cluster level but is compatible.
What procedure would result in the quickest node addition?
A. RASR Factory Image Upgrade
B. Factory Reset
C. VxRail Node Imaging Management
D. Compute node expansion
Answer: D

NO.218 You are demonstrating maintenance features on a new VxRail Cluster.

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What is a recommended Dell EMC method for replacing a failed capacity disk?
A. iDRAC Console > Reboot into PERC controller > Replace Disk > Rebuild
B. VxRail Manager Plug-In > Appliance Front View > Replace Disk
C. vSphere Client > Node > Enter Maintenance Mode > Replace Disk
D. Hot Swap > vCenter Plug-in > Monitor Rebuild
Answer: B

NO.219 The vCenter managing a VxRail cluster must be able to support both Enhanced Linked Mode
and vSAN Encryption.
What is the correct configuration to satisfy this requirement?
A. External vCenter External PSC
B. Embedded vCenter Embedded PSC
C. External vCenter Embedded PSC
D. Embedded vCenter External PSC
Answer: A

NO.220 Which functionality is provided by the VxRail Physical View for a node?
A. Hardware alerts, LED indicator activation, and initiating power supply replacement
B. Hardware alerts, BIOS and firmware versions, and initiating disk replacement
C. LED indicator activation, initiating disk replacement, and BIOS parameter change
D. BIOS and firmware versions, cluster shutdown, and initiating BIOS and firmware update
Answer: B

NO.221 What logs can be gathered using the VxRail plug-in?

A. VxRail, ESXi hosts, NSX, and vCenter
B. VxRail, vCenter, ESXi host, iDRAC, and PTAgent
C. VxRail only
D. vCenter and ESXi only
Answer: B

NO.222 Refer to the exhibit.

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You have received the attached PEQ for an upcoming VxRail implementation. However, you have no
additional supporting documents.
Who should be your first point of contact for additional information?
A. Solutions Architect
B. Project Manager
C. Customer
D. Systems Engineer
Answer: B

NO.223 A VxRail deployment has just been completed, and the performance service is enabled. The
vSAN backend IOPS metrics are not available for the cluster.
What is the reason for this issue?
A. Data has not been populated yet.
B. Health service has not been turned on
C. Monitoring policy has not been created
D. Performance service has not been disabled and re-enabled
Answer: A

NO.224 When adding a VxRail node the validation fails.

What could be the cause of this problem?
A. IPv6 multicasting is not enabled
B. Only one network interface online
C. Time on the node was not set correctly

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D. DNS record was not created

Answer: B

NO.225 A VxRail cluster is being deployed in a DMZ environment.

What is the recommended deployment option?
A. External vCenter Server with customer-supplied VDS
B. External vCenter Server with VxRail-deployed VDS
C. Internal vCenter Server with internal DNS
D. Internal vCenter Server with external DNS
Answer: D

NO.226 When using the VxRail Deployment Wizard, what is the correct format to enter the name of
a VxRail-deployed vCenter Server?
A. FQDN
B. IP address
C. Hostname
Answer: C

NO.227 What is the correct CLI command to collect only the VxRail Manager logs?
A. vm-supportsh -c
B. vc-support sh -v
C. generateLogBundle py -v
D. generateFullBundle.py -c
Answer: D

NO.228 What is not a requirement for a VxRail External vCenter deployment?

A. FQDN of the Embedded PSC
B. FQDN of the vCenter Server
C. An existing datacenter name to be used for the VxRail cluster
D. Verification that the DNS server can resolve all VxRail ESXi hostnames
Answer: A

NO.229 A company is planning to deploy their Virtual Desktop Infrastructure on VxRail. The solution
should support 2D and 3D high end visualization.
Which VxRail license is required for this solution?
A. vSphere Enterprise Plus
B. vSphere with Operations Management Enterprise
C. vSphere Enterprise
D. vSphere Standard
Answer: A

NO.230 Which two log files can be used for troubleshooting when deploying a new VxRail Cluster?
A. loudmouth.log and dayone.log

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B. marvin.log and dayone.log

C. localhost_access_log.txt and dayone.log
D. loudmouth.log and short.term.log
Answer: A

NO.231 What is validated by running the Proactive VM Creation test in vCenter on a VxRail cluster?
A. vSAN operates successfully
B. Network firewalls are configured correctly
C. Network performance is sufficient
D. vSAN has sufficient storage capacity
Answer: A

NO.232 Which URL is used to enter the planning information for a new VxRail Cluster deployment?
A. https://dl.dell.com/downloads/DL90235_Network-Validation-Tool-for-VxRail...
B. https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/product-support/product/vxrail-s...
C. https://etools-acg.dell.com/vxrail
D. https://vxrailconfiguration.dellemc.com
Answer: D

NO.233 In a VxRail internal vCenter deployment, which component(s) are automatically licensed?
A. vCenter only
B. vCenter and vSAN
C. None
D. vSAN only
Answer: D

NO.234 What is the recommended way to power up VxRail E, V, P, and S Series nodes?
A. Ensure the System Health indicator blinks amber for 10 minutes after power on
B. Use the power button on the rear panel to power on each node
C. Wait at least 30 seconds between powering up each node
D. Use the iDRAC interface to power on each node
Answer: B

NO.235 What is used to control remote access to VxRail through SRS?

A. VxRail Manager
B. SRS VE Gateway
C. vCenter
D. Policy Manager
Answer: D

NO.236 You have determined that you need to execute a RASR factory upgrade of a VxRail v4.7.1xx
node You download the RASR ISO from the Dell Support site.
What is the correct order of steps to finish the upgrade?

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Answer:

NO.237 You are in the validation phase of a VxRail deployment with two Top of Rack (ToR) switches
and four V570F VxRail nodes.
Which command should you issue on each of the ToR switches to validate that Link Aggregation has
not been configured for VxRail interfaces?
A. show spanning tree
B. show interfaces port-channel brief
C. show vlan
D. show running config mld
Answer: B

NO.238 Where can an administrator find steps to perform a manual verification of the customer
network?
A. Customer Simplified Form
B. Dell EMC VxRail Network Planning Guide
C. Dell Technologies SolVe Online
D. Pre-Engagement Questionnaire (PEQ)
Answer: C

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NO.239 A VxRail running version 4.7.100 has been deployed in a SmartFabric configuration. The
customer needs to set up management of their networking for the Cluster.
What steps are required to complete this task?
A. Download the OMNI plug-in, enable vCenter, and run the Python script
B. Download, install the OME plug-in, and run the Python script
C. Download and install the OMNI plug-in
D. Download and install OME plug-in
Answer: C

NO.240 What action is required to enable VxRail Manager the ability to update system software and
browse VxRail KB articles?
A. Set the appliance status to 'Installed' in the Dell EMC Install database
B. Set the Username and Password for the Support Account
C. Configure Proxy settings
D. Enable Secure Remote Support (SRS)
Answer: B

NO.241 A customer has decided that they will be using the Spanning Tree protocol in their Dell EMC
ToR switches.
How should the switch ports used for VxRail be configured to achieve a successful deployment?
A. Enable MLD snooping and querier
B. Set the port type to edge
C. Set the port mode to access
D. Enable link aggregation for all ports
Answer: B

NO.242 The VxRail Deployment Wizard is being used on a VxRail cluster with a customer-supplied
VDS.
Which settings must be used to ensure successful installation?
A. Join an external vCenter Server
Use the step-by-step method
B. Use the VxRail vCenter Server
Use the step-by-step method
C. Use the VxRail vCenter Server
Upload a configuration file (JSON)
D. Join an external vCenter Server
Upload a configuration file (JSON)
Answer: D

NO.243 What is a supported witness configuration for a 3+3+1 VxRail Stretched Cluster?
A. Physical ESXi host with included cluster license
B. vSAN Witness appliance with customer provided license
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D. vSAN Witness appliance or a physical ESXi host

Answer: D

NO.244 Which license must be provided by the customer for a VxRail deployment with embedded
vCenter?
A. VMware vSphere
B. VxRail Manager
C. VMware Log Insight
D. RecoverPoint
Answer: A

NO.245 What would be the result if no value is entered for "NTP Server(s)" in the First Run Wizard
during VxRail deployment?
A. Time is set to UTC
B. Review and Validate screen shows a red "X"
C. Validation test fails
D. Time from the BIOS on the first ESXi host is used
Answer: D

NO.246 What must be used when deploying VxRail with a customer-supplied VDS?
A. Deployment Wizard using the configuration file method
B. Deployment Wizard using the step-by-step method
C. VxRail API with configuration file
D. VxRail PowerShell SysBringUp Module
Answer: B

NO.247 When using VxRail Manager, what is the source of information that can help validate good
VxRail system post-deployment status?
A. Last Heartbeat, Last Configuration Sent, Network Environment Settings, Cluster Monitor
B. System Diagnostic, Events, Health Logical View, Health Physical View, Log Bundle
C. MARVIN-Virtual-SAN-Cluster > Manage > Health and Performance
D. MARVIN-Virtual-SAN-Cluster > Monitor > Virtual SAN > Health
Answer: B

NO.248 What is validated by running the Proactive Network Performance test in vCenter on a VxRail
cluster?
A. Network performance for virtual machines
B. Latency and bandwidth measurement to the witness host
C. Latency measurement between DCs for Stretched Clusters
D. Network configuration and performance for vSAN
Answer: D

NO.249 What is the correct order of steps to install a Dell PowerEdge-based VxRail cluster?

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Answer:

NO.250 The Market Place on a VxRail Manager is empty on a newly deployed system. Testing shows
that the Internet is reachable through proxy in the management network.
Which action should be taken to correct this situation?
A. VxRail Manager has no proxy support.
B. Upgrade to latest version and add proxy configuration manually.
C. Manually add the proxy information in the VxRail Manager configuration
D. Reset the appliance and redeploy with proxy information filled in the deployment process.
Answer: C

NO.251 Which step of the VxRail Initialization wizard may time out if the user does not proceed to
the next step within 20 minutes?
A. Build complete screen
B. Review expected nodes list
C. Review and validate
D. Configuration of the VxRail Manager IP address
Answer: C

NO.252 A VxRail cluster has just been deployed. The administrator notices that Deduplication and
Compression are not enabled.
What is the reason for this issue?
A. The VSAN licensing is missing
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C. Nodes are configured with hybrid drives

D. Nodes are configured with a single disk group
Answer: B

NO.253 A BMC interface webpage is reachable but unresponsive.

What should be done to resolve this problem?
A. NDU to latest bundle of VxRail software
B. Reboot the node
C. Reset the BMC through /tmp/vspexblue/bin/ipmitool mc reset cold
D. Upgrade the BMC firmware
Answer: B

NO.254 View the Exhibit.

Based on the exhibit, which interfaces should be used to reset the node through the Mobile Build
Server?
A. 1 and 3
B. 1 and 2
C. 2 and 3
D. 1, 2 and 3
Answer: A

NO.255 After finishing the rack and stack of a fully populated VxRail G560 chassis, in what sequence
should the nodes be powered on?
A. Any order - sequence is not important
B. All four nodes at the same time
C. Must be in the following order: 4, 3, 2, 1
D. Must be in the following order: 1, 2, 3, 4
Answer: A

NO.256 A planned VxRail Stretched Cluster will have four All-Flash nodes at each site
What is the recommended storage policy to ensure cross-site and local protection, using storage as
efficiently as possible?
A. Site disaster tolerance - None - keep data on Preferred (stretched cluster) Failures to tolerate -
1 failure - RAID-5 (Erasure Coding)
B. Site disaster tolerance - Dual site mirroring (stretched cluster) Failures to tolerate - 1 failure - RAID
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C. Site disaster tolerance - Dual site mirroring (stretched cluster) Failures to tolerate - 1 failure - RAID
-1 (Mirroring)
D. Site disaster tolerance - Dual site mirroring (stretched cluster) Failures to tolerate - no dat
a redundancy
Answer: B

NO.257 Which Dell EMC Networking Operating System OS10 CLI command allows the user to
confirm that SmartFabric Services have been enabled for a VxRail?
A. show interface status
B. show switch-operating-mode
C. switchport mode access
D. show access-lists
Answer: B

NO.258 A customer is performing self-deploy of a VxRail cluster. The VxRail Deployment Wizard fails
to launch. The software appears to be corrupted.
What should they do to address the issue?
A. Use the VMware Host Client and iDRAC to access the nodes and troubleshoot the issue.
B. Verify that the Configuration file is not corrupt and has all the required values.
C. Use the vSphere Client and troubleshoot the issue.
D. Contact Dell support and request the nodes be reimaged.
Answer: D

NO.259 A company wants to deploy VxRail on V Series nodes as a proof-of-concept (POC). Only one
Top of Rack (ToR) switch has been provided for the POC.
What is the Dell EMC best practice recommendation in this situation?
A. Connect the first host NIC to the ToR switch. Leave the second host NIC un-cabled.
B. Connect each host NIC to a port on a different switch packet buffer bank on the ToR switch.
Balance the ports across two packet buffer banks.
C. Inform the company that the POC cannot proceed without a second ToR switch.
D. Connect the first host NIC to the TOR switch. Daisy chain the second NIC between hosts.
Answer: B

NO.260 You are attempting to reset a single G Series node running 4.0.x code to the factory default.
You discover that the configbundle.tgz file is corrupt.
What is the recommended method to recover the node?
A. Rapid Appliance Self Recovery
B. Node Replacement
C. Mobile Build Server
D. Reset Script
Answer: C

NO.261 At which levels of SSD remaining write endurance does the health status change from
Healthy to Warning - Error - Critical?

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A. 10% - 5% - 1%
B. 20% - 10% - 3%
C. 30% - 20% - 5%
D. 50% - 30% - 10%
Answer: C

NO.262 When populating the VxRail Installation wizard for an External vCenter solution, what is the
correct format for hostnames?
A. vCenter, PSC, and VxRail Manager should use host name only
B. VxRail Manager and vCenter should use FQDN; PSC should use host name only
C. vCenter and PSC should use FQDN; VxRail Manager should use host name only
D. vCenter, PSC, and VxRail Manager should use FQDN
Answer: A

NO.263 What setting is used for the object space reservation in the VXRAIL-SYSTEM-STORAGE-
PROFILE?
A. 75% Reservation
B. 50% Reservation
C. Thick Provisioning
D. Thin Provisioning
Answer: C

NO.264 Based on the exhibit, what is the correct IP address to use when resetting a G Series node
with the reset script?

A. 169.254.234.124
B. 192.168.20.35
C. 192.168.30.35
D. 192.168.80.35
Answer: C

NO.265 What code is returned when a VxRail API request is executed successfully?
A. 500
B. 200
C. 400
D. 207
Answer: B

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NO.266 What is a consideration when expanding a VxRail cluster? (Choose two.)

A. 1 GbE must be hybrid and single processor node type
B. Expanding a cluster to 64 nodes requires a 25 GbE network
C. Mixing of All-Flash and all-NVMe nodes in a cluster is not allowed
D. G Series clusters can be expanded only with G Series nodes
Answer: A D

NO.267 Where can the latest VxRail Pre-Installation Site Checklist be obtained for a new
deployment?
A. Service offering index
B. VxRail Master Knowledge Base article
C. SolVe
D. EMC Support VxRail
Answer: D

NO.268 A VxRail Test Plan has been completed.

What is the protocol for recording the results?
A. With the implementation team, complete and document each test, test date, and a screenshot of
results
B. In front of a customer, complete each test and document the test date
C. With the implementation team, complete each test and document the test date
D. In front of a customer, complete and document each test, test date, and a screenshot of results
Answer: A

NO.269 A company intends to deploy VxRail for their heavy database workloads.
Which type of VxRail nodes should be recommended?
A. E Series
B. P Series
C. V Series
D. S Series
Answer: B

NO.270 What is required to configure SRS for VxRail?

A. VMware ELA
B. Dell EMC Support Account
C. Log Insight
D. VxRail Node Imaging Management Tool
Answer: B

NO.271 An implementation engineer is in the validation phase of a VxRail deployment with two Dell
EMC ToR switches.
Which command should they run on each of the ToR switches to validate that Link Aggregation has
been configured according to Dell best practices for VxRail node interfaces?

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A. show network-policy profile

B. show interface
C. show port-channel summary
D. show interface status
Answer: C

NO.272 Which model of VxRail node supports the lowest number of disk groups?
A. E Series
B. P Series
C. G Series
D. S Series
Answer: C

NO.273 A VxRail Cluster has deduplication and compression enabled.

Which set of statements is correct?
A. Deduplication is applied at the Cluster level.
Deduplication creates unique 2 KB blocks.
Compression is applied after deduplication.
Compression is applied after being written to SSD.
B. Deduplication is applied at the disk group level.
Deduplication creates unique 4 KB blocks.
Compression is applied after deduplication.
Compression is applied before being written to SSD.
C. Deduplication is applied at the disk group level.
Deduplication creates unique 2 KB blocks.
Compression is applied after deduplication.
Compression is applied before being written to SSD.
D. Deduplication is applied at the Cluster level.
Deduplication creates unique 4 KB blocks.
Compression is applied before deduplication.
Compression is applied after being written to SSD.
Answer: B

NO.274 What is a consideration when adding nodes to a VxRail G Series chassis?

A. All nodes in a G Series chassis must be identical
B. Hybrid and All-Flash nodes are permitted, if in different chassis
C. In a full G Series chassis, all nodes must have 10GbE ports
D. G Series can only scale up to 8 nodes
Answer: A

NO.275 A systems engineer is deploying a VxRail cluster. They want to ensure that configuration
issues can be avoided when expanding this cluster.
Which actions need to be performed?
A. Verify the configuration settings initially captured in PEQ

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Validate the storage environment

B. Validate that the latest updates and patches are installed in the system
Validate that no pending and unfinished jobs are running on the servers
C. Validate that no pending and unfinished jobs are running on the servers
Verify that the server and storage components are working properly
D. Verify VxRail nodes are racked and connected to the ToR switches
Validate the network environment
Answer: B

NO.276 What is the function of Witness Traffic Separation in a VxRail Stretched Cluster?
A. Splits the traffic to enable an offsite backup of virtual machines
B. Separates the witness traffic from the customer management VLAN
C. Separates the witness traffic from the vSAN backend VLAN
D. Splits the traffic to provide an additional layer of redundancy
Answer: C

NO.277 Which command can be used from VxRail Manager VM to restart the loudmouth daemon?
A. systemctl restart loudmouth
B. /etc/init.d/vmware-loudmouth restart
C. systemctl restart vmware-loudmouth
D. /etc/init.d/loudmouth restart
Answer: C

NO.278 During deployment of a VxRail E560F cluster the data on the node becomes corrupted due
to a misconfiguration.
Which option in the RASR menu should be selected to ensure the quickest restart of the installation?
A. Install DUPs
B. Create RASRUSB
C. Factory Reset
D. RASR Reset
Answer: C

NO.279 What is the maximum number of hosts supported in a VxRail Stretched Cluster?
A. 15
B. 16
C. 31
D. 32
Answer: C

NO.280 Which two vSAN licenses include entitlement for VMware HCI Mesh? (Select 2)
A. Standard
B. Enterprise
C. Enterprise Plus

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D. Advanced
Answer: B C

NO.281 Which VxRail model(s) has a non-mirrored IDSDM?

A. All G Series
B. S570
C. All E Series
D. D560/F
Answer: A

NO.282 A customer is deploying a VxRail cluster in their datacenter and will be deploying other
VxRail clusters in the coming months.
Which vCenter deployment option will be excluded from the VxRail Lifecycle software updates?
A. Existing VxRail-managed vCenter Server
B. Existing Customer-supplied vCenter Server
C. Internal VxRail-managed vCenter Server
Answer: B

NO.283 Which VxRail node type support only hybrid storage?

A. S Series
B. E Series
C. G Series
D. V Series
Answer: A

NO.284 What is a requirement for Top-of-Rack (ToR) switches when deploying a VxRail cluster?
A. Must be manufactured by Dell, Cisco, or Brocade
B. Must support IPv6 Multicast
C. Must have two switches in the cluster
D. Must support 25GbE connectivity
Answer: B

NO.285 Which is the initial default HA setting for resource capacity reserved for a VxRail cluster?
A. 15%
B. 25%
C. 35%
D. 50%
Answer: D

NO.286 Which vSAN feature requires an All-Flash cluster?

A. Data-at-Rest Encryption
B. Storage Policy Based Management
C. Data-in-Transit Encryption

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D. Deduplication and compression

Answer: D

NO.287 What network setting is the optional configuration on the port group for a customer-
supplied VDS before the VxRail cluster is deployed?
A. Assign NIC uplinks
B. Enable and configure NIOC
C. Configure NIC teaming and failover
D. Enable NIC teaming and failover
Answer: B

NO.288 An implementation engineer is tasked with setting up RecoverPoint for VMs on a 5-node
V570F cluster.
How many VMs are licensed to be protected on the cluster?
A. 5
B. 15
C. 25
D. 30
Answer: C

NO.289 What is the default VLAN that is configured on the nodes and is used for device discovery
during initial implementation and node expansion?
A. 0
B. 1812
C. 1814
D. 3939
Answer: D

NO.290 What is a valid 2-node VxRail cluster configuration?

A. 2x 1 GbE and 2x 10 GbE in a direct-connect configuration and external vCenter
B. 2x 1 GbE and 2x 10 GbE in a switch configuration and internal vCenter
C. 2x 10 GbE and 2x 25 GbE in a switch configuration and external vCenter
D. 2x 10 GbE and 2x 25 GbE in a direct-connect configuration and internal vCenter
Answer: A

NO.291 What is the maximum number of VxRail 4.7.x Clusters you can create with three G Series
nodes and five E Series nodes?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Answer: B

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NO.292 Which license is required for vSAN Data-At-Rest Encryption, and what is characteristic of this
type of encryption?
A. Requires vSAN Enterprise Plus
Applies to the entire datastore
B. Requires vSAN Standard
Applies on a per VM basis
C. Requires vSAN Advanced
Applies on a per VM basis
D. Requires vSAN Enterprise
Applies to the entire datastore
Answer: D

NO.293 What is the minimum VxRail version that supports a SmartFabric configuration on a VxRail
Cluster?
A. 4.7.100
B. 4.7.000
C. 4.5.225
D. 4.5.300
Answer: B

NO.294 Which options can be checked by the Network Validation Tool for VxRail?
A. Network Services, Upstream Switches, and Storage Networks
B. ToR Switches, Upstream Switches, and Storage Networks
C. Network Services, ToR Switches, and Storage Networks
D. Network Services, ToR Switches, and Upstream Switches
Answer: D

NO.295 What is the default network traffic configuration for a VxRail node with 2 x 10 GbE ports?
A. Management and vMotion on Uplink1 vSAN and Virtual Machines on Uplink2
B. Management, Virtual Machines, and vSAN on Uplink1 vMotion on Uplink2
C. Management, vMotion, and Virtual Machines on Uplink1 vSAN on Uplink2
D. Management and Virtual Machines on Uplink1 vSAN and vMotion on Uplink2
Answer: C

NO.296 Which user provided block of IP addresses to the VxRail initialization wizard may contain
non-contiguous addresses?
A. VMware Virtual SAN
B. ESXi host
C. vSphere vMotion
D. NTP Servers
Answer: D

NO.297 In addition to the VxRail YouTube video, links to what resources should the SE send to the

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customer, according to the VxRail PEQ Engagement Details worksheet?

A. VxRail vCenter Server Planning Guide VxRail Network Guide
B. VxRail QuickStart Guide VxRail Network Guide
C. VxRail vCenter Server Planning Guide Network Validation Tool
D. VxRail QuickStart Guide Network Validation Tool
Answer: D

NO.298 Which vSAN setting is enabled by default during the initial deployment of a VxRail cluster?
A. Deduplication and Compression
B. Performance Service
C. Storage policy of FTT = 1
D. Encryption
Answer: A

NO.299 A system administrator attempts to use the VxRail REST API to obtain system health status
for their VxRail environment. The system returns the following error code: 401.
What should the administrator do to address this issue?
A. Provide vCenter credentials with sufficient rights
B. Ensure that the VxRail Manager IP address is correct
C. Use a REST API software package different than the native version of swagger
D. Use /v2/system instead of /v1/system
Answer: A

NO.300 A customer requires a VxRail Stretched Cluster with E560F nodes in its minimal
configuration. In addition, the cluster should be able to use both erasure coding options.
Which setup fulfills the requirement?
A. 3+3 nodes
B. 4+4 nodes
C. 6+6 nodes
D. 8+8 nodes
Answer: A

NO.301 Once a VxRail cluster has been acquired, what is the correct sequence of steps to deploy it?

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NO.302 Which software component is an optional add-on for VxRail?

A. Dell EMC Secure Remote Support
B. VMware vRealize Log Insight
C. VMware vSAN
D. VMware vRealize Operations
Answer: D

NO.303 Where can you directly obtain the latest version of the VxRail Appliance PEQ and PEQ

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Addendum?
A. Solve Desktop Embedded within
B. https://elabadvisor.psapps.emc.com/licensedtools/download
C. https://dell.com/support
D. Solve Online
Answer: B

NO.304 What are the requirements for a customer-supplied VDS in a VxRail deployment?
A. 4 or 8 uplinks
Port groups for Discovery, Management, vMotion, and vSAN only
B. 2 or 4 uplinks
Port groups for Discovery, Management, vMotion, and vSAN only
C. 2 or 4 uplinks
Port groups for Discovery, Management vCenter Server, vMotion, and vSAN
D. 4 or 8 uplinks
Port groups for Discovery, Management, vCenter Server, vMotion, and vSAN
Answer: C D

NO.305 A VxRail API request has been executed and the user account does not have vCenter
privileges to perform the task What code is returned?
A. 200
B. 207
C. 403
D. 500
Answer: D

NO.306 In addition to hardware monitoring, what is the purpose of the Dell PTAgent service on a
VxRail node?
A. Hardware discovery and VxRail VIB installation
B. VxRail node discovery and software upgrades
C. BOSS upgrade and firmware installation
D. Hardware discovery and firmware installation
Answer: D

NO.307 Which setting can be changed post-deployment without risking VxRail system failure?
A. Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC) may be disabled
B. Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) automation level
C. VMware HCIA Distributed Switch Traffic Filtering and Marking may be enabled
D. HA reserve capacity (for a 4 node cluster) may be reduced to 15%
Answer: B

NO.308 What issue is one of the top reasons for failing to deploy SRS/VE in a VxRail environment?
A. Excessive latency

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B. DNS resolution failure

C. LCM errors
D. NTP drift
Answer: B

NO.309 Which software is included with VxRail and provides continuous replication of virtual
machines deployed on a VxRail appliance?
A. VMware VM Snapshots
B. Dell EMC RecoverPoint for VMs
C. VMware vSphereData Protection
D. Dell EMC RecoverPoint CRR
Answer: B

NO.310 A systems engineer is tasked to configure a VxRail cluster and notices that the VxRail
Deployment Wizard fails to launch. The engineer discovers that the software is corrupted.
What should the engineer do to address the issue?
A. Use the VMware Host Client and iDRAC to access the nodes for troubleshooting
B. Verify that the JSON file is not corrupted and has all the required values
C. Return the nodes to the original build state
D. Check vCenter and troubleshoot the build failure
Answer: C

NO.311 You are expanding the capacity of a Hybrid VxRail by creating an additional disk group. The
new disk group will be composed of five drives on all participating cluster nodes.
When you attempt to add the new disks to the vSAN datastore you receive an error message about
there being no cache tier available.
What is the likely cause?
A. vSAN supports disk groups with four drives or fewer
B. Cluster requires vSAN Advanced or Enterprise license upgrade
C. You attempted to add the disks to the existing disk group
D. All the drives are labeled as HDDs
Answer: D

NO.312 In which VxRail model is the IDRAC NIC Selection Setting set to LOM1?
A. S570
B. E560
C. G410
D. G560
Answer: D

NO.313 An implementation engineer is working with a customer to prepare an external vCenter

Server for a new VxRail deployment with customer-supplied VDS.
What vCenter objects must exist for a successful VxRail deployment?

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A. Datacenter, Cluster, and Custom VDS

B. Datacenter, VxRail Management user, and Custom VDS
C. Datacenter and VxRail Management user only
D. Datacenter, Cluster, and VxRail Management user
Answer: B

NO.314 A local upgrade is planned for a VxRail 7.0.xxx cluster.

For which Service VMs are snapshots recommended prior to the upgrade?
A. VMware vCenter Appliance
VMware vRealize Operations
B. VMware vCenter Appliance
VMware vCenter Server PSC
C. VxRail Manager
VMware Log Insight
D. VMware vCenter Appliance
VxRail Manager
Answer: D

NO.315 You require a service tag for a VxRail service request. Where could you find this?
A. Appliance level physical view
B. Secure Remote Services device list
C. VxRail Manager BIOS
D. Cluster level physical view
Answer: A

NO.316 Which functionality is provided by the VxRail vCenter plug-in - Physical View?
A. LED indicator activation, initiate a disk replacement, and BIOS parameter change
B. Hardware alerts, LED indicator activation, and initiate power supply replacement
C. Hardware alerts, BIOS and firmware versions, and initiate a disk replacement
D. BIOS and firmware versions, cluster shutdown, and initiate BIOS and firmware update
Answer: C

NO.317 Which mode must be enabled to support multiple VLANs on ToR ports?
A. Access
B. Port-Channel
C. Trunk
D. Link Aggregation
Answer: C

NO.318 What Is a supported method for racking nodes for a new VxRail deployment?
A. With server exhaust facing the cold aisle
B. With PDUs connected to 120v single phase 5-amp electrical circuits
C. Starting with node 1 at the top of the rack

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D. In the rack hosting the network equipment used to manage the iDRAC
Answer: C

NO.319 Which items are validated during the NVT test?

A. Bandwidth and STP
B. DNS and NTP
C. Latency and NTP
D. DNS and WINS
Answer: B

NO.320 An infrastructure system audit will begin in two weeks All data center devices will be
checked to ensure they contain the installed patches and configurations. A system engineer will
update the VxRail hosts with the latest patches and remediate security vulnerabilities.
What troubleshooting resource can a user receive from Dell and use proactively to help perform the
remediation tasks?
A. KB articles
B. Advisories
C. Log files
D. SolVe Online
Answer: C

NO.321 From what location should NVT for VxRail be run?

A. Jump server on a different network
B. Workstation on the same network as VxRail Manager
C. VxRail network Top of Rack switch
D. Laptop connected to the first VxRail ESXi node
Answer: B

NO.322 What is validated by running the Proactive VM Creation test in vCenter on a VxRail cluster?
A. vSAN operates successfully
B. Network firewalls are configured correctly
C. vSAN has sufficient storage capacity
D. Network performance is sufficient
Answer: A

NO.323 An implementation engineer is logged into the vSphere Client of a recently deployed VxRail
cluster. They want to review the versions of all the installed VxRail software components.
Which view should they use to gather this information?
A. Host and Clusters > VxRail Cluster > Configure > VxRail > Updates
B. Host and Clusters > VxRail Cluster > Configure > VxRail > System
C. Menu > Administration > Solutions > Client Plugins
D. Hosts and Clusters > VxRail Cluster > Monitor > VxRail > Appliances
Answer: A

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NO.324 A VxRail cluster is being deployed with the VxRail Deployment Wizard.
For which IP addresses must FQDNs be resolved by DNS?
A. Only the first VxRail ESXi node, vCenter Server, and VxRail Manager VM
B. All VxRail ESXi nodes, vCenter Server, and VxRail Manager VM
C. vCenter Server and VxRail Manager VM only
D. All VxRail ESXi nodes, vRealize Operation Manager, and VxRail Manager VM
Answer: B

NO.325 A company has multiple VxRail systems installed at geographically dispersed data centers
They want to upgrade all their VxRail systems to the latest release- Before the upgrade, they want an
inventory report of all the VxRail systems which shows the current health status and versions of all
installed VxRail components.
What should be used to meet these requirements?
A. itrend
Live Optics
B. VxRail Plugin for vCenter Server
VxRail API
C. VxRail Plugin for vCenter Server
DRM Services
D. Mitrend
VxRail Log insight
Answer: D

NO.326 What accurately describes the positioning of a VxRail?

A. Can start small and grow with a low entry cost
B. Software defined solution with rack scale and integrated networking
C. Can start small and grow to hundreds of nodes
D. Converged architecture with enterprise grade resiliency
Answer: D

NO.327 You are asked to cable up a VxRail G Series cluster to a redundant pair of 1/10G switches.
What is the cabling best practice for this configuration?
A. Cable ports 1 and 2 to one switch. Cable ports 3 and 4 to the other switch.
B. Cable ports 1 and 2 to one switch. Cable ports 3 and 4 to the other switch. Cable BMC from node 1
and 2 to one switch. Cable BMC from node 3 and 4 to the other switch.
C. Cable ports 1 and 3 to one switch. Cable ports 2 and 4 to the other switch.
D. Cable ports 1 and 3 to one switch. Cable ports 2 and 4 to the other switch. Cable BMC from node 1
and 3 to one switch. Cable BMC from node 2 and 4 to the
Answer: D

NO.328 When using the RASR method to reset a VxRail node, which boot device is selected?
A. RASRUSB
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C. IDRAC SD CARD
D. IDSDM
Answer: D

NO.329 Match each IDRAC Maintenance page tab to its description.

Answer:

NO.330 Which requirement is optional for a VxRail Stretched Cluster?

A. Enterprise Plus vSphere Licensing
B. External vCenter
C. IPv6 Multicast between locations
D. Cross-site layer-2 connectivity
Answer: C

NO.331 A VxRail solution will be deployed with the embedded vCenter and an external DNS At a
minimum, for which components must DNS records be created?
A. ESXi Hosts, VxRail Manager and iDRAC
B. vCenter Server Platform Services Controller, and VxRail Manager
C. vCenter Server, ESXi hosts, and VxRail Manager

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D. vCenter Server Platform Services Controller, and iDRAC

Answer: C

NO.332 When resetting a Dell PowerEdge-based VxRail node to an existing factory image, which
boot device should be selected?
A. BOSS
B. RASRUSB
C. SATADOM
D. IDSDM
Answer: D

NO.333 You need to create a VxRail JSON file to generate a VxRail As-Built configuration report.
How should you obtain this file?
A. Download it from the vSphere client VxRail plug-in - Last Configuration Data Sent
B. Generate it from the VxRail PEQ by clicking the Generate Appliance JSON button
C. Download it from the VxRail First Run Wizard after a successful validation
D. Generate it from the VxRail PEQ by clicking the Generate NVT/FDC JSON button
Answer: C

NO.334 A new enterprise customer will be deploying VxRail, utilizing an existing vCenter.
Which server will be used to add and validate the host and domain names?
A. Internal DNS server deployed on node1
B. Customer external DNS server
C. Customer external vCenter with host file
D. Internal DNS server on VxRail Manager
Answer: B

NO.335 A company needs to enable vSphere GPU capabilities on their VxRail cluster. To do so, they
need to purchase a specific entitlement.
What licensing satisfies this requirement?
A. vSAN Enterprise Plus Edition
B. vSphere Enterprise Plus
C. vSphere Standard
D. vSAN Advanced Edition
Answer: B

NO.336 A VxRail 7.0.100 environment is managed by the internal vCenter Server. The customer asks
the implementation engineer to deploy a new VxRail cluster using the existing vCenter Server.
What should the response of the engineer?
A. Supported by neither the internal vCenter Server nor external vCenter Server
B. Not supported on VxRail software 7.0.100
C. Not supported for internal vCenter Server
D. Only supported on VxRail software 4.7.xxx

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Answer: B

NO.337 What is the name of the default port group with VLAN ID 3939 on an unconfigured VxRail
node?
A. Private Management Network
B. Private Discovery Network
C. Management Network
D. Discovery Network
Answer: A

NO.338 What is a permissible configuration when performing a cluster expansion?

A. Mixing of AMD-based nodes and Intel-based nodes.
B. Use 25 GbE for VMNetwork, 10 GbE for VSAN, and 1 GbE for Management.
C. Mixing of all-flash and all-NVMe nodes in a cluster.
D. New nodes should be on a different subnet prior to deployment.
Answer: C

NO.339 How must node ports on Dell EMC ToR switches be configured when the Spanning Tree
Protocol is enabled in an environment?
A. In Port-Channel mode
B. In Forwarding status
C. As edge ports
D. As access ports
Answer: C

NO.340 What is the maximum number of nodes supported in a standard VxRail Appliance
configuration?
A. 8
B. 32
C. 64
D. 128
Answer: C

NO.341 An implementation engineer is configuring the network firewall to support a VxRail

installation.
Where can they find the necessary firewall rules?
A. Network Validation Tool
B. VxRail Configuration Portal
C. As-Built Configuration Report
D. Rack worksheet of the Network PEQ
Answer: C

NO.342 Which proactive vSAN tests are built in vCenter?

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A. VM creation and network performance

B. VM creation and data utilization simulation
C. Firewall port and data utilization simulation
D. Network performance and firewall port simulation
Answer: A

NO.343 A company has a two chassis G Series cluster and wants to change the setup. This will
require a reset of the chassis.
What is the correct procedure?
A. Reset both chassis simultaneously through the reset script
B. Reset the primary chassis first, followed by the secondary chassis, through the reset script.
C. Reset both chassis simultaneously with the mobile build server
D. Reset the secondary chassis first, followed by the primary chassis, through the reset script.
Answer: D

NO.344 Which VxRail Series is designed to support a VDI environment and requires a GPU card in
each host?
A. S Series
B. V Series
C. G Series
D. P Series
Answer: B

NO.345 An existing Dell EMC customer wants to deploy a new VxRail cluster on premise. Each node
of the new cluster will be configured with a single disk group containing one 1.6 TB Flash drive for the
capacity tier. The customer plans on using mirroring and needs to have at least 2 TB of usable
capacity in the vSAN datastore.
What is the minimum number of VxRail nodes required?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
Answer: A

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