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Exam : D-VXR-DY-23
Title : Dell Technologies VxRail

Deploy 2023
Version : V8.02
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1.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
2.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
3.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
4.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: D
5.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
6.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
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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
7.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
8.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: B
9.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
10.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
11.Refer to the Exhibit which shows a red box around a node PSNT.
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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
12.Match each component of the VxRail HCI System Software to its description.
Answer:
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13.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
14.What must be enabled on ToR switch ports connected to VxRail nodes to support multiple VLANs?
A. Access Mode
B. Link Aggregation
C. Trunk Mode
D. Rapid Spanning Tree
Answer: C
15.Which two vSAN licenses include entitlement for VMware HCI Mesh? (Select 2)
A. Standard
B. Enterprise
C. Enterprise Plus
D. Advanced
Answer: BC
16.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
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17.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
18.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?
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A. Rapid Appliance Self Recovery

B. Node Replacement
C. Mobile Build Server
D. Reset Script
Answer: C
19.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
20.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
21.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
22.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
23.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
24.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
25.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
26.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
27.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
28.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
29.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
30.Which network feature is unsupported on the VxRail system NIC ports?

A. Spanning Tree
B. Multicast
C. Unicast
D. Link aggregation
Answer: D
31.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
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32.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
33.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
34.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
35.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?
A. show network-policy profile
B. show interface
C. show port-channel summary
D. show interface status
Answer: C
36.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
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37.What is the maximum number of nodes in a VxRail cluster when using 1 GbE links?
A. 4
B. 8
C. 16
D. 32
Answer: B
38.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: D
39.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
40.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
41.What is the correct sequence of steps to perform a RASR Factory Reset using an SD card?
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Answer:
42.What data protection option is included with VxRail?

A. PowerProtect Software Data Domain Cloud Tier
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B. vSphere Replication NetWorker

C. RecoverPoint for VM Avamar
D. RecoverPoint for VM vSphere Replication
Answer: D
43.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
44.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
45.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
46.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
47.Which proactive vSAN tests are built in vCenter?

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
48.From what environment must a network administrator run VxRail network validation?
A. Windows PowerShell command prompt
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B. Same subnet as VxRail Management Network

C. Top of Rack switches
D. VxRail Deployment Wizard
Answer: B
49.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
50.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
51.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
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: B
52.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: AB
53.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
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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
54.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
B. The service is disabled by default
C. Nodes are configured with hybrid drives
D. Nodes are configured with a single disk group
Answer: B
55.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
56.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
C. Two Top of Rack (ToR) switches will be used
D. Two Upstream switches will be used
Answer: B
57.Which vSAN feature requires an All-Flash cluster?

A. Data-at-Rest Encryption
B. Storage Policy Based Management
C. Data-in-Transit Encryption
D. Deduplication and compression
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Answer: D
58.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
59.What is used to control remote access to VxRail through SRS?

A. VxRail Manager
B. SRS VE Gateway
C. vCenter
D. Policy Manager
Answer: B
60.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
61.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
62.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
D. Internal vCenter Server
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Answer: C
63.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
64.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
C. Primary to witness site RTT latency: 75 ms
D. Primary to witness site RTT latency: 75 ms
Answer: C
65.What is the maximum number of supported nodes in a VxRail Stretch Cluster?

A. 16
B. 32
C. 64
D. 30
Answer: C
66.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.
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D. The NIC Configuration must be set to 4x25GbE to support the network devices.
Answer: A
67.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
68.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
69.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
70.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
71.What is the complete list of menu option choices available in the RASR factory reset procedure when
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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
- EXIT
C. - RASR RESET
- CREATE RASRUSB
- FACTORY RESET
- REBOOT
- UPDATE FIRMWARE
- EXIT
D. - RASR RESET
- CREATE RASRUSB
- FACTORY RESET
- QUIT
Answer: D
72.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
73.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
74.Which VxRail node type support only hybrid storage?

A. S Series
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B. E Series
C. G Series
D. V Series
Answer: A
75.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
76.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: B
77.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
Answer: B
78.Which vSAN license is included with VxRail?

A. vSAN Enterprise
B. vSAN for ROBO
C. vSAN Advanced
D. vSAN Standard
Answer: A
79.A VxRail E560F model was delivered six months ago and is now scheduled to be installed with the
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target code.
What is the correct order of steps to complete this task?
Answer:
80.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
81.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: AD
82.What is a Dell EMC converged platform product?

A. VxRack
B. VxRail
C. Vscale Architecture
D. Vblock/VxBlock
Answer: D
83.A VxRail solution will be deployed with the embedded vCenter and an external DNS At a minimum, for
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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
D. vCenter Server Platform Services Controller, and iDRAC
Answer: C
84.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
85.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
86.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
87.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
88.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
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Answer: D
89.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
90.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
91.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
92.Beginning with VxRail version 4.7, which product license option has changed?
A. vSAN
B. Mware Log Insight
C. vSphere
D. vCenter
Answer: A
93.What issue is one of the top reasons for failing to deploy SRS/VE in a VxRail environment?
A. Excessive latency
B. DNS resolution failure
C. LCM errors
D. NTP drift
Answer: B
94.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?
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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
95.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
96.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?
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
97.How can an administrator manually verify DNS records for a VxRail implementation?
A. ping
B. ipconfig/all
C. nslookup
D. ping -a
Answer: C
98.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: C
99.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
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Answer: C
100.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
101.Once a VxRail cluster has been acquired, what is the correct sequence of steps to deploy it?
Answer:
102.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
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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
103.Match each VxRail data protection solution with its functionality.
Answer:
1-C
2-A
3-D
4-B
104.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
105.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
106.After powering on Dell PowerEdge-based VxRail nodes, what defines the primary node of the cluster
being configured?
A. Marvin
B. PTAgent
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C. Loudmouth
D. Election Process
Answer: C
107.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: A
108.In which VxRail model is the IDRAC NIC Selection Setting set to LOM1?
A. S570
B. E560
C. G410
D. G560
Answer: BD
109.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
110.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
111.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
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192.168.10.254
Answer: C
112.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
113.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
114.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
115.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
116.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
117.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
118.An implementation engineer is expanding an existing VxRail S Series cluster with an additional node.
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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
119.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
120.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
121.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
D. 6
Answer: D
122.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
123.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
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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
Answer: A
124.What is the maximum number of hosts supported in a VxRail Stretched Cluster?

A. 15
B. 16
C. 31
D. 32
Answer: C
125.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
126.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
127.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
128.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
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D. /sbin/service loudmouth restart

Answer: C
129.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
130.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
131.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
132.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
133.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
D. vSAN Deduplication and compression
Answer: A
134.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?
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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
135.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: C
136.Which tool is required to re-image a VxRail G560F system?

A. POST
B. RASR
C. MBS
D. BOSS
Answer: B
137.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: A
138.A VxRail deployment has just been completed. The vSAN backend IOPS metrics are not available for
the cluster.
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
139.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
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D. show access-lists
Answer: B
140.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
Answer: B
141.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
142.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
Answer: C
143.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 provisioning
D. Failures to tolerate - 1 failure RAID-1 (Mirroring) Object space reservation - Thin provisioning
Answer: A
144.What is the default IP address of the VxRail Manager?
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A. 192.168.1.16
B. 192.168.10.200
C. 192.168.1.200
D. 192.168.10.16
Answer: B
145.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
GET - Retrieve a resource
D. DELETE - Remove a resource
POST - Retrieve a resource
GET - Create a resource
Answer: A
146.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
147.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
148.During deployment of a VxRail E560F cluster the data on the node becomes corrupted due to a
misconfiguration.
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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
149.What code is returned when a VxRail API request is executed successfully?

A. 500
B. 200
C. 400
D. 207
Answer: B
150.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
151.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
C. Physical ESXi host with multiple VxRail clusters as witness
D. vSAN Witness appliance or a physical ESXi host
Answer: D
152.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
153.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
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D. Service Tag
Answer: A
154.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
155.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
156.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
Answer: A
157.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
C. Customer-Provided vCenter Server
D. VxRail-Provided vCenter Server
Answer: C
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158.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
159.When using the RASR method to reset a VxRail node, which boot device is selected?
A. RASRUSB
B. SATADOM
C. IDRAC SD CARD
D. IDSDM
Answer: D
160.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
161.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: C
162.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: D
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163.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
164.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
165.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: D
166.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: ABE
167.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
168.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
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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: A
169.At which levels of SSD remaining write endurance does the health status change from Healthy to
Warning - Error - Critical?
A. 10% - 5% - 1%
B. 20% - 10% - 3%
C. 30% - 20% - 5%
D. 50% - 30% - 10%
Answer: C
170.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
171.Which VxRail model(s) has a non-mirrored IDSDM?

A. All G Series
B. S570
C. All E Series
D. D560/F
Answer: A
172.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
173.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
174.What should you use to create the customer deliverable documentation of a VxRail deployment?
A. E-Lab Advisor
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B. SolVe Online
C. As-Built Configuration Generator
D. VxRail Manager
Answer: C
175.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
176.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
177.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
178.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
179.You are expanding an existing 6 node VxRail V470F cluster by adding two additional V570F nodes.
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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
180.Match the management tool that is used to perform the associated operation in a VxRail environment.
Answer:
181.What is a difference between vSAN Data-In-Transit Encryption and vSAN Data-At-Rest-Encryption?

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
182.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
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been configured for VxRail interfaces?

A. show spanning tree
B. show interfaces port-channel brief
C. show vlan
D. show running config mld
Answer: D
183.What is the maximum number of nodes supported in a standard VxRail Appliance configuration?
A. 8
B. 32
C. 64
D. 128
Answer: C
184.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
185.A workstation is being configured on the management VLAN (10.150.140.0/24) to connect 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
186.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
187.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
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Answer: C
188.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
189.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
C. Raid-5/6(Erasure Coding) FTT=1
D. Raid-5/6(Erasure Coding) FTT=2
Answer: D
190.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
191.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
192.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
193.What would be the result if no value is entered for "NTP Server(s)" in the First Run Wizard during
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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
194.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
D. In the rack hosting the network equipment used to manage the iDRAC
Answer: C
195.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: B
196.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
197.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
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198.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
199.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
D. vCenter Server, ESXi hosts, VxRail Manager, and Log Insight
Answer: D
200.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
D. Power distribution supports only the power rating of a single node
Answer: A
201.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
202.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
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203.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
204.What native logging options are NOT available in the VxRail First Run Wizard?
A. SNMP
B. Syslog
C. None
D. Log Insight
Answer: A
205.Which VxRail model can only be installed with static rack rails?
A. V Series
B. S Series
C. G Series
D. P Series
Answer: C
206.Match each VxRail configuration with its related characteristic.
Answer:
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207.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
208.A company has chosen to deploy an external vCenter/PSC. They would like to use the bundled
vCenter license that comes with VxRail.
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
209.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
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210.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
211.After initial installation the vSAN health check is reporting issues.

Which action needs to be taken to correct the vSAN health check error?
A. Upgrade to the latest version of VxRail.
B. Upgrade to the latest driver version.
C. Reset error message to green
D. Update HCL database and run health check
Answer: B
212.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
213.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
214.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
215.Which series of VxRail nodes are designed for general-purpose workloads with the smallest possible
footprint in a 4-node configuration?
A. P Series
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B. E Series
C. D Series
D. G Series
Answer: D
216.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
217.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
218.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
219.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
220.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?
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A. var/log/vmware/marvin
B. var/log/vmware
C. var/log/vmware/marvin/tomcat/logs
D. var/log/mystic
Answer: C
221.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
222.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
223.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
Answer: A
224.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
225.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
226.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
227.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
228.What VxRail model is designed to support graphic intensive VDI workloads?

A. E Series
B. S Series
C. V Series
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D. P Series
Answer: C
229.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: A
230.What network protocol is required for a VxRail Management VLAN?

A. IPv6 Unicast
B. IPv4 Unicast
C. IPv6 Multicast
D. IPv4 Multicast
Answer: C
231.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
232.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: D
233.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
234.Which requirement is optional for a VxRail Stretched Cluster?

A. Enterprise Plus vSphere Licensing
B. External vCenter
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C. IPv6 Multicast between locations

D. Cross-site layer-2 connectivity
Answer: C
235.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: D
236.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
237.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
238.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
239.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
240.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.
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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
241.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
242.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
243.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
244.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
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Answer: D
245.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
246.Which collection of software is part of the VxRail Appliance?

A. VMware Software Components
VxRail System Software
Data Protection Software
B. VMware Software Components
Cloud Enablement
C. Data Protection Software
Remote Support Software
D. VxRail System Software
Cloud Enablement
Data Protection Software
Answer: A
247.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
248.What are the minimum requirements for a customer-supplied VDS in a VxRail deployment?
A. 2 uplinks
B. 4 uplinks
C. 4 uplinks
D. 2 uplinks
Port groups for Discovery, Management, vMotion, and vSAN
Answer: B
249.How should an administrator manually validate the DNS readiness of a customer network?
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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
250.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
251.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
252.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
253.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
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B. Advisories
C. Log files
D. SolVe Online
Answer: C
254.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
Answer: D
255.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
256.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
257.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
258.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
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- RAID-5 (Erasure Coding)

B. Site disaster tolerance - Dual site mirroring (stretched cluster) Failures to tolerate - 1 failure - RAID-5
(Erasure Coding)
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 data redundancy
Answer: B
259.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
260.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
261.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
262.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
263.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.
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B. Deduplication is applied at the disk group level.

Compression is applied before being written to SSD.
C. Deduplication is applied at the disk group level.
Compression is applied before being written to SSD.
D. Deduplication is applied at the Cluster level.
Compression is applied before deduplication.
Compression is applied after being written to SSD.
Answer: B
264.Which two log files can be used for troubleshooting when deploying a new VxRail Cluster?
A. loudmouth.log and dayone.log
B. marvin.log and dayone.log
C. localhost_access_log.txt and dayone.log
D. loudmouth.log and short.term.log
Answer: A
265.What is the correct order of steps to install a Dell PowerEdge-based VxRail cluster?
Answer:
266.When preparing for a VxRail deployment, which components require forward and reserve DNS
records?
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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
267.Which mode must be enabled to support multiple VLANs on ToR ports?

A. Access
B. Port-Channel
C. Trunk
D. Link Aggregation
Answer: C
268.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: B
269.Match each IDRAC Maintenance page tab to its description.
Answer:
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270.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
271.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
272.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
273.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
274.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
275.Which vSAN license includes entitlement for vROps 8 Advanced Services?

A. Enterprise
B. Advanced
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C. Enterprise Plus
D. Standard
Answer: C
276.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
277.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
278.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
279.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
280.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
281.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
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C. S570
D. V570
Answer: D
282.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
283.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
284.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
285.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
286.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
287.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
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D. 2x 10 GbE and 2x 25 GbE in a direct-connect configuration and internal vCenter

Answer: A
288.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
289.Which log files are related to a VxRail upgrade?

A. platform_svc.log and localhost_access_log.txt
B. loudmouth.log and marvin.log
C. lcm-web.log, lcm-migration.log, and lcm-do.log
D. dayone.log, short.term.log, and long.term.log
Answer: C
290.Refer to the exhibit, which shows a red box around a node name.
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
291.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
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Answer: A
292.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
293.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
294.What is the remote management option for G Series VxRail nodes?

A. RMM
B. iLO
C. iDRAC
D. IPMI/BMC
Answer: D
295.For which components in a VxRail environment can log files be created using vCenter vSphere 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
296.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
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297.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
298.You want to deploy VxRail, leveraging your existing VMware SSO domain.
What is the recommended method?
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
299.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
300.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
301.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
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D. Supports only two NIC uplinks

Answer: B
302.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
303.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
304.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
305.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: BD
306.Which VxRail model requires iDRAC to be configured to LOM1?

A. G
B. V
C. D
D. S
Answer: A
307.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
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C. IP address conflicts, NTP, and DNS settings

D. VLAN configurations and port mode settings
Answer: C
308.Which vCenter object is created automatically when deploying VxRail with an external vCenter Server?
A. Datacenter
B. Cluster
C. VxRail Management user account
D. Resource Pool
Answer: B
309.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
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
310.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
311.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
B. python /mystic/vxm_backup_restore/vxm_backup_restore.py -b --period daily --keeplog
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
312.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
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313.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
314.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
315.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
316.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
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
317.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
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318.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
319.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
320.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
B. IPv6 and IPv4 multi-cast should span the entire network in each data center
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
321.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
322.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
323.During a VxRail deployment validation check it is discovered that the Top of Rack (ToR) switches have
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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
324.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
325.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
326.You are demonstrating maintenance features on a new VxRail Cluster.

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
327.In addition to the VxRail YouTube video, links to what resources should the SE send to the 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
328.Where can you directly obtain the latest version of the VxRail Appliance PEQ and PEQ Addendum?
A. Solve Desktop Embedded within
B. https://elabadvisor.psapps.emc.com/licensedtools/download
C. https://dell.com/support
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D. Solve Online
Answer: B
329.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: A
330.A VxRail deployment has just been completed, and the performance service is enabled. The vSAN
backend IOPS metrics are not available for the cluster.
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
331.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
332.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
333.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
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334.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
335.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
336.Match each VxRail API request with the information to be retrieved.
Answer:
337.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.
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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
338.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
339.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
340.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
341.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?
Answer:
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342.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
343.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
344.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
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Title : Dell Technologies VxRail

3.What is a consideration when using ToR switches with VxRail?

B. Management, Virtual Machines, and vSAN on Uplink1 vMotion on Uplink2

7.What is a characteristic of the VxRail S Series node?

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

A. Rapid Appliance Self Recovery

21.Which items are validated during the NVT test?

23.Use the VxRail simulator to explore the system.

26.When adding a VxRail node the validation fails.

D. DNS record was not created

28.What is the Dell EMC recommendation for VxRail Management VLANs?

29.What accurately describes VxRail G Series nodes?

30.Which network feature is unsupported on the VxRail system NIC ports?

42.What data protection option is included with VxRail?

B. vSphere Replication NetWorker

44.How can an administrator limit IPv6 traffic created by VxRail nodes?

45.Which command is used to restart the Loudmouth process on an ESXi node?

46.What is the minimum configuration for a vSAN Stretched Cluster?

47.Which proactive vSAN tests are built in vCenter?

B. Same subnet as VxRail Management Network

53.What are the requirements for a customer-supplied VDS in a VxRail deployment?

Port groups for Discovery, Management, vMotion, and vSAN only

56.View the Exhibit.

You are reviewing a VxRail Pre-Installation Site Checklist.

57.Which vSAN feature requires an All-Flash cluster?

59.What is used to control remote access to VxRail through SRS?

60.What is the recommended way to power up VxRail E, V, P, and S Series nodes?

62.What is required to enable vSAN encryption on a VxRail cluster?

65.What is the maximum number of supported nodes in a VxRail Stretch Cluster?

69.A VxRail Test Plan has been completed.

70.A VxRail is being deployed with the external vCenter Server.

booting from the RASR ISO?

74.Which VxRail node type support only hybrid storage?

75.Which functionality is provided by the VxRail Physical View for a node?

78.Which vSAN license is included with VxRail?

80.What is the base URL for the VxRail API call?

81.What is a consideration when expanding a VxRail cluster? (Choose two.)

82.What is a Dell EMC converged platform product?

which components must DNS records be created?

88.Which software component is an optional add-on for VxRail?

90.What is the purpose of the As-Built Configuration Generator?

A. vSAN supports disk groups with four drives or fewer

102.What is a valid 2-node VxRail cluster in a direct-connect configuration?

C. E Series with 2x 1 GbE and 2x 10 GbE and external vCenter

103.Match each VxRail data protection solution with its functionality.

111.A VxRail Manager VM must be configured as follows:

115.Refer to the exhibit.

116.What logs can be gathered using the VxRail plug-in?

120.What is a requirement for the vSAN Data-at-Rest Encryption?

123.Which activities must be completed as part of VxRail hardware installation?

124.What is the maximum number of hosts supported in a VxRail Stretched Cluster?

126.Which step must occur prior to deploying a 2 node VxRail Cluster?

D. /sbin/service loudmouth restart

131.What is a permissible configuration when performing a cluster expansion?

132.What categories can be validated by the VxRail NVT?

A. All nodes in the cluster must be the identical series

136.Which tool is required to re-image a VxRail G560F system?