Question 1

What is a group of VPLEX directors that participate in the cache coherence protocol for a virtual volume?

Accepted Answer

A)  Share Group 
B)  Consistency Group 
C)  Storage View 
D)  Administrative Domain 
A)  Share Group 
B)  Consistency Group 
C)  Storage View 
D)  Administrative Domain

Question 2

A customer has purchased a dual engine VPLEX Metro cluster. During installation, there are not enough free SAN ports to connect all WAN-COM ports to the SAN. What is the recommended approach?

Accepted Answer

A)  The customer must provide additional SAN ports or acquire additional SAN ports to connect all WAN-COM ports of both VPLEX engines to the SAN. 
B)  The customer must connect the WAN-COM ports of the first engine only and disable the second engine from the VPLEX CLI. 
C)  It is sufficient to connect the WAN-COM ports of either engine 1 or 2 because redundancy is provided by leveraging two separate SAN fabrics. 
D)  The customer must connect the WAN-COM ports of the first engine only and disable the second engine from the Unisphere for VPLEX GUI. 
A)  The customer must provide additional SAN ports or acquire additional SAN ports to connect all WAN-COM ports of both VPLEX engines to the SAN. 
B)  The customer must connect the WAN-COM ports of the first engine only and disable the second engine from the VPLEX CLI. 
C)  It is sufficient to connect the WAN-COM ports of either engine 1 or 2 because redundancy is provided by leveraging two separate SAN fabrics. 
D)  The customer must connect the WAN-COM ports of the first engine only and disable the second engine from the Unisphere for VPLEX GUI.

Question 3

You need to claim storage that is presented to VPLEX from a VNX. What is required in order to create the mapping file needed by the VPLEX Claim Storage Wizard?

Accepted Answer

A)  A host with solutions enabler installed and zoned to SPA and SPB 
B)  The user name, password and management address of the VNX 
C)  A host with WinSCP installed, with an IP connection to the VPLEX Management Server 
D)  The username and password of the VPLEX Management Server 
A)  A host with solutions enabler installed and zoned to SPA and SPB 
B)  The user name, password and management address of the VNX 
C)  A host with WinSCP installed, with an IP connection to the VPLEX Management Server 
D)  The username and password of the VPLEX Management Server

Question 4

What is the recommendation when executing collect-diagnostics command on a VPLEX Metro/GEO?

Accepted Answer

A)  Do not run simultaneously on both Management servers 
B)  Always use the --local-only option 
C)  Always use the --noextended option 
D)  Always use the --minimum option 
A)  Do not run simultaneously on both Management servers 
B)  Always use the --local-only option 
C)  Always use the --noextended option 
D)  Always use the --minimum option

Question 5

VPLEX ndu pre-check command reports a time drift between directors and the Management Server. How must the NDU be performed?

Accepted Answer

A)  The NDU cannot be started. the time drift must be resolved. 
B)  The NDU can be started using --skip-confirmations option. 
C)  The NDU can be started. the time drift will be automatically fixed during upgrade. 
D)  The NDU must be started using the --force option. 
A)  The NDU cannot be started. the time drift must be resolved. 
B)  The NDU can be started using --skip-confirmations option. 
C)  The NDU can be started. the time drift will be automatically fixed during upgrade. 
D)  The NDU must be started using the --force option.

Question 6

Where is the wwn-seed physically located on VS2 engines?

Accepted Answer

A)  On the back of the engine on the bottom of the chassis 
B)  On the front of the management server 
C)  On the front of the director 
D)  On the front of the director bezel cover 
A)  On the back of the engine on the bottom of the chassis 
B)  On the front of the management server 
C)  On the front of the director 
D)  On the front of the director bezel cover

Question 7

You are configuring a single engine VPLEX Metro to support both local and distributed volumes. The VPLEX will utilize 10Gb WAN-COM modules in a routed configuration. According to EMC best practices, what is the minimum number of subnets and IPs required?

Accepted Answer

A)  7 subnets; 15 IPs 
B)  5 subnets; 15 IPs 
C)  3 subnets; 7 IPs 
D)  3 subnets; 30 IPs 
A)  7 subnets; 15 IPs 
B)  5 subnets; 15 IPs 
C)  3 subnets; 7 IPs 
D)  3 subnets; 30 IPs

Question 8

When do you enable the front-end ports during VPLEX installation?

Accepted Answer

A)  After create meta-volumes and backup 
B)  Before create meta-volumes and backup 
C)  Before launch EZ-Setup wizard 
D)  After expose storage to hosts 
A)  After create meta-volumes and backup 
B)  Before create meta-volumes and backup 
C)  Before launch EZ-Setup wizard 
D)  After expose storage to hosts

Question 9

Which VPLEX component can determine the difference between a partition and a site failure of a VPLEX Metro configuration?

Accepted Answer

A)  VPLEX Witness 
B)  Management Server 
C)  Cluster 1 Engine 1 
D)  Consistency Group 
A)  VPLEX Witness 
B)  Management Server 
C)  Cluster 1 Engine 1 
D)  Consistency Group

Question 10

Which element does VPLEX Witness require?

Accepted Answer

A)  Virtual Volume 
B)  Distributed Volume 
C)  Distributed Device 
D)  Consistency Group 
A)  Virtual Volume 
B)  Distributed Volume 
C)  Distributed Device 
D)  Consistency Group

Question 11

A customer is verifying the host environment before scheduling a VPLEX NDU. According to EMC best practices, which PowerPath load-balancing policy is applied by default to all platforms?

Accepted Answer

A)  Adaptive 
B)  RoundRobin 
C)  LeastIO 
D)  StreamIO 
A)  Adaptive 
B)  RoundRobin 
C)  LeastIO 
D)  StreamIO

Question 12

What is EMC's best practice for fault tolerance when zoning a VPLEX Metro together over fibre channel for successful communication between the sites?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ensure that all fibre channel WAN-COM ports are zoned to each other in both SAN fabrics (Many-to-Many Zoning). 
B)  Ensure that all fibre channel Local-COM ports are zoned to the WAN-COM ports in both SAN fabrics (One-to-Many Zoning). 
C)  Ensure that all fibre channel Local-COM ports are zoned to each other in both SAN fabrics (Many-to-Many Zoning). 
D)  Ensure that all fibre channel WAN-COM ports are zoned to each other in both SAN fabrics (One-to-Many Zoning). 
A)  Ensure that all fibre channel WAN-COM ports are zoned to each other in both SAN fabrics (Many-to-Many Zoning). 
B)  Ensure that all fibre channel Local-COM ports are zoned to the WAN-COM ports in both SAN fabrics (One-to-Many Zoning). 
C)  Ensure that all fibre channel Local-COM ports are zoned to each other in both SAN fabrics (Many-to-Many Zoning). 
D)  Ensure that all fibre channel WAN-COM ports are zoned to each other in both SAN fabrics (One-to-Many Zoning).

Question 13

A customer has a VPLEX Metro installed. They asked you to recommend a method to non-disruptively move Virtual Volumes from a storage array at Cluster 1 to a storage array at Cluster 2. What would you recommend?

Accepted Answer

A)  Use the Device Mobility feature of VPLEX. 
B)  Use the Extent Mobility feature of VPLEX. 
C)  Change the RAID protection to RAID 0 
D)  Use array-based features to copy the storage volume, then rediscover the array. 
A)  Use the Device Mobility feature of VPLEX. 
B)  Use the Extent Mobility feature of VPLEX. 
C)  Change the RAID protection to RAID 0 
D)  Use array-based features to copy the storage volume, then rediscover the array.

Question 14

Click on the calculator icon in the upper left corner of the screen. A customer has ordered a new VPLEX, and you are on site doing the initial installation. When creating metadata volumes for the VPLEX Local configuration, the customer asks you how much total storage is needed for the VPLEX metadata. According to EMC best practices, what is the total minimum storage needed for this configuration?

Accepted Answer

A)  312 GB 
B)  78 GB 
C)  156 GB 
D)  234 GB 
A)  312 GB 
B)  78 GB 
C)  156 GB 
D)  234 GB

Question 15

Refer to the exhibit.   You are implementing a VPLEX Metro configuration, and some BE ports are not logged into the fabric. Which VPLEX command should be performed?

Accepted Answer

A)  set topology p2p 
B)  set enabled=true 
C)  set topology loop 
D)  set port speed 
A)  set topology p2p 
B)  set enabled=true 
C)  set topology loop 
D)  set port speed

Question 16

In a VPLEX Metro/Geo, which vplexcli command can help to troubleshoot directors latency and routing issues to other Cluster directors?

Accepted Answer

A)  director fc-port-stats 
B)  connectivity director 
C)  director tracepath 
D)  VPlexadmin show 
A)  director fc-port-stats 
B)  connectivity director 
C)  director tracepath 
D)  VPlexadmin show

Question 17

You are configuring an FC Switch for a VPLEX implementation using VS2 engines. What is the required speed setting for the switch ports connected to the VPLEX FE ports in order to achieve the maximum throughput of VS2 engines?

Accepted Answer

A)  8 Gbps 
B)  4 Gbps 
C)  16 Gbps 
D)  10 Gbps 
A)  8 Gbps 
B)  4 Gbps 
C)  16 Gbps 
D)  10 Gbps

Question 18

Refer to the exhibit.   What is the function of the Module in slot "A"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Front-end connectivity 
B)  Back-end connectivity 
C)  WAN-COM connectivity 
D)  Local-COM connectivity 
A)  Front-end connectivity 
B)  Back-end connectivity 
C)  WAN-COM connectivity 
D)  Local-COM connectivity

Question 19

Which vplexcli command will ensure that the directors SSD firmware has been upgraded to the correct version after the VPLEX NDU ?

Accepted Answer

A)  director firmware show-banks 
B)  version -a 
C)  version -a --verbose 
D)  ll /**/internal-disks/* 
A)  director firmware show-banks 
B)  version -a 
C)  version -a --verbose 
D)  ll /**/internal-disks/*

Question 20

Following EMC best practices, which information is required to register a VPLEX on an ESRS portal?

Accepted Answer

A)  Site ID; cluster TLA serial number; Management server eth3 IP address 
B)  License ID; engine serial number; Management server eth3 IP address 
C)  Site ID; engine serial number; Management server eth3 IP address 
D)  Site ID; cluster TLA serial number; Witness IP address 
A)  Site ID; cluster TLA serial number; Management server eth3 IP address 
B)  License ID; engine serial number; Management server eth3 IP address 
C)  Site ID; engine serial number; Management server eth3 IP address 
D)  Site ID; cluster TLA serial number; Witness IP address

What is a group of VPLEX directors that participate in the cache coherence protocol for a virtual volume?

A customer has purchased a dual engine VPLEX Metro cluster. During installation, there are not enough free SAN ports to connect all WAN-COM ports to the SAN. What is the recommended approach?

You need to claim storage that is presented to VPLEX from a VNX. What is required in order to create the mapping file needed by the VPLEX Claim Storage Wizard?

What is the recommendation when executing collect-diagnostics command on a VPLEX Metro/GEO?

VPLEX ndu pre-check command reports a time drift between directors and the Management Server. How must the NDU be performed?

Where is the wwn-seed physically located on VS2 engines?

You are configuring a single engine VPLEX Metro to support both local and distributed volumes. The VPLEX will utilize 10Gb WAN-COM modules in a routed configuration. According to EMC best practices, what is the minimum number of subnets and IPs required?

When do you enable the front-end ports during VPLEX installation?

Which VPLEX component can determine the difference between a partition and a site failure of a VPLEX Metro configuration?

Which element does VPLEX Witness require?

A customer is verifying the host environment before scheduling a VPLEX NDU. According to EMC best practices, which PowerPath load-balancing policy is applied by default to all platforms?

What is EMC's best practice for fault tolerance when zoning a VPLEX Metro together over fibre channel for successful communication between the sites?

A customer has a VPLEX Metro installed. They asked you to recommend a method to non-disruptively move Virtual Volumes from a storage array at Cluster 1 to a storage array at Cluster 2. What would you recommend?

Refer to the exhibit. You are implementing a VPLEX Metro configuration, and some BE ports are not logged into the fabric. Which VPLEX command should be performed?

In a VPLEX Metro/Geo, which vplexcli command can help to troubleshoot directors latency and routing issues to other Cluster directors?

You are configuring an FC Switch for a VPLEX implementation using VS2 engines. What is the required speed setting for the switch ports connected to the VPLEX FE ports in order to achieve the maximum throughput of VS2 engines?

Refer to the exhibit. What is the function of the Module in slot "A"?

Which vplexcli command will ensure that the directors SSD firmware has been upgraded to the correct version after the VPLEX NDU ?

Following EMC best practices, which information is required to register a VPLEX on an ESRS portal?

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What is a group of VPLEX directors that participate in the cache coherence protocol for a virtual volume?

A customer has purchased a dual engine VPLEX Metro cluster. During installation, there are not enough free SAN ports to connect all WAN-COM ports to the SAN. What is the recommended approach?

You need to claim storage that is presented to VPLEX from a VNX. What is required in order to create the mapping file needed by the VPLEX Claim Storage Wizard?

What is the recommendation when executing collect-diagnostics command on a VPLEX Metro/GEO?

VPLEX ndu pre-check command reports a time drift between directors and the Management Server. How must the NDU be performed?

Where is the wwn-seed physically located on VS2 engines?

You are configuring a single engine VPLEX Metro to support both local and distributed volumes. The VPLEX will utilize 10Gb WAN-COM modules in a routed configuration. According to EMC best practices, what is the minimum number of subnets and IPs required?

When do you enable the front-end ports during VPLEX installation?

Which VPLEX component can determine the difference between a partition and a site failure of a VPLEX Metro configuration?

Which element does VPLEX Witness require?

A customer is verifying the host environment before scheduling a VPLEX NDU. According to EMC best practices, which PowerPath load-balancing policy is applied by default to all platforms?

What is EMC's best practice for fault tolerance when zoning a VPLEX Metro together over fibre channel for successful communication between the sites?

A customer has a VPLEX Metro installed. They asked you to recommend a method to non-disruptively move Virtual Volumes from a storage array at Cluster 1 to a storage array at Cluster 2. What would you recommend?

Refer to the exhibit. You are implementing a VPLEX Metro configuration, and some BE ports are not logged into the fabric. Which VPLEX command should be performed?

In a VPLEX Metro/Geo, which vplexcli command can help to troubleshoot directors latency and routing issues to other Cluster directors?

You are configuring an FC Switch for a VPLEX implementation using VS2 engines. What is the required speed setting for the switch ports connected to the VPLEX FE ports in order to achieve the maximum throughput of VS2 engines?

Refer to the exhibit. What is the function of the Module in slot "A"?

Which vplexcli command will ensure that the directors SSD firmware has been upgraded to the correct version after the VPLEX NDU ?

Following EMC best practices, which information is required to register a VPLEX on an ESRS portal?

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