Test Exam VXRAIL
Test Exam VXRAIL
A. 8
B. 32
C. 64
D. 96
2. What is the maximum storage that a G Series VxRail can support per node?
A. 19.2 TB
B. 30.7 TB
C. 48 TB
D. 76.8 TB
3. A user is planning to run performance intensive applications such as database services. Which
VxRail model is recommended?
A. E Series
B. V Series
C. P Series
D. S Series
A. 2
B. 8
C. 16
D. 32
A. vCenter Server
B. VxRail Manager
C. vRealize Operations Manager
D. VMware Update Manager
6. Which software component is integrated at the ESXi kernel level and managed with vSphere?
A. VxRail Manager
B. vCSA
C. Virtual SAN
D. vCenter Server
A. A logical volume that has its metadata distributed across the node
B. A logical volume with metadata and data distributed across the entire cluster
C. A logical volume that has its data distributed across the node
D. A physical disk with metadata and data distributed across the entire cluster
8. Based on best practices, what is the recommended minimum number of vLANs for an All-Flash
VxRail?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
10. Which data protection solution should be used for configuring guest level application backups
with VxRail?
A. Avamar
B. RecoverPoint
C. Data Domain
D. CloudArray VE
11. How many RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines licenses are included with a VxRail two-chassis G
Series system populated with seven nodes?
A. 15
B. 20
C. 30
D. 35
12. Dell EMC VxRail All-Flash nodes have been deployed in a Stretched Cluster configuration. A
storage policy has been configured with:
• PFTT = 1
• SFTT = 1
• FTM = Erasure coding
A. 1 TB
B. 5 TB
C. 10 TB
D. 15 TB
14. Which view in VxRail Manager can be used to check whether or not Secure Remote Services is
communicating?
A. Support
B. Events
C. Config
D. Health
16. A VxRail administrator is examining the Virtual Distributed Switch configuration on their newly
deployed VxRail. What is the vCenter Server Network port group used for?
17. What is the default datacenter name for the deployed version of VxRail 4.5.200?
A. 'Marvin-Virtual-SAN-Cluster'
B. 'Marvin-DataCenter'
C. 'VxRail-DataCenter'
D. 'VxRail-Virtual-SAN-Cluster'
20. A VxRail administrator is looking for help from the support community. Under which tab in
VxRail Manager could they find assistance?
A. Dashboard
B. Events
C. Config
D. Health
21. What activities can be performed from the Node Information panel of the VxRail Manager
Physical back view of a VxRail G410 node?
22. You are looking at the system event details in VxRail Manager. For which type of event can you
select a component ID?
A. Cluster warning
B. Node warning
C. VxRail Manager warning
D. ESRS warning
23. A VxRail administrator is informed that VMware has released a new software update bundle
with vSAN patches. What should the administrator do to address these updates?
A. Download the updates from the VMware support site / Apply the updates to each VxRail
node
B. Determine if an equivalent VxRail software upgrade bundle is available /Upgrade VxRail
with the VxRail software upgrade bundle
C. Use the vSphere Web Client to check for updates for the vSAN cluster under Configure >
vSAN > Updates / Apply any available updates
D. Use VMware Update Manager to see if any updates are available / Apply the updates to
each VxRail node
24. What role(s) is required for a valid vCenter user to log in to VxRail Manager?
27. Starting with VxRail 4.5, what is the maximum number of nodes that can be simultaneously
added to an existing VxRail cluster?
A. 1
B. 4
C. 6
D. 8
28. A VxRail administrator wants to change the vSAN and vMotion VLAN IDs used by the VxRail
cluster. What is the recommended method to make these changes?
A. Refer to the VxRail Appliance Administration Guide / Follow the steps detailed in the guide
B. Log into vCenter with the vSphere Web Client / Change the VLAN IDs for the vSAN and
vMotion distributed port groups
C. Use SolVe Desktop to generate the relevant procedures / Follow the steps detailed in the
procedures
D. Refer to the VMware vSphere and vSAN documentation / Follow the steps detailed in the
VMware documentation
29. You need to log in to the ESXi shell but are unable to get a login screen from the DCUI. What
could be the issue?
A. Storage Policy
B. Performance Service
C. Deduplication and compression
D. Encryption
32. What is the correct order of steps to check the status of a vSAN cluster?
A. Select Health →4
B. Select the Monitor tab → 2
C. Select the vSAN tab → 3
D. Select the VxRail Cluster in the navigational panel → 1
33. Which feature was introduced in vSAN 6.6, and requires an external vCenter and a KMIP
server?
A. Encryption
B. PIM for routing multicast traffic
C. Unicast support
D. Deduplication
34. Match the maximum number of disk groups, and number of disks per group, to the correct
VxRail model
Model Options
35. A VxRail administrator has been asked to configure fault domains for an All-Flash VxRail
cluster. The application VMs must be able to tolerate one failure and use capacity as efficiently as
possible.
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
36. As a VxRail administrator, you need to perform maintenance on one of the nodes in your
cluster during a maintenance window. You have a vCenter Standard license on this vCenter.
Which migration option should you use to place the node into maintenance mode?
37. What is the minimum number of nodes needed for a vSAN storage policy of FTT = 2 and FTM =
Erasure Coding?
A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 7
38. What is the maximum number of disks supported for a disk group on a VxRail S Series node?
A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 7
39. There is a request to add two new disks to an existing VM residing on a VxRail vSAN that you
manage. One disk is 260 GB and the other is 500 GB. The VM is using the vSAN default storage
policy.
A. 3
B. 6
C. 9
D. 12
40. When using a vSAN storage policy with FTT = 3 and FTM = Mirroring, how many witness
components exist for a VMDK?
A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3
41. A VxRail system administrator has created a vSAN storage policy with FTT = 1 and FTM =
Mirroring on an All-Flash 6 node VxRail cluster.
A. 133 GB
B. 150 GB
C. 200 GB
D. 300 GB
42. What is the minimum recommended number of hosts in a vSAN cluster for FTT = 3 and FTM =
Mirroring?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8
43. Which VMware cluster-wide feature is able to control the movement of VMs based on rules?
44. Which VMware feature is used to protect a VM from host failure with zero downtime?
A. Fault Tolerance
B. High Availability
C. vMotion
D. Distributed Resource Scheduler
45. A production VM is experiencing storage issues on the VxRail cluster. Which VMware interface
should be used to investigate the issue?
A. Host Client
B. Update Manager
C. vSphere Client
D. vSphere Web Client
46. What is a consideration when making a choice between vSphere Encryption and vSAN
Encryption?
A. vSphere Encryption is on a per-VM basis vSAN / Encryption applies to the entire vSAN
datastore
B. vSphere Encryption is for data-at-rest / vSAN Encryption is for data-in-flight
C. vSphere Encryption addresses fears of media theft / vSAN Encryption addresses fears of a
rogue admin
D. vSphere Encryption allows deduplication and compression / vSAN Encryption does not
support deduplication and compression
47. As the vSphere administrator you need to access a vSphere client. What URL should you use?
A. https://[FQDN of host]/vsphere-client
B. https://[FQDN of vCenter]/:5480
C. https://[FQDN of vCenter]/vsphere-client
D. https://[FQDN of vCenter]/ui
48. As a system administrator, you have been tasked with deploying five new VMs quickly and
consistently.
49. In the VxRail environment, what is managed by the Platform Services Controller?
A. vSAN
B. Each VM
C. Single Sign-On
D. Each ESXi host
50. What operations can be performed by the vCenter appliance management interface?
A. Manage vCenter cluster, network, ESXi hosts, VMs, vSAN, and NSX
B. Create users, set password policies, manage certificates, and connect to AD or LDAP
C. Reboot server, support bundle creation, and enable SSH access for CLI
D. Manage HA, FT, and DRS settings
1. - An administrator attempts to add an S Series node to a Gen 2 VxRail cluster and the build fails.
What is a possible reason for this failure?
3.- There is a request to add new disks to an existing VM residing on a VxRail vSAN that you
manage. One disk is 250 GB. The VM is using the vSAN default storage policy.
A. 2
B. 3
C. 6
D. 9
4. - A VxRail administrator has been informed by Dell EMC that an Internet software upgrade is
available for their VxRail cluster. The administrator logs into VxRail Manager. VxRail Manager
shows only the Local Upgrade option and not the Internet Upgrade option.
5.- What are the vSAN storage policy settings applied to the VxRail Manager VM during initial
setup?
A. Primary level of failures to tolerate = 1 /Failure tolerance method = Erasure coding/ Object
space reservation (%) = 100
B. Primary level of failures to tolerate = 1Object space reservation (%) = 100
C. Primary level of failures to tolerate = 1 /Failure tolerance method = Mirroring /Object
space reservation (%) = 50
D. Primary level of failures to tolerate = 2Failure tolerance method
6.- When using a vSAN storage policy with FTT = 1 and FTM = Mirroring, how many witness
components exist for a VMDK?
A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3
7.- What is the minimum number of nodes needed for self-healing after a failure with a vSAN
storage policy of FTT = 1 and FTM = Mirroring?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
8.- You are planning to install CloudArray Virtual Edition. Where should you navigate to in VxRail
Manager?
A. S Series
B. P Series
C. E Series
D. G Series
10.- A user has three G Series nodes in a VxRail cluster. They are planning to add five additional G
Series nodes.
A. 1U
B. 2U
C. 5U
D. 10U
11.- A VxRail administrator needs to add storage capacity to a 4-node VxRail E Series cluster. Each
node currently has one cache and four capacity disks.
What does the administrator need to order, per node, to fully populate the available disk slots?
12.- A VxRail has been configured with the VxRail-deployed vCenter Server option. Which service
VMs can be optionally hosted on the VxRail cluster?
14.- What is a consideration when choosing between vSphere Encryption and vSAN Encryption?
A. vSphere Encryption applies to the entire vSAN datastore vSAN Encryption is on a per VM
basis.
B. vSphere Encryption does not support deduplication and compressionvSAN Encryption
allows deduplication and compression
C. vSphere Encryption addresses fears of media theft vSAN Encryption addresses fears of a
rogue admin
D. vSphere Encryption is for data-at-rest vSAN Encryption is for data-in-flight
15.- A VxRail administrator wants to search for VxRail related knowledge base articles through the
VxRail Manager user interface. Which action must the administrator perform to use this feature?
A. Register for a VxRail Community login and set the credentials in VxRail Manager
B. Work with Dell EMC to register the VxRail appliance in the install Database
C. Set the Dell EMC Support username and password in VxRail Manager
D. Configure proxy settings in VxRail Manager for access to the Internet
16.- What is the limit of locally cached managed storage included in the CloudArray Virtual Edition
license packaged with a VxRail system?
A. 1 TB
B. 5 TB
C. 10 TB
D. 15 TB
17.- Which VxRail Manager view displays the storage IOPS, CPU, memory, and storage usage at the
VxRail cluster level?
When could you locate this information in the vSphere Web Client?
19.- As an administrator, you are asked to view the health of the vSAN on the VxRail cluster. You
select the VxRail cluster in the Navigation panel in vCenter.
Under which tab could you run the vSAN health check?
A. Hosts
B. vSAN
C. Monitor
D. Datastores
20.- Which user interface provides remote power control (power on and power off) for VxRail E
Series nodes?
A. VxRail Manager
B. IPM/BMC
C. iDRAC
D. VMware vSphere Web Client
21.- Dell EMC VxRail All-Flash nodes have been deployed in a Stretched Cluster configuration. A
storage policy has been configured with:
PFTT = 1
SFTT = 0
FTM = Default
What protection will a VMDK have with this storage policy?
22.- Which level of data protection can be configured across sites in a VxRail Stretched Cluster?
A. RAID 1
B. RAID 5
C. RAID 1/10
D. RAID 6
23.- How many RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines licenses are included, per VxRail V Series node?
A. 1
B. 4
C. 5
D. 15
24.- VxRail 4.5.200 has been deployed with the VxRail deployed vCenter. What is the name of the
vCenter datacenter for the newly deployed VxRail cluster?
A. ‘Marvin-Datacenter’
B. ‘VxRail-Datacenter’
C. ‘VxRail-Virtual-SAN’
D. Datacenter name used during deployment
25.- A VxRail administrator is trying to run a Storage Performance Test for vSAN. However, they do
not see that option in vCenter.
26.- You are checking the overall health of the VxRail vSAN environment. Which VMware interface
are you using?
A. Create new Standard or DV switch and add these NICs as uplinks to carry both vMotion
and VM network traffic
B. During initial VxRail setup the NIC ports would be configured automatically to carry VM
network traffic
C. Create new Standard or DV switch and add these NICs as uplinks to carry VM network
traffic
D. During initial VxRail setup the NIC ports would be configured automatically to carry both
vMotion and VM network traffic
29.- A user of VxRail Manager wants to investigate Storage IOPS for a node. Which tab should they
use?
A. Health > Physical > Node
B. Health > Physical > Cluster
C. Health > Logical > Cluster
D. Health > Logical > Node
30.- A company intends to deploy VxRail for their heavy database workloads on Oracle 11G. Which
type of VxRail nodes should be recommended?
A. E Series
B. S Series
C. P Series
D. V Series
31.- How much capacity of vSphere Data Protection is provided with a VxRail appliance?
A. 1 TB
B. 8 TB
C. 10 TB
D. 16 TB
32.- You are a VxRail system administrator and have received an email alert that a power on the
VxRail has occurred. You contact Dell EMC Support and they ask you to run VxRail system
diagnostics and send them a log.
Under which tab in VxRail Manager can you find the appropriate Diagnostics button?
A. System Diagnostic
B. System Health
C. Config Health
D. Config General
33.- How is the VMware HCIA Management role associated with a user in vCenter after the VxRail
system has been deployed?
34.- When needed, the vSAN might also break large objects into multiple components. What is the
maximum size of a component?
A. 63 GB
B. 127 GB
C. 255 GB
D. 511 GB
35.- Which software component is used to collect real-time log activity for VxRail?
36.- What is a consideration when planning for node expansion of an existing 4-node All-Flash Dell
EMC VxRail 4.5.2xx cluster?
A. E Series
B. P Series
C. S Series
D. G Series
38.- What VxRail Manager activities can be performed by a user with the VMware Administrator
role?
A. Host client
B. vCenter
C. VxRail Manager
D. ESXi
40.- As a VxRail administrator, you discover that one of the nodes in your cluster has a hardware
issue. Dell EMC support will be arriving to replace the node. You have a vCenter Standard license
on this vCenter.
You need to place the node into maintenance mode and migrate the data prior to replacement.
Which migration option should you use?
41.- VxRail administrator wants to monitor vSAN Backend IOPS, Throughput, and Latency in the
vSphere Web Client.
42.- Use what network configuration is considered a best practice for VxRail clusters?
43.- A VxRail is experiencing issues. The administrator decides to contact Dell EMC Support. Where
in VxRail Manager can the administrator generate information needed for the support call?
A. Refer to the VMware vSphere and vSAN documentationFollow the steps detailed in the
VMware documentation
B. Renaming the objects is not permitted / Rebuild the cluster with the desired names
C. Use SolVe to generate the relevant proceduresFollow the steps detailed in the procedures
D. Refer to the VxRail Appliance Administration GuideFollow the steps detailed in the guide
45.- What is the minimum number of nodes required to build a VxRail 4.5 cluster?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
46.- What are the activities that can be performed from the Node Information panel of the VxRail
Manager Physical back view of a VxRail E series node?
47.- As a VxRail administrator you have been asked to configure vSAN fault domains. After
selecting the VxRail cluster, where would you navigate to in vCenter to accomplish this task?
A. Configure > vSAN > Configuration Assist > Fault Domains & Stretched Cluster
B. Configure > vSAN > General > Fault Domains & Stretched Cluster
C. Configure > vSAN > Disk Management > Fault Domains & Stretched Cluster
D. Configure > Fault Domains & Stretched Cluster
48.- Which VMware feature will restart the VM on a different host when the original host fails?
A. High Availability
B. vMotion
C. Distributed Resource Scheduler
D. Fault Tolerance
49.- In a VxRail G560 node, which integrated NIC port is the Active port for vSAN traffic?
A. Uplink 1
B. Uplink 2
C. Uplink 3
D. Uplink 4
50.- The VxRail administrator has been given the task of migrating the current production
environment to a VxRail cluster with external block storage. The VMs must remain online during
the migration.
A. Storage vMotion
B. vMotion
C. VMware Converter Software
D. High Availability
51.- In a VxRail appliance, what does the vSAN use in the form of flexible data containers to store
and manage data?
A. Datastores
B. Inodes
C. Objects
D. Logical volumes
52.- An application consisting of two VMs must be keep on two separate hosts.
A. Fault Tolerance
B. High Availability
C. Storage vMotion
D. Distributed Resource Scheduler
53.- A VxRail administrator has been asked to configure fault domains for an All-Flash VxRail
cluster. The application VMs must be able to tolerate two failures and use capacity as efficiently as
possible.
A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 7
A. G560F
B. G410
C. E460
D. S570
55.- What is the minimum recommended number of hosts in a vSAN cluster for FTT = 2 and FTM =
Erasure Coding?
A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 7
A. VMware VVols
B. Dell EMC FlexOS
C. Dell EMC ScalelO
D. VMware vSAN