An application consisting of two VMs must be keep on two separate hosts .
Which VMware feature would enable this?
- A . Fault Tolerance
- B . High Availability
- C . Storage vMotion
- D . Distributed Resource Scheduler
An environment has two VxRail clusters with separate vCenters. Logging in to either vCenter, there is only one cluster visible.
What deployment method was used in this scenario?
- A . each uses an internal vCenter with Enhanced Link Mode
- B . each uses an internal vCenter without Enhanced Link Mode
- C . both share a single vSphere standard switch object
- D . both share a single vSphere distributed switch object
B
Explanation:
Reference: https://www.delltechnologies.com/asset/en-us/products/converged-infrastructure/technical-support/vxrail-vcenter-server-planning-guide.pdf
There is a request to add two new disks to an existing VM residing on a VxRail vSAN that you manage One disk is 250 GB and the other is 500 GB. The VM is using the vSAN default storage policy.
How many vSAN objects will be created?
- A . 2
- B . 3
- C . 6
- D . 9
A VxRail administrator wants to monitor vSAN Backend IOPS, Throughput, and Latency in the vSphere Web Client.
What must be turned on to monitor these metrics?
- A . vSAN Performance Service
- B . vSAN Health Service
- C . vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler
- D . vSAN Disk Management
A
Explanation:
Reference: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.5/com.vmware.vsphere.virtualsan.doc/GUID-93E95CA4-D7D1-4729-8FB4-385B55B85FCD.html
As a VxRail administrator, you must determine how long the rebuild will take after experiencing a hardware failure in the cluster. Where could you locate this information in the vSphere Web Client?
- A . Monitor > vSAN > Physical Disks
- B . Monitor > vSAN > Resyncing Components
- C . Monitor > vSAN > Health
- D . Monitor > vSAN > Virtual Objects
B
Explanation:
Reference: https://www.slideshare.net/VMworld/conducting-a-successful-virtual-san-proof-of-concept-63791460
A user has three G Series nodes in a VxRail cluster They are planning to add five additional G Series nodes.
How much additional rack space is required to accommodate the new nodes?
- A . 1U
- B . 2U
- C . 5U
- D . 10U
A VxRail administrator is adding a new node to an existing VxRail Cluster. The node has been racked, cabled, and powered on. However, the node is not discovered in the vSphere Client .
Which log file should be analyzed to diagnose the issue?
- A . mystic.log
- B . lcm.log
- C . marvin.log
- D . loudmouth.log
D
Explanation:
Reference: https://www.delltechnologies.com/asset/en-us/products/converged-infrastructure/technical-support/docu91466.pdf (17)
Which level of data protection can be configured across sites in a VxRail Stretched Cluster?
- A . RAID1
- B . RAID 5
- C . RAID 1/0
- D . RAID 6
A
Explanation:
Reference: https://www.dellemc.com/en-us/collaterals/unauth/white-papers/products/converged-infrastructure/h15275-vxrail-planning-guide-virtual-san-stretched-cluster.pdf
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
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?
- A . RAID 1 cross-site RAID 5 locally
- B . No cross-site protection RAID 1 locally
- C . RAID 1 cross-site RAID 1 locally
- D . RAID 1 cross-site No local protection
An environment has two VxRail clusters. In vCenter, there is only one vSphere Distributed Switch object for both clusters.
Which deployment architecture was used for these clusters?
- A . External vCenter Server with internal DNS
- B . Internal vCenter Server with external DNS
- C . External vCenter Server with external DNS
- D . Internal vCenter Server with internal DNS
A VxRail administrator is concerned that the NDC is a single point of failure on your VxRail nodes.
What can be done to increase redundancy in this scenario?
- A . Spread network traffic across other nodes in the cluster
- B . Spread network traffic across NDC and PCIe adapter ports
- C . Spread network traffic across two NDC
- D . Spread network traffic across two ports on a PCIe adapter
B
Explanation:
Reference: https://www.delltechnologies.com/asset/en-us/products/converged-infrastructure/technical-support/h15300-vxrail-network-guide.pdf
Which components are managed by the vCenter server in the VxRail infrastructure?
- A . vSAN datastore, ESXi hosts, and vRealize Operations
- B . Virtual machines, vRealize LogInsight, and vSAN datastore
- C . vSAN cluster, ESXi hosts, and virtual networking
- D . Virtual networking, vRealize Operations, and virtual machines
In a VxRail appliance, which task is performed using VxRail Manager?
- A . Create storage pools
- B . Remediate health events
- C . Manage VxRail users and roles
- D . Perform software upgrade
D
Explanation:
Reference: https://www.dellemc.com/resources/en-us/asset/technical-guides-support-information/products/converged-infrastructure/docu86660.pdf
A VxRail administrator wants to rename the VxRail cluster and the VxRail vSAN datastore.
What is the recommended method to make these changes?
- A . Refer to the VMvvare vSphere and vSAN documentation Follow 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 procedures Follow the steps detailed in the procedures
- D . Refer to the VxRail Appliance Administration Guide Follow the steps detailed in the guide
A VxRail administrator is trying to run a Storage Performance Test for vSAN However, they do not see that option in vCenter .
What could be the reason?
- A . vSphere version is 6.5.0 EP04
- B . vSphere version is 6.5.0 U1
- C . VxRail Manager version is 4.5 211
- D . VxRail Manager version is 4 5 101
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
Use of what network configuration is considered a best practice for VxRail clusters?
- A . Traffic segmentation with VLANs
- B . Available Production Ports
- C . Available Management Ports
- D . IPv6 Multicast
An environment has two VxRail clusters with the following hardware configuration:
• Cluster-A is using FTT = 2 and FTM = Erasure Coding
• Cluster-B is using FTT = 2 and FTM = Mirroring
A 100 GB VM is planned to be vMotioned from Cluster-A to Cluster-B
How much more vSAN capacity is consumed in Cluster-B than in Cluster-A?
- A . 0 GB: consumption is unchanged
- B . 100 GB
- C . 150 GB
- D . 167 GB
What VxRail Manager activities can be performed by a user with the VMware Administrator role’?
- A . Build. Manage, Expand, and Shutdown Cluster only
- B . Build. Manage, and Expand Cluster Manage HA. DRS, and vSAN settings
- C . Build. Manage, and Expand Cluster only
- D . Build. Manage, Expand, and Shutdown Cluster Manage vSAN settings
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?
- A . DRS will automatically handle the migration
- B . Ensure data accessibility from other hosts
- C . Evacuate all data to other hosts
- D . No data evacuation
What authorization method is used for VxRail API calls?
- A . API Keys
- B . OAuth
- C . OpenID Connect
- D . HTTP Basic
D
Explanation:
Reference: https://hardforum.com/data/attachment-files/2019/07/226098_docu91468_VxRail-Appliance-4.5.x-and-4.7.x-API-Guide_1.pdf (12)
What is a consideration when planning for node expansion of an existing 4-node All-Flash Dell EMC VxRail 4 5 2xx cluster?
- A . vSphere Web Client is used to perform the expansion procedure
- B . New nodes can be hybrid or All-Flash
- C . New nodes must be identical to the existing nodes
- D . Expansion procedure is performed by Dell EMC or a Dell EMC partner
The vSphere Client is showing several failures on node 3. Support recommends opening an SSH session to troubleshoot. The connection fails to establish.
Which path should be used to enable SSH on the host from vSphere Client?
- A . Host > Monitor > Services > Enable SSH
- B . Cluster > Configure > VxRail > Hosts > Enable SSH
- C . Host > Configure > System > Services
- D . Cluster > Monitor > VxRail > Hosts > Services
A
Explanation:
Reference: https://phoenixnap.com/kb/esxi-enable-ssh
Which user interface provides remote power control (power on and power off) for VxRail E Series nodes?
- A . VxRail Manager
- B . IPMI/BMC
- C . iDRAC
- D . VMware vSphere Web Client
An administrator wants to perform maintenance on a VxRail system.
Which configuration should be used for the VxRail Cluster Health Monitoring before starting the maintenance activity?
- A . Disabled
- B . Enabled
- C . Suspended
- D . Maintenance mode
Which SolVe procedures are customer viewable and can be found in the Upgrade section?
- A . Software Upgrade
Stretched Cluster Upgrade
SRS Upgrade - B . Firmware Upgrade
Hardware Upgrade/Expansion
Software Upgrade - C . Hardware Upgrade/Expansion
SRS Upgrade
Witness Host Upgrade - D . Firmware Upgrade
iDRAC Upgrade
vCenter Upgrade
You are a VxRail system administrator and have received an email alert that a power failure 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
What is a requirement for enabling vSAN Data at Rest Encryption (DARE) on a VxRail cluster?
- A . Internal Key Management System
- B . External Key Management System
- C . External vCenter Server
- D . All-flash configuration
B
Explanation:
Reference: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere.vsan.doc/GUID-39717910-373F-4F71-98AE-D45C0ACBA061.html
While working with a VxRail cluster, an administrator changes a storage policy from RAID-5 to RAID-1 (FTT=1). After making the change, the VMs with the storage policy are still RAID-5.
What is the issue here?
- A . VMs cannot be changed from RAID-5 to RAID-1 (FTT=1)
- B . Reapply was not selected after changing the policy
- C . vCenter needs to be refreshed
- D . The cluster cannot support RAID-1 (FTT=1) and the policy must be reverted to RAID-5
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.
What is the minimum number of fault domains that must be configured?
- A . 4
- B . 5
- C . 6
- D . 7
What VxRail management features does iDRAC include?
- A . Remote console, securing connectivity, and upgrade prechecks
- B . Automated lifecycle management, remote console, and collecting support logs
- C . Remote console, power management, and firmware updates
- D . Firmware updates, upgrade post checks, and automated lifecycle management
What is the maximum number of nodes supported in a VxRail cluster with 1 GbE networking?
- A . 4
- B . 8
- C . 12
- D . 16
Using VxRail Manager, what information can you find under the physical health view?
- A . Model, Temperature, Memory, and Health State
- B . Clusfer ID, PSNT. Model and Temperature
- C . PSNT, Operational Status, Health State, and Memory
- D . Cluster ID. Connected Health State, and Operational Status
What is used in the VxRail infrastructure to manage multiple clusters of ESXi servers?
- A . Host client
- B . vCenter
- C . VxRail Manager
- D . ESXi
Which tool is used to deploy VxRail?
- A . vRealize Operations Manager
- B . vCenter Server
- C . VxRail Manager
- D . Mobile Build Server
C
Explanation:
Reference: https://www.dellemc.com/resources/en-us/asset/technical-guides-support-information/products/converged-infrastructure/docu86660.pdf
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
A VxRail system administrator has been tasked to add the support account to all of the 50 VxRail clusters. The administrator is using API calls but is receiving 403 error codes.
What is the likely issue?
- A . Username/password is not recognized
- B . User account does not have sufficient privileges
- C . Support account credentials provided are not valid
- D . Call has failed with internal errors
B
Explanation:
Reference: https://hardforum.com/data/attachment-files/2019/07/226098_docu91468_VxRail-Appliance-4.5.x-and-4.7.x-API-Guide_1.pdf (15)
In the vSphere Client, where is VxRail Health Monitoring enabled?
- A . Menu > VxRail
- B . Menu > Administration
- C . Cluster > Configure > VxRail
- D . Cluster > Monitor > VxRail
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.
Which VMware feature can be used?
- A . Storage vMotion
- B . vMotion
- C . VMware Converter Software
- D . High Availability