PowerStore
Unity
VxRail
Networking
Other Products
100

T/F: PowerStore must have 2 connections to each host in order for the data to be accessed.

False, only one connection from each controller to the ToR switches is required.

100

This features is what enables single drive scaling in the Unity.

What is dynamic pooling?

100

This VxRail feature aggregates the storage in each node into a single pool.

What is vSAN?

100

The type of cable needed for Base-T connectivity

What is ethernet / RJ45 cables

100

This Dell product is recommended for customer with a lot of rich media storage

What is PowerScale

200

PowerStore can run in this mode in order to support native file workloads.

What is Unified Mode?

200

This Unity XT feature allows data on a 10k or 7.2k speed drive to benefit from flash at anytime. 

What is Fast Cache?

200

This VxRail feature requires at least 4 nodes in order to rebuild the data in case of a node failure

What is self-healing feature

200

This is a measure of the time it takes for data to reach one location from another.

What is network latency?

200

True/False: vSAN & vSphere licensing are charged on a per socket basis

What is True

300

T/F: Snapshots on PowerStore can be altered after they are taken.

False, snapshots are immutable.

300

This process allows customers to upgrade their existing Unity's controllers.

What is Data-in-Place Upgrade?

300

This deployment of VxRail uses compute only nodes with Dell storage. 

What is Dynamic Nodes? Dynamic AppsON is only with PowerStore.

300

[True or False] All 10GbE/25GbE IP switches are compatible with PowerStore

What is False

300

This Dell product is also called "Software defined infrastructure"

What is PowerFlex?


400

PowerStore now supports native backup to a __________ appliance or to a ___________ either on premises or in the cloud.

PowerProtect or PowerProtect DD Virtual Edition (DDVE)

400

This DAE holds less drives compared to the other DAE and DPE, but supports larger capacity drives.

What is the 3.5" NL-SAS DAE which holds 15 drives.

400

This VxRail model comes in a small ruggedized form-factor and is purpose built for edge and unpredictable environments.

What is the VD series?

400

[True or False] All Fibre Channel switches are compatible with PowerStore

What is True

400

This tool allows for the use of AI/ML to create new works of audio, video, images, and text.

What is Generative AI?

500

The plugin that enables monitoring and management of the PowerStore from the vSphere client.

What is VASA?

500

This Unity XT feature requires at least 10% of the overall capacity to be flash storage. 

What is data reduction?

500

This vSAN architecture requires the use of NVMe drives and no cache drives

What is Express Storage Architecture (ESA)?

500

A SFP is directly (permanently) attached to this type of cable.

What is a direct attach copper cable.

500

This service maximizes customers system performance and simplifies management through daily monitoring, planning, and evaluations.

What is optimize for infrastructure?