Dell DSDSC-200 Question Answer

An engineer is configuring fault domains and front-end IO ports on a dual controller storage array. Any volumes that are later created and mapped to a server must be active/optimized on one controller and standby on the other controller. Which port mode should the engineer use to meet this requirement?

A. Physical Port Mode
B. Virtual Port Mode
C. Legacy Port Mode
D. ALUA Port Mode

Answer: C


A customer has a newly installed storage array. The customer needs to proactively monitor and report storage utilization on a regular basis. Which customizable, proactive tool should be configured to perform this task?

A. Enterprise Manager Threshold Alerting
B. Dell SupportAssist
C. Storage Center Event Monitoring
D. Enterprise Manager Automated Reporting

Answer: A

Dell DSDSC-200 Question Answer

What are two 1 Gb iSCSI best practices to set up and-to-end connectivity (servers, switch, and storage)? (Choose two.)

A. Flow Control
B. Jumbo Frame
C. Spanning Tree
D. Unicast Storm Control

Answer: AC
 


A zone must include at least one target and at least one initiator.
How many targets and initiators should each zone include according to recommended best practice?

A. single initiator; multiple target
B. single initiator; single target
C. multiple initiator; multiple target
D. multiple initiator; single target

Answer: A

Dell DSDSC-200 Question Answer

A deployment engineer is installing a dual-controller Storage Center with four FC ports in each controller. This system need to use Legacy Port mode because the
AIX version used requires it.
Which two configurations are required to set up the fault domains? (Choose two.)

A. There are only two fault domains used, one for primary ports and one for reserved ports.
B. There is a separate fault domain for each set of primary and reserved ports.
C. There are only two fault domains used, one for the ports in each fabric.
D. The primary and reserved ports in the fault domain need to reside on different controllers.

Answer: BD


An engineer needs to install an SC8000 with four FC ports in each controller and two FC switches set up in a dual fabric. Each controller also has two 10 Gb iSCSI
ports. All iSCSI ports are connected to an ethernet switch. The system uses virtual ports.
How many fault domains are required?

A. 3
B. 5
C. 4
D. 2

Answer: C

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Dell DSDSC-200 Question Answer

An engineer has several servers connected to the Storage Center through two FC fabrics. The Storage Center runs in Virtual Ports mode. The engineer needs to create zones based on World Wide Names (WWN). Which WWNs from the Storage Center need to be included in the zone with the server WWN?

A. only the Primary WWNs
B. only the Virtual WWNs
C. both the Primary and Reserve WWNs
D. both the Virtual and Physical WWNs

Answer: D

Dell DSDSC-200 Question Answer

A storage array is configured with four front-end ports on each controller (in a dual-controller configuration) for server connectivity. The storage array runs in Legacy Port mode. An engineer needs to provide multi-pathed (2 fabrics) connectivity from the storage array to the server. What is the minimum number of fault domains required?

A. 8
B. 2
C. 4
D. 6

Answer: B


There are several servers connected to the Storage Center through Fibre Channel (FC) fabrics using WWN zoning. The engineer has recently replaced a server’s FC HB. This server can no longer connect to the Storage Center. What is causing the problem?

A. The Storage Center’s Fault Domains must be updated with the new HBA WWN
B. The server’s zone must be updated with the new switch port to which the HBA is connected
C. The Storage Center Fault Domains must be converted to Virtual Port mode
D. The server’s zone must be updated with the new HBA’s WWN.

Answer: D

Dell DSDSC-200 Question Answer

The SAS chain starts in port 1 controller 1 and ends at controller 2 at port 3.
What are the connections in a 4-port SAS IO card?

A. Side A port 1: port 3 & : Side B port 1: port 3
B. Side A port 3: port 3 & : Side B port 3: port 3
C. Side A port 1: port 1 & : Side B port 1: port 1
D. Side A port 1: port 1 & : Side B port 3: port 3

Answer: A


A customer has iSCSI servers that occasionally perform poorly. The performance issues on a particular server occur during temporary traffic spikes to that server.
Logs show that the number of dropped packets increases during the traffic spike. In normal traffic conditions, performance is acceptable.
What are iSCSI best practices to fix this problem?

A. make sure that switches used for iSCSI are non-blocking switches
B. disable storm control
C. enable jumbo frames end-to-end
D. enable bi-directional flow control

Answer: D