Free Practice Questions for EMC DES-1D12 Exam

A fully scaled-out Dell PowerStore T cluster requires at least two instances of PowerStore Manager to ensure high availability. This is because the PowerStore Manager provides a centralized management and monitoring interface for the cluster, and having multiple instances of it allows for redundancy in case one instance becomes unavailable.

The maximum number of SAS buses per SP for a Dell Unity XT 480F without an additional SAS I/O module is 2. Each Dell Unity XT 480F has 2 Service Processors (SPs) and each SP has 2 SAS buses, for a total of 2 SAS buses per SP. SAS buses are used to connect the storage drives to the SPs and to the storage array. Each bus can support multiple drives and provide high-speed data transfer between the drives and the SPs.

Dell PowerStore supports a variety of NAS protocols to provide file access to clients. These protocols include:

SMB (Server Message Block): This protocol is used to provide file and printer sharing on Windows-based systems.

NFSv3 (Network File System version 3): This is a standard protocol used to provide file access on UNIX-based systems.

NFSv4 (Network File System version 4): This is the latest version of the NFS protocol and it provides enhanced security and improved performance over previous versions.

FTP (File Transfer Protocol): This is a standard protocol used to transfer files between computers over a network.

SFTP (Secure File Transfer Protocol): This is an extension of the FTP protocol that provides secure file transfer using SSH (Secure Shell) encryption.

When a Windows client uses the SMB protocol to access a multiprotocol file system from a Dell Unity XT NAS server, the SID (Security Identifier) of the Windows user is mapped to a UID (User Identifier) on the UNIX file system. If no mapping is found in the local group database, the domain controller is checked to see if the SID is present there. The domain controller can provide the information needed to map the SID to the corresponding UID on the file system, allowing the Windows user to access the files. If the SID is not present in the domain controller, the Windows user's access would be removed.

Asynchronous replication can be used to replicate data over larger distances than synchronous replication. However, it cannot be used to replicate data between two UnityVSA systems within the same city. To replicate file data from a production Dell Unity 550F to a remote office in the same city with a UnityVSA, the technical architect should advise the customer to use synchronous replication.

The best Unity load balancing method to optimize performance in a customer environment with a limited number of open FC switch ports is Port to Core Affinity. This method will assign the same port to the same core when possible. This allows the same switching resources to be used in the same cores, which will optimize performance due to reduced latency. Priority and Round Robin methods will also provide load balancing, but they are not as effective in a limited port environment. Least I/O is not recommended in this situation, as it will not provide adequate load balancing.