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EMC D-PSC-DY-23 Exam Overview:
| Certification Vendor: | Dell Technologies (EMC) |
|---|---|
| Exam Name: | PowerScale Deploy 2023 |
| Exam Number: | D-PSC-DY-23 |
| Real Exam Qty: | 60 |
| Certificate Validity Period: | 3 years |
| Passing Score: | 57% |
| Exam Duration: | 90 minutes |
| Exam Price: | $230 USD |
| Exam Format: | Scenario-based questions, Multiple choice |
| Related Certifications: | Implementation Engineer, PowerScale Specialist Dell Storage Certification |
| Available Languages: | English |
| Recommended Training: | Dell Technologies PowerScale Deploy Official Training |
| Exam Registration: | Pearson VUE Registration |
| Sample Questions: |  |
| Exam Way: | Online proctored or Onsite at Pearson VUE test centers |
| Pre Condition: | Recommended: 6–12 months hands-on experience with PowerScale / OneFS; completion of Dell PowerScale Deploy training course |
| Official Syllabus URL: | https://learning.dell.com/content/dam/dell-emc/documents/en-us/D-PSC-DY-23%20%20PowerScale%20Deploy.pdf |
EMC D-PSC-DY-23 Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Weight | Objectives |
|---|---|---|
| Identity Management and Authorization | 10% | - Authentication providers and directory services integration - User identifiers, ID mapping, POSIX vs ACL permissions - RBAC and ZRBAC models and use cases |
| File System Protocols and Access | 18% | - HDFS, S3 object access, and other protocols - Protocol security, locking, and interoperability - SMB shares, ACLs, continuous availability, home directories - NFS v3 / v4 configuration, exports, permissions |
| Troubleshooting and Optimization | 15% | - Common errors, log analysis, network issues - Performance tuning, job engine, impact policies - Quota management, reporting, and limits |
| Configuring the Foundations for Access | 17% | - SmartConnect, DNS, SSIP, load balancing and multi-tenancy - Cluster dependencies: NTP, LDAP, Active Directory, Access Zones - Network configuration: groupnets, subnets, IP pools, allocation rules - Link aggregation, failover, LACP, FEC, and round-robin settings |
| Cluster Maintenance and Monitoring | 12% | - Monitoring tools: InsightIQ, statistics, logs, alerts - Upgrade procedures, rolling upgrades, health checks - Hardware replacement, ARR, expansion, and capacity planning |
| Data Management and Protection | 15% | - CloudPools, archiving, and cloud integration - Snapshots, snapshot schedules, recovery, and lock settings - SyncIQ replication, policy design, failover/failback - SmartPools, tiering, file pool policies, spillover |
| NAS, PowerScale, and OneFS | 13% | - OneFS directory structure and base directory configuration - Cluster access and common administrative operations - PowerScale storage concepts: scale-out vs scale-up, architecture, OneFS overview - Hardware components and use cases: Gen 5 / Gen 6 / Gen 6.5 nodes |
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EMC Dell PowerScale Deploy 2023 Sample Questions:
An Isilon administrator wants to enable quota notifications for their LDAP users. However, the users' email IDs are not updated in the LDAP environment. What additional configuration needs to be performed?
- A. Configure a mapping rule
- B. Manage local users and groups
- C. Configured the file provider
- D. Configure the local provider
Correct Answer: A 🗳️
For non-System zone administrators, what privilege is required to modify their zone authentication providers?
- A. ISI_PRIV_LOGIN_PAPI
- B. ISI_PRIV_C LUSTER
- C. IS1_PRIV_AUTH
- D. ISI_PRIV_SMB
Correct Answer: C 🗳️
When using NIC aggregation, which configuration is supported in a Dell PowerScale Gen 6 environment?
- A. 10gige-1 port of node1l and 10gige-l of node 2 aggregated together.
- B. ext-1 port of node 1 and ext-1 port of node 2 aggregated together.
- C. int-1 and lnt-2 of node 1 aggregated together.
- D. ext-1 and ext-2 of node 1 aggregated together.
Correct Answer: D 🗳️
What is the correct sequence of steps in a client read operation?
Correct Answer:
An Isilon administrator has four H600 nodes and eight A2000 nodes in the cluster. The file pool policy is configured to have all new data written to the H600 nodes. After a few weeks, the administrator has some concerns about the available capacity on the H600 nodes.
Which feature should be configured to accept writes, even after the H600 nodes become full?
- A. Virtual Hot Spare
- B. Spillover
- C. GNA
- D. SmartPools
Correct Answer: B 🗳️
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