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Exam Number: D-PEXE-IN-A-01

Available Languages: English, French

Certification Overview

Showcase your expertise with the Dell PowerEdge XE Install achievement. This achievement validates your ability to confidently install and deploy PowerEdge XE servers in data center and enterprise environments. It emphasizes practical, hands-on installation skills—preparing sites, verifying environmental requirements, performing rack and stack procedures, establishing power and network connectivity, and conducting post-installation validation to ensure system readiness. By earning this credential, you demonstrate your capability to apply essential installation practices, including evaluating pre-installation considerations such as server weight, cooling requirements, and facility readiness. Position yourself as a skilled deployment professional who ensures efficient, safe, and reliable installation of high-performance computing infrastructure. Advance your certification journey and strengthen your expertise in enterprise server installation with the Dell PowerEdge XE Install Achievement.

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Exam Topics

The table below lists the topics that are included in this exam, and the approximate percentage of the exam devoted to each topic.

Category	Topics	Coverage
Pre-Installation Considerations	Identify server weight specifications and lifting requirements for PowerEdge XE servers Describe facility cooling requirements, including liquid cooling, CDU operation, and temperature thresholds	8%
GPU Power Brake	Explain the purpose of the GPU Power Brake feature as a power-protection mechanism Identify the conditions that trigger GPU Power Brake Recognize that GPU Power Brake is supported only on the PowerEdge XE9680 with NVIDIA GPUs Use the Enterprise Infrastructure Planning Tool (EIPT) to calculate server power capacity and PSU configurations	16%
I/O Options	Differentiate between LOM, OCP, and PCIe expansion slot connectivity options\ Identify the number and type of PCIe expansion slots available on each XE server model Reference the ISM for slot locations and the slot priority matrix for specific server models	12%
Supported GPUs	Differentiate between HGX, SXM, and PCIe GPU configurations Locate the most recent product specification sheets on the Dell Support Library for current GPU support	8%
Power Connections	Connect server PSUs across different PDU panels to ensure redundancy Identify power cable connector types used in XE server deployments Describe the IR7000 centralized power architecture, including Power Shelves, rack busbar, and powerwhip cable responsibilities	12%
I/O Connectivity Examples	Plan and implement I/O and network cabling for XE servers based on deployment-specific requirements Identify scenarios where network cabling must be routed outside the rack Interpret multi-network architecture diagrams separating management, LAN, storage, and compute fabric traffic	12%
Post-Installation System Readiness	Verify server seating, cable connections, and physical installation integrity Identify the post-installation task categories Explain the staging-area deployment model and its advantages over direct on-site installation Describe how 17G liquid-cooled XE system deployments differ	16%
Validation Test	Differentiate between L10 (node testing), L11 (integrator site racked test), and L12 (customer site deploy racked test) validation stages Identify the specific validation tests required for NVIDIA HGX B300 GPUs versus AMD MI355X GPUs Use NVIDIA diagnostic tools to monitor GPU health, NVLink details, and system status Use AMD ROCm-SMI to monitor AMD GPU metrics including temperature, power consumption, and utilization	16%

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