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Exam Number: D-PSC-DY-01

Available Languages: English, French

Certification Overview

Demonstrate your expertise with the Dell PowerScale Deploy exam. This exam validates your ability to deploy, configure, monitor, and maintain Dell PowerScale storage environments. It focuses on the skills required to install and expand PowerScale clusters, perform post-installation configuration, configure networking and SmartConnect, administer protocols and authentication services, and implement data protection solutions. Candidates are expected to have foundational knowledge of IT infrastructure, networking, storage concepts, and NAS environments, along with familiarity with Dell PowerScale and the OneFS operating system. The exam emphasizes practical deployment and configuration tasks, including cluster creation, OneFS upgrades, access zone configuration, protocol management, software module configuration, and cluster administration. By earning this certification, you demonstrate that you can deploy and configure PowerScale clusters, manage SmartConnect and network settings, configure SMB and NFS protocols, integrate authentication providers, administer access zones, perform OneFS upgrades, and configure key software modules such as SnapshotIQ, SyncIQ, SmartLock, quotas, and deduplication. You also demonstrate the ability to monitor system health, deploy and use InsightIQ, optimize cluster performance, troubleshoot operational issues, and implement data protection and antivirus solutions. Position yourself as a trusted Dell PowerScale deployment professional who can confidently implement and configure PowerScale storage solutions while ensuring performance, availability, security, and data protection. Start your certification journey today and validate your Dell PowerScale deployment expertise with the Dell PowerScale Deploy exam.

Target Audience

Implementation Specialists; Solution Architects; Storage Administrators; Technical Support Engineers

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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
Install Nodes and Create Cluster	Apply backend- andfrontend-cabling. CreatePowerScaleclusters. Remove, reformat, and reimage a node.	14%
Configure Cluster and Nodes Post Installation	ConfigurePowerScaleclusters. PerformOneFSupgrades andupdatespost installation. ConfigureSmartConnect for customers with multiple network subnets. Configure protocol settings. Align the necessary components to set up SmartConnect on aPowerScalecluster. Configure software modules. Configure Authentication Providers along with Access Zones.	62%
Monitor and Troubleshoot Cluster Environment	Monitor andoptimizesystem performance. InstallInsightIQto discover andmonitorthePowerScalecluster. Perform ClusterHealthCheckand Event/Alert Notifications. Perform basic troubleshooting in the cluster environment. Demonstrate job engine best practices and considerations.	12%
Enable Data Protection	Configure data protection. Install and configure Antivirus (CAVA/ICAP).	12%

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