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Exam Number: D-PST-DY-23

Available Languages: English, French, Japanese

Please note that the Dell PowerStore Deploy Exam will be retired on September 24, 2026. An updated version, Dell PowerStore Deploy v2 Exam (D-PST-DY-01) exam, will be available beginning September 25, 2026. Exam scheduling & delivery for must be completed prior to its retirement date.

Certification Overview

This certification benefits any professional who needs to demonstrate their ability to deploy PowerStore storage arrays in open systems environments.

Target Audience

Implementation Specialists; Infrastructure Administrators; Product Specialists; Storage Administrators; Storage Implementation Engineers; Systems Engineers; Technical Consultants

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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
PowerStore Concepts and Features	Describe the PowerStore system and use cases. Identify the PowerStore system configurations and models. Provide an overview of PowerStore architecture and hardware components	5%
PowerStore Implementation	Configure Ethernet switching for PowerStore. Discover and perform initial system configuration of PowerStore. Describe and perform licensing process for PowerStore.	10%
PowerStore Administration	Create host groups. Configure data protection policies for PowerStore storage resources.	10%
PowerStore Block Provisioning	Provision block storage Configure host access to PowerStore block storage resources. Apply a protection policy to a block storage resource.	15%
PowerStore File Provisioning	Provision file storage Configure client access to PowerStore file storage resources. Apply a protection policy to a file storage resource.	15%
PowerStore VMware Provisioning	Provision VMware storage Configure ESXi host access to PowerStore VMware storage resources. Apply a protection policy to a virtual machine created on a vVol	15%
PowerStore Remote Protection	Configure remote replication of block storage resources. Configure remote replication of file storage resources. Configure remote replication of VMware storage resources.	15%
PowerStore Migration	Describe the PowerStore Migration feature and process. Identify the PowerStore Migration requirements and capabilities. Configure the migration feature to import data from supported sources.	15%

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