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Exam Number: D-PVM-DS-01

Available Languages: English, French

Certification Overview

This exam aims to assess your ability to design and position PowerMax Family solutions. The exam covers PowerMax hardware component functionalities, system configurations and racking options, PowerMax design resources and environment, upgrades and migrations, local and remote replication solutions, monitoring, workload planning, and virtualized environment management. The exam also assesses the ability to demonstrate the usage of Unisphere for PowerMax and Solutions Enabler SYMCLI to manage PowerMax systems.

Target Audience

Implementation Specialists; Pre-Sales Engineers; Pre-Sales Solution Architects; Solution Architects; Storage Architects; Storage Implementation Engineers; Technical Consultants; Technical Pre-Sales Representatives

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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
PowerMax Family Features	Compare PowerMax models, features, and offerings Identify and describe the functionalities of PowerMax hardware components Identify PowerMax system configuration and racking options Access PowerMax and PowerMaxOS 10 systems.	15%
PowerMax Design Resources and Environment	Identify Dell sites used for Solutions Design Perform My Work operations. Compare and analyze PowerSizer output summary to the manufacturing bin file.	15%
PowerMax Upgrades and Migrations	Identify supported PowerMax upgrades. Outline rules for PowerMax upgrades. Explain PowerMax hardware and software upgrade process. Classify configuration changes for upgrades. Explain and identify migration environment.	17%
PowerMax Local and Remote Replication	Explain TimeFinder SnapVX concepts and operations Identify different SRDF topologies Explain SRDF concepts and use cases. Perform SRDF operations using Unisphere for PowerMax	19%
Unisphere for PowerMax	Describe Unisphere for PowerMax architecture, features, and deployment options. Describe and perform Workload Planning activities using Unisphere for PowerMax. Interpret Data Exclusion and Headroom features. Monitor virtual environments using Unisphere for PowerMax.	12%
Solutions Enabler Implementation	Describe Solutions Enabler concepts. Install and upgrade Solutions Enabler on Unix, Linux, and Windows hosts. Describe the functions and supported platforms of commonly used Solutions Enabler daemons.	7%
PowerMax File	Describe PowerMax File concepts (eNAS and SDNAS). Explain File replication and methods to manage File replication. Perform File system clone operations. Perform File system snapshot management operations.	15%

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