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Exam Number: D-UN-OE-23

Available Languages: French, English

Exam Retirement Notice: Please note that the Dell Unity Operate Exam (D-UN-OE-23) exam will be retired on August 20, 2026. An updated version, Unity Operate (D-UN-OE-01) exam, will be available beginning August 21, 2026. Exam scheduling & delivery for D-UN-OE-23 must be completed prior to its retirement date.

Certification Overview

This exam assesses the knowledge and skills required to manage Dell Unity systems in a production environment and provision according to business needs. This may also include configuration tasks that are consistent with the ongoing management of Dell Unity systems and some basic integration topics.

Target Audience

Implementation Specialists; Infrastructure Administrators; Pre-Sales Engineers; Product Specialists; Storage Administrators; Storage Architects; Storage Implementation Engineers; Systems Engineers; Technical Support

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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
Dell Unity Platform Concepts, Features, and Architecture	Describe the Dell Unity platform architecture, features, and functionsDescribe the Dell UnityVSA software defined storage solutionIdentify the Dell Unity XT hardware components	10%
Dell Unity XT and UnityVSA System Administration	Identify and describe the user interfaces for monitoring and managing the Dell Unity family of storage systems Manage the Dell Unity XT support and basic system settings for system administration	10%
Dell Unity XT and UnityVSA Storage Provisioning and Access	Describe dynamic and traditional storage pools and how they are provisioned Describe dynamic pool expansion, considerations for mixing drive sizes and the rebuild process Manage block, file and VMware datastore storage Manage host access to block storage resources Manage NAS client access to SMB and NFS file storage resources Manage VMware ESXi hosts to access VMware datastore storage resources	30%
Storage Efficiency, Scalability, and Performance Features	Describe and manage FAST Cache• Describe and manage Host I/O limits Describe and manage File Level Retention Describe the UFS64 f ile system scalability feature and manage the File System Quotas feature Describe and manage Data Reduction Describe and manage FAST VP• Describe and manage Thin Clones	25%
Data Protection and Mobility	Describe and manage the Local Lun Move and Local NAS Server mobility features Describe the Snapshots data protection feature and snapshot creation Perform snapshot operations on storage resources Descibe the Replication data protection feature Create synchronous and asynchronous replication sessions for storage resources Describe and perform synchronous and asynchronous replication operations	25%

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