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Exam Number: D-VXR-DS-00

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RETIREMENT NOTICE: Dell VxRail Design Exam D-VXR-DS-00 exam will be retired on July 9th, 2026. An updated version, Dell VxRail Design v2 Exam D-VXR-DS-01, will be available beginning July 10th, 2026. Exam scheduling & delivery for D-VXR-DS-00 must be completed prior to its retirement date.

Certification Overview

Hyperconverged solutions simplify IT operations while reducing operational costs. A VxRail cluster allows businesses to start small when integrating into their datacenters and grown seamlessly. An understanding of the structure and requirements to go from nodes in a box to a working cluster is a requirement for any individual designing VxRail clusters. Individuals will use the certification to validate their ability to support design activities.

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Associate Sales Engineers; Cloud Architects; Pre-Sales Engineers; Pre-Sales Solution Architects; Product Specialists; Solution Architects; Systems Engineers; Technical Consultants; Technical Pre-Sales Representatives; Technical 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
VxRail Physical Components and Design Process	Describe VxRail cluster architecture. Describe the process to design a VxRail cluster. Describe VxRail rack requirements.	10%
VxRail Deployment Planning	Describe vCenter server. Describe physical networking components. Explain vSphere Distributed Switch usage. Describe additional network consideration. Identify node discovery options. Describe vSAN options.	25%
Determine the Nodes and Node Resources	Describe the use of Live Optics. Describe the use of the VxRail Sizing Tool. Identify the impact of fault tolerance methods. Identify the impact of applying Deduplication and compression. Explain configuration options in the VxRail Sizing Tool. Explain the use of reference workloads. Outline the use of a solution summary.	30%
Using VxRail Configuration Tools	Creating VxRail projects and configuration. Review completed configuration for implementation.	8%
Designing for Additional VxRail Configurations	Identify 2-node cluster design consideration. Identify stretch cluster design consideration. Identify Dynamic Node design consideration. Identify VxRail cluster expansion consideration. Identify vSAN ESA design consideration.	28%

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