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EMC DES-1B21 Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Objectives |
|---|---|
| Troubleshooting | - Common ECS issues - Diagnostic tools and logs |
| Operations and Maintenance | - Firmware and software upgrades - Monitoring and logging - Performance tuning |
| ECS Architecture and Concepts | - Namespaces, buckets, and objects - ECS cluster architecture overview - Object storage fundamentals |
| Installation and Deployment | - Network configuration - Hardware and software requirements - Initial cluster setup |
| Configuration and Administration | - Storage provisioning - User and access management - Replication and data protection |
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- Configuration and Administration ()
- Operations and Maintenance ()
- Installation and Deployment ()
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Recommended familiarity with Dell EMC ECS concepts and basic storage networking knowledge.
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EMC Specialist - Implementation Engineer, Elastic Cloud Storage (ECS) Sample Questions:
How should a federation be configured when a primary ECS VDC already exists?
- A. First create the storage pool on the secondary ECS and then configure it on the primary ECS of the federation.
- B. First configure the secondary ECS as standalone and then add the VDC to the federation.
- C. Add the secondary VDC to the federation during fabric and HAL installation.
- D. First get the VDC access key from the primary ECS of the federation and then add it to the secondary VDC.
Correct Answer: D 🗳️
When updating the ECS topology file for installation, which IP set should be used for installation of HAL, and fabric?
- A. Public
- B. Data
- C. Private.4
- D. Management
Correct Answer: D 🗳️
An implementation engineer is installing ECS and sees that node names are not resolving to the public IP address. Which command should they use to validate the ECS DNS configuration?
- A. nslookup
- B. ifconfig
- C. cat /etc/resolv.conf
- D. getrackinfo -r
Correct Answer: D 🗳️
Which two licenses are required on Dell EMC Isilon to write to ECS?
- A. CloudPools and SnapshotQ
- B. SmartPools and SnapshellQ
- C. SyncIQ and SmartQuotas
- D. CloudPools and SmartPools
Correct Answer: D 🗳️
Which command should be used to wipe the data disks to prepare an ECS rack for fabric, and HAL installation?
- A. sysdisk
- B. format
- C. clean_disks
- D. partition
Correct Answer: B 🗳️
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