Overview

This exam is a qualifying exam for the ViPR SRM 4.x Storage Resource Management (DEC) track. This exam focuses on This exam focuses on installation, configuration, and validation of ViPR SRM platform. This includes performing frontend and backend administration, platform expansion, Solution Pack deployment, and alerting management. In addition, the exam covers post-implementation activities including system monitoring, troubleshooting, and software upgrades. The exam also covers a holistic view of the platform as well as down to the components and architecture details. Finally the exam also covers the use of reporting features to monitor and meter a storage environment, but also for the ViPR SRM platform health status. Dell EMC provides free practice tests to assess your knowledge in preparation for the exam. Practice tests allow you to become familiar with the topics and question types you will find on the proctored exam. Your results on a practice test offer one indication of how prepared you are for the proctored exam and can highlight topics on which you need to study and train further. A passing score on the practice test does not guarantee a passing score on the certification exam.

Products

Products likely to be referred to on this exam include but are not limited to:


• ViPR SRM v4.1
• VMAX
• Unity
• Isilon
• XtremIO
• Dell SC
• VMware vSphere
• Microsoft Windows
• Hyper-V
• RHEL
• Oracle
• MS-SQL
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Exam Topics

Topics likely to be covered on this exam include:


ViPR SRM Fundamentals and Reporting (12%)
• Explain the architecture, features, capabilities, components, and functionality of ViPR SRM
• Identify key use cases of ViPR SRM
• Describe how to tailor ViPR SRM reports for specific requirements
ViPR SRM SolutionPacks (15%)
• Differentiate between features and functions provided by SolutionPacks for various environments including VMAX, VNX, and VMware
• Describe how to deploy, configure, and validate ViPR SRM SolutionPacks
ViPR SRM Implementation and Maintenance (43%)
• Specify requirements and steps for ViPR SRM pre-installation and installation • Describe how to perform administration and management tasks using centralized management
• Describe how to register infrastructure assets for discovery using appropriate tools
• Describe how to configure ViPR SRM frontend administration
• Describe how to configure, manage, and interpret ViPR SRM Alerts
• Describe how to harden and apply security strategies for
ViPR SRM ViPR SRM Maintenance (30%)
• Describe how to monitor, troubleshoot, maintain, and diagnose backend components
• Describe how to monitor, troubleshoot, maintain, and diagnose frontend components
• Describe how to monitor, troubleshoot, maintain, and diagnose collectionrelated components
• Describe how to back up the ViPR SRM platform
• Describe how to upgrade the ViPR SRM platform The percentages after each topic above reflects the approximate distribution of the total question set across the exam.

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