Free EMC DEE-1111 Practice Exam with Questions & Answers

The data characteristics represent an Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) workload profile. OLTP workloads typically consist of a high percentage of small, random I/O operations2. In this case, 80% of the I/O is generated with 8 KB random small blocks, which is characteristic of OLTP workloads2. References: Use DISKSPD to test workload storage performance - Azure Stack HCI | Microsoft Learn

The maximum retention period for the SLO Compliance Report is 6 months. This means that data older than 6 months will not be available in the report

The SYMACL unique ID for a host system can be obtained in two ways: derived from a host-based passphrase or randomly generated by the Solutions Enabler lockbox file. The host-based passphrase is a string that the user can specify to generate a unique ID for the host. The passphrase can be entered interactively using the symacl -unique -passphrase command, or stored in a file and passed as an argument using the symacl -unique -passphrase -file command. The Solutions Enabler lockbox file is a secure file that stores encryption keys and other sensitive information. The lockbox file can also generate a random unique ID for the host using the symacl -unique command. The lockbox file must be created and initialized before using this method.

References:

• symacl -unique : Unable to obtain unique ID for host - Dell
• EMC – Symmetrix Access Control – symacl | SANSPIRE
• How to identify hostname and host ID for license generation

SRDF device used for Concurrent SRDF environments =R21

SRDF device used for SRDF/Star environments =R11

SRDF device used for Cascaded SRDF environments =R22

A dual personality SRDF device is a device that can act as both an R1 and an R2 device in different SRDF configurations. There are three types of dual personality SRDF devices: R21, R11, and R22.

• An R21 device is an R2 device that is paired with another R1 device in a different SRDF group. This allows the R21 device to receive updates from the primary site and send updates to the secondary site. An R21 device is used for Concurrent SRDF environments, which provide simultaneous disaster recovery and data migration capabilities.For example, an R21 device can be used to migrate data from one array to another while maintaining a synchronous copy of the data on a third array.1
• An R11 device is an R1 device that is paired with another R1 device in a different SRDF group. This allows the R11 device to receive updates from the primary site and send updates to the tertiary site. An R11 device is used for SRDF/Star environments, which provide three-site disaster recovery capabilities with a single hop between any two sites.For example, an R11 device can be used to create a synchronous copy of the data on a secondary site and an asynchronous copy of the data on a tertiary site.2
• An R22 device is an R2 device that is paired with another R2 device in a different SRDF group. This allows the R22 device to receive updates from the secondary site and send updates to the tertiary site. An R22 device is used for Cascaded SRDF environments, which provide three-site disaster recovery capabilities with two hops between the primary and tertiary sites.For example, an R22 device can be used to create an asynchronous copy of the data on a secondary site and another asynchronous copy of the data on a tertiary site.3

References:

• Dell EMC SRDF Introduction - Dell Technologies Partner Portal
• Dell EMC PowerMax and VMAX All Flash: SRDF Product Guide
• Dell EMC PowerMaxOS Performance Guide

Data Domain is the only external storage that can be connected to PowerMax using DX emulation. DX emulation is a specialized back-end DA emulation that handles SAN attached disks. DX directors are configured on existing PowerMax front-end Fibre Channel ports and are required to be implemented in pairs for high availability. DX emulation is used to support ProtectPoint technology, which integrates primary storage with Data Domain protection storage to accelerate backup and recovery. Therefore, answer A is correct1.

B, C, and D are incorrect because they are not external storage that can be connected to PowerMax using DX emulation. Unity (B), PowerStore ©, and Compellent (D) are primary storage arrays that do not support ProtectPoint technology or DX emulation.

A company plans to implement SRDF/Star, which is a three-site replication solution that provides continuous data protection and disaster recovery capabilities. It is currently using SRDF/S between their two data centers, which are located within 200 kilometersand use synchronous replication. It is setting up a third data center and wants to have at least two identical copies of its data in case of a primary site failure. The third site can be located anywhere in the world and use asynchronous replication. The condition that is needed for the connection between the first two sites and the third site is that the link must be able to transport the delta set of the Recovery Point Objective (RPO) within the company’s Recovery Time Objective (RTO). The delta set is the amount of data that has changed since the last successful replication cycle. The RPO is the maximum acceptable amount of data loss measured in time. The RTO is the maximum acceptable amount of time to restore normal operations after a disaster. The link must have enough bandwidth and latency to ensure that the delta set can be transferred within the RTO without exceeding the RPO.

References:

• SRDF Star software uses and best practices
• SRDF/STAR
• Remote replication using SRDF

In a Concurrent SRDF/Star configuration failure, the first step to recover is to switch to the 1st Target Site. This is because in a Concurrent SRDF/Star configuration, there are two target sites and one source site. If there’s a failure, the source site can switch to either of the target sites based on the business continuity plan1. References: Dell EMC Solutions Enabler 9.2 SRDF Family CLI User Guide

 If utilization increases by 10% for both systems A and B, where system A has a current utilization of 10% and system B has a current utilization of 70%, the response times for systems A and B would not necessarily increase linearly with utilization. The exact impact on response times would depend on various factors including workload characteristics, system configuration, and resource contention among others34. However, without specific details on these factors, it’s not possible to provide an accurate prediction for the new response times. References: PowerMax and VMAX All Flash: Storage Resource Pool (SRP) Effective Used Capacity threshold alert, Service levels and eNAS | Dell EMC PowerMax and VMAX All Flash: eNAS Best Practices

A noisy neighbor issue occurs when one or more applications consume more resources than expected, causing performance degradation for other applications. This can affect the SL compliance of a storage group, as the service level defines the expected response time and performance for the applications in that group. If a noisy neighbor consumes too much cache, bandwidth, or CPU cycles, it can cause the SL compliance to drop below the target level. Therefore, answer A is correct.

B, C, and D are incorrect because they are not likely to cause SL compliance impact for a storage group. Queue depth full event (B) is a host-side issue that occurs when the host queue depth is too low or the host I/O rate is too high, causing the host to stop sending I/O requests to the array. Host queue depth setting © is also a host-side parameter that determines how many I/O requests can be queued by the host. Performance thresholds (D) are user-defined values that trigger alerts when certain metrics exceed or fall below the specified levels. None of these factors affect the SL compliance of a storage group on the array.

In an SRDF/Metro Smart DR configuration, the Fault-Aware Witness gives a higher priority to Bias when selecting the winning array. The bias settings for the devices are used to determine the preferred winner in the event of a failure2. The preferred winner is the side that has priority when requesting the lock from the witness instance2. References: Dell EMC PowerMax and VMAX All Flash: SRDF/Metro Overview and Best Practices