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E20-517
Symmetrix Solutions Specialist Exam for Storage Administrators
Version 7.0
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Exam A
QUESTION 1
A data center has three Symmetrix DMX systems with Enginuity 5773 and five Symmetrix VMAX storage arrays running Enginuity 5875. All the arrays
are connected to the same Windows host with SE 7.5. You are adding another two Symmetrix VMAX arrays and want to conduct storage operations on
the new arrays and ignore the rest.
What action should you take?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Create symavoid file in the folder "..\EMC\SYMAPI\config"

Create symavoid file in the folder "/var/symapi/config/"
Create symignore file in the folder "..\EMC\SYMAPI\config"
Create symignore file in the folder "/var/symapi/config/"
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
QUESTION 2
A pair of Symmetrix VMAX arrays have been configured for SRDF/Synchronous replication. What is the result if one or more source (R1) devices in an
SRDF/Synchronous consistency group cannot propagate data to their corresponding target (R2) devices?
A.
B.
C.
D.
RDF daemon suspends the consistency group, thereby stopping data propagation from all R1 devices
Target (R2) devices will be Read/Write Enabled at the R2 site
PowerPath suspends data propagation to the R1 devices in the consistency group
RDF daemon suspends the data propagation from the affected R1 devices while maintaining consistency among the remaining devices
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 3
An application running on a virtually provisioned Symmetrix VMAX is bound to a thin pool P1 comprising 15K RPM Fibre channel drives assigned to a
VP tier T1. The application is not performance sensitive. New SATA drives are added to the VMAX. A thin pool P2 is created on the SATA drives and
assigned to VP Tier T2.
How can the thin device allocations be completely moved from pool P1 to pool P2 and the thin devices bound to pool P2 without loss of application
data?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Use virtual LUN Migration VP to move the thin devices from P1 to P2

Rebind the thin devices to pool P2
Implement FAST VP with a suitable policy to automatically relocate the storage allocations to pool P2
Unbind the thin devices from P1. Bind the thin devices to P2
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 4
What are valid device types of concurrent SRDF?
A. R11
R22
R21
B. R11
R12
R22
C. R12
R21
R22
D. R11
R12
R21
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 5
A customer is planning to migrate data belonging to two applications (A and B) from an older array to a new Symmetrix VMAX. Both migrations will run
in parallel. However, it is necessary to transfer data from application A (session A) as fast as possible. The data from application B (session B) can be
transferred at a slower rate.
Which settings should be used to run the two sessions?
A. The pace of session A should be set to 0.
The pace for session B should be set to 9.
B. The pace for session A should be set to 9.
The pace for session B should be set to 0.
C. Session A should be assigned to a Fibre Channel director with a ceiling setting of 100.
Session B should be assigned to a different director with a ceiling value of 10.
D. Session A should be assigned to a Fibre Channel director with a ceiling setting of 10.
Session B should be assigned to a different director with a ceiling value of 100.
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 6
What will happen if one or more source (R1) devices in an SRDF/Synchronous consistency group cannot propagate data to their corresponding target
(R2) devices?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Data propagation from all R1 devices in the consistency group to the R2 targets will be suspended
Data propagation from the specific R1 devices to their corresponding R2 targets will be suspended
SRDF/S replication will be suspended and a consistent data cleanup will be performed on the R2 targets
All RDF device pairs in the consistency group will be set to Not Ready
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 7
An external disk (eDisk) configured on a Symmetrix displays Degraded service state when you display detailed information about the disk using
SYMCLI.
What state would you expect to see reported under the DA hyper status ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Ready
Not Ready
Failed
Normal
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 8
To obtain environment information what script do you run on a Unix system?
A.
B.
C.
D.
EMCGrab
EMCReports
fsck
ioscan
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 9
How should the control host be configured when using Enginuity Consistency Assist (ECA) for consistent activation of TimeFinder/Clone sessions?
A.
B.
C.
D.
A dedicated channel to the gatekeeper devices

Access to only the target devices
Access to only the source devices
PowerPath must be installed on the host
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 10
Which state should the BCV be in for it to be accessed by a host?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Restored
Copy on first access
Split
Synchronized
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 11
The storage on a Symmetrix VMAX is divided into four static tiers:
TierA contains RAID 5 (3+1) Enterprise Flash Drives (EFDs)
TierB contains 2-Way-Mir 15K RPM Fibre Channel drives
TierC contains RAID 5 (7+1) 10K RPM Fibre Channel drives
TierD contains RAID 6 (6+2) SATA drives
Which is a valid FAST policy?
A.
B.
C.
D.
10% TierA, 40% TierB, 20% TierC, 30% TierD

10% TierA, 50% TierB, 20% TierC
15% TierA, 50% TierB, 50% TierD
20% TierA, 30% TierB, 30% TierC, 30% TierD
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 12
A customer is implementing EMC VMAX array and is using the new management console for the Symmetrix VMAX for management and performance
operations.
How many eLicense entitlements must be used?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Single eLicense entitlement for both operations.

Single eLicense entitlement per Solutions Enabler.
eLicense entitlement per operation.
eLicense entitlement per Unisphere server.
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 13
A customer uses Solutions Enabler to manage their Symmetrix VMAX arrays. They want to ensure that device groups defined on one Solutions Enabler
host becomes visible to the other Solutions Enabler hosts automatically.
Which Solutions Enabler daemon will satisfy this requirement?
A.
B.
C.
D.
storgnsd
storapid
storrdfd
storevntd
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 14
An SRDF/A session is active with Transmit Idle enabled. The device pairs are in a consistent state. What will happen if there is a temporary loss of all
links?
A. Cycle time will be elongated
B. RTO will increase
C. Devices will go into a "Synchronous" mode

D. Devices will go into a "Partitioned" state
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 15
Which symconfigure option is used to check command syntax only?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Preview
Prepare
Commit
Query
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 16
An administrator wants to add a Symmetrix VMAX FA port, not previously used for autoprovisioning, to an existing port group. However, the command
used does not complete successfully.
What is a likely reason?
A.
B.
C.
D.
ACLX flag must be enabled on the FA port

Maximum number of ports in the port group is already configured
FA port is already a member of another port group
FA port is already a member of two other port groups
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 17
Under which conditions will Enginuity remove the Consistency Exempt attribute from the RDF mirror?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Moving RDF pairs

Creating RDF pairs
Splitting RDF pairs
Suspending RDF pairs
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 18
Which lock(s) will be in place when a device is being swapped by Optimizer on a Symmetrix VMAX array?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Back-end device lock

Configuration lock
Front-end device and director locks
Front-end device and back-end device locks
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 19
Which Solutions Enabler host file contains Symmetrix status and configuration information?
A.
B.
C.
D.
symapi_db.bin
symavoid
impl.bin
symapi_licenses.dat
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 20
An EMC Implementation Engineer (IE) is performing routine maintenance on a Symmetrix attached host. The IE needs to find out which patches have
been installed on a specific Solaris host.
Which command should be used?
A.
B.
C.
D.
# patchadd -p
# pkgchk -l
# swlist l patch
# swlist i patch
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 21
Which groups need to be associated to form a masking view on a Symmetrix VMAX array?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Initiator group, Port group, Storage group

Device group, Initiator group, Storage group
Storage group, Port group, Consistency group
Volume group, Device group, Initiator group
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 22
A thin pool consists of 8 data devices. Four devices are almost full and 4 are almost unused. Which command will move thin extents from the full to the
unused?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Rebalance
Rescan
Reclaim
Re-allocate
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 23
A customer had previously implemented Unisphere for VMAX with local connection configuration. They have now decided to change the connection
type to remote.
How can the connection type be changed?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Unisphere must be uninstalled and reinstalled.

From Unisphere dashboarD. System --> settings --> connection type.
SYMCLI using the user smc credentials.
SYMCLI using the user root credentials.
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 24
After acquiring a company 300 hundred miles from their current office, a customer has asked EMC to help design a single-hop application recovery
plan. After careful analysis of the workload and available bandwidth, SRDF/AR was selected as the solution.
If the SRDF/AR cycle time is set to 60 minutes, what is the maximum potential data loss?
A. 1 hours of data
B. 1.5 hours of data

C. 2 hours of data
D. 3 hours of data
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 25
What is the state of the standard and BCV devices after a full TimeFinder/Mirror Establish has been initiated?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Standard is Read Only and BCV is Not Ready

Standard is Read Only and BCV is Read Only
Standard is Read/Write and BCV is Not Ready
Standard is Read/Write and BCV is Read/Write
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 26
Under which conditions will Enginuity remove the Consistency Exempt attribute from the RDF mirror?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Deleting RDF pairs

Creating RDF pairs
Splitting RDF pairs
Suspending RDF pairs
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 27
What happens when a TimeFinder/Snap session is terminated?
A. The virtual device is made Not Ready
Tracks on the Save Device(s) are reclaimed if not referenced by another session
The copy session structures are freed-up
B. The virtual device is made Read-Only
C. The virtual device is removed
D. The virtual device is made Not Ready
The copy session structures are written to the virtual device
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 28
A customer is implementing an EMC VMAX array and wants to manage it using the new management console for the Symmetrix VMAX.
Which entitlement must the VMAX system have to achieve this?
A.
B.
C.
D.
SYMM_VMAX_SMC eLicense.
SYMM_VMAX_SRM eLicense.
SYMM_VMAX_DCP eLicense.
SYMM_VMAX_SPC eLicense.
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 29
Which Symmetrix VMAX Enginuity feature can be only managed by Unisphere for VMAX compared to Symmetrix Management Console?
A.
B.
C.
D.
FAST VP for CKD Volumes

TimeFinder/Snap
Auto Provisioning
Federated Live Migration (FLM)
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 30
TimeFinder/Snap virtual devices (VDEVs) will be used as the control devices in an Open Replicator implementation. Which Open Replicator copy
operation is supported?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Cold Push
Cold Pull
Hot Push
Hot Pull
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 31
What is a typical scheduling command on a windows server?
A.
B.
C.
D.
At
Cron
Timer
Anacron
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 32
Open Replicator Cold Push will be used to move data between a Symmetrix VMAX array and a third-party array. What needs to be done before creating
the Open Replicator session?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Set the control devices to Not Ready

Set the remote devices to Not Ready
Set the control devices to Read/Write
Set a device reservation on the remote devices
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 33
Which Unisphere for VMAX task must be performed to allow Unisphere to collect performance data on a Symmetrix array?
A.
B.
C.
D.
System Registration
Set up Real Time Traces
Create Dashboards
Set up recurring BTP report
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 34
What is the maximum number of Device Pools a Symmetrix VMAX can support?
A. 512
B. 256
C. 1024
D. 2048
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 35
Where is the scope of a project is documented?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Statement of Work
Configuration Guide
Test Plan
Design document
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 36
What is the maximum number of concurrent non-differential TimeFinder/Clone copies that can be created against a single standard source volume?
A.
B.
C.
D.
16
15
8
32
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 37
What is the state of the R1, R2 device and the LINK after a failover?
A.
B.
C.
D.
R1 = WD, R2 = RW, LINK = NR

R1 = RW, R2 = NR, LINK = RW
R1 = WD, R2 = RW, LINK = RW
R1 = WD, R2 = NR, LINK = NR
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 38
Open Replicator Hot Pull will be used to move data between a third-party array and a Symmetrix VMAX array. What is recommended before starting the
Open Replicator session?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Ensure that the remote devices are not host accessible

Ensure that the remote devices are host Read/Write Enabled
Ensure that the control devices are Not Ready
Ensure that the control devices are Write Disabled
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 39
The network link fails between the source and target in an SRDF Environment. What is the RDF pair state reported by "symrdf query"?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Partitioned
Suspended
Failed Over
Not Ready
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 40
On a Symmetrix VMAX array, which local replication technology is used by SRDF/AR single hop?
A.
B.
C.
D.
TimeFinder/Clone Emulation
Native TimeFinder/Clone
Native TimeFinder/Mirror
TimeFinder/Snap
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 41
Which term is used to describe the sub-division of physical disks into hyper volumes?
A.
B.
C.
D.
hyper volume Extension

hyper volume Creation
Symmetrix Logical Volume
hyper volume Definition
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 42
Which Unisphere for VMAX view shows all the components of a masking view including the members of the various groups (port, storage and initiator)?
A. Masking Views --> Connections
B. Masking Views --> Details

C. System Dashboard
D. Storage Groups --> Details
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 43
A TimeFinder/Clone session has been created between a Source device and a Target device. It is now required to use the TimeFinder/Clone Target
device as the Source for a TimeFinder/Snap session.
What should be the state of the Clone session for the Snap session to succeed?
A.
B.
C.
D.
"Copied"
"Restored"
"CopyInProg"
"Recreated"
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 44
What is recommended before performing a TimeFinder/Clone establish operation?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Clone target devices should not be actively accessed

Clone source devices should not be actively accessed
Clone target devices should be write disabled
Clone source devices should be write disabled
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 45
What types of performance charts can one plot in the Unisphere for VMAX Performance Analyze view?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Diagnostic, Historical and Real Time

Historical and Real Time
Diagnostic, Historical and Trend
Diagnostic and Real Time
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 46
Which statement describes TimeFinder/Clone technologies?
A.
B.
C.
D.
TimeFinder/Clone creates space-efficient pointer-based copies

TimeFinder/Clone is an instant point-in-time copy of a standard device or TimeFinder BCV
TimeFinder/Clone uses mirror positions
TimeFinder/Clone utilizes virtual devices (VDEVs)
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 47
If the default values in Unisphere for VMAX are not changed, which value will trigger a critical alert for Thin Device Usage?
A. 65
B. 70
C. 75
D. 80
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 48
On a Symmetrix running Enginuity 5876, how many concurrent TimeFinder/Snap copy sessions can be created by default from a single source device?
A.
B.
C.
D.
14
15
16
64
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 49
What is the maximum number of entries allowed in a VMAX Initiator Group?
A.
B.
C.
D.
8
16
32
64
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 50
What are the five possible states of the FAST controller?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Enabled, Disabled, Disabling, DisabledwithError, Degraded

Enabled, Enabling, Disabled, DisabledwithError, Degraded
Enabled, Disabled, Disabling, DisabledwithError, Error
Enabled, Disabled, Disabling, DegradedwithError, Degraded
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 51
A Symmetrix VMAX 20K will be used for Federated Tiered Storage. What are the minimum number and type of ports that need to be configured on the
array?
A.
B.
C.
D.
4 DX ports
4 FA ports
2 DX ports
4 DA ports
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 52
What has the strongest influence on the decision to implement FAST VP?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Workload Skew
IOPS
Number of front end adapters
Number of Thin Pools
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 53
A user requires a role to perform all storage management operations on the Symmetrix systems managed by the Unisphere server. In addition this
VMAX user should be able to monitor performance and set up alerts and thresholds.
Which role should be assigned to this user?
A.
B.
C.
D.
StorageAdmin
Admin
SecurityAdmin
PerfMonitor
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 54
Which component is optional during a Solutions Enabler installation?
A.
B.
C.
D.
SRM_COMPONENT
BASE_COMPONENT
SYMCLI_COMPONENT
SYMRECOVER_COMPONENT
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 55
What are valid service states that represent the availability of an eDisk?
A. Failed, Degraded, Normal
B. Failed, Ready, Not Ready

C. Ready, Not Ready, Degraded
D. Failed, Not Ready, Degraded
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 56
What is the default maximum number of TimeFinder/Snap sessions that can be created from a source volume on a VMAX 20K array?
A.
B.
C.
D.
14
15
32
128
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 57
A new Symmetrix VMAX array is installed and connected to a SAN with existing third-party storage arrays and devices.
What EMC Solutions Enabler command will discover and build the SYMAPI database for only the new VMAX storage array?
A.
B.
C.
D.
symcfg discover -symmetrix

symcfg discover -clariion
symconfigure discover -symmetrix
symconfigure discover -database
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 58
What is the order of use for SRDF/A Delta Sets?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Capture, Transmit, Receive, Apply

Capture, Apply, Transmit, Receive
Transmit, Receive, Capture, Apply
Apply, Transmit, Receive, Capture
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 59
Which component of the Symmetrix VMAX runs the scripts to change the configuration of an array?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Symmetrix Service Processor

Global memory
Back end adapters
Front end adapters
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 60
What Unisphere for VMAX Big Button is used to facilitate the encapsulation of a CLARiiON LUN?
A.
B.
C.
D.
External Storage
Disk Groups
Volumes
Migration
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 61
Which step must be performed when creating a CSV Performance report in Unisphere for VMAX?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Add at least one query

Set up a recurring schedule
Add a description
Specify the output location
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 62
A Symmetrix VMAX 40K customer has recently upgraded the Enginuity level to 5876 Q4 2012 SR. The customer is interested in implementing the
FAST VP compression feature. What is a required step to enable FAST VP compression?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Set the FAST VP time to compress parameter

Enable FAST VP compression when associating storage group
Set the FAST VP compression rate
Enable FAST VP compression when adding thin pool to tier
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 63
Open Replicator will be used to move data from a CLARiiON array to a Symmetrix VMAX array. The CLARiiON has not been discovered by the host
from which the Open Replicator commands are issued.

Which information has to be specified in the Open Replicator device file?
A.
B.
C.
D.
symdev=arrayid:device and wwn=CLARiiON_device_WWN

symdev=rrayid:device and clardev=arrayid:device
wwn=array id:Symmetrix_device_WWN and wwn=array id:CLARiiON_device_WWN
symdev=arrayid:device and clardev=arrayid:CLARiiON_device_WWN
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 64
What is the maximum number of tiers that can be included in a FAST VP policy on a Symmetrix that is configured with Federated Tiered Storage
(FTS)?
A.
B.
C.
D.
2
3
4
5
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 65
A Symmetrix VMAX 40K customer implemented Federated Tiered Storage. A number of external LUNs have been encapsulated using virtual
provisioning encapsulation. All the encapsulated devices are geometry limited. What must be done to remove the limitation?
A.
B.
C.
D.
VLUN migrate the devices to internal disk groups using existing devices
VLUN migrate the devices to internal thin pools
Set a user defined geometry on the devices
Create TimeFinder VP Snap replicas and use the replicas
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 66
Which two TimeFinder/Clone actions are initiated when issuing a symclone establish command?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Activate and Restore

Create and Activate
Create and Terminate
Recreate and Terminate
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 67
What are the characteristics of the port groups on Symmetrix storage arrays running Enginuity 5876?
A.
B.
C.
D.
May contain valid front-end ports, only fibre and GigE ports, enabled ACLX flag on ports.
A port belongs only to one port group, enabled ACLX flag on ports, only fibre and GigE ports.
Can have mixed port types, only fibre and GigE ports, disabled ACLX flag on ports.
Enabled ACLX flag on ports, can have mixed port types, can contain valid back-end ports.
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 68
Which Symmetrix VMAX Enginuity feature can be only managed by Unisphere for VMAX compared to Symmetrix Management Console?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Federated Tiered Storage (FTS)

FAST VP for FBA Volumes
Auto Provisioning
TimeFinder/Clone
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 69
Which Open Replicator transfer mode allows for more than one concurrent copy?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Cold Push
Cold Pull
Hot Push
Hot Pull
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 70
Refer to the exhibit.
A customer wants to implement cascaded TimeFinder/Clone.
Clone sessions between devices A <--> B and B <--> C have been created.
The A <--> B Clone session has been activated.
What should be the state of the A <--> B Clone session, before activating the B <--> C Clone session?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Copied
CopyInProg
Precopy
Terminated
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 71
A customer is implementing EMC VMAX and wants to manage it using Uniphere for VMAX.
Which entitlement must the VMAX system contain to achieve this goal?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Unisphere for VMAX (SMC) eLicense

Unisphere for VMAX Capacity-Based License
Unisphere for VMAX Open Storage eLicense
Unisphere for VMAX Host-Based License
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 72
Which process associated with a LUN will shut down automatically when a user-initiated virtual LUN Migration is undertaken?
A.
B.
C.
D.
FAST VP
VLUN VP
VLUN DP
VP Rebalance
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 73
An SRDF/A session is active with Transmit Idle enabled. The device pairs are in a consistent state. What will happen if there is a temporary loss of all
links?
A.
B.
C.
D.
RPO will increase

RTO will increase
Devices will go into a "Synchronous" mode
Devices will go into a "Partitioned" state
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 74
How many SRDF groups can a Symmetrix VMAX array support?
A.
B.
C.
D.
250
256
1024
2048
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 75
Which symconfigure option is used to make changes to the Symmetrix array?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Commit
Prepare
Preview
Enable
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 76
In order for the host to start using thin devices, what should be done in addition to providing thin and data (thin pool) devices?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Thin devices must be bound to a thin pool

A unique thin pool must be created for each application that needs to use them
Thin devices must be defined as cache-only devices before use in a pool
Data devices must be mapped and masked to the host ports that need to see them
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 77
Which device types are supported in TimeFinder VP Snap copies?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Thin to Thin
Thick to Thin
Thick to Thick
Thin to Thick
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 78
A TimeFinder/Clone session has been created and activated between a Source device and a Target device. A TimeFinder/Snap session has been
created and activated using the Clone Target device as the source for the Snap session.
What should be the state of the Clone session to perform a TimeFinder/Snap recreate operation?
A. "Terminated"
B. "Copied"
C. "Restored"
D. "CopyInProg"
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 79
SRDF/A MSC has been implemented between sites. The SRDF/A MSC session is being managed by one host on the production site. What will happen
if the management host is shutdown?
A.
B.
C.
D.
SRDF/A cycle switching will stop

SRDF will automatically drop to adaptive copy mode
SRDF links will be suspended immediately
SRDF will automatically go into a partitioned state
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 80
A customer wants to deploy SRDF/S between a pair of Symmetrix VMAX arrays. The R1/R2 devices will be RAID-1 protected. Two RAID-1 BCVs will
be concurrently established with the R1 device.
How many mirror positions will remain for the R1 devices in this configuration?
A.
B.
C.
D.
0
1
2
3
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 81
Which Open Replicator operations can be incremental?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Hot Push and Cold Push

Hot Push and Hot Pull
Hot Pull and Cold Push
Hot Pull and Cold Pull
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 82
On a VMAX using TimeFinder VP Snap multiple sessions have been activated against a single data source at different times so each session contains
a different point in time snapshot of the data on the source.
What happens when data is written to an unmodified source track?
A.
B.
C.
D.
The original data is copied once to the target device thin pool and each target will now point to that single track
Each of the targets get their own copy of the original data and each target will now point to their own copy of that track
The new data is copied once to the target device thin pool and each target will now point to that single track
Each of the targets get their own copy of the new data and each target will now point to their own copy of that track
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 83
An EMC Implementation Engineer (IE) is performing routine maintenance on a Symmetrix attached host environment. The IE needs to find out which
patches have been installed on a specific HP-UX host.

A.
B.
C.
D.
# swlist i patch
# instfix i
# instfix l
# swlist l patch
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 84
Multiple RDF groups from different Symmetrix arrays have been grouped together to enable Multi-Session Consistency. How does cycle switching occur
in this configuration?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Cycle switches are controlled by the RDF daemon

Cycle switches always occur simultaneously on all Symmetrix arrays after 30 seconds
Cycle switches are controlled by the master Symmetrix
Cycle switches always occur independently on each Symmetrix after 30 seconds
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 85
A TimeFinder/Clone session has been created with the -precopy option. The session has then been activated.
What will be the state of the Clone target device?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Read/Write Enabled
Not Ready
Held
Write Disabled
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 86
SRDF/A has been implemented between two Symmetrix VMAX Family arrays. The customer would like to use TimeFinder/Snap to create point in time
replicas of the R2 devices. What must be done?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Enable device write pacing

Enable group write pacing
Configure and assign DSE pools
Configure QoS settings
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 87
On a VMAX using TimeFinder VP Snap five sessions have been activated against a single data source at different times so each session contains a
different point in time snapshot of the data on the source. Track 1000 was overwritten after the last session was activated.
What happens when data is being written to track 1000 in the 4th target?
A. The original data of track 1000 will remain unchanged for targets 1, 2, 3 and 5.
Target 4 will get its own modified copy of that track.
B. The original data of track 1000 will remain unchanged for targets 1, 2 and 3.
Targets 4 and 5 will get their own modified copy of that track.
C. The original data of track 1000 will remain unchanged for targets 1, 2 and 3.
Target 4 will get its own modified copy of that track.
Target 5 will get its own copy of the original track 1000.
D. Targets 1, 2 and 3 will get their own copy of the original track 1000.
Track 4 will get its own modified copy of that track.
The original data of track 1000 will remain unchanged for target 5.
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 88
What would the RPO be in an SRDF/AR Single hop configuration?
A.
B.
C.
D.
one cycle
two cycles
four cycles
eight cycles
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 89
You are using Symmetrix Virtual Provisioning in a VMAX. One of the storage administrators reports that the thin pool is full.
What should you do to resolve the problem?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Add data devices to the pool

Add thin devices to the pool
Migrate data devices to another pool
Rebalance the data in the pool
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 90
What duration and type of performance data does a Unisphere for VMAX BTP Report contain?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Up to 4 hours of Diagnostic data

Up to 24 hours of Diagnostic data
Up to 4 hours of Real Time data
Up to 24 hours of Historical data
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 91
How should Save Devices be configured across the backend for best performance?
A.
B.
C.
D.
first by director, then by channel, then by disk

first by disk group, then by channel, then by engine
first by engine, then by port, then by disk
first by cpu, then by director, then by disk
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 92
On a Symmetrix VMAX array, what is the maximum number of TimeFinder/Snap sessions that can be created from a single source?
A.
B.
C.
D.
8
15
32
128
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 93
What is the maximum number of groups to which an initiator can belong?
A.
B.
C.
D.
1
4
8
16
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 94
The necessary infrastructure is in place for application restart at a remote site. Four RDF links have been configured between the two Symmetrix units.
What is the primary impact to the customer of a single-hop SRDF/AR solution compared to SRDF/S?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Increased RPO with SRDF/AR

Increased RTO with SRDF/S
Increased number of links with SRDF/AR
Decreased network bandwidth is needed with SRDF/S
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 95
A storage administrator would like to alter the polling interval of the event daemon that is monitoring thin pools in a Symmetrix. How can this be
accomplished?
A. Make changes to the daemon options file (/var/symapi/config/daemon_options) and reload the options (stordaemon action storevntd -cmd reload)
B. Make changes to the options file (/var/symapi/config/options) and reload the options (stordaemon action storevntd -cmd reload)
C. Make changes to the daemon users file (/var/symapi/config/daemon_users) and restart the event daemon
D. Make changes to the README.daemon options file (/var/symapi/config/README.daemon_options) restart the event daemon
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 96
An EMC Implementation Engineer (IE) is performing routine maintenance on a Symmetrix attached host. The IE needs to find out which patches have
been installed on a specific IBM AIX host.
A.
B.
C.
D.
# instfix i
# instfix l
# swlist l patch
# swlist i patch
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 97
In a single-hop SRDF/AR setup, the options have been set as follows:
Cycle Time = 3000
Delay Time = 0
Overflow = Next
The symreplicate session was started at time 0. The actual cycle time was 4500 seconds. How many seconds after the start of the first cycle will the
next cycle start?
A.
B.
C.
D.
3000
4500
6000
9000
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 98
Which emulation(s) are supported by FAST VP?
A.
B.
C.
D.
FBA
FBA and CKD
FBA and VME_512_FBA
FBA and Celerra_FBA
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 99
If the default values in Unisphere for VMAX are not changed, which value will trigger a fatal alert for Device Pool Free Space?
A.
B.
C.
D.
95
98
99
100
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 100
What are the characteristics of the Initiator groups on Symmetrix storage arrays running Enginuity 5876?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Contains fibre WWNs or iSCSI names, an initiator may belong to only one group, can be cascaded one deep.
Can be cascaded one deep, either fibre WWNs or iSCSI names, an HBA may belong to many groups.
HBAs belongs to one group, Contains fibre WWNs or iSCSI names, can be cascaded more than one deep.
Contain up to 32 entries, an initiator may belong to many groups, can be cascaded one deep.
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 101
What is the maximum number of pools allowed in a FAST VP tier?
A.
B.
C.
D.
1
2
3
4
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 102
Which command manages masking and mapping operations for the Symmetrix VMAX array?
A.
B.
C.
D.
symaccess
symdev
symcfg
symsg
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 103
With which transfer modes can the recreate option be used?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Hot Push, Cold Push

Hot Pull, Cold Pull
Cold Push, Cold Pull
Hot Push, Hot Pull
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 104
A customer plans to implement FAST VP on their Symmetrix VMAX arrays. They will use three Virtual Pool tiers as shown.
Two storage groups S1 and S2 are associated with the policy. The application running on S1 is more performance sensitive than the one on S2 and its
storage needs to be relocated more quickly when the need arises.
Which solution should be proposed?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Set the priority of S1 to 1 and that of S2 to 3

Set the priority of S1 to 3 and that of S2 to 1
Create separate FAST policies for S1 and S2
Use Virtual LUN VP Migration to move devices belonging to S1
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 105
Which statuses are correct after a SRDF Split?
A. R1 = WD, Link = NR, R2 = RW, RDF Pair = Split
B. R1 = RW, Link = NR, R2 = RW, RDF Pair = Split

C. R1 = RW, Link = NR, R2 = WD, RDF Pair = Split
D. R1 = RW, Link = NR, R2 = RW, RDF Pair = Resumed
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 106
What duration and type of performance data can a Unisphere for VMAX XML Report contain?
A.
B.
C.
D.
4 hours of Diagnostic data

6 months of Diagnostic data
4 hours of Real Time data
24 hours of Real Time data
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 107
A Data Center administrator wants to use one Unisphere server to manage multiple EMC Symmetrix arrays in the environment.
What are the limits of this configuration?
A.
B.
C.
D.
10 Symmetrix arrays with a total of 80,000 volumes.

Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 108
How are the ports for Federated Tiered Storage configured on a Symmetrix VMAX 40K array?
A.
B.
C.
D.
EMC customer service uses SYMMWIN to convert FA ports

EMC customer service uses SYMCLI to convert FA ports
Anyone can use Unisphere for VMAX to convert RF ports
Anyone can use Unisphere for VMAX to convert FA ports
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 109
What is the maximum number of entries allowed in a VMAX Initiator Group?
A.
B.
C.
D.
8
16
32
64
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 110
What Unisphere for VMAX section is used to monitor and terminate VLUN migration sessions?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Data Protection
Storage
System
Performance
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 111
How much data is moved during a VLUN VP Migration of a 500 GB virtual LUN, 80% pre-allocated, and containing 382 GB of user data?
A.
B.
C.
D.
382 GB
394 GB
400 GB
500 GB
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 112
What is the correct state for the Target R2 and Target BCV prior to issuing a symreplicate start command?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Split
Suspended
Synchronized
Write Disabled
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 113
What state will the target device be in when you use the -precopy option during a TimeFinder/Clone Create operation?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Not Ready
Read Write Enabled
Read Only Enabled
Write Disabled
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 114
Which restrictions on cascaded storage groups on Symmetrix storage arrays running Enginuity 5876 are correct?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Parent may have up to 32 children, child may only be contained by a single parent.
FAST can be associated with Parent, SGs can only contain devices or other SGs.
Masking is permitted for child and parent, only a single level of cascading is permitted.
Parent may be a child of another SG, SGs can contain both devices and other SGs.
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 115
Which Solutions Enabler daemon provides centralized gatekeeper device management?
A.
B.
C.
D.
storapid
storgnsd
storsrvd
storevntd
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 116
In a Virtual Provisioning environment, which TimeFinder/Clone device combination can result in a sparse copy?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Source device is standard, target device is thin

Source device is thin, target device is standard
Source device is thin, target device is thin
Source device is standard, target device is standard
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 117
A customer has used Federated Live Migration to migrate 20 devices to a Symmetrix VMAX. After the migration completes, what is required before the
customer can remove the federated identities of the new VMAX devices?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Applications must be shut down

Device allocation must be removed
There is no requirement before removing identities
Host rescan and a PowerPath reconfiguration
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 118
A Symmetrix VMAX family array with Enginuity 5876 has been in service for a few months. What Solutions Enabler SYMCLI command will provide the
licensed and usage capacity for all licenses activated on this array?
A. symlmf query -type emclm -sid ##
B. symlmf query -type se -sid ##
C. symlmf show -type emclm -sid ##
D. symlmf list -type se -sid ##

Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 119
A Symmetrix VMAX 40K customer intends to use an older CLARiiON array for externally provisioned tiers in their FAST VP implementation. The VMAX
40K array is configured with EFD, FC and SATA internal disk groups. The CLARiiON array has FC and SATA disks.
Five tiers have been createD. VMAX EFD, VMAX FC, VMAX SATA, CLAR FC and CLAR SATA
What is a valid FAST VP policy definition?
A. VMAX EFD - 10%
VMAX FC - 20%
CLAR FC - 30%
VMAX SATA - 100%
B. VMAX EFD - 10%
CLAR FC - 20%
CLAR SATA - 70%
C. VMAX EFD - 10%
VMAX FC - 20%
CLAR FC - 30%
CLAR SATA - 100%
D. VMAX EFD - 10%
VMAX FC - 20%
CLAR SATA - 60%
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 120
A new Symmetrix VMAX array running Enginuity 5876 is installed into an environment with an existing DMX array. A new server running Solutions
Enabler 7.5 is connected to both arrays.
What license type is required for the VMAX array?

A.
B.
C.
D.
Electronic license
Host-based license
Solutions Enabler license
Capacity-based license
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 121
How many concurrent configuration change sessions can be active at any point on a Symmetrix VMAX?
A.
B.
C.
D.
2
4
6
8
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 122
What is the maximum number of devices that can be migrated at one time using Federated Live Migration?
A.
B.
C.
D.
8
16
32
64
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 123
A Unisphere for VMAX user must be able to see all VMAX arrays managed by the Unisphere server but should not be able to make any changes. In
addition this user should not be able to view the permissions that have been set for other Unisphere for VMAX users.
Which role should be assigned to this user?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Monitor
PerfMonitor
Auditor
None
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 124
A Unisphere for VMAX user must be added to see all Symmetrix arrays managed by the Unisphere server.
Which three methods of authentication does Unisphere for VMAX support?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Local, Windows and LDAP.

Local, Domain and LDAP.
Windows, LDAP and LDAP-SSL.
Windows, Linux and LDAP.
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 125
Two SRDF/A sessions are grouped together to be managed using Multi-Session Consistency. What happens to cycle switching if Session 1 completes
its current Transmit cycle before Session 2 can complete its current Transmit cycle?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Cycle switch for both sessions will be delayed

Both sessions will be dropped
Cycle switch for Session 1 will proceed independently of Session 2
Cycle switching will be suspended for both sessions
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 126
A Symmetrix VMAX 40K customer intends to use an older CLARiiON array as an externally provisioned tier in their FAST VP implementation. The
VMAX 40K array is at Enginuity 5876 Q4 2012 SR and is configured with EFD, FC and SATA internal disk groups. The CLARiiON array has FC disks.
What must be configured to allow the external tier to be ranked higher than the VMAX 40K SATA tier?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Create external tier with technology type of FC

Create external thin pool with technology type of FC
Specify technology type of FC when adding external tier to policy
Create external tier with technology type of SATA
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 127
Which Symmetrix device types are used by single hop SRDF/AR?
A.
B.
C.
D.
STD, R1/BCV, R2, BCV

STD, R1/Clone, R2, Clone
R1, R21, R2, BCV
STD, Diskless R21, R2, BCV
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 128
A Symmetrix VMAX 20K customer is planning to use standard encapsulation to encapsulate LUNs from an external array. What objects are created
when using SYMCLI to perform the encapsulation?
A.
B.
C.
D.
eDisk and Symmetrix device

eDisk, data device and thin device
eDisk and external disk group
External disk group and Symmetrix device
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 129
Which lock(s) will be in place when a device is being mapped to a Fibre Channel director on a Symmetrix VMAX array?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Front-end device and director locks

Configuration lock
Back-end device lock
Front-end device and back-end device locks
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 130
What are valid actions to use with the symrdf command?
A.
B.
C.
D.
suspend, resume, set mode, failover, failback

suspend, resume, write_enable, terminate
resume, establish, failover, failback, activate
resume, restore, recreate, create, split
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 131
A Symmetrix storage administrator wants to use Virtual LUN Migration DP to migrate data to configured space. How are both the source and target
volumes specified when using SYMCLI?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Device files
Device groups
Physical disk groups
Storage groups
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 132
Which command can be used to backup all the masking information to a file and restore them from a backup file?
A.
B.
C.
D.
symaccess
symdg
symcg
symsg
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 133
As a Storage consultant for a Symmetrix VMAX array, you are helping with installing and managing the storage array with Uniphere for VMAX.
Which type of configuration can be used to achieve this?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Local or Remote.
Local or Storage.
Remote or Server.
Local or Server.
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 134
Which command is used to create a port group specifying the Symmetrix front-end port through which the storage will be visible to the host?
A.
B.
C.
D.
symaccess create -sid 80 -name PG -type port -dirport 7F:1

symaccess create -sid 80 -name PG -type port
symaccess create -sid 80 -name PG -type storage - dirport 7F:1
symaccess create -sid 80 -name PG -type storage
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 135
Click on the calculator icon in the upper left corner. A financial services customer has just been acquired by a larger corporation. The new Chief
Information Officer (CIO) requires a review of the current RTO and RPO for all applications servicing customer data. The CIO has stated that access to
customer data must meet five 9s of availability on a monthly basis.
Which RTO and RPO are required?
A.
B.
C.
D.
RTO <= 25 seconds, RPO <= 25 seconds

RTO <= 4 minutes, RPO <= 4 minutes
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 136
What is an accurate statement about dynamic Symmetrix tiers?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Involves less management overhead than static tiers

Required for use with FAST VP but not FAST
May be used with FAST VP and FAST
Mixes technology (FC, SATA, and EFD) but not RAID protection
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 137
A customer is considering an upgrade from a CLARiiON CX4 to VMAX 10K. They want to keep using the data on the CLARiiON LUNs. Which solution
would work?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Federated Live Migration

External provisioning with Federated Tiered Storage
Standard encapsulation with Federated Tiered Storage
Virtual encapsulation with Federated Tiered Storage
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 138
When a Federated Live Migration session is in a FailedBack state, what is the only command that will succeed?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Terminate
Create
Activate
Failback
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 139
You are installing a Symmetrix VMAX storage array running Enginuity 5876. The customer has an older Symmetrix VMAX array running Enginuity 5874
and wants to update to Solutions Enabler 7.5.
What license type is required for the VMAX array running Enginuity 5874?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Host-based license
Electronic license
SMC license
Capacity-based license
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 140
Which statements best describe virtual LUN migration functionalities?
A. - Moves data within the same array.
- Can change disk type.

- Does not affect local replication.
B. - Supports thick devices only.
- Moves data within the same array.
- Affects remote replication.
C. - Will not disrupt hosts or applications.
- Supports thin devices only.
- Does not affect replication.
D. - Migrating data to different array.
- Cannot change disk type.
- Does not affect remote replication.
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 141
In a single-hop SRDF/AR setup, the options have been set as follows:
Cycle Time = 3000
Delay Time = 2000
Overflow = Next
The symreplicate session was started at time 0. The actual cycle time was 4500 seconds. How many seconds after the start of the first cycle will the
next cycle start?
A.
B.
C.
D.
4500
6000
6500
9000
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 142
A customer wants to create 4 copies of a LUN per day and they want to implement clones. They establish each clone session at fixed intervals of 6
hours, starting at midnight, then at 6AM, then at noon and finally at 6PM.
They are concerned that it will take too long from creating each session to the point where they can actually start using the data on the clone.
What should be done so the clones can be used as quickly as possible?
A.
B.
C.
D.
The clone is immediately usable after activating the session

The Recreate option should be used instead of the create option
The CopyOnAccess option should be added to the command
The Precopy option should be added to the command
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 143
How is performance improved in TimeFinder/Snap operations?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Tracks are striped in a Round Robin manner across the Save Pool
Tracks are concatenated to the Save Pool
A dedicated cpu is used for the TimeFinder/Snap operations
All Save devices are served by a dedicated director
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 144
When using autoprovisioning on a Symmetrix VMAX array, which type of objects can be cascaded?
A. Initiator Group and Storage Group
B. Port Group and Storage Group
C. Initiator Group and Masking View
D. Masking View and Port Group

Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 145
Which symconfigure option is used to preview and validate changes without implementing them on the Symmetrix array?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Prepare
Preview
Query
Commit
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 146
Which commands can be used to create storage groups using a range of devices, device names or a device file?
A.
B.
C.
D.
symaccess, symsg
symaccess, symcfg
symdg, symcfg
symsg, symdg
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 147
Auto meta feature has been enabled on a Symmetrix with the symconfigure command:
Set symmetrix auto_meta=ENABLE, min_auto_meta_size=65520, auto_meta_member_size=16380, config=concatenated;

What is the smallest device creation request that will trigger an automatic creation of a concatenated meta device?
A.
B.
C.
D.
65520 cylinders
65520 GB
16380 cylinders
16380 GB
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 148
An administrator wants to set port flags on an Initiator Group. The command used does not complete successfully.
What is a potential cause of the problem?
A.
B.
C.
D.
An initiator in the group already has a conflicting setting

All initiators in the group have to be logged into the FA ports
Initiator Group has to be a member of a masking view
Initiator Group is empty
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 149
Which operations are permitted as part of the Open Replicator DM license?
A. Cold Pull, Hot Push, Cold Push
B. Hot Pull, Cold Pull, Hot Push, Cold Push
C. Hot Pull, Hot Push, Cold Push
D. Cold Pull, Hot Push, Hot Pull

Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 150
What are the three main elements related to the use of FAST DP?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Symmetrix Tier, FAST Policy, Storage Group

Symmetrix Tier, FAST Group, Storage Policy
Symmetrix Tier, FAST Policy, Storage Tier
Symmetrix Tier, FAST Group, Storage Group
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 151
What types of tiers does FAST support?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Static and dynamic

EFD, FC and SATA
Extreme performance, performance, capacity
RAID10, RAID5 and RAID6
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 152
Which RDF group attribute is applicable only when the group is operating in SRDF/A mode?
A.
B.
C.
D.
session_priority
link_domino
link_limbo
auto_link_recovery
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 153
A Symmetrix TimeFinder/Clone customer recently upgraded their Solutions Enabler installation from V7.1 to the current version. Scripts are used to
control all the TimeFinder/Clone operations. Which SYMCLI environmental variable should be set to ensure that the existing scripts work without any
modification?
A.
B.
C.
D.
SYMCLI_MODE
SYMCLI_CLONE_EMULATION
SYMCLI_OUTPUT_MODE
SYMCLI_COMMAND_SCOPE
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 154
What is the underlying technology that makes virtual LUN Migration DP possible?
A.
B.
C.
D.
RAID Virtual Architecture

FAST VP
PowerPath Migration Enabler
Enginuity Consistency Assist
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 155
Which component is optional during a Solutions Enabler installation?
A.
B.
C.
D.
JNI_COMPONENT
BASE_COMPONENT
SYMCLI_COMPONENT
SYMRECOVER_COMPONENT
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 156
A Symmetrix VMAX 40K customer implemented Federated Tiered Storage. A number of external LUNs have been encapsulated using standard
encapsulation. All the encapsulated devices are geometry limited. What must be done to remove the limitation?
A.
B.
C.
D.
VLUN migrate the devices to an internal disk group using unconfigured space
VLUN migrate the devices to internal thin pools
Set a user defined geometry on the devices
Create TimeFinder/Clone replicas and use the replicas
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 157
Which feature allows the contents of a BCV to remain unchanged during and after a restore operation, even while the BCV and the standard are
synchronized?
A. Full Establish
B. Incremental Restore
C. Protected Restore
D. symmir Restore
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 158
Which feature extends the cache space available for SRDF/A session cycles by off-loading some or all of its cycle data from cache to preconfigured
disk storage?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Delta Set Extension

SRDF/A Transmit Idle
Multi-Session Consistency
SRDF/A Write Pacing
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 159
Which characteristics of the storage groups on Symmetrix storage arrays running Enginuity 5876 are correct?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Can be cascaded, FAST at child level, Masking allowed on parent only.

FAST at child level, Cannot be cascaded, Masking allowed on either child or parent.
Masking allowed on either child or parent, Can be cascaded, FAST at parent level.
Can be cascaded, FAST at child level, Masking allowed on both child and parent.
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 160
How does TimeFinder emulation mode convert commands?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Snap commands are converted to Mirror commands

Clone commands are converted to Mirror commands
Mirror commands are converted to Clone commands
Mirror commands are converted to Snap commands
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 161
What is the state of the R1, R2 devices and the LINK after a SRDF split?
A.
B.
C.
D.
R1 = RW, R2 = RW, LINK = NR

R1 = RW, R2 = WD, LINK = NR
R1 = RW, R2 = WD, LINK = RW
R1 = RW, R2 = NR, LINK = NR
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 162
The storage administrator of a virtually provisioned Symmetrix VMAX plans to monitor thin pool usage by sending SNMP traps to a remote SNMP
management server. Which monitoring tool(s) would be suitable?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Event daemon (storevntd)

Event daemon (storevntd) and SYMCLI (symcfg monitor)
Unisphere for VMAX and SYMCLI (symcfg monitor)
Unisphere for VMAX and event daemon (storevntd)
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 163
A customer has a Symmetrix VMAX that is replicated using SRDF/A. They are experiencing SRDF/A drops due to intermittent network link loss.
What can keep the SRDF/A session active through these temporary network outages?
A.
B.
C.
D.
SRDF/A Transmit Idle and Delta Set Extension

Dynamic write pending ceiling and Delta Set Extension
Dynamic Cache Partitioning and SRDF/A Transmit Idle
Quality of Service and SRDF Change Mode
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 164
Where is the replication log file written to in a clustered SRDF/AR environment?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Symmetrix File System

Symmetrix Global Memory
Symmetrix Service Processor
SYMAPI log directory
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 165
After acquiring a company 300 hundred miles from their current office, a customer has asked EMC to help to design a single-hop application recovery
plan. After careful analysis of the workload and available bandwidth, SRDF/AR was selected as the solution.
If the SRDF/AR cycle time is set to 90 minutes, what is the maximum potential data loss?
A.
B.
C.
D.
1.5 hours of data

2 hours of data
3 hours of data
4.5 hours of data
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 166
To obtain environment information what script do you run on a windows system?
A.
B.
C.
D.
EMCGrab
EMCReports
chkdsk
ioscan
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 167
A customer is implementing SRDF/A. They want to know the quantity of cache required to support delta sets based upon bandwidth that is sized
sufficiently to their peak write loads.
For every 1 TB of mirrored data, how much cache is required for delta sets?
A. 0.25 GB
B. 0.50 GB
C. 0.75 GB
D. 1.0 GB
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 168
The network link fails between the source and target in an SRDF Environment. Shortly thereafter the network connection is restored.
What is the RDF pair state reported by "symrdf query"?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Suspended
Partitioned
Failed Over
Not Ready
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 169
Which Symmetrix CLI commands are used for managing FAST operations?
A.
B.
C.
D.
symfast and symtier

symconfigure and symdev
symdev and symtier
symfast and symdev
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 170
Solutions Enabler has been installed on a Windows host. The host can access a number of Symmetrix VMAX devices. How can one ensure that a set
of these devices are included as gatekeeper candidates?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Create the gkavoid file and include the physical device names
Create the gkselect file and include the physical device names
Create the gkavoid file and include the Symmetrix device numbers
Create the gkselect file and include the Symmetrix device numbers
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 171
How does Delta Set Extension help in an SRDF/A deployment?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Absorbs bursts of host writes

Improves response time
Reduces RPO
Increases the amount of required cache
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 172
What is the state of the SRDF pair immediately after executing an Establish command?
A.
B.
C.
D.
SyncInProg
Establishing
Updating
Copying
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 173
A Symmetrix VMAX 20K customer is planning to use virtual provisioning encapsulation to encapsulate LUNs from an external array. What objects are
created when using SYMCLI to perform the encapsulation?
A.
B.
C.
D.
eDisk and Symmetrix device

eDisk, data device and thin device
eDisk and external disk group
External disk group, data device and thin device
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 174
On a VMAX using TimeFinder VP Snap a session has been activated and several tracks on the source have already been overwritten.
What happens when a second session is activated and tracks are being overwritten on the source?
A.
B.
C.
D.
If a track has been modified after the first activation, the second target gets its own copy of this track
If a track has not been modified after the second activation, the original track is copied only to the second target
If a track has not been modified after the first activation, the second target gets its own copy of this track
If a track has been modified after the first activation, the original track is copied once to the target thin pool
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 175
Solutions Enabler has been installed on a Windows host. The host can access a number of Symmetrix VMAX devices. How can one ensure that a set
of these devices are excluded from the list of gatekeeper candidates?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Create the gkavoid file and include the physical device names
Create the gkselect file and include the physical device names
Create the gkavoid file and include the Symmetrix device numbers
Create the gkselect file and include the Symmetrix device numbers
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 176
A Symmetrix VMAX 40K customer has recently upgraded the Enginuity level to 5876 Q4 2012 SR. The customer is interested in implementing the
FAST VP compression feature. What is a required step to enable FAST VP compression?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Ensure FAST VP policy contains at least one tier with a compressible thin pool
Enable compression when associating storage group with FAST VP policy
Ensure that all thin pools in all SATA FAST VP tiers are compressible
Enable FAST VP compression when adding thin pool to tier
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 177
What is the primary benefit of using TimeFinder VP Snap?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Space savings
Higher performance
High Availability
Better Scalability
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 178
What Unisphere for VMAX common task is used to modify an existing initiator group?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Manage hosts
Create a new host
Provision storage
Hosts --> Initiator Groups
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 179
A customer intends to use TimeFinder VP Snap to create multiple replicas of their production data.
What is a requirement?
A. Production and Target devices must be thin.
Target devices must be bound to the same thin pool.
B. Production and Target devices must be thin.
Production and Target devices must be bound to the same thin pool.
C. Production devices can be standard or thin.
D. Production devices must be thin.
Target devices can be standard or thin.
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 180
Which command is used for Virtual LUN Migration?
A.
B.
C.
D.
symmigrate
symaccess
symconfigure
symsg
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 181
Which Symmetrix VMAX Enginuity features can be managed by both Unisphere for VMAX and Symmetrix Management Console?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Auto Provisioning, Virtual Provisioning for FBA Volumes and SRDF

FAST VP for CKD Volumes, Federated Live Migration (FLM) and TimeFinder/Snap
Virtual Provisioing for CKD Volumes, TimeFinder/Clone and SRDF
Federated Tiered Storage (FTS), FAST VP for FBA Volumes and TimeFinder VP Snap
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 182
What is the maximum number of concurrent differential TimeFinder/Clone sessions that can be created from a single source device?
A.
B.
C.
D.
8
10
12
16
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 183
A customer configured FAST VP so data movement can take place from 00:00 to 24:00, but it seems the hot spots have not moved at all.
What could be causing this?
A.
B.
C.
D.
FAST VP is not enabled

FAST VP movement time window is too large
Maximum device moves per day are set too low
Data movement mode is set to AUTO
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 184
Which command should be used to change the SRDF operation mode into sync?
A.
B.
C.
D.
symrdf -g set mode sync

symrdf -g set sync
symdg -g set mode sync
symrdf -g resume
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 185
Which status shows that a Virtual LUN migration is complete?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Migrated
Synchronized
Established
Copied
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 186
A Symmetrix VMAX customer wants the ability to perform at least four concurrent FAST swaps. What is the minimum required DRV configuration?
A.
B.
C.
D.
4 DRVs equal to or larger than the largest device size

4 DRVs for every device size in the configuration
8 DRVs equal to or larger than the largest device size
8 DRVs for every device size in the configuration
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 187
The SAN zones (Zones 3 and 4) shown in the exhibit have been created during an Open Replicator implementation. The control devices in the
Symmetrix array are mapped to both front-end ports.
Which Open Replicator operations can be performed?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Hot Push and Pull, Cold Push and Pull

Cold Push and Cold Pull only
Hot Push and Hot Pull only
Hot Pull and Cold Pull only
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 188
A Symmetrix is configured with the two RDF Groups RDFG 1 and RDFG 2 as shown in the exhibit. The SRDF R1 devices used by Application 1 (App 1)
and Application 2 (App 2) are in RDFG 1. The SRDF devices used by Application 3 are in RDFG 2.
What should be created to enable SRDF/A for applications 1 and 2?
A.
B.
C.
D.
One device group with all the devices in RDFG 1

One file with all the devices in RDFG 1 and RDFG 2
Two device groups; one with the App 1 devices and another with the App 2 devices
Two files; one with the App 1 devices and another with the App 2 devices
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 189
Refer to the Exhibit.
Server A and Server B are running two different applications on SRDF R1 devices on the source Symmetrix. All R1 devices belong to the same RDF
group. Both applications are replicated with SRDF/S. Server B has failed.
Which step is needed to restart the Server B application on Server D at the remote site?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Execute SRDF failover for the Server B devices

Execute SRDF failover for all devices in the RDF group
Shut down Server A and then execute SRDF failover for all devices in the RDF group
Halt the application on Server A and then execute SRDF failover for all devices in the RDF group
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 190
Refer to the Exhibit.
What is the correct state for the Standard and R1-BCV prior to issuing a symreplicate start command?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Synchronized
Split
Suspended
Write Enabled
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 191
What is the maximum number of 1078 MB thin devices that can be bound to the pool shown?
A.
B.
C.
D.
3
6
200
256
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 192
A data center purchased one new VMAX storage array with Enginuity 5875. After installing the necessary licenses, the admin issued a command to
view the information shown in the exhibit.
Which command did the admin issue?
A.
B.
C.
D.
symlmf list type emclm sid 103

symlmf query type emclm sid 103
symlmf show type emclm sid 103
symlmf view type emclm sid 103
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation

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Create symavoid file in the folder "..\EMC\SYMAPI\config"

Use virtual LUN Migration VP to move the thin devices from P1 to P2

A dedicated channel to the gatekeeper devices

10% TierA, 40% TierB, 20% TierC, 30% TierD

Single eLicense entitlement for both operations.

C. Devices will go into a "Synchronous" mode

ACLX flag must be enabled on the FA port

Moving RDF pairs

Back-end device lock

Initiator group, Port group, Storage group

Unisphere must be uninstalled and reinstalled.

B. 1.5 hours of data

Standard is Read Only and BCV is Not Ready

Deleting RDF pairs

FAST VP for CKD Volumes

Set the control devices to Not Ready

R1 = WD, R2 = RW, LINK = NR

Ensure that the remote devices are not host accessible

hyper volume Extension

B. Masking Views --> Details

Clone target devices should not be actively accessed

Diagnostic, Historical and Real Time

TimeFinder/Clone creates space-efficient pointer-based copies

Enabled, Disabled, Disabling, DisabledwithError, Degraded

B. Failed, Ready, Not Ready

symcfg discover -symmetrix

Capture, Transmit, Receive, Apply

Symmetrix Service Processor

Add at least one query

Set the FAST VP time to compress parameter

from which the Open Replicator commands are issued.

symdev=arrayid:device and wwn=CLARiiON_device_WWN

Activate and Restore

Federated Tiered Storage (FTS)

Unisphere for VMAX (SMC) eLicense

RPO will increase

Thin devices must be bound to a thin pool

SRDF/A cycle switching will stop

Hot Push and Cold Push

Which command should be used?

Cycle switches are controlled by the RDF daemon

Enable device write pacing

Add data devices to the pool

Up to 4 hours of Diagnostic data

first by director, then by channel, then by disk

Increased RPO with SRDF/AR

Hot Push, Cold Push

Set the priority of S1 to 1 and that of S2 to 3

B. R1 = RW, Link = NR, R2 = RW, RDF Pair = Split

4 hours of Diagnostic data

10 Symmetrix arrays with a total of 80,000 volumes.

EMC customer service uses SYMMWIN to convert FA ports

Source device is standard, target device is thin

Applications must be shut down

D. symlmf list -type se -sid ##

What license type is required for the VMAX array?

Local, Windows and LDAP.

Cycle switch for both sessions will be delayed

Create external tier with technology type of FC

STD, R1/BCV, R2, BCV

eDisk and Symmetrix device

Front-end device and director locks