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DELL TECHNOLOGIESDell PowerEdge MX Modular Deploy
The Dell PowerEdge MX Modular Deploy certification validates your ability to configure, manage, and troubleshoot Dell PowerEdge MX modular infrastructure. Built for implementation specialists, pre-sales engineers, and technical consultants, this credential proves you can deploy and operate MX7000 chassis, compute sleds, and SmartFabric networking in real-world environments. Earning it demonstrates hands-on readiness for modern data center deployments.
Exam formatProctored exam
DeliveryPearson VUE
Free questions595
Content last reviewed 30 July 2026 · Up to date
The certification
What Dell PowerEdge MX Modular Deploy proves, and what it asks of you
What this certification covers, who it is written for, and what the exam itself looks like on the day.
5domains
28objectives
154concepts
What it is
What this certification is
What it validates, who it is written for, and the experience it assumes.
About this certification
The Dell PowerEdge MX Modular Deploy certification validates the knowledge and skills required to successfully configure, manage, and troubleshoot Dell PowerEdge MX systems. This modular infrastructure platform combines compute, storage, and networking in a scalable chassis, and this certification confirms your ability to deploy and operate it effectively.
Covering MX-Series features, administration, installation, implementation, and troubleshooting, the exam ensures you understand the full lifecycle of PowerEdge MX deployments. From describing hardware components and managing chassis groups to implementing SmartFabric networking and resolving issues, this credential prepares you for the demands of modern data center environments.
Who it’s for
This certification is designed for IT professionals who deploy and manage Dell PowerEdge MX modular infrastructure. The target audience includes implementation specialists, pre-sales engineers, product specialists, storage implementation engineers, systems engineers, and technical consultants. If you are responsible for configuring, managing, or troubleshooting PowerEdge MX systems in enterprise environments, this certification validates the practical skills needed to succeed in those roles.
Recommended experience
Dell recommends completing the relevant training and gaining hands-on experience with PowerEdge MX systems before attempting the exam. Familiarity with MX7000 chassis hardware and components; Experience with OpenManage Enterprise Modular (OME-M) for chassis management; Understanding of compute sleds, storage sleds, and I/O fabric; Knowledge of SmartFabric networking and VLAN configuration
The syllabus
What you’ll learn
Every domain and objective Dell Technologies measures, with the weight they carry on the exam.
The official Dell Technologies exam outline · checked 30 July 2026 · See the source
MX-Series Features
- Describe MX7000 hardware chassis components and numbering schemes
- Compare MX740c/MX750c/MX760c compute sleds and features
- Describe the 1U versus 2U sleds
- Describe MX5016s storage sleds and configurations
- Describe the features of 16G (DDR5, E3 storage, PERC, BOSS-N1, and CAC/PIV)
- Describe network switches and/or I/O fabric
- Describe the ATMOS components
MX7000 Administration
- Identify the MX Chassis Management Architecture and define the multi- chassis management groups
- Describe key features of OME-M that support management of the MX7000 chassis
- Configure storage sled management, mapping drives, and drive/enclosure assigned configuration
- Compare the internal storage versus using Fabric C with external storage
- Describe use of slot profiles, creating logs, and the iDRAC Service Module
- Describe how to perform f irmware updates with the catalog
- Use key features of iDRAC specific to MX Modular (e.g., resetting iDRAC)
- Describe the main features of Lifecycle Controller
MX7000 Installation
- Describe the infrastructure and out-of-the-box setup on an MX7000
- Describe the power-on options
- Employ the Chassis Deployment Wizard to configure the initial chassis.
- Deploy server templates
MX7000 Implementation
- Identify hardware requirements of the various MX7000 network configurations (e.g., network cards, switches)
- Implement the Fabric Expander Module with the in-chassis network switch
- Understand the relationship between the Fabrics in Chassis Management Groups and Chassis backup lead
- Describe the initial switch set-up requirements
- Understand the SmartFabric Architecture
- Describe the VLAN Scale and L2 multicast Operation D-PEMX-DY-23
MX7000 Troubleshooting
- Understand MX7000 troubleshooting (e.g., Minimum to POST and alerts)
- Understand the MX7000 troubleshooting logs
- Describe the Left Control Panel LCD PIN Management and/or Right Control Panel Field Replacement Auto-configuration
On the day
The exam itself
Everything Dell Technologies publishes about sitting it, and nothing we inferred.
Prerequisites
No mandatory prerequisites — this certification has no required predecessor exam or credential.
CertificationDell PowerEdge MX Modular Deploy
Exam formatProctored exam
DeliveryPearson VUE
LanguagesEnglish, French
After you pass
Where this credential goes next
The path Dell Technologies lays out, how the credential is kept, and where to book.
Step-by-step path to Dell PowerEdge MX Modular Deploy
Credential earnedDell PowerEdge MX Modular Deploy Certification Lifecycle status
This certification is currently active and available. Dell Technologies maintains this certification to validate current skills and industry relevance.
Exam status: ActiveMaintained by Dell Technologies
Exam registration
Register for the exam through Pearson VUE, Dell Technologies’s authorized testing partner.
Schedule your examVisit the official Dell Technologies certification page for exam policies and requirements.
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Questions people ask
Is the Dell PowerEdge MX Modular Deploy exam part of a larger certification path?
The exam page does not list any required predecessor or successor certifications. It is a standalone skill certification within the Dell Proven Professional program.
How is the exam delivered?
Skills certification exams are proctored exams administered through Pearson VUE testing centers and OnVUE online proctoring.
Are practice tests available for this exam?
Yes, Dell offers unproctored web-based practice tests. They are not available for Achievements but are available for skill certifications like this one.
What job roles does this certification align with?
The target audience includes implementation specialists, pre-sales engineers, product specialists, storage implementation engineers, systems engineers, and technical consultants.
How do I claim my digital badge after passing?
After passing the exam, your certification is tracked in CertTracker, and you can claim your digital badge from Credly to showcase your achievement.
Information freshness · Content last reviewed on 2026-07-30 Up to date
Practice free questions 595 questions, free, no account needed.
The curriculum
The whole exam, mapped and written
Every domain, every objective, and every concept Dell Technologies measures — each one written out.
5domains
28objectives
154concepts
128free pages
The domains, and what sits inside them
Every objective below is a page you can open and practise now, without an account.
The official Dell Technologies exam outline · checked 30 July 2026 · See the source
1MX-Series Features127 questions
Describe MX7000 hardware chassis components and numbering schemes7 concepts · 5 pagesOpen →Compare MX740c/MX750c/MX760c compute sleds and features10 concepts · 5 pagesOpen →Describe the 1U versus 2U sleds5 concepts · 3 pagesOpen →Describe MX5016s storage sleds and configurations5 concepts · 2 pagesOpen →Describe the features of 16G (DDR5, E3 storage, PERC, BOSS-N1, and CAC/PIV)5 concepts · 4 pagesOpen →Describe network switches and/or I/O fabric6 concepts · 4 pagesOpen →Describe the ATMOS components4 concepts · 5 pagesOpen →
2MX7000 Administration174 questions
Identify the MX Chassis Management Architecture and define the multi- chassis management groups2 concepts · 4 pagesOpen →Describe key features of OME-M that support management of the MX7000 chassis8 concepts · 6 pagesOpen →Configure storage sled management, mapping drives, and drive/enclosure assigned configuration3 concepts · 3 pagesOpen →Compare the internal storage versus using Fabric C with external storage4 concepts · 3 pagesOpen →Describe use of slot profiles, creating logs, and the iDRAC Service Module8 concepts · 6 pagesOpen →Describe how to perform f irmware updates with the catalog4 concepts · 5 pagesOpen →Use key features of iDRAC specific to MX Modular (e.g., resetting iDRAC)5 concepts · 5 pagesOpen →Describe the main features of Lifecycle Controller4 concepts · 5 pagesOpen →
3MX7000 Installation92 questions
4MX7000 Implementation138 questions
Identify hardware requirements of the various MX7000 network configurations (e.g., network cards, switches)5 concepts · 3 pagesOpen →Implement the Fabric Expander Module with the in-chassis network switch7 concepts · 6 pagesOpen →Understand the relationship between the Fabrics in Chassis Management Groups and Chassis backup lead3 concepts · 4 pagesOpen →Describe the initial switch set-up requirements4 concepts · 5 pagesOpen →Understand the SmartFabric Architecture7 concepts · 7 pagesOpen →Describe the VLAN Scale and L2 multicast Operation D-PEMX-DY-234 concepts · 4 pagesOpen →
5MX7000 Troubleshooting64 questions
Understand MX7000 troubleshooting (e.g., Minimum to POST and alerts)6 concepts · 5 pagesOpen →Understand the MX7000 troubleshooting logs5 concepts · 4 pagesOpen →Describe the Left Control Panel LCD PIN Management and/or Right Control Panel Field Replacement Auto-configuration6 concepts · 5 pagesOpen →
Not a table of contents
Every line on this map already opens
In front of every objective the practice pages are already there, free and without an account. This is one objective, opened.
Describe MX7000 hardware chassis components and numbering schemes5 pagesOpen →
Free in front of it
22 questions on this objective, five to a page. Every range above is a real page, open now, with no account.
Reading the map is not the same as knowing the ground
The curriculum tells you what is on the exam. Proving you know it is a different job — and it is the one the closed-book run does.
Free questions
595 questions. No account, no card.
The whole bank is open. 5 questions to a page, every answer explained, and a discussion thread on each one.
595questions
128pages
28objectives
Freealways
Start anywhereDescribe MX7000 hardware chassis components and numbering schemes 22 questions · 5 pages
Browse by domain
Every objective, and every page range, is a link — so you can pick up exactly where you left off.
1MX-Series Features127 questions
2MX7000 Administration174 questions
Compare the internal storage versus using Fabric C with external storage15 questions · 3 pagesOpen →
3MX7000 Installation92 questions
4MX7000 Implementation138 questions
What a practice page gives you
1Five to a page
Short enough to finish, long enough to matter.
2Every answer explained
Not only which one is right — why the others are wrong.
3A discussion on each
Ask, answer, and vote. Every question has its own thread.
A question, and the idea behind it
Every question comes from a concept
These are not trivia. Each one is written against a concept in the book, so when you get one wrong there is somewhere to go and find out why.
The visual book
See it once. Carry it into the exam.
The pages shown here come from our AI-900 book — an example of how each concept is written in plain language and, where the idea needs one, drawn as a full page you can take in at a glance.
154concepts
595free questions
Why a picture, and not another paragraph
Three reasons, and each one is a real finding rather than a slogan.
You can see it againThe whole idea at onceWhere it starts, what happens in the middle, what comes out, and the mistake to avoid.
Multimedia principle · MayerThe look-alikes sit togetherThe pairs the exam tests are drawn side by side, so the difference is seen, not told.
Dual coding · PaivioWhat one page is made of
You are never asked to read a poster here — only to see how one is built. After that, every other page is legible at a glance.
1A numbered strip on top
The idea as a sequence, followed with a finger before a word is read.
2Panels for the parts
What it is, how the machine learns it, when it is the right tool.
3The trap, framed
The distinction the exam tests, given its own box instead of buried in prose.
4One line at the bottom
The sentence to carry into the exam room.
Open book, on purpose
Answer it with the picture beside you
This is the part that teaches. The illustration and the written explanation stay where they are while you work, so a scenario stops being a memory test and becomes something you can simply look at.
It teaches · it does not count
A smartphone uses AI to unlock when the owner looks at the camera. Which AI capability is being used?
AImage classification
BFacial recognition
COptical character recognition
DObject detection
Look at the five steps. Detect finds a face, align straightens it, encode turns it into numbers, search compares it with a stored face, and decide answers one question: is this the same person? Classification would only say “a face”. Detection would only draw a box. Neither decides whose.
Then the page shuts, and it starts counting
The same questions come back with the book closed — that run is the one that counts. After it, your coach picks one thing for tonight, sized to the time you have, and brings pages back before you lose them.
Testing effect · Roediger & Karpicke 2006 · spacing effect · Cepeda et al. 2006
Official resources
Straight from Dell Technologies
Where the exam is defined, scheduled and scored.
2official links
154concepts mapped
The source
Dell Technologies’s own pages
We link to them rather than repeat them, so nothing here goes stale behind them.
Checked against the source
Every objective on the official Dell Technologies outline already has questions here
We build from the official skills outline, not from a summary of it — 28 objectives, 154 concepts written under them, and free questions against every one. When Dell Technologies changes the outline, this page changes with it.
28objectives on the outline→154concepts written→595free questions
An official page tells you what will be asked. It cannot tell you what you will get right.
That is the only question worth answering the night before, and no link answers it. You answer it by taking the questions with the book closed, and seeing what comes back.