Identify and Describe the Functionalities of PowerMax Hardware Components. POWERMAX-DESIGN-V2 Practice Questions (Page 5)

Questions 21–25

1. 21foundation · easy

   Which type of back-end storage device is commonly used in PowerMax arrays for high-performance workloads?

   • ANVMe SSDs
   • BSATA HDDs
   • COptical discs
   • DTape drives
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2. 22application · medium

   A cloud service provider is deploying a PowerMax array to support a multi-tenant environment. They need to provide different performance tiers to customers, with the highest tier offering the lowest latency and the lowest tier offering cost-effective capacity. The storage team wants to use a mix of back-end storage technologies. Which combination of back-end devices would best support this tiering strategy?

   • ANVMe flash drives for the high-performance tier and SCM for the capacity tier
   • BSCM drives for the high-performance tier and NVMe flash drives for the capacity tier
   • CSAS HDDs for the high-performance tier and NVMe flash for the capacity tier
   • DNVMe flash drives for both tiers
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4. 23application · medium

   A hospital is deploying a new PowerMax 2500 to consolidate workloads from several legacy arrays. The storage team must ensure that the array can support a mix of 32 Gb Fibre Channel and 25 GbE NVMe/TCP hosts without requiring additional hardware modules beyond the base configuration. Which PowerMax hardware component should the team verify is present in sufficient quantity to meet this requirement?

   • AStorage processors (SPs) with sufficient CPU cores for protocol conversion
   • BPower supply units (PSUs) rated for the additional host cabling
   • CBack-end disk array enclosures (DAEs) populated with NVMe drives
   • DFront-end I/O modules with the appropriate port types and counts
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5. 24application · medium

   A storage architect is designing a PowerMax solution for a customer that requires the highest possible availability. The customer's applications are critical and cannot tolerate any single point of failure in the storage array. Which PowerMax hardware design characteristic directly supports this requirement?

   • AA single large cache memory module
   • BRedundant storage processors and front-end modules
   • CA single, high-performance storage processor
   • DA single management processor
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6. 25application · medium

   A large enterprise runs a mission-critical database on a PowerMax array. The storage operations team receives an alert from the array's management interface indicating that one of the cooling fans in a drive enclosure has failed. The team needs to understand the impact of this failure and what action is required. What should the team expect?

   • AThe array immediately shuts down to prevent overheating
   • BThe array continues to operate normally because cooling fans are redundant, but the failed fan should be replaced promptly
   • CThe management processor reboots to reset the fan controller
   • DThe affected drive enclosure is automatically taken offline
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