Explain PowerMax Family Device Management. POWERMAX-OPERATE Practice Questions (Page 4)

Questions 16–20

1. 16application · medium

   A storage administrator is cleaning up after decommissioning a test environment. The administrator has already deleted the masking view and the storage group. However, the administrator notices that the devices are still listed in Unisphere. What is the most likely reason?

   • AThe devices must be deleted individually after the storage group is removed
   • BThe devices are protected from deletion by a retention policy
   • CThe devices were not deleted because they are still associated with the storage group
   • DThe devices are still in the process of being deleted and will be removed automatically
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2. 17application · medium

   A media company is running out of capacity on a thin device that stores video files. The storage administrator needs to increase the device's capacity without disrupting the host application that is currently writing to the device. The device is part of a storage group that is presented to the host. What should the administrator do?

   • AExpand the device's capacity online using the PowerMax management interface
   • BCreate a new device and present it to the host, then migrate the data
   • CDelete the device and recreate it with a larger capacity
   • DChange the device type from thin to thick to increase capacity
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4. 18foundation · easy

   In PowerMax, what is the purpose of the device ID (e.g., 00A1) assigned to a device?

   • AIt is used to identify the device in a Fibre Channel fabric
   • BIt is the same as the storage group name
   • CIt is used for internal management and identification within the array
   • DIt is the address used by hosts to send I/O to the device
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5. 19application · medium

   A storage administrator is investigating a performance issue on a PowerMax array. The administrator suspects that a particular thin device is experiencing high latency due to capacity exhaustion. Which tool or metric should the administrator use to confirm this?

   • AThe PowerMax CLI, checking the device's WWN
   • BThe array's event log, checking for device deletion events
   • CThe host's operating system, checking the device's serial number
   • DUnisphere for PowerMax, checking the device's allocated capacity and performance metrics
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6. 20foundation · easy

   Which PowerMax device type allocates physical storage capacity only when data is written, rather than at creation time?

   • AMeta device
   • BThick device
   • CThin device
   • DCompressed device
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