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DELL TECHNOLOGIESDell PowerScale Maintenance v2
The Dell PowerScale Maintenance v2 certification validates the skills required to maintain and service PowerScale storage systems. Designed for field engineers and technical support professionals, this credential confirms your ability to perform hardware replacement, software upgrades, and troubleshooting procedures that keep PowerScale clusters running reliably. Earning it demonstrates your readiness to minimize downtime and maintain enterprise storage performance.
Exam formatMultiple choice
DeliveryPearson VUE
Free questions333
Content last reviewed 30 July 2026 · Up to date
The certification
What Dell PowerScale Maintenance v2 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.
4domains
16objectives
81concepts
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 PowerScale Maintenance v2 certification is a Specialist-level credential within the Dell Proven Professional program. It validates the knowledge and hands-on skills needed to perform routine maintenance, hardware replacement, and software upgrades on PowerScale storage systems. This certification is intended for professionals who are responsible for maintaining the health and availability of PowerScale clusters in enterprise environments.
By earning this certification, you demonstrate your ability to follow Dell best practices for maintenance procedures, troubleshoot hardware and software issues, and ensure that PowerScale systems operate at peak performance. The certification reflects your readiness to support critical storage infrastructure and minimize downtime in production environments.
Who it’s for
This certification is designed for field service engineers, storage technicians, and IT professionals who are responsible for the maintenance and support of Dell PowerScale storage systems. It is also suitable for individuals who want to formalize their expertise in PowerScale hardware and software maintenance procedures. Candidates typically have hands-on experience with PowerScale systems and are comfortable performing hardware replacements, running diagnostics, and applying software updates in a production environment.
Recommended experience
Hands-on experience with Dell PowerScale storage systems, including hardware components, maintenance procedures, and troubleshooting. Experience with PowerScale hardware components and replacement procedures; Familiarity with PowerScale software upgrades and patch management; Understanding of storage system diagnostics and troubleshooting; Knowledge of safety and best practices for enterprise storage maintenance
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
PowerScale Hardware Concepts
- Differentiate between the architectural components and identify use cases of PowerScale platforms
- Compare design specifications of PowerScale hardware
- Set up PowerScale networking
- Describe the nature and use of software management tools
PowerScale Hardware Maintenance
- Perform preliminary tasks required for hardware maintenance
- Prepare a node for operation
- Process an incoming FRU request
- Process an incoming CRU request
PowerScale Hardware Installation
- Plan the installation
- Prepare the site for maintenance
- Describe requirements and steps for installing the rack and subcomponents
- Follow node cabling best practices
PowerScale Implementation
- Create a new cluster
- Differentiate procedures for joining nodes to a cluster
- Implement alternative accessories or configurations for PowerScale
- Differentiate between the upgrade activities
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 PowerScale Maintenance v2
Exam formatMultiple choice
DeliveryPearson VUE
LanguagesEnglish
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 PowerScale Maintenance v2
Credential earnedDell PowerScale Maintenance v2 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
How does the PowerScale Maintenance v2 exam relate to the previous version?
The v2 exam updates the content to reflect the latest PowerScale hardware and software maintenance procedures. Dell recommends that candidates review the current exam objectives to ensure they are prepared for the updated content.
Is there a hands-on lab component in the PowerScale Maintenance v2 exam?
The official exam page does not specify a hands-on lab component. The exam is typically multiple-choice, but candidates should verify the current format when scheduling.
What is the retake policy for the PowerScale Maintenance v2 exam?
Dell follows Pearson VUE's standard retake policy: you must wait 24 hours after a failed attempt before retaking, and 14 days after the second attempt. There is no limit on the number of attempts within a year.
Can I reschedule or cancel my PowerScale Maintenance v2 exam appointment?
Yes, you can reschedule or cancel through Pearson VUE, but you must do so at least 24 hours before your appointment to avoid a fee.
What job roles does the PowerScale Maintenance v2 certification map to?
This certification is designed for field service engineers, storage technicians, and IT professionals who maintain and support Dell PowerScale storage systems.
Are there any regional restrictions for taking the PowerScale Maintenance v2 exam?
The exam is available globally through Pearson VUE, both online and at test centers. Availability may vary by region, so check Pearson VUE for locations near you.
Information freshness · Content last reviewed on 2026-07-30 Up to date
Practice free questions 333 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.
4domains
16objectives
81concepts
72free 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
1PowerScale Hardware Concepts93 questions
Differentiate between the architectural components and identify use cases of PowerScale platforms5 concepts · 5 pagesOpen →Compare design specifications of PowerScale hardware8 concepts · 5 pagesOpen →Set up PowerScale networking6 concepts · 4 pagesOpen →Describe the nature and use of software management tools7 concepts · 6 pagesOpen →
2PowerScale Hardware Maintenance96 questions
3PowerScale Hardware Installation78 questions
4PowerScale Implementation66 questions
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.
Differentiate between the architectural components and identify use cases of PowerScale platforms5 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
333 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.
333questions
72pages
16objectives
Freealways
Start anywhereDifferentiate between the architectural components and identify use cases of PowerScale platforms 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.
1PowerScale Hardware Concepts93 questions
2PowerScale Hardware Maintenance96 questions
3PowerScale Hardware Installation78 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.
81concepts
333free 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.
3official links
81concepts 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 — 16 objectives, 81 concepts written under them, and free questions against every one. When Dell Technologies changes the outline, this page changes with it.
16objectives on the outline→81concepts written→333free 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.