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DELL TECHNOLOGIESDell PowerSwitch Campus Deploy
The Dell PowerSwitch Campus Deploy certification validates your ability to install, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot Dell PowerSwitch campus networking products. Designed for implementation specialists and systems engineers, this credential proves you can handle intermediate-level tasks across routing, security, and campus services. Earning it demonstrates hands-on expertise with Dell's campus networking portfolio.
Exam formatProctored exam
DeliveryPearson VUE
Free questions541
Content last reviewed 30 July 2026 · Up to date
The certification
What Dell PowerSwitch Campus 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.
8domains
29objectives
151concepts
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 PowerSwitch Campus Deploy certification validates the skills required to perform intermediate-level tasks in installing, configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting Dell PowerSwitch Campus Networking products. It is designed for professionals who work with campus network environments and need to ensure reliable, secure, and efficient network operations.
This certification covers a broad range of topics, including networking fundamentals, first-hop redundancy protocols, IP routing, security, campus services, IPv6, and stacking. By earning this credential, you demonstrate your ability to manage Dell campus networks effectively, from initial deployment to ongoing maintenance and troubleshooting.
Who it’s for
This certification is intended for implementation specialists, storage implementation engineers, and systems engineers who are responsible for deploying and maintaining Dell PowerSwitch campus networking products. It is ideal for professionals who perform hands-on configuration, troubleshooting, and maintenance tasks in campus network environments. Candidates typically have some experience with networking concepts and are looking to formalize their skills with Dell-specific technologies. The certification is also valuable for those who support campus networks as part of a broader IT infrastructure role.
Recommended experience
Dell recommends completing recommended training and gaining hands-on experience with Dell PowerSwitch campus networking products before attempting the exam. Familiarity with campus networking topologies and data flow; Experience with Dell PowerSwitch OS6 configuration and troubleshooting; Understanding of IP routing, security, and campus services concepts
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
Networking Overview
- Explain the typical end-to-end data flow of a Campus network
- Identify common Campus networking topologies
- Outline the major components within the Dell Campus network portfolio
First Hop Redundancy Protocol-FHRP
- Identify the components and use cases for Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
- Describe the operation and behavior of the Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
- Configure and verify the operation of the Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
IPv6 Stacking
- Identify the components and use cases of an MLAG solution
- Describe the operation and behavior of the MLAG solution
- Configure and verify the operation of the MLAG Solution
IP Routing
- Compare and contrast policy-based routing (PBR) and traditional routing
- Configure and verify the operation of PBR
- Identify the components and use cases of Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
- Describe the operation and behavior of Single Area Open Shortest Path First
- Configure and verify a Single Area Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) topology
Security
- Configure and verify Access Control Lists (ACLs) in OS6
- Describe the benefits and use cases for authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA)
- Compare and contrast authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA)
- Configure and verify OS6 local and remote users for administrative accounts
Campus Services
- Identify the components and use cases in a PoE solution
- Configure and Troubleshoot Power over Ethernet (PoE)
- Identify the components and use cases in a VoIP solution
- Configure and verify the operation of the Voice VLAN on an OS6 Switch
- Compare and contrast Differentiated Services Code Points (DSCP) and 802.1p (CoS)
- Configure and verify Differentiated Services Code Points DSCP and 802.1p (CoS)
IPv6
- Describe the types and functions of IPv6 addresses
- Describe the IPv6 address format and address abbreviation
- Configure and verify IPv6 address assignment D-PCM-DY-23
Stacking
- Identify the components and use cases for stacking
- Configure and verify the operation of stacking in OS6
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 PowerSwitch Campus 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 PowerSwitch Campus Deploy
Credential earnedDell PowerSwitch Campus 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
How does the PowerSwitch Campus Deploy certification relate to other Dell networking certifications?
The PowerSwitch Campus Deploy certification is part of Dell's Networking certification track, which also includes Networking Foundations, Networking Design, PowerSwitch Data Center Deploy, and SONiC Deploy. Each certification focuses on different aspects of Dell networking solutions.
Is the PowerSwitch Campus Deploy exam available in multiple languages?
Yes, the exam is available in English and French.
What is the format of the PowerSwitch Campus Deploy exam?
The exam is a proctored exam administered through Pearson VUE testing centers and OnVUE online proctoring.
Are practice tests available for the PowerSwitch Campus Deploy exam?
Yes, Dell offers unproctored web-based practice tests that you can schedule to prepare for the exam.
How do I schedule the PowerSwitch Campus Deploy exam?
You can schedule the exam through Pearson VUE using an exam voucher code. The process involves requesting a digital exam voucher, then scheduling your exam appointment.
What job roles does the PowerSwitch Campus Deploy certification target?
The certification targets Implementation Specialists, Storage Implementation Engineers, and Systems Engineers who work with Dell PowerSwitch campus networking products.
Is there a hands-on lab component in the PowerSwitch Campus Deploy exam?
The official exam page does not specify a hands-on lab component. The exam topics focus on configuration and verification tasks, which may be tested through scenario-based questions.
Information freshness · Content last reviewed on 2026-07-30 Up to date
Practice free questions 541 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.
8domains
29objectives
151concepts
120free 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
1Networking Overview68 questions
2First Hop Redundancy Protocol-FHRP63 questions
Identify the components and use cases for Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol3 concepts · 4 pagesOpen →Describe the operation and behavior of the Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol8 concepts · 5 pagesOpen →Configure and verify the operation of the Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol5 concepts · 4 pagesOpen →
3IPv6 Stacking52 questions
4IP Routing112 questions
Compare and contrast policy-based routing (PBR) and traditional routing10 concepts · 8 pagesOpen →Configure and verify the operation of PBR3 concepts · 3 pagesOpen →Identify the components and use cases of Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)3 concepts · 4 pagesOpen →Describe the operation and behavior of Single Area Open Shortest Path First10 concepts · 6 pagesOpen →Configure and verify a Single Area Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) topology7 concepts · 4 pagesOpen →
5Security69 questions
Configure and verify Access Control Lists (ACLs) in OS67 concepts · 3 pagesOpen →Describe the benefits and use cases for authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA)5 concepts · 4 pagesOpen →Compare and contrast authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA)6 concepts · 5 pagesOpen →Configure and verify OS6 local and remote users for administrative accounts4 concepts · 3 pagesOpen →
6Campus Services92 questions
Identify the components and use cases in a PoE solution5 concepts · 4 pagesOpen →Configure and Troubleshoot Power over Ethernet (PoE)5 concepts · 3 pagesOpen →Identify the components and use cases in a VoIP solution3 concepts · 5 pagesOpen →Configure and verify the operation of the Voice VLAN on an OS6 Switch3 concepts · 3 pagesOpen →Compare and contrast Differentiated Services Code Points (DSCP) and 802.1p (CoS)5 concepts · 3 pagesOpen →Configure and verify Differentiated Services Code Points DSCP and 802.1p (CoS)6 concepts · 4 pagesOpen →
7IPv645 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.
Explain the typical end-to-end data flow of a Campus network6 pagesOpen →
Free in front of it
29 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
541 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.
541questions
120pages
29objectives
Freealways
Browse by domain
Every objective, and every page range, is a link — so you can pick up exactly where you left off.
1Networking Overview68 questions
2First Hop Redundancy Protocol-FHRP63 questions
3IPv6 Stacking52 questions
4IP Routing112 questions
Identify the components and use cases of Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)18 questions · 4 pagesOpen →
5Security69 questions
6Campus Services92 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.
151concepts
541free 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
151concepts 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 — 29 objectives, 151 concepts written under them, and free questions against every one. When Dell Technologies changes the outline, this page changes with it.
29objectives on the outline→151concepts written→541free 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.