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DELL TECHNOLOGIESDell VxRail Design
The Dell VxRail Design certification validates your expertise in translating customer needs into high-performing, resilient VxRail solutions. You’ll demonstrate skills in workload assessment, capacity planning, and using tools like Live Optics, VxRail Sizer, and EIPT to design optimized compute, storage, network, and environmental configurations. It also highlights designing for resilience, including data protection, high availability, and disaster recovery aligned to RPO/RTO goals. The certification further proves your ability to create clear design documentation, validate solutions, present architectural decisions, and configure systems using the VxRail Configuration Portal, positioning you as a trusted expert in delivering scalable, business-aligned solutions.
Exam formatProctored exam
DeliveryPearson VUE
Free questions441
Content last reviewed 30 July 2026 · Up to date
The certification
What Dell VxRail Design 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
23objectives
142concepts
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 VxRail Design certification validates your expertise in designing next-generation infrastructure with Dell VxRail. This exam assesses your ability to translate customer requirements into high-performing, resilient VxRail solutions, covering workload assessment, capacity planning, and the use of tools like Live Optics, VxRail Sizer, and the Enterprise Infrastructure Planning Tool (EIPT) to optimize compute, storage, network, and environmental configurations.
Beyond initial design, the certification emphasizes designing for resilience, including data protection, high availability, and disaster recovery aligned to RPO/RTO goals. It also validates your ability to create clear design documentation, validate solutions, present architectural decisions, and configure systems using the VxRail Configuration Portal, positioning you as a trusted expert in delivering scalable, business-aligned solutions.
Who it’s for
This certification is designed for professionals who architect and design VxRail solutions, including Cloud Architects, Cloud Consultants, Cloud Integration Managers, Implementation Specialists, Pre-Sales Engineers, Pre-Sales Solution Architects, Service Delivery Professionals, Solution Architects, Storage Architects, Storage Implementation Engineers, Technical Consultants, and Technical Pre-Sales Representatives. These individuals are responsible for translating customer business needs into technical requirements and designing VxRail solutions that meet performance, resilience, and scalability goals.
Recommended experience
Dell recommends completing the recommended training and gaining hands-on experience with VxRail design and deployment. Experience with VxRail architecture and design principles; Familiarity with Live Optics, VxRail Sizer, and EIPT tools; Understanding of data protection, high availability, and disaster recovery concepts; Knowledge of compute, storage, and networking technologies
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
VxRail Physical Components and Design Process
- Describe VxRail cluster architecture.
- Describe the process to design a VxRail cluster.
- Describe VxRail rack requirements.
VxRail Deployment Planning
- Describe vCenter server.
- Describe physical networking components.
- Explain vSphere Distributed Switch usage.
- Describe additional network consideration.
- Identify node discovery options.
- Describe vSAN options.
Determine the Nodes and Node Resources
- Describe the use of Live Optics.
- Describe the use of the VxRail Sizing Tool.
- Identify the impact of fault tolerance methods.
- Identify the impact of applying Deduplication and compression.
- Explain configuration options in the VxRail Sizing Tool.
- Explain the use of reference workloads.
- Outline the use of a solution summary.
Using VxRail Configuration Tools
- Creating VxRail projects and configuration.
- Review completed configuration for implementation.
Designing for Additional VxRail Configurations
- Identify 2-node cluster design consideration.
- Identify stretch cluster design consideration.
- Identify Dynamic Node design consideration.
- Identify VxRail cluster expansion consideration.
- Identify vSAN ESA design consideration.
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 VxRail Design
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 VxRail Design
Credential earnedDell VxRail Design 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 VxRail Design exam relate to other VxRail certifications?
The VxRail Design certification is part of the Dell Proven Professional program. It is a Skill Certification that focuses on design, while other certifications like VxRail Operate and VxRail Deploy cover operational and deployment skills. There is no stated prerequisite among these certifications.
Is the VxRail Design exam proctored?
Yes, the VxRail Design exam is a skills certification exam and is proctored. It is administered through Pearson VUE testing centers and OnVUE online proctoring.
Can I take the VxRail Design exam online?
Yes, the exam is available through Pearson VUE's OnVUE online proctoring service, as well as at physical testing centers.
What job roles does the Dell VxRail Design certification map to?
The certification is designed for professionals such as Cloud Architects, Solution Architects, Storage Architects, Pre-Sales Engineers, and Technical Consultants who are responsible for designing VxRail solutions.
Are there any hands-on labs or practical components in the VxRail Design exam?
The official exam description does not specify a hands-on lab component. The exam focuses on validating design skills through scenario-based questions.
How do I schedule the VxRail Design exam?
You can schedule the exam through Pearson VUE using an exam voucher code. The official Dell Learning page provides a 'Schedule Your Exam' link for booking.
Information freshness · Content last reviewed on 2026-07-30 Up to date
Practice free questions 441 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
23objectives
142concepts
97free 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
1VxRail Physical Components and Design Process64 questions
2VxRail Deployment Planning124 questions
Describe vCenter server.7 concepts · 4 pagesOpen →Describe physical networking components.5 concepts · 3 pagesOpen →Explain vSphere Distributed Switch usage.5 concepts · 4 pagesOpen →Describe additional network consideration.10 concepts · 6 pagesOpen →Identify node discovery options.7 concepts · 5 pagesOpen →Describe vSAN options.8 concepts · 5 pagesOpen →
3Determine the Nodes and Node Resources142 questions
Describe the use of Live Optics.6 concepts · 4 pagesOpen →Describe the use of the VxRail Sizing Tool.4 concepts · 5 pagesOpen →Identify the impact of fault tolerance methods.7 concepts · 6 pagesOpen →Identify the impact of applying Deduplication and compression.5 concepts · 5 pagesOpen →Explain configuration options in the VxRail Sizing Tool.3 concepts · 2 pagesOpen →Explain the use of reference workloads.5 concepts · 4 pagesOpen →Outline the use of a solution summary.5 concepts · 5 pagesOpen →
4Using VxRail Configuration Tools25 questions
5Designing for Additional VxRail Configurations86 questions
Identify 2-node cluster design consideration.8 concepts · 4 pagesOpen →Identify stretch cluster design consideration.6 concepts · 2 pagesOpen →Identify Dynamic Node design consideration.10 concepts · 5 pagesOpen →Identify VxRail cluster expansion consideration.6 concepts · 4 pagesOpen →Identify vSAN ESA design consideration.8 concepts · 4 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 VxRail cluster architecture.5 pagesOpen →
Free in front of it
24 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
441 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.
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Browse by domain
Every objective, and every page range, is a link — so you can pick up exactly where you left off.
1VxRail Physical Components and Design Process64 questions
2VxRail Deployment Planning124 questions
3Determine the Nodes and Node Resources142 questions
4Using VxRail Configuration Tools25 questions
5Designing for Additional VxRail Configurations86 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.
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441free 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.
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142concepts 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 — 23 objectives, 142 concepts written under them, and free questions against every one. When Dell Technologies changes the outline, this page changes with it.
23objectives on the outline→142concepts written→441free 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.