Data Assurance with Media Scan Protects Your Data CERTIFIED-IMPLEMENTATION-ENGINEER-SAN-E-SERIES Practice Questions (Page 1)

Questions 1–5

1. 1foundation · easy

   What are the three main steps in the media scan process on E-Series storage?

   • AEncrypt, compress, and deduplicate
   • BFormat, partition, and mount
   • CBackup, replicate, and restore
   • DRead, verify, and rewrite
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2. 2foundation · easy

   Which of the following best describes how media scan contributes to data protection on E-Series systems?

   • AIt identifies and corrects media errors that could lead to data corruption or loss
   • BIt provides real-time replication of data to a remote site
   • CIt ensures that data is encrypted before being written to disk
   • DIt monitors the temperature of the storage system to prevent hardware failure
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4. 3application · medium

   An administrator wants to be notified immediately if a media scan detects an unrecoverable error. How can this be configured in SANtricity System Manager?

   • ASet up a script to parse the media scan log file.
   • BEnable SNMP traps for all storage array events.
   • CCheck the media scan report manually every day.
   • DConfigure an alert or notification for 'Media Scan' events.
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5. 4application · medium

   A hospital IT team manages an E-Series array storing MRI images. A recent firmware update introduced a rare media error pattern that is not detected during normal read operations. The team wants to proactively identify any affected blocks before they are read by clinical applications. Which action should they take?

   • AIncrease the cache flush timer on the storage array to force more frequent writes to disk.
   • BEnable Data Assurance with media scan on the volume group and set a recurring schedule.
   • CConfigure SNMP traps to alert on any future read errors reported by the operating system.
   • DRun a manual volume copy to a new volume group and compare checksums.
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6. 5application · medium

   An E-Series array has a volume group with a mix of SSDs and HDDs. The administrator wants to ensure that media scan is performed on all disks in the group. What is the correct way to configure this?

   • ACreate a separate volume group for SSDs and enable media scan only on that group.
   • BEnable media scan separately on each individual disk in the volume group.
   • CEnable media scan only on the HDDs, as SSDs do not require it.
   • DEnable media scan on the volume group; it will automatically cover all member disks.
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