DES-1D12 Exam Questions and Answers

QUESTION: 16

What storage resources are affected with a refresh option on a Dell EMC PowerStore array?

Thin clones and volumes only
Snapshots, thin clones, and volumes
Thin clones, volumes, and replicas
Thin clones and snapshots only

Answer(s): A

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QUESTION: 17

How many PCI-E lanes are provided for Slot 0 and Slot 1 in Dell EMC Unity XT arrays?

8 for Slot 0; 8 for Slot 1
16 for Slot 0; 16 for Slot 1
8 for Slot 0; 16 for Slot 1
16 for Slot 0; 8 for Slot 1

Answer(s): D

Reference:

https://www.delltechnologies.com/en-gb/collaterals/unauth/technical-guides-support- information/ products/storage/docu94617.pdf

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QUESTION: 18

What is a consequence of using an 800 GB drive and five 400 GB drives in a Dell EMC Unity XT dynamic pool?

Extents 9 14 are used to create a RAID Group
Unisphere short strokes the 800 GB drive to 8 extents
Extents 9 14 are marked unavailable until more 800 GB drives are added
Extents 9 14 are marked unavailable and can never be recovered

Answer(s): C

Explanation:

The entire capacity of a particular drive size is only available when the drive count within the drive partnership group for the drive in question matches or exceeds the stripe width plus one drive. It is not recommended to mix different size drives of the same type for this reason, unless an adequate number of drives are available to meet or exceed the stripe width plus one drive requirement h16289-dell_emc_unity-dynamic_pools.pdf - Page 18-19

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QUESTION: 19

A Dell EMC Unity storage administrator needs to build a NAS server configuration to support failover between SPs and NAS resources.
What is a term for this configuration?

Local Replication
IP Multi-tenancy
LACP
Separate IP Switches

Answer(s): A

Reference:

https://www.delltechnologies.com/en-ae/documentation/unity-family/unity-p- replication-config/02- unity-rep-br-workflow.htm

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QUESTION: 20

You are designing a Dell EMC PowerStore solution with a customer. They ask if they can populate Slots 0 to 10 with NVMe SSD drives.

What should be your response?

Any drive type can be populated in the remaining slots
NVMe SSDs must be populated in the remaining empty slots
NVMe SCM drives are required in Slots 0 through 10
NVMe SCM drives must be populated in the remaining empty slots

Answer(s): B

Reference:

https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-pk/powerstore/pwrstr-hwg/base-enclosure- component- overview?guid=guid-7914a554-6943-402e-bd38-3e893163657e&lang=en-us

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Dell DES-1D12 Exam (page: 4) Dell Specialist - Technology Architect, Midrange Storage Solutions Updated on: 12-Feb-2026

QUESTION: 16

QUESTION: 17

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QUESTION: 18

Explanation:

QUESTION: 19

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QUESTION: 20

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Dell DES-1D12 Exam (page: 4)
Dell Specialist - Technology Architect, Midrange Storage Solutions
Updated on: 12-Feb-2026