EMC Expert - PowerMax and VMAX All Flash Solutions DEE-1111 Exam Dumps: Updated Questions & Answers (September 2025)

An application owner is experiencing performance issues for their application. Unisphere for PowerMax is showing the storage group is compliant with the current Service Level. A Service Level is a predefined set of performance attributes that can be applied to a storage group to ensure consistent and predictable performance. A Service Level specifies a target response time, an upper response time limit, and a lower response time limit for the storage group. If the application owner wants to improve theperformance of their application, they can adjust the Service Level to a higher level of service, which will provide lower response times and higher priority for the storage group. Unisphere for PowerMax provides five predefined Service Levels: Diamond, Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze, as well as an Optimized option that automatically adjusts the Service Level based on workload characteristics. The application owner can choose a higher Service Level from these options or create a custom Service Level with their own performance parameters.

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Dell EMC PowerMax: Service Levels for PowerMaxOS

Dell Unisphere for PowerMax 10.0.0 Product Guide

 The symrdf split command is used to suspend SRDF/A replication and make both R1 and R2 devices read/write enabled. This is useful for testing purposes or for creating point-in-time copies of data on both sides. The symrdf establish command can be used to resume SRDF/A replication after a split operation. The exhibit shows that both R1 and R2 devices are read/write enabled and have a Split status, which indicates that a symrdf split command was issued next2

Before configuring Access Control, the security administrator must define the User Access ID for the Admin User. This is a necessary step to ensure that the administrator has the necessary permissions to perform this operation.

PowerMax & VMAX All-Flash Storage Technical Documentation, Dell EMC PowerMax and VMAX All Flash: Embedded Management

 In PowerMax, each RAID group is divided into 64 logical blocks known as TDATs (Thin Device Addressable Tracks). Each TDAT is configured to hold data at a given data reduction level, from 1:1 uncompressed data all the way to 16:11. References: Data Protection Schemes | Dell PowerMax: Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability | Dell Technologies Info Hub

The symstar halt command is used to write disable devices and synchronize SRDF data to remote sites in an SRDF/Star configuration. This command ensures that all sites have a consistent copy of data before switching the workload site from one site to another. Therefore, the symstar halt command should be used before the workload switch in case of a disaster at the workload site of an SRDF/Star configuration1

Fast Write is a Dell EMC technology that improves Fibre Channel (FC) replication between sites in a SRDF/S configuration. When a write I/O is issued by the host to the R1 device, SRDF with Fast Write acknowledges the write to the host as soon as the data is stored in the R1’s cache and transmitted to the R2’s cache. This results in reduced latency and improved performance for FC replication between sites.

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In an SRDF/Star configuration, all SRDF/Star device pairs must be of the same geometry and size. This is because SRDF/Star uses concurrent SRDF to maintain synchronous and asynchronous SRDF sessions between three arrays. The devices in these sessions must have identical geometry to ensure data consistency56. References: Dell EMC Solutions Enabler 9.2 SRDF Family CLI User Guide, SRDF/Metro overview | Dell EMC PowerMax and VMAX All Flash: SRDF/Metro Overview and Best Practices

The alert settings required are a first level warning at 10 ms and a second level critical alert at 15 ms. These settings will ensure that high I/O response times for a specific storage group are tracked and appropriate actions are taken when the response times exceed the specified thresholds. References: Dell EMC PowerMax: Service Levels for PowerMaxOS

The metrics that are recommended to start analyzing the overall efficiency of the array due to cache are array-level % Hit and % Cache WP. The array-level % Hit metric shows the percentage of read requests that are satisfied from the cache memory, without accessing the physical disks. A high % Hit value indicates that the cache is effective in reducing the read latency and improving the performance. The % Cache WP metric shows the percentage of cache memory that is occupied by write pending data, which is data that has been written to the cache but not yet destaged to the physical disks. A high % Cache WP value indicates that the cache is under pressure and may not have enough space to accommodate new write requests, which can lead to performance degradation. By monitoring these two metrics, a storage administrator can evaluate the overall efficiency of the array due to cache and identify any potential issues or bottlenecks.

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System efficiency overview | Dell PowerMax: Data Reduction | Dell Technologies Info Hub

Metrics (PowerMax & VMAX) - VMware Docs

Dell EMC PowerMax storage

Replication cache | Dell EMC PowerMax and VMAX All Flash: TimeFinder SnapVX Local Replication

During a Non-Disruptive Migration (NDM), when the migration is committed, the host access to the source array is removed by deleting the masking view. The masking view is a logical grouping of host initiators, storage ports, and a storage group (which contains volumes). Deleting the masking view removes the host’s access to the volumes on the source array12. References: Dell EMC PowerMax and VMAX: Non-Disruptive Migration Best Practices and Operational Guide, VMAX/PowerMax Non-Disruptive Migration (NDM) for the IBMi host platform | Dell US Support Knowledge Base Article