Free D-MSS-DS-23 Practice Test Questions 2026

What result is obtained by multiplying the VM count by the Capacity per VM in a PowerStore system?

A. Usable Capacity

B. Raw Capacity

C. Effective Capacity

What is the recommended order for connecting DAEs to SAS ports when only two ports are available on each SP of a Dell Unity XT DPE?

A. DAE 1 to SAS Bus 0 DAE 2 to SAS Bus 0 DAE 3 to SAS Bus 1

B. DAE 1 to SAS Bus 1 DAE 2 to SAS Bus 1 DAE 3 to SAS Bus 0

C. DAE 1 to SAS Bus 1 DAE 2 to SAS Bus 0 DAE 3 to SAS Bus 1

D. DAE 1 to SAS Bus 0 DAE 2 to SAS Bus 1 DAE 3 to SAS Bus 0

What is the minimum RPO that can be configured on a Dell Unity XT block-asynchronous replication session?

A. 60 minutes

B. 1 minute

C. 5 minutes

D. 20 minutes

A technical architect is designing a Dell Unity XT 480 using the System Designer option of Sizer. What is the recommended minimum amount of Flash that they should specify?

A. 5%

B. 10%

C. 15%

D. 7%

Which two parameters avoid bottlenecks and improve performance when sizing Dell Unity XT storage solutions? (Select 2)

A. Network Bandwidth

B. Port Utilization

C. Port load balancing

D. Network Latency

E. Workload Types

A PowerStore solution must support hosts using 100 Gb/s Eth connectivity and hosts using 16 Gb/s FC connectivity. How should the I/O Modules be populated according to Dell Best Practices?

A. 100 Gb/s Eth I/O Module in Slot 0 and 16 Gb/s FC I/O Module in Slot 1

B. 100 Gb/s Eth I/O Module in Slot 1 and 16 Gb/s FC I/O Module in Slot 0

C. 100 Gb/s Eth and 16 Gb/s FC I/O Modules can be placed into any Slot

Which statement is true about dynamic node affinity?

A. Maintains relatively consistent utilization, latency, and performance between both nodes.

B. Automatically moves NAS servers to the peer node to balance the workload.

C. Trespass affected block volumes between nodes.

What action is performed in the "Create a file import session" during a PowerStore file import?

A. Destination NAS server resources are created.

B. Production interfaces are disabled on the source side.

C. Options for import are specified.

D. Source import network interface is created.

What is a Dell recommendation when connecting ESXi hosts to PowerStore?

A. Configure Round Robin Multipathing with an IOPS limit of 1024.

B. Enable DelayedACK when configured using iSCSI.

C. Configure a minimum of two NAS servers when using vVol Datastores.

D. Use the default 8k host I/O size when using NFS.

An architect is designing a cost-effective PowerStore solution in sizer that is expected to perform in the event of a node failure without impacting the max performance. What must be considered?

A. Set Max Performance Saturation to 50% while sizing.

B. Plan and design a disaster recovery site.

C. Set Performance Growth to 50% while sizing.

D. Provide a higher model than the sizer-recommended solution.

Which two options allow the collection of telemetry files when evaluating an existing Dell Unity XT system configuration? (Select 2)

A. unity_service_data collects

B. UEMCLI

C. PSTCLI

D. unity_telemetry_data collects

Which tool delivers frequent, dynamic, nondisruptive content updates for a user?

A. CloudIQ

B. Environment Collection Tool

C. My Work

D. Live Optics