DELL EMC D-CI-DS-23 Practice Exams
Last updated on Apr 01,2025- Exam Code: D-CI-DS-23
- Exam Name: Dell Cloud Infrastructure Design 2023
- Certification Provider: DELL EMC
- Latest update: Apr 01,2025
When designing a CI solution, what switch configuration provides greater network capacity but is complex to manage?
- A . Unified
- B . SAN only
- C . LAN and SAN
- D . SAN and WAN
Uses hypervisor to create a VM snapshot
A) Agent-based backup
B) Image-based backup
C) Changed Block Tracking
D) Continuous Data Protection
- A . 1-B, 2-A, 3-C, 4-D
- B . 1-B, 2-C, 3-D, 4-A
- C . 1-A, 2-D, 3-C, 4-B
- D . 1-C, 2-A, 3-D, 4-B
An organization wants to deploy virtual machines from a service catalog. These virtual machines have software and libraries installed that are used to develop applications. Each virtual machine will be configured with the same IP address and receive OS patches from the Internet.
What will be included in the design to support these capabilities?
- A . VSANs and a physical firewall
- B . VLANs and network QoS
- C . VXLANs and OS encryption
- D . VLANs and virtual firewall appliances
An organization plans on building their own cloud solution and is designing a new storage environment with the following requirements:
– Current IOPS = 25,000
– Expected growth rate = 100%
Storage vendor specifications:
– Max storage blocks in a storage system = 8
– Max number of drives per storage block = 24
– Max IOPS per HDD drive = 180
– Max IOPS per SSD drive = 450
What single storage system design would provide the best performance and reduce floor space?
- A . 1 SSD storage block and 6 HDD storage blocks
- B . 8 HDD storage blocks
- C . 4 SSD storage blocks and 4 HDD storage blocks
- D . 6 SSD storage blocks
An organization plans on building their own cloud solution and is designing a new storage environment with the following requirements:
– Current IOPS = 25,000
– Expected growth rate = 100%
Storage vendor specifications:
– Max storage blocks in a storage system = 8
– Max number of drives per storage block = 24
– Max IOPS per HDD drive = 180
– Max IOPS per SSD drive = 450
What single storage system design would provide the best performance and reduce floor space?
- A . 1 SSD storage block and 6 HDD storage blocks
- B . 8 HDD storage blocks
- C . 4 SSD storage blocks and 4 HDD storage blocks
- D . 6 SSD storage blocks
An organization plans to build a cloud using some of the existing data center infrastructure. Specifically, they want to use the existing FC storage infrastructure to support cloud hosts. However, they want to logically separate the cloud storage traffic from the existing data center storage traffic within this infrastructure.
Which mechanism can be used to meet this requirement?
- A . MPIO
- B . VLAN
- C . VSAN
- D . Masking
During the assessment phase of the design process, the cloud architect discovers that an organization wants to provide consumers with the ability to backup and restore specific data within a virtual machine.
Which backup application functionality will support this requirement?
- A . Cloud gateway backups
- B . Agent-based backups
- C . Object storage backups
- D . Array-based snapshots
Refer to the exhibit.
Your company recently negotiated several contracts with new customers to use its proprietary eCommerce system. As a result, the customer base has grown rapidly, which has introduced several challenges and requirements.
Business requirements:
– Applications need to scale quickly
– Metrics and reporting to anticipate business trends and efficient use of resources
– External customers are looking to license the eCommerce application
Other considerations:
– Applications need to be recorded for the public cloud
– Address security vulnerabilities for customer data in the cloud
Refer to Case 1.
You are designing a transformation from Platform 2.0 to cloud. You review the existing infrastructure and business requirements. You must define the method to connect the onpremises network directly to the public cloud provider.
Which technology should you select?
- A . KMS
- B . IDPS
- C . MPLS
- D . IPSec VPN
Which cloud deployment model is most likely to require application monitoring for every application instance?
- A . PaaS
- B . HAaaS
- C . IIaaS
- D . SaaS
When designing a "Cloud in a Box" infrastructure, what is a key objective?
- A . Expanding the physical data center
- B . Isolating compute and storage resources
- C . Providing a scalable cloud-like environment within a single appliance
- D . Reducing reliance on virtualization technologies