EMC D-VXR-DS-01 Exam Overview:
| Certification Vendor: | Dell Technologies (EMC) |
| Exam Name: | Dell VxRail Design v2 Exam |
| Exam Number: | D-VXR-DS-01 |
| Exam Price: | $230 USD |
| Certificate Validity Period: | 2 years |
| Exam Format: | Multiple Choice, Scenario-based, Design-oriented |
| Real Exam Qty: | 55–65 |
| Available Languages: | English |
| Passing Score: | 63% (approx., official not disclosed) |
| Exam Duration: | 90 minutes |
| Related Certifications: | VxRail Deploy v2 VxRail Operate v2 |
| Recommended Training: | Official VxRail Design Documentation Dell Technologies Education Services - VxRail Design |
| Exam Registration: | Pearson VUE Registration Dell Learning Certification Portal |
| Exam Way: | Online proctored (OnVUE) or in-person at Pearson VUE test centers |
| Pre Condition: | Basic knowledge of VMware vSphere, vSAN, vCenter, and Dell PowerEdge servers; recommended hands-on VxRail experience |
| Official Syllabus URL: | https://learning.dell.com/content/dell/en-us/home/certification-overview/available-exams/vxrail-design-v2.html |
EMC D-VXR-DS-01 Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Weight | Objectives |
|---|---|---|
| Topic 1: VxRail Physical Components and Design Process | 10% | - Rack, power, and cooling requirements - VxRail cluster architecture - Design methodology and workflow |
| Topic 2: Designing Advanced Configurations | 27% | - vSAN ESA and all-flash architecture - 2-node cluster design considerations - Security and compliance design - Stretch cluster and fault domain design - Dynamic Node and scale-out planning |
| Topic 3: Determine Nodes and Node Resources | 30% | - Fault tolerance and availability design - Using Live Optics for workload analysis - Deduplication, compression, and RAID options - Reference workloads and solution summary - VxRail Sizing Tool usage and configuration |
| Topic 4: VxRail Deployment Planning | 25% | - vSAN storage design options - vCenter Server integration - vSphere Distributed Switch configuration - DNS, NTP, and IP addressing planning - Physical and logical networking design |
| Topic 5: Using VxRail Configuration Tools | 8% | - Creating projects in VxRail Configuration Portal - Generating final solution documentation - Reviewing and validating configurations |
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