DELL EMC D-ISM-FN-01 Practice Exams
Last updated on Oct 22,2026- Exam Code: D-ISM-FN-01
- Exam Name: Dell Information Storage and Management Foundations Exam
- Certification Provider: DELL EMC
- Latest update: Oct 22,2026
What is an accurate statement about a virtual tape library?
- A . Legacy backup software can be used without additional modules or changes
- B . Portability of physical tapes tooffsite locations is supported
- C . Only sequential data access for both backup and recovery is supported
- D . Regular maintenance tasks associated with a physical tape drive are required
A company’s Finance department needs 200 GB of storage for their business applications. A LUN is created with 200 GB and RAID 1 is configured to support the applications.
If the cost of storage per GB is $2, what is the chargeback cost to the department for application storage?
- A . $ 200
- B . $ 400
- C . $ 800
- D . $ 1500
Which elements are associated with an object in an object-based storage system?
- A . Data, metadata, object ID, and attributes
- B . LUN ID, data, metadata, and object ID
- C . Metadata, object ID, attributes, and file path
- D . Object ID, attributes, LUN ID, and file path
A Fibre Channel switch has eight ports and all ports must be operational 24 hours 7 days.
However, a failure of Port 5 occurs on a particular week as follows:
– Monday = 11 AM to 3 PM
– Thursday = 6 AM to 11 AM
– Saturday = 11 AM to 4 PM
What is the availability of Port 5 in that week?
- A . 91.6%
- B . 94.6%
- C . 95%
- D . 90%
What is an accurate statement about scale-out NAS?
- A . Creates a different file system for each node in the cluster
- B . Stripes data across nodes with mirror or parity protection
- C . Supports only data replication for protecting data
- D . Pools node resources in a cluster to work as multiple NAS devices
In an FCoE switch, which function is provided by the Fibre Channel Forwarder (FCF)?
- A . Communication bridge between CEE and IP networks
- B . Communication bridge between FC and FCIP networks
- C . Communication bridge between CEE and FCIP networks
- D . Communication bridge between CEE and FC networks
What accurately describes the flow control mechanism in an FC SAN?
- A . Both transmitting and receiving ports agree on the number of buffers available during port login
- B . Negotiation occurs between an E_Port and an F_Port, and between two N_Ports
- C . Credit value is incremented when a frame is transmitted and decremented upon receiving a response
- D . Receiver Ready (R_RDY) is sent from the receiving port if available credits reach zero
In a bridged iSCSI network, which type of network enables the iSCSI gateway to connect servers to storage systems?
- A . Server N_Ports ports and storage system Ethernet Ports
- B . Server EX_Ports ports and storage system Ethernet Ports
- C . Server Ethernet ports and storage system N_Ports
- D . Server Ethernet ports and storage system EX_Ports
Which of the following are common topologies used in FC SAN? (Choose two)
- A . Point-to-Point
- B . Mesh
- C . Ring
- D . Arbitrated Loop
What is a benefit of configuring EX_Ports on each Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP) gateway in an FCIP tunnel implementation?
- A . Enables FC-FC routing through the FCIP tunnel without merging the fabrics
- B . Merges the fabrics at either end of the FCIP tunnelto create a single large fabric
- C . Transfers VSAN tagged traffic over the FCIP tunnel without FC protocol overhead
- D . Creates eight virtual FC links on the FCIP tunnel that can be paused and restarted independently