Specialist – Systems Administrators: 66 (DES-1B31) - EMC

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Question #1 Verified Q&A
What is the minimum number of nodes required to configure an ECS storage pool?
A 6
B 2
C 4
D 8
Correct Answer: 4
Explanation:
https://www.emc.com/techpubs/ecs/ecs_configure_single_multi_site-1.htm
Question #2 Verified Q&A
An organization is planning to integrate many S3 client applications with ECS. The applications are using virtual host style addressing for bucket identification.<br />
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What configuration should the storage administrator use?
A Apply the DNS wild card record and the host record for the load balancer Install the needed SSL certificate on the ECS nodes
B Apply the DNS host record and create the needed base URL on ECS Make the needed changes to the S3 client configuration file
C Apply the DNS wild card record and the host record for the load balancer Create the needed base URL on ECS
D Apply the DNS wild card record and the host record for the load balancer Install the needed SSL certificate on the load balancer
Correct Answer: Apply the DNS wild card record and the host record for the load balancer Create the needed base URL on ECS
Explanation:
https://www.emc.com/techpubs/ecs/ecs_use_s3_apps_with-1.htm
Question #3 Verified Q&A
What is the difference between S3 authentication signature version 2 and S3 authentication signature version 4?
A Version 2 uses the secret key to sign the request Version 4 uses a signing key
B Version 2 uses a shared secret and access key ID Version 4 uses the date/region algorithm
C Version 2 uses a namespace based signature Version 4 uses HMAC algorithm
D Version 2 uses HMAC algorithm Version 4 uses the credentials scope algorithm
Correct Answer: Version 2 uses HMAC algorithm Version 4 uses the credentials scope algorithm
Question #4 Verified Q&A
A storage administrator is trying to create a new bucket using s3curl.pl. They use a URL pointing to their load balancer. The SSL connection is terminated on the load balancer.<br />
<br />
What port number should be used at the command line?
A 9025
B 9020
C 9023
D 9021
Correct Answer: 9020
Question #5 Verified Q&A
A storage administrator enquires about ECS access to S3, NFSv3, and HDFS. What should be your response?
A ECS offers simultaneous access to S3 only
B ECS offers simultaneous access to S3, NFSv3, and HDFS
C ECS offers access to S3 and accesses NFSv3 and HDFS via third-party tools
D ECS offers access to S3, NFSv3, and HDFS but not simultaneously
Correct Answer: ECS offers simultaneous access to S3, NFSv3, and HDFS
Explanation:
https://hk.emc.com/collateral/solution-overview/h14732-ecs-so.pdf?<br />
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