D-PST-DS-00: Dell PowerStore DesignDemo

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Solution Design

During an external-storage import planning workshop, the Solutions Designer must assess the feasibility of connecting a third-party storage array to a PowerStore system. Several critical constraints are identified during the assessment:

  • The source storage platform supports multiple connectivity protocols, but only one is presently active for host presentation.
  • Existing fabric zoning has limited available paths, and reconfiguration may affect production systems.
  • The customer requires a non-disruptive import workflow with predictable cutover timing.
  • The PowerStore deployment model limits the types of external systems to which it can connect directly.

Which connectivity detail should the Solutions Designer validate first?

  • A The host-side QoS policy settings
  • B The Ethernet MTU configuration
  • C The PowerStoreOS release level
  • D The supported data-path identifiers
Explanation

Non-disruptive import depends on a supported, end-to-end data path. The active transport and its discoverable identifiers/targets must be compatible across the source array, hosts, and PowerStore; FC zoning must also provide the required paths. Dell documents that supported import connections must use a matching FC or iSCSI type and that FC targets are selected from those discovered, making supported data-path identifiers the foundational connectivity validation.

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