EMC DES-1B31 Actual Free Exam Questions & Community Discussion

Exam Code/Number: DES-1B31
Exam Name/Title: Specialist - Systems Administrator, Elastic Cloud Storage (ECS) Exam
Certification Provider: EMC
Corresponding Certification: EMC DECS-SA

Exam Questions: 67
Updated On: Jul 16, 2026

Question #1

What is the correct order of steps used to create a VDC federation?

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Question #2

A company wants its x64 Linux backup data sent directly to ECS. Which supported and most efficient configuration would you recommend for this environment?

A. Use a CloudBoost appliance as a NetWorker storage node to receive x64 Linux NetWorker client data and send it to ECS

B. Use Client Direct on the x64 Linux NetWorker client to send data to a CloudBoost appliance and then transfer it to ECS

C. Use Client Direct with CloudBoost agent on the x64 Linux Networker client to transfer data to ECS

D. Use a NetWorker storage node to receive x64 Linux Networker client data and send it to ECS

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Correct Answer: D Vote an answer

Question #3

You are creating a VDC during the ECS configuration process. You get the following error:
Error 7000 (http: 500): An error occurred in the API Service
You check the system and this is what you see:
Storage Pool status: Ready
Nodes: Ready to use
Licenses: OK
What can be causing this error?

A. You have not created the system storage pool

B. The endpoints were not supplied as a comma-separated list

C. You did not wait 10 to 15 minutes after creating the storage pool

D. The VDC access key was typed incorrectly

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Correct Answer: C Vote an answer

Question #4

What is the minimum number of nodes required to configure an ECS storage pool?

A. 6

B. 2

C. 4

D. 8

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Correct Answer: C Vote an answer

Question #5

How is an ECS federation created?

A. Add the remote VDC into the replication group configuration for the primary VDC

B. Create a new federation configuration from any VDC, then add all other VDCs to the configuration

C. From the first ECS running the primary VDC, create an additional VDC entry for each remote ECS instance.

D. Create the remote VDC then merge both the first VDC and the remote VDC into the federation configuration.

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Correct Answer: B Vote an answer

Question #6

What is the correct sequence of steps to configure a NetWorker CloudBoost with ECS solution?

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Question #7

Which protocol allows Microsoft Windows servers to access storage on ECS?

A. NFSv3

B. HDFS

C. CIFS

D. SMBv3

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Correct Answer: C Vote an answer

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