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EMC DES-6332 Exam Overview:
| Certification Vendor: | Dell EMC |
|---|---|
| Exam Name: | Specialist - Systems Administrator, VxRail Appliance Exam |
| Exam Number: | DES-6332 |
| Exam Format: | Multiple Choice |
| Related Certifications: | Associate - Converged Systems and Hybrid Cloud Associate - Cloud Infrastructure and Services |
| Real Exam Qty: | 60 |
| Exam Duration: | 90 minutes |
| Certificate Validity Period: | 2 years |
| Exam Price: | $230 USD |
| Available Languages: | English |
| Passing Score: | 63% |
| Recommended Training: | Dell Technologies Education Services VxRail Administration Official Training |
| Exam Registration: | Register via Pearson VUE |
| Sample Questions: |  |
| Exam Way: | Proctored online or at Pearson VUE test centers |
| Pre Condition: | Associate - Converged Systems and Hybrid Cloud v2.0 OR Associate - Cloud Infrastructure and Services v3.0 / v4.0 |
| Official Syllabus URL: | https://education.dell.com/content/dam/dell-emc/documents/en-us/DES-6332_Specialist-Systems_Administrator_VxRail_Exam.pdf |
EMC DES-6332 Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Weight | Objectives |
|---|---|---|
| Topic 1: VxRail Availability and Management | 29% | - Availability features including stretched clusters - Management interfaces: VxRail Manager, vCenter Plugin - Post-setup configuration and monitoring - Roles, permissions, and health monitoring |
| Topic 2: VxRail Expansion and Maintenance | 18% | - Troubleshooting and support resources - Drive and cluster expansion - Log collection and maintenance procedures - Software updates and upgrades |
| Topic 3: Virtualization Management | 6% | - vSphere concepts and virtual machine management - VMware vCenter integration |
| Topic 4: vSAN Management | 24% | - Storage policy configuration - vSAN architecture and components - Availability and space efficiency - Monitoring and managing vSAN clusters |
| Topic 5: VxRail System Architecture | 18% | - Licensing and deployment options - Network requirements and design - Hardware components and models - Software stack and architecture |
| Topic 6: VxRail REST API | 5% | - Performing administrative tasks via API - API functionality and use cases |
DES-6332 Exam FAQ: Difficulty, Details, and Preparation
The DES-6332 exam is the required test for earning the EMC Specialist - Systems Administrator, VxRail Appliance certification from EMC. It assesses your command of the official exam objectives through scenario-based and knowledge questions, and the resulting credential is widely recognized by employers. Its reputation for difficulty is real but manageable — candidates who practice consistently with quality materials routinely walk in well prepared.
The official outline for the DES-6332 exam highlights these domains:
- VxRail System Architecture (18%)
- VxRail Availability and Management (29%)
- VxRail REST API (5%)
Seeing the topics laid out this way often shrinks the exam's intimidation factor — each domain is a finite, learnable block, and the EMC Specialist - Systems Administrator, VxRail Appliance practice questions at RealVCE follow the same structure.
Associate - Converged Systems and Hybrid Cloud v2.0 OR Associate - Cloud Infrastructure and Services v3.0 / v4.0
The DES-6332 exam is demanding, but its difficulty is specific, not mysterious: unfamiliar question formats, time pressure, and a few heavily weighted domains. All three respond to the same remedy — repeated, timed exposure to exam-style questions. That is what the EMC Specialist - Systems Administrator, VxRail Appliance practice materials at RealVCE provide, and the free demo lets you measure the real difficulty yourself before committing, which is usually the moment the fear starts shrinking.
The DES-6332 exam consists of 60 questions with a time allowance of 90 minutes minutes. Practicing full sets under a similar time cap is the most direct way to make sure pacing never costs you points on exam day.
EMC offers these training resources for candidates:
Official courses explain the material; practice questions teach you how the exam asks about it. Most successful candidates use both.
Because seeing beats guessing. The free demo of the DES-6332 exam materials at RealVCE contains genuine samples from the full EMC Specialist - Systems Administrator, VxRail Appliance question set — same format, same expert-verified answers — and downloading it costs nothing. If you are unsure whether the materials match your level or your study style, the demo answers that question with evidence rather than marketing, and every demo on the site is free of charge.
The passing score is 63% and the exam fee is $230 USD. Knowing both numbers early helps you plan: aim to be consistently above the passing mark in timed practice sessions before you spend the fee on a booking.
Registration is available through the following official channels:
Many candidates find that booking a date early converts vague anxiety into a focused countdown — a useful psychological trick while working through the EMC Specialist - Systems Administrator, VxRail Appliance practice questions.
EMC Specialist - Systems Administrator, VxRail Appliance Sample Questions:
An administrator attempts to add an S Series node to a Gen 2 VxRail cluster and the build fails What is a possible reason for this failure?
- A. Hybrid and Flash nodes cannot be mixed in the same cluster
- B. Loudmouth process needs to be restarted
- C. IP address pool has no more free addresses
- D. Quanta and Dell nodes cannot be mixed in the same cluster
Correct Answer: A 🗳️
Which software-defined storage is used by VxRail?
- A. VMwareWols
- B. VMware vSAN
- C. Dell EMC FlexOS
- D. Dell EMC ScalelO
Correct Answer: B 🗳️
A company is planning to deploy VxRail and implement big data analytics solution with these requirements:
Supports both all-flash and all NVMe nodes
Supports in-memory intensive database applications
Configurable with 4 Intel Xeon scalable processor
Which VxRail model is recommended based on the deployment requirements?
- A. D Series
- B. G Series
- C. S Series
- D. P Series
Correct Answer: D 🗳️
How much capacity of vSphere Data Protection is provided with a VxRail appliance1?
- A. 16 TB
- B. 8 TB
- C. 1TB
- D. 10 TB
Correct Answer: C 🗳️
What is a consideration when expanding a vSAN disk group in a VxRail cluster?
- A. vSAN licensing must be applied to the VxRail cluster
- B. At least one capacity disk must be added along with a cache disk
- C. Deduplication and compression must be disabled for the disk group
- D. vSAN performance will be negatively impacted during expansion
Correct Answer: B 🗳️
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