What are the key steps in creating a storage pool in PowerFlex? (Choose two)

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• ADefine the protection domain
• BAssign drives with consistent performance metrics
• CEnable VLAN tagging for the storage pool
• DConfigure fault sets for redundancy

• A
  79% (41)
• C
  15% (8)
• D
  6% (3)

Explanation

Creating a PowerFlex storage pool requires first defining a protection domain (A) because storage pools exist within protection domains - the protection domain is the logical boundary that must be established before any pool can be created inside it. You must also assign drives with consistent performance metrics (B), as PowerFlex storage pools are built from physical drives on SDS nodes, and mixing drives of vastly different speeds or types degrades predictable performance across the pool.

C is wrong because VLAN tagging is a network-layer configuration for separating traffic; it has no role in the storage pool creation workflow itself. D is wrong because fault sets are an optional, advanced feature used to group SDS nodes sharing a physical boundary (e.g., a rack) for rack-aware redundancy - they are configured at the protection domain level and are not a required step in creating a storage pool.

Memory tip: Think "Domain first, Drives second" - you can't fill a pool (with drives) until you've built the container (protection domain) to hold it.

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