While setting up a PowerFlex cluster, an administrator needs to create a Storage Pool. What tasks must they complete first?

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• AConfigure a Protection Domain
• BAssign drives with consistent performance metrics
• CValidate VLAN configurations
• DEnable Fault Sets for redundancy

• A
  81% (17)
• C
  10% (2)
• D
  10% (2)

Explanation

Creating a Storage Pool in PowerFlex requires a Protection Domain first because Storage Pools exist within Protection Domains - it's a strict hierarchy: Protection Domain → Storage Pool → Volumes. You cannot create a Storage Pool without a parent Protection Domain to assign it to. Additionally, drives assigned to a Storage Pool should have consistent performance metrics (same type, speed, and latency profile), because mixing mismatched drives degrades overall pool performance and creates unpredictable I/O behavior.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• C (VLAN configurations): Network/VLAN setup is part of the broader PowerFlex deployment but is not a gating prerequisite for creating a Storage Pool specifically.
• D (Fault Sets): Fault Sets are optional redundancy groupings configured after the Protection Domain exists - they're never required before creating a Storage Pool.

Memory tip: Think of it as real estate - you must own the land (Protection Domain) before you can build a house (Storage Pool), and you want uniform building materials (consistent drives) so the structure performs reliably. Protection Domain first, quality drives second, then you build the pool.

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