PURE STORAGE DATA STORAGE ASSOCIATE
EXAMPREP TEST PAPER 2026 TESTED
◉ How to associate wwn or iqn with host in the GUI/CLI? Answer:
Storage > Hosts, and purehost
◉ How to connect a volume to a host? Answer: storage > hosts,
storage > volumes, purehgroup connect, purehost connect, purevol
connect
◉ What does the connections page show? Answer: lists hosts, status,
and initiator ports on each
◉ What values can the host port status show? Answer: None,
connected, redundant ( same number on both controllers)
◉ Where to display target ports and host connections? Answer:
Health > Connections, pureport list, purehost list --all, purevol list --
all
◉ GUI Dashboard Answer: overview graph, status, alerts, capacity,
iops
,◉ GUI Storage Answer: file system, size, capacity, export rules
◉ What do you need to export a file system? Answer: At least one
valid data virtual IP (VIP)
◉ How are data vips configured? Answer: Settings > Network page
◉ GUI Health Answer: health, alerts, status, parity
◉ GUI analysis Answer: capacity, iops, other
◉ GUI Settings Answer: network interfaces, system time, connection,
alert settings
◉ File system capacity Answer: occupied after compression
◉ Object Store Capacity Answer: occupied on buckets after
compression
◉ Empty Capacity Answer: unused space
◉ used capacity Answer: occupied after compression
,◉ total capacity Answer: total usable
◉ data reduction ratio Answer: size of written data vs space
occupied
◉ What does phone home send to support? Answer: Logs and alerts
◉ Phone home settings Answer: Settings > System, purearray
◉ How to find the audit trail of user operations Answer: settings >
users, puremessage
◉ What is remote assist? Answer: Secure channel between array and
support
◉ Who can login to remote assist? Answer: Technician can unless
admin closes channel
◉ How to open/close remote assist sessions? Answer: Settings >
System, purearray remoteassist
, ◉ What are network connection attributes? Answer: interface,
netmask, gateway IP, MTU set explicityly
◉ Network connection minimums Answer: min of 3 IP addresses,
one for each controller and for the multi-homed VIP
◉ How to get to interfaces/DNS settings? Answer: Setting > Network
or purenetwork, puredns
◉ What can ethernet interfaces support? Answer: One of replication,
management, or iscsi
◉ Where are alerts displayed? Answer: Far right of title bar
◉ What alerts are displayed in the title bar? Answer: Recent
warnings and critical alerts that are within 24 hours and still open
◉ How to analyze alert details? Answer: Health > Alerts
◉ What color are critical alerts? Answer: Red
◉ what severity are critical alerts? Answer: Immediate
EXAMPREP TEST PAPER 2026 TESTED
◉ How to associate wwn or iqn with host in the GUI/CLI? Answer:
Storage > Hosts, and purehost
◉ How to connect a volume to a host? Answer: storage > hosts,
storage > volumes, purehgroup connect, purehost connect, purevol
connect
◉ What does the connections page show? Answer: lists hosts, status,
and initiator ports on each
◉ What values can the host port status show? Answer: None,
connected, redundant ( same number on both controllers)
◉ Where to display target ports and host connections? Answer:
Health > Connections, pureport list, purehost list --all, purevol list --
all
◉ GUI Dashboard Answer: overview graph, status, alerts, capacity,
iops
,◉ GUI Storage Answer: file system, size, capacity, export rules
◉ What do you need to export a file system? Answer: At least one
valid data virtual IP (VIP)
◉ How are data vips configured? Answer: Settings > Network page
◉ GUI Health Answer: health, alerts, status, parity
◉ GUI analysis Answer: capacity, iops, other
◉ GUI Settings Answer: network interfaces, system time, connection,
alert settings
◉ File system capacity Answer: occupied after compression
◉ Object Store Capacity Answer: occupied on buckets after
compression
◉ Empty Capacity Answer: unused space
◉ used capacity Answer: occupied after compression
,◉ total capacity Answer: total usable
◉ data reduction ratio Answer: size of written data vs space
occupied
◉ What does phone home send to support? Answer: Logs and alerts
◉ Phone home settings Answer: Settings > System, purearray
◉ How to find the audit trail of user operations Answer: settings >
users, puremessage
◉ What is remote assist? Answer: Secure channel between array and
support
◉ Who can login to remote assist? Answer: Technician can unless
admin closes channel
◉ How to open/close remote assist sessions? Answer: Settings >
System, purearray remoteassist
, ◉ What are network connection attributes? Answer: interface,
netmask, gateway IP, MTU set explicityly
◉ Network connection minimums Answer: min of 3 IP addresses,
one for each controller and for the multi-homed VIP
◉ How to get to interfaces/DNS settings? Answer: Setting > Network
or purenetwork, puredns
◉ What can ethernet interfaces support? Answer: One of replication,
management, or iscsi
◉ Where are alerts displayed? Answer: Far right of title bar
◉ What alerts are displayed in the title bar? Answer: Recent
warnings and critical alerts that are within 24 hours and still open
◉ How to analyze alert details? Answer: Health > Alerts
◉ What color are critical alerts? Answer: Red
◉ what severity are critical alerts? Answer: Immediate
