Explanation
Data Reduction is a feature that reduces the amount of physical storage space required to store user data on a LUN. Data Reduction is enabled at the LUN level and applies to all the data in the LUN, including snapshots and thin clones. Data Reduction consists of two components: compression and deduplication. Compression reduces the size of data blocks by removing redundant information, while deduplication eliminates duplicate blocks across the LUN. When Data Reduction is enabled on a LUN, all writes to the LUN will go through the Data Reduction logic before being written to the storage pool. If the LUN is part of a consistency group, Data Reduction will be enabled on all the LUNs in the consistency group, and all writes to any LUN in the group will go through the Data Reduction logic. This ensures that the data in the consistency group is consistent and protected by the same Data Reduction settings. References:
Dell EMC Unity: Data Reduction Overview
Dell EMC Unity: Data Reduction Configuration and Best Practices

Explanation
The Unity 380/380F system supports two types of I/O modules: 12 Gb/s SAS back-end and 10 GbE Base-T front-end. The 12 Gb/s SAS back-end module provides connectivity to the disk drives and expansion enclosures, while the 10 GbE Base-T front-end module provides network connectivity to the hosts and clients.
The Unity 380/380F system has four I/O module slots, two for each SP. The 12 Gb/s SAS back-end module must be installed in slot 0 of each SP, and the 10 GbE Base-T front-end module can be installed in slot 1 of each SP. Therefore, the correct answer is C. 12 Gb/s SAS 10 GbE Base-T. References:
Dell EMC Unity: Hardware Information Guide
Dell EMC Unity: Installation Guide

Explanation
The purpose of a Proxy NAS server is to access snapshot replicas on the destination side of a replicated file resource. A Proxy NAS server is a temporary NAS server that is created on the destination system to mount a snapshot replica of a replicated file system. This allows the user to access the data on the snapshot replica for testing, recovery, or other purposes. A Proxy NAS server does not increase performance or security of production NAS servers, nor does it access snapshots for testing production NAS servers.
References: [Dell EMC Unity: Replication Technologies], [Dell EMC Unity: File System Configuration]

Explanation
Two actions that are recommended according to best practices when connecting iSCSI host to a Dell Unity XT system are to ensure that the interfaces are on separate subnets and to use a private network for iSCSI interfaces. These actions can improve the performance, security, and availability of the iSCSI network. Having interfaces on separate subnets can prevent broadcast storms, reduce network congestion, and enable multipathing. Using a private network for iSCSI interfaces can isolate the iSCSI traffic from other network traffic, reduce the risk of interference or attacks, and simplify the network configuration. Manually registering host on storage array and using standard NIC for iSCSI are not recommended actions, as they can introduce errors, inefficiencies, and limitations.
References: [Dell EMC Unity: iSCSI Configuration], [Dell EMC Unity: Best Practices Guide]

Explanation
When deploying Dell UnityVSA OVA, the recommended disk format is Thick Provision Eager Zeroed, which allocates and zeroes out all the space for the virtual disks at the time of creation. This ensures better performance and avoids potential issues with thin provisioning on the underlying storage. Thin Provision and Thick Provision Lazy Zeroed are not recommended, as they may cause performance degradation and unexpected out-of-space errors.
References: [Dell EMC UnityVSA Installation Guide], [Dell EMC UnityVSA Best Practices Guide]