You are planning a small-scale deployment of an SAP HANA on Azure (Large Instances) landscape. You identify the costs of the virtual machine SKU required to host the HANA Large Instances landscape…

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Options

• Aa Linux support contract
• Ban ExpressRoute circuit between the HANA Large Instances stamp and Azure
• Ca Site-to-Site VPN connection between the HANA Large Instances stamp and Azure
• Dan Azure Rapid Response support contract

• B
  92% (24)
• C
  4% (1)
• D
  4% (1)

Explanation

When deploying SAP HANA on Azure Large Instances (HLI), the HLI stamp is physically separate infrastructure from the Azure public cloud - connectivity between them requires a dedicated ExpressRoute circuit, which is a mandatory additional cost on top of the VM SKU. Without it, your Azure VMs cannot communicate with the HANA Large Instance units.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A (Linux support contract): Linux OS support is bundled into the HLI service pricing - you don't purchase a separate contract.
• C (Site-to-Site VPN): A S2S VPN is not used for HLI-to-Azure connectivity; ExpressRoute is the required and only supported path - a VPN would not work here.
• D (Azure Rapid Response support): This is an optional premium support tier, not a required cost for HLI deployments.

Memory tip: Think of HANA Large Instances as a separate "island" of hardware - to bridge that island to the Azure mainland, you always need the dedicated highway (ExpressRoute). VPNs are for connecting on-premises or third-party networks, not for this internal Azure-adjacent link.

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