A customer has a two frame Synergy setup with two Virtual Connect SE 40Gb F8 modules and two 20Gb Interconnect Link Module interconnect modules. The customer needs to expand into a third frame…

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Options

• A2 x 20Gb Interconnect Link Modules
• B1 x Virtual Connect SE 40Gb F8 Interconnect Link Modules and 1 x 20Gb Interconnect Link
• C2 x Virtual Connect SE 40Gb F8 Interconnect Link Modules
• D4 x Virtual Connect SE 40Gb F8 Interconnect Link Modules

• A
  53% (19)
• B
  14% (5)
• C
  6% (2)
• D
  28% (10)

Explanation

In HPE Synergy logical enclosures, only the primary frame hosts the intelligent Virtual Connect SE modules; all expansion frames connect back to that primary frame using Interconnect Link Modules, which act as "pass-through" extensions of the fabric rather than independent switching entities. Since the customer's existing second frame already uses 20Gb Interconnect Link Modules for this purpose, the third frame follows the same pattern - 2 x 20Gb Interconnect Link Modules.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• B is wrong because mixing a full VC SE 40Gb F8 module into an expansion frame violates the Synergy architecture - expansion frames don't host primary fabric modules.
• C and D are wrong for the same reason: you never place Virtual Connect SE modules in expansion frames; those belong only in the primary (master) frame. D is also wrong in count regardless.

Memory tip: Think of it as a "hub and spoke" model - the primary frame is the hub (Virtual Connect SE modules = the brain), and every expansion frame is just a spoke (Interconnect Link Modules = the wire). Spokes don't need brains, just connections.

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