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HPE2-W07 · Question #18

Your customer's IT department is under pressure to show a faster time-to-value for network Infrastructure products, such as the campus APs and switches. How can you help the customer address this…

The correct answer is A. Offer an Aruba Managed Connectivity Services (MCS) solution to let the customer exchange. Aruba Managed Connectivity Services (MCS) directly solves the time-to-value problem by offloading the deployment, configuration, and ongoing management of campus APs and switches to Aruba as a managed service - the IT team receives a fully operational network without needing to…

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Question

Your customer's IT department is under pressure to show a faster time-to-value for network Infrastructure products, such as the campus APs and switches. How can you help the customer address this challenge?

Options

  • AOffer an Aruba Managed Connectivity Services (MCS) solution to let the customer exchange
  • BOffer Aruba Fabric Composer (AFC) to enable the IT department to deploy the wired and wireless
  • COffer Aruba Net Edit to help IT to assess vulnerabilities across the wired and wireless network, to
  • DOffer Aruba ClearPass Device Insight to enable the IT department to gain visibility into the APs

How the community answered

(23 responses)
  • A
    83% (19)
  • B
    9% (2)
  • C
    4% (1)
  • D
    4% (1)

Explanation

Aruba Managed Connectivity Services (MCS) directly solves the time-to-value problem by offloading the deployment, configuration, and ongoing management of campus APs and switches to Aruba as a managed service - the IT team receives a fully operational network without needing to build internal expertise or execute complex rollouts themselves, dramatically compressing the time between purchase and business value.

Option B (Fabric Composer) is a wired/wireless automation tool that helps IT deploy faster, but it still requires internal IT effort and expertise to operate - it accelerates deployment but doesn't remove the operational burden that slows time-to-value.

Option C (NetEdit) is a network configuration and change management tool focused on identifying vulnerabilities and simplifying changes - it's a governance/security tool, not a time-to-value accelerator.

Option D (ClearPass Device Insight) provides device visibility and profiling on the network - useful for security and inventory, but it doesn't help IT deploy or operationalize infrastructure faster.

Memory tip: Think "MCS = Managed = Someone else does it." When the exam mentions pressure on IT to show results faster or reduce operational burden, a managed service (MCS) is almost always the answer - it shifts work off the customer's plate entirely, unlike tools (AFC, NetEdit, ClearPass) that still require IT to operate them.

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#Aruba Managed Connectivity Services#time-to-value acceleration#network deployment#service delivery models

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