HPE7-A04 Exam Questions
96 real HPE7-A04 exam questions with expert-verified answers and explanations. Page 1 of 2.
- Question #1Designing for Virtualization, Automation, and Security
CX Switches come with trusted platform modules (TPM). What is the function of TPM?
TPMhardware securitycertificate managementCX switches - Question #2Designing for Virtualization, Automation, and Security
Which switch model is able to perform microsegmentation?
microsegmentationCX 10000switch modelsnetwork segmentation - Question #3Designing Data Center Network Architectures
You are designing an overlay solution for two Data Centers based on the Aruba CX platform. Each Data Center has two rooms and each room is its own fabric. What is the underlay rout...
OSPFunderlay routingVXLAN overlaydata center fabric - Question #4Gathering and Analyzing Business and Technical Requirements
What does a five-nines requirement in a service agreement refer to?
five-nines availabilitySLAuptime requirementsservice agreements - Question #5Designing Data Center Network Architectures
In your design, you have six racks each with a pair of VSX Leaf switches and two Spine switches. How many P2P leaf-to-spine addresses are there?
P2P addressingspine-leafVSXIP address planning - Question #6Designing Data Center Network Architectures
How many SFP28 port-groups do Aruba 8325 CX switches have?
CX 8325SFP28 port-groupshardware specificationsswitch ports - Question #7Designing Data Center Network Architectures
In the ToR or middle of the rack cabling design, it is important to know (Select two)
ToR cablingfiber strandspatch panelsphysical infrastructure - Question #8Designing Data Center Network Architectures
What is a use case for a two-tier L2 design for a dedicated data center?
two-tier L2design use casessmall-medium data centernetwork topology - Question #9Designing Data Center Network Architectures
Mention two disadvantages of the End-of-Row or Middle-of-Row switches in Data Center design
EoR switchesMoR switchescabling complexityport density - Question #10Designing Data Center Network Architectures
You are involved in a 2-Tier L2 Data Center Design with the following details: - CX 8325 100G Core Switches - CX 10000 48-P 25G Access Switches - 100G SR4 Optical connections betwe...
port scalability calculationVSX2-tier L2CX 8325 - Question #11Designing for Virtualization, Automation, and Security
PVLAN (Private VLAN) defines three types of VLANs under the same SVI
PVLANisolated VLANcommunity VLANprivate VLAN types - Question #12Designing Data Center Network Architectures
In MMF OM3 fiber type and SFP28 LC SR transceiver option. What is the maximum distance supported by this setup?
OM3 fiberSFP28 SRtransceiver distanceMMF specifications - Question #13Designing Data Center Network Architectures
Mention two advantages of the ToR switches in Data Center Design
ToR designcable managementfault isolationdata center design - Question #14Gathering and Analyzing Business and Technical Requirements
In defining availability requirements for applications and services, the applications that directly impact health and safety are called
application criticalitylife-criticalavailability classificationbusiness requirements - Question #15Designing Data Center Network Architectures
You have a customer using Spine and Leaf design with two 8325 32-port 100G QSFP28 (F-B airflow) Spine Switches. What is the maximum number of racks supported if each Rack has two 8...
port scalability calculationCX 8325 spineCX 8360 leafVSX - Question #16Designing Data Center Network Architectures
In a Spine and Leaf Design with the following specs: - 8400 100G Spine Switches - 8360 48-P 10G RJ45 Leaf Switches - 100G DAC connections between Spine and Leafs Spine Switches = 8...
port scalability calculationCX 8400 spineCX 8360 leafspine-leaf design - Question #17Designing Data Center Network Architectures
In L3 spine and leaf design
L3 spine-leafspanning treeloop preventionrouting - Question #18Designing Data Center Network Architectures
What Fiber Optic standard supports up to 400 Gbps
QSFP-DD400G standardfiber optic transceivershigh-speed interfaces - Question #19Validating and Documenting Data Center Designs
Name some Post-installation handover tasks
post-installation handoverspare managementtrainingdocumentation - Question #20Designing for Virtualization, Automation, and Security
What is true about clients located in isolated VLAN?
isolated VLANPVLANL2 isolationintra-VLAN communication - Question #21Designing Data Center Network Architectures
Depending on a switch's role in the topology, the demands on various tables differ. Several HPE Aruba CX switch models support different profiles, each of which optimizes the corre...
switch profilesARP/ND tablehardware resource allocationL3 aggregation - Question #22Designing Data Center Network Architectures
You need to design a network that supports transmitting RDMA traffic over multiple IP hops. Which protocols must the switches support? (Select all that apply.)
RDMAlossless networkingETSPFC - Question #23Designing Data Center Network Architectures
A customer currently has a three-tier architecture in which aggregation switches are the default gateways. Pairs of aggregation switches use VRRP. You are migrating to an L2 two-ti...
VSX active gatewayVRRP migration2-tier architecturedefault gateway - Question #24Designing Data Center Network Architectures
What is true about the QSFP-DD MPO-12 eDR4 transceiver?
QSFP-DDeDR4 transceiver400G opticstransceiver specs - Question #25Designing Data Center Network Architectures
In Spine and Leaf Design that involves the following: - 8360 12-P 100G Spine Switches - 8360 48-P 10G RJ45 Leaf Switches - 100G SR4 Optical connections between Spine and Leafs Spin...
spine-leaf scalabilityVSXport capacity planningoversubscription - Question #26Designing Data Center Network Architectures
You are recommending HPE Aruba CX switches to a service provider for a Metro Ethernet solution. Which technology is the customer likely to require to allow each customer to stretch...
QinQMetro EthernetVLAN stackingservice provider - Question #27Designing Data Center Network Architectures
You are planning a leaf and spine topology for a data center. The campus is in a different building; the customer wants to connect the campus network directly to the data center ne...
border leafcampus integrationleaf-spine topologydata center interconnect - Question #28Designing Data Center Network Architectures
What is the maximum number of spines (when using 2 uplink ports for VSX) for CX 8325-48Y8C with Leaf-to-spine port speed 40 or 100 Gbps?
CX 8325spine limitVSX uplinksleaf-spine design - Question #29Designing Data Center Network Architectures
You have a customer who wants 3:1 oversubscription and has a CX switch with 24 ports, and each port operates at 25 Gbps edge ports. What is the expected uplink speed?
oversubscriptionbandwidth calculationuplink design25G edge ports - Question #30Designing Data Center Network Architectures
What is the upper limit for spine switches with leaf HPE Aruba CX 8360-48Y6C v2 using 100 or 40 GbE Leaf-to-spine port speed (when using 2 uplink ports for VSX)?
CX 8360spine limitVSX uplinksleaf-spine scalability - Question #31Designing Data Center Network Architectures
One of your customers has the following: 2-Tier L2 Design - 8325 32x100G Core Switches - 8360 48x10G RJ-45 Access Switches - 100G 5M DAC connections between Core and Access Core Sw...
2-tier L2 designVSX scalingaccess switch pairsport planning - Question #32Designing Data Center Network Architectures
What is recommended for the routing protocol setup on leaf VSX pairs?
VSX routingrouting protocol setupleaf VSX pairsISL VLAN - Question #33Designing for Virtualization, Automation, and Security
You are designing an overlay solution for two Data Centers based on the Aruba CX platform. Each Data Center has two rooms and each room is its own fabric. There is a requirement fo...
EVPN VXLANmulticastselective split horizonmulti-fabric design - Question #34Validating and Documenting Data Center Designs
What materials do you need to include for the solution proposal? (Choose all that apply)
solution proposalBOMRFP documentationproposal components - Question #35Designing for Virtualization, Automation, and Security
Which management solution for HPE Aruba Networking CX switches integrates tightly with VMware?
Fabric ComposerVMware integrationnetwork automationAFC - Question #36Validating and Documenting Data Center Designs
What can be exported using IRIS?
IRIS toolBOM exportdocumentation toolsHPE tooling - Question #37Designing for Virtualization, Automation, and Security
What is true about the VSX switches in EVPN VXLAN?
VSXEVPN VXLANVTEPoverlay networking - Question #38Designing Data Center Network Architectures
You are designing a network based on HPE Aruba CX 10000 switches. Which is a valid reason to recommend manually pinning two VRFs to the same DSM?
CX 10000VRF pinningDSMroute leaking - Question #39Designing Data Center Network Architectures
Loopback addresses are very useful for troubleshooting and for device management. What is true about the loopback interfaces?
loopback interfacesOSPF underlayEVPN VXLANnetwork design - Question #40Validating and Documenting Data Center Designs
You created a formal proposal and quote for a customer's data center network refresh. What is some other support information that you should include? (Select two)
solution proposalblock diagramsVLAN documentationproposal content - Question #41Designing Data Center Network Architectures
What is one difference between a QSFP28 LC BiDi transceiver and a QSFP28 MPO SR4 transceiver?
QSFP28BiDi transceiverSR4 transceiverfiber strands - Question #42Designing Data Center Network Architectures
In L3 Spine and Leaf design OSPF routing, which switches can be ABRs and connect your network to a WAN provider?
spine-leafOSPFborder leafWAN connectivity - Question #43Designing Data Center Network Architectures
Which of the following statements is true about HPE and HPE Aruba Networking breakout cables for high-speed ports?
QSFP56breakout cableshigh-speed ports100GbE - Question #44Designing Data Center Network Architectures
Which switch model has the following specifications: - 32 ports of 100GbE, 200GbE, or 400GbE - 400 Gbps ports can be configured as 4x100GbE, 2x200GbE, or 1x400GbE
CX 9300400GbEswitch specificationsHPE Aruba - Question #45Validating and Documenting Data Center Designs
In preparation for the deployment, what statement is correct from the below?
migration planningLayer 2 Layer 3 migrationdeployment strategycutover sequencing - Question #46Designing Data Center Network Architectures
You want to configure your border leaf switches to leak routes between an overlay VRF named "dc1" and a VRF named "campus," which connects to the campus core. You also want to leak...
VRF route leakingBGP route-targetsVRF isolationEVPN overlay - Question #47Designing Data Center Network Architectures
Which of these is a key CX EVPN VXLAN capability?
EVPNVXLANARP suppressionCX switches - Question #48Designing Data Center Network Architectures
In a multi-AS underlay design
multi-AS underlayeBGPunderlay routingspine-leaf - Question #49Designing Data Center Network Architectures
Which of these protocols carries commands for reading from/writing to storage over a TCP/IP session?
iSCSIstorage protocolsTCP/IPSAN - Question #50Designing Data Center Network Architectures
BGP EVPN type 2 routes advertise MAC addresses of clients connected to VNIs on this VTEP. Other VTEPs use this information to populate the MAC address tables for the VLAN associate...
BGP EVPNtype 2 routesVXLANMAC forwarding