Question 1

Which customer is a good fit for HPE GreenLake?

Accepted Answer

A)  "To stay within our budget, I want to expand our storage using HDD or even tape. Speed is not an issue, so I don't want flash." 
B)  "We need to ensure that our network can keep up with growth, without breaking our budget." 
C)  "With the security risks it poses and given the sensitive nature of our data, I don't even want to consider an IoT network." 
D)  "Our CIO recently moved most of our workloads to the cloud and added a second cloud provider." 
A)  "To stay within our budget, I want to expand our storage using HDD or even tape. Speed is not an issue, so I don't want flash." 
B)  "We need to ensure that our network can keep up with growth, without breaking our budget." 
C)  "With the security risks it poses and given the sensitive nature of our data, I don't even want to consider an IoT network." 
D)  "Our CIO recently moved most of our workloads to the cloud and added a second cloud provider." D

Question 2

What is a key distinguishing feature of HPE composable infrastructure solutions?

Accepted Answer

A)  HPE provides separate, dedicated infrastructure solutions for storage, compute, and networking so that each solution is optimized for its function. 
B)  HPE provides all the automation tools that customers might require so that customers can eliminate existing tools and reduce costs. 
C)  HPE gives customers a choice of how they deploy workloads on the infrastructure, whether on bare metal, virtualized, or in containers. 
D)  HPE composable infrastructure solutions do not include an API so that customers can choose their own preferred API for programming the solution. 
A)  HPE provides separate, dedicated infrastructure solutions for storage, compute, and networking so that each solution is optimized for its function. 
B)  HPE provides all the automation tools that customers might require so that customers can eliminate existing tools and reduce costs. 
C)  HPE gives customers a choice of how they deploy workloads on the infrastructure, whether on bare metal, virtualized, or in containers. 
D)  HPE composable infrastructure solutions do not include an API so that customers can choose their own preferred API for programming the solution. C

Question 3

What is one benefit of HPE GreenLake for HPE Intelligent Data Platform solutions?

Accepted Answer

A)  It unlocks the ability for customers to migrate their data between their on-prem environment and the public cloud. 
B)  It adds more software features to HPE storage arrays and provides experts to advise customers on implementing those features. 
C)  It brings intelligence that is only available on HPE storage arrays delivered by GreenLake. 
D)  It helps customers achieve predictable costs for storage with a consumption-based model and metering. 
A)  It unlocks the ability for customers to migrate their data between their on-prem environment and the public cloud. 
B)  It adds more software features to HPE storage arrays and provides experts to advise customers on implementing those features. 
C)  It brings intelligence that is only available on HPE storage arrays delivered by GreenLake. 
D)  It helps customers achieve predictable costs for storage with a consumption-based model and metering. D

Question 4

What is one benefit of the HPE GreenLake workloads?

Accepted Answer

A)  They include all of the solutions available through HPE GreenLake. 
B)  They help sales professionals sell to mid-sized customers because they are designed specifically for these customers. 
C)  They decrease the time it takes sales professionals to provide a quote. 
D)  They are the only solutions that can be run in co-locations. 
A)  They include all of the solutions available through HPE GreenLake. 
B)  They help sales professionals sell to mid-sized customers because they are designed specifically for these customers. 
C)  They decrease the time it takes sales professionals to provide a quote. 
D)  They are the only solutions that can be run in co-locations.

Question 5

What is one challenge many customers face in implementing containers?

Accepted Answer

A)  While IT sees the value of containers, developers are reluctant to deploy them. 
B)  The options for container solutions can be confusing to distinguish. 
C)  There are not enough options for container solutions in the market. 
D)  Their environments are virtualized, and containers and virtualization cannot coexist. 
A)  While IT sees the value of containers, developers are reluctant to deploy them. 
B)  The options for container solutions can be confusing to distinguish. 
C)  There are not enough options for container solutions in the market. 
D)  Their environments are virtualized, and containers and virtualization cannot coexist.

Question 6

Which issue is one of the business drivers for HPE GreenLake?

Accepted Answer

A)  Flat growth 
B)  Increased price competition 
C)  Inefficient workflows for line of business 
D)  Long procurement cycles 
A)  Flat growth 
B)  Increased price competition 
C)  Inefficient workflows for line of business 
D)  Long procurement cycles

Question 7

What is one characteristic that indicates that you could have a good opportunity to sell HPE Nimble?

Accepted Answer

A)  The customer is looking for storage nodes for an object storage solution. 
B)  The customer needs an easier way to migrate data between on-prem and the public cloud. 
C)  The customer has a VMware environment and wants to migrate that to a hyperconverged solution. 
D)  The customer is primarily concerned about avoiding and disruption to mission critical services. 
A)  The customer is looking for storage nodes for an object storage solution. 
B)  The customer needs an easier way to migrate data between on-prem and the public cloud. 
C)  The customer has a VMware environment and wants to migrate that to a hyperconverged solution. 
D)  The customer is primarily concerned about avoiding and disruption to mission critical services.

Question 8

Which statement accurately describes HPE Synergy?

Accepted Answer

A)  HPE Synergy provides a single infrastructure that adapts to meet the requirements for any workload. 
B)  HPE Synergy supports the predictive analytics of HPE InfoSight, enabling IT to determine which compute module to use for each workload. 
C)  HPE Synergy supports high performance computing (HP
C)  for mission-critical workloads in enterprise environments. 
D)  HPE Synergy is designed to provide density-optimized storage and compute for the customer's most demanding workloads. 
A)  HPE Synergy provides a single infrastructure that adapts to meet the requirements for any workload. 
B)  HPE Synergy supports the predictive analytics of HPE InfoSight, enabling IT to determine which compute module to use for each workload. 
C)  HPE Synergy supports high performance computing (HP
C)  for mission-critical workloads in enterprise environments. 
D)  HPE Synergy is designed to provide density-optimized storage and compute for the customer's most demanding workloads.

Question 9

What is one key value that customers are seeking from their data platform?

Accepted Answer

A)  Automation to deliver data on demand 
B)  Ability to perform a wholesale migration from on-prem to cloud 
C)  Less of a concentration on hybrid environments as most data is on-prem 
D)  Ability to use run analytics on tape for lower costs 
A)  Automation to deliver data on demand 
B)  Ability to perform a wholesale migration from on-prem to cloud 
C)  Less of a concentration on hybrid environments as most data is on-prem 
D)  Ability to use run analytics on tape for lower costs

Question 10

After hearing about HPE GreenLake, a CIO tells you that he thinks that purchasing hardware is more cost-effective than pay-as-you-go. How should you respond?

Accepted Answer

A)  Have you done a cost analysis of OpEx versus CapEx to determine which better meets your company's needs? 
B)  Have you considered the TCO, which includes the cost of managing and maintaining the over-provisioned equipment? 
C)  Would you consider HPE GreenLake if I offered you a discount for the first six months? 
D)  Which public cloud are you using because some cloud providers charge a premium when you use extra capacity? 
A)  Have you done a cost analysis of OpEx versus CapEx to determine which better meets your company's needs? 
B)  Have you considered the TCO, which includes the cost of managing and maintaining the over-provisioned equipment? 
C)  Would you consider HPE GreenLake if I offered you a discount for the first six months? 
D)  Which public cloud are you using because some cloud providers charge a premium when you use extra capacity?

Question 11

What is an accurate, helpful description of HPE GreenLake?

Accepted Answer

A)  HPE GreenLake is a fully customizable, consumption-based IT solution, which gives customers pay-as-you-go funding. 
B)  HPE GreenLake offers customers fully customized IT solutions that can be funded via a lease or subscription. 
C)  HPE GreenLake is an environmental initiative that lets customers pool their hardware in one "lake", to simultaneously cut spending and prevent unnecessary manufacturing pollution. 
D)  HPE GreenLake is an AI-based security solution that equips customers with the firmware-level protection they need for their legacy infrastructure. 
A)  HPE GreenLake is a fully customizable, consumption-based IT solution, which gives customers pay-as-you-go funding. 
B)  HPE GreenLake offers customers fully customized IT solutions that can be funded via a lease or subscription. 
C)  HPE GreenLake is an environmental initiative that lets customers pool their hardware in one "lake", to simultaneously cut spending and prevent unnecessary manufacturing pollution. 
D)  HPE GreenLake is an AI-based security solution that equips customers with the firmware-level protection they need for their legacy infrastructure.

Question 12

A customer tells you that their costs for public cloud services fluctuate more than they would like from month to month. What can you tell the customer about HPE GreenLake?

Accepted Answer

A)  With HPE GreenLake, the costs will be the same every month, so customers can better plan their OpEx spending. 
B)  HPE GreenLake provides sophisticated metering, which gives customers complete transparency into costs. 
C)  HPE GreenLake provides a significant cost savings over public cloud services so even if the cost fluctuates, it is lower than what the customer is paying now. 
D)  With HPE GreenLake, customers are notified if their costs increase more than 5% month over month. 
A)  With HPE GreenLake, the costs will be the same every month, so customers can better plan their OpEx spending. 
B)  HPE GreenLake provides sophisticated metering, which gives customers complete transparency into costs. 
C)  HPE GreenLake provides a significant cost savings over public cloud services so even if the cost fluctuates, it is lower than what the customer is paying now. 
D)  With HPE GreenLake, customers are notified if their costs increase more than 5% month over month.

Question 13

What is one benefit of the HPE acquisition of MapR for HPE customers?

Accepted Answer

A)  HPE has added MapR's Al-based algorithms for deduplication and compression to make HPE storage solutions more efficient. 
B)  Customers can obtain the MapR software platform, designed to simplify the deployment of artificial intelligence (AI), on density-optimized HPE Apollo servers. 
C)  HPE can give customers the benefits of the MapR expertise in artificial intelligence and machine learning. 
D)  With the addition of MapR, a leading hardware provider for supercomputing, HPE can offer customers a more extensive HPC portfolio. 
A)  HPE has added MapR's Al-based algorithms for deduplication and compression to make HPE storage solutions more efficient. 
B)  Customers can obtain the MapR software platform, designed to simplify the deployment of artificial intelligence (AI), on density-optimized HPE Apollo servers. 
C)  HPE can give customers the benefits of the MapR expertise in artificial intelligence and machine learning. 
D)  With the addition of MapR, a leading hardware provider for supercomputing, HPE can offer customers a more extensive HPC portfolio.

Question 14

What is one distinguishing characteristic of HPE InfoSight?

Accepted Answer

A)  It increases durability for data stored in the cloud by using multiple cloud providers. 
B)  It gives customers deep insight into the packets that flow across the data center and into the cloud. 
C)  It uses User and Endpoint Behavior Analysis (UEB
A)  to detect suspicious behavior. 
D)  It helps find issues that cut across siloes with cross-stack analytics. 
A)  It increases durability for data stored in the cloud by using multiple cloud providers. 
B)  It gives customers deep insight into the packets that flow across the data center and into the cloud. 
C)  It uses User and Endpoint Behavior Analysis (UEB
A)  to detect suspicious behavior. 
D)  It helps find issues that cut across siloes with cross-stack analytics.

Question 15

What is one way that HPE helps customers overcome their economic barriers to growth?

Accepted Answer

A)  by offering special discounts to public cloud services that are financed by HPEFS 
B)  by helping customers to liberate capital by replacing investments in under-utilized infrastructure with pay-as-you-go services 
C)  by helping companies transition to a more cost effective waterfall application development cycle 
D)  by providing advanced AI operations that can replace most of a customer's IT staff 
A)  by offering special discounts to public cloud services that are financed by HPEFS 
B)  by helping customers to liberate capital by replacing investments in under-utilized infrastructure with pay-as-you-go services 
C)  by helping companies transition to a more cost effective waterfall application development cycle 
D)  by providing advanced AI operations that can replace most of a customer's IT staff

Question 16

What is an effective way to begin a value-oriented conversation about HPE solutions with a customer?

Accepted Answer

A)  "Have you compared HPE deduplication strategies with those of competing storage vendors?" 
B)  "What goals are you trying to achieve with your hybrid cloud environment - and what stands in the way?" 
C)  "How much do you know about how 802.11ac and how it can improve performance in your wireless network?" 
D)  "Let's talk about how much memory capacity HPE servers have as opposed to white box servers." 
A)  "Have you compared HPE deduplication strategies with those of competing storage vendors?" 
B)  "What goals are you trying to achieve with your hybrid cloud environment - and what stands in the way?" 
C)  "How much do you know about how 802.11ac and how it can improve performance in your wireless network?" 
D)  "Let's talk about how much memory capacity HPE servers have as opposed to white box servers."

Question 17

What is one of the trends in how customers are using public cloud services?

Accepted Answer

A)  Most customers have consolidated their public cloud services onto a single public cloud. 
B)  A majority of customers have moved some cloud services back on-prem in the last year. 
C)  A majority of customers have fewer concerns about how public clouds handle data sovereignty than they did two years ago. 
D)  In the next two years, customers plan to move about 75 percent of workloads to public clouds. 
A)  Most customers have consolidated their public cloud services onto a single public cloud. 
B)  A majority of customers have moved some cloud services back on-prem in the last year. 
C)  A majority of customers have fewer concerns about how public clouds handle data sovereignty than they did two years ago. 
D)  In the next two years, customers plan to move about 75 percent of workloads to public clouds.

Question 18

How does HPE GreenLake help customers scale their IT services to meet demand?

Accepted Answer

A)  HPE GreenLake moves the customer's workloads to the public cloud when demand exceeds available capacity. 
B)  HPE GreenLake provides capacity and planning features and a capacity buffer to help companies keep ahead of demand. 
C)  HPE GreenLake provides software-defined automation to discover and manage all HPE infrastructure within the customer's environment. 
D)  HPE GreenLake employs Al to identify and unlock underused resources and make them available for composable resource pools. 
A)  HPE GreenLake moves the customer's workloads to the public cloud when demand exceeds available capacity. 
B)  HPE GreenLake provides capacity and planning features and a capacity buffer to help companies keep ahead of demand. 
C)  HPE GreenLake provides software-defined automation to discover and manage all HPE infrastructure within the customer's environment. 
D)  HPE GreenLake employs Al to identify and unlock underused resources and make them available for composable resource pools.

Question 19

For which customers does the HPE 100% Availability Guarantee apply?

Accepted Answer

A)  For all customers with any HPE storage array 
B)  For all customers with HPE Nimble and HPE RMC 
C)  For all customers with any HPE storage array and HPE Datacenter support or higher 
D)  For all customers with HPE Primera and HPE Proactive Care or higher support 
A)  For all customers with any HPE storage array 
B)  For all customers with HPE Nimble and HPE RMC 
C)  For all customers with any HPE storage array and HPE Datacenter support or higher 
D)  For all customers with HPE Primera and HPE Proactive Care or higher support

Question 20

What is one way HPE differentiates itself as a provider of hybrid cloud solutions?

Accepted Answer

A)  HPE enables companies to customize their solutions with a Unified API 
B)  HPE provides hybrid cloud solutions that integrate with the top two public cloud providers 
C)  HPE provides development tools for public and private clouds 
D)  HPE provides a superior public cloud experience and seamless integration with private clouds 
A)  HPE enables companies to customize their solutions with a Unified API 
B)  HPE provides hybrid cloud solutions that integrate with the top two public cloud providers 
C)  HPE provides development tools for public and private clouds 
D)  HPE provides a superior public cloud experience and seamless integration with private clouds

Exam 8: Implementing HPE Composable Infrastructure Solutions

Which customer is a good fit for HPE GreenLake?

What is a key distinguishing feature of HPE composable infrastructure solutions?

What is one benefit of HPE GreenLake for HPE Intelligent Data Platform solutions?

What is one benefit of the HPE GreenLake workloads?

What is one challenge many customers face in implementing containers?

Which issue is one of the business drivers for HPE GreenLake?

What is one characteristic that indicates that you could have a good opportunity to sell HPE Nimble?

Which statement accurately describes HPE Synergy?

What is one key value that customers are seeking from their data platform?

After hearing about HPE GreenLake, a CIO tells you that he thinks that purchasing hardware is more cost-effective than pay-as-you-go. How should you respond?

What is an accurate, helpful description of HPE GreenLake?

A customer tells you that their costs for public cloud services fluctuate more than they would like from month to month. What can you tell the customer about HPE GreenLake?

What is one benefit of the HPE acquisition of MapR for HPE customers?

What is one distinguishing characteristic of HPE InfoSight?

What is one way that HPE helps customers overcome their economic barriers to growth?

What is an effective way to begin a value-oriented conversation about HPE solutions with a customer?

What is one of the trends in how customers are using public cloud services?

How does HPE GreenLake help customers scale their IT services to meet demand?

For which customers does the HPE 100% Availability Guarantee apply?

What is one way HPE differentiates itself as a provider of hybrid cloud solutions?

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