Deck 4: Architecting Advanced HPE Server Solutions

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A customer plans to expand in the future to an HPE Synergy installation with SAS connectivity. What should you explain to the customer regarding SAS connectivity?

A) External storage devices can be connected to the SAS Synergy switches only if they were installed prior Composer configuration
B) SAS connectivity will require additional licenses
C) It will be not possible to add SAS connectivity to the existing environment if the logical enclosure is configured
D) SAS connectivity is supported only in the first fabric, so it should not be used for any other connections
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Refer to the exhibit. <strong>Refer to the exhibit.   You are installing three Synergy frames for a customer PoC in the configuration shown. The composer is unable to discover the frames. What is the most likely cause of the problem?</strong> A) Another composer is needed Frame 3 B) Composer 2 is in the wrong frame C) The management network should be connected to the top and bottom frames D) The management ring should be connected using the FLM link ports <div style=padding-top: 35px> You are installing three Synergy frames for a customer PoC in the configuration shown. The composer is unable to discover the frames. What is the most likely cause of the problem?

A) Another composer is needed Frame 3
B) Composer 2 is in the wrong frame
C) The management network should be connected to the top and bottom frames
D) The management ring should be connected using the FLM link ports
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You have a customer who has thousands of ProLiant servers spanning Gen8, Gen9, and Gen10 across multiple server models (Rack, Tower, Blade, Apollo), all licensed with iLO Advanced. The customer needs an effective way to inventory and update the firmware across the environment. Which tool should you recommend?

A) iLO Amplifier Pack
B) OneView
C) Intelligent Provisioning
D) SUM (System Update Manager)
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A customer has a ProLiant DL based Gen10 server solution hosting an I/O intensive 2TB database. The customer needs to dramatically increase the performance of their existing system. Which solution will provide the maximum performance possible for their application?

A) Install HPE Scalable Persistent Memory
B) Move the OS to an M.2 SSD drive
C) Upgrade the current processor to a Xeon-Platinum
D) Install DD4 Smart Memory
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Your customer is building out their own object-based storage solution. They initially developed the object store using DL380 Gen9 servers but are now looking for a solution that is purpose built to provide the additional storage. Which solution should you recommend?

A) DL580 Gen10
B) Apollo 4510 Gen10
C) ML350 Gen10
D) DL560 Gen10
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What are features of the HPE Synergy Planning Tool? (Choose two.)

A) It creates a REST configuration file based on configuration created
B) It recommends the best top-of-rack switch
C) It provides estimated power consumption and weights of the solution
D) It runs on the Partner Ready Portal
E) It aids configuration of rack, Frames, compute, storage, fabric and power
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A customer has 10 HPE BladeSystem enclosures managed by HPE OneView. They want to add three HPE Synergy frames. What is a proper procedure to manage a new HPE Synergy installation?

A) Use HPE Composer for HPE Synergy frames management
B) Deploy HPE Global Dashboard for HPE Synergy management
C) Add all frames to the existing HPE OneView appliance
D) Deploy a dedicated HPE OneView appliance for HPE Synergy frames
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Your customer boots to the HPE Smart Scripting toolkit via PXE to automatically configure their new systems. They are moving to a new data center which has a policy that PXE boot will not be allowed in the environment. What is the closest alternative to use when deploying Gen10 in their new data center?

A) iLO Federation running the Smart Scripting Toolkit scripts
B) iLO RESTfull API running the Smart Scripting Toolkit scripts
C) Insight Control server provisioning running the Smart Scripting Toolkit scripts in a build plan
D) HTTP/HTTPS Boot to the Smart Scripting Toolkit
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Your customer is interested in Synergy and composable infrastructure. They are concerned that operational savings may not meet expectations since operating system installation consumes a great deal of time. Which feature should you highlight to overcome the objection?

A) The Synergy Composer provides HTTPS boot services
B) The Synergy Frame Link modules provide PIXE operating boot partitions
C) The Synergy Composer can provision operating systems in seconds
D) The Synergy Image Streamer can provision operating systems in seconds
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A retail customer's real-time analytics application requires the fastest possible data access and over 768GB of database capacity. Their current HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9 servers are not meeting the performance requirements. What should you recommend? (Choose two.)

A) iLO5 Advanced licenses
B) HPE Scalable Persistent Memory
C) HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10 servers
D) PCle Workload Accelerator
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During a presentation on Synergy fabric technology, a customer states that they would not purchase Virtual Connect modules because they would be paying for Fibre Channel technology that they have no intention of using. How should you handle this objection?

A) Explain to the customer that the only Fibre Channel support is through FCoE and does not add to the module cost.
B) Explain to the customer that HPE does not pass on the cost of including Fibre Channel support to the customer.
C) Inform the customer that native Fibre Channel support is an optional, licensed feature.
D) Inform the customer that native Fibre Channel support is provided through an optional daughterboard.
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A customer needs a VDI solution. The amount of compute per U of rack space will be a key point in their solution selection. Which HPE product would be an ideal solution as part of your RFP response?

A) HPE Apollo 4510 Gen10
B) HPE Apollo 4200 Gen9
C) HPE SY480 Gen10
D) HPE DL580 Gen10
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A customer needs a Synergy Proof of Concept (PoC) using Image Streamer. What is the minimum number of Synergy frames needed for this PoC?

A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 5
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A customer is considering installing a Synergy frame in an existing rack where their c7000 chassis is currently installed. Which question should you ask to ensure the new frame will be supported in the rack?

A) Are there any third party servers installed?
B) How deep is the existing rack?
C) Is there a UPS installed in the rack?
D) How wide is the existing rack?
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A customer has thousands of ProLiant and Apollo servers in their datacenter. The customer needs a tool that will help them with firmware and driver updates. Which iLO Amplifier Pack feature should you emphasize during a conversation with this customer?

A) support for 3Par and StoreVirtual
B) support for iLO Federation
C) firmware management for Integrity servers
D) integration with System Center and vCenter Server
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A customer received their three frame Synergy system. However, they are missing a link cable that connects the frame link module between the frames. Which type of cable do they need?

A) DAC
B) MPO
C) CAT6A
D) AOC
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A customer is expanding their blade based infrastructure managed by HPE OneView with an HPE Synergy platform. The customer is familiar with HPE OneView and wants to know if the same management can be used to manage HPE Synergy platform. How should you respond to this question?

A) HPE Synergy can be managed using the same HPE OneView instance that is used to manage HPE BladeSystem platform.
B) HPE Synergy can be managed using HPE OneView as long as a separate, dedicated HPE OneView appliance is deployed for HPE Synergy management.
C) HPE Synergy can be managed by HPE Composer, which is running an embedded version of the HPE OneView
D) HPE Synergy must be managed with HPE Systems Insight Manager
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A customer needs a new high frequency trading cluster. Their current cluster has non-deterministic performance and undesirable latency. Because high frequency trades are extremely time-sensitive transactions, the customer cannot tolerate the microseconds of delay that can randomly occur on their current cluster. Which iLO 5 Gen 10 feature can you propose to address this technical requirement?

A) Turbo Cores
B) Jitter Smoothing
C) Persistent Memory
D) NVMe Drives
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A c7000 customer wants to expand their server environment. You want to encourage them to move to Synergy to prepare them for the future. Which question should you ask?

A) Is there a requirement for enhanced security on the management network?
B) Do they want to maximize the memory footprint of their servers?
C) Does their application workload benefit from persistent memory?
D) Are they planning to purchase ProLiant Gen10 servers as part of the project?
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Which iLO 5 feature allows a customer to directly, physically connect to a ProLiant server to troubleshoot issues?

A) iLO Federation
B) iLO Amplifier Pack
C) iLO mobile app
D) iLO Service Port
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A customer asks for a network technology that will maximize throughput and minimize latency and CPU utilization across servers using SMB Direct and 10Gb Ethernet. Which technology should you propose?

A) TCP/IP Offload Engine
B) RDMA
C) virtual extensible LAN (VXLAN)
D) InfiniBand
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One of the DL380 Gen10 servers in your infrastructure has failed to boot after a 3 rd party PCle NIC was installed. What is the most likely cause of this issue?

A) HPE does not allow 3 rd party PCle cards. HPE does not allow 3 party PCle cards.
B) The latest Support pack for ProLiant must be used before accessing any additional 3 rd party products in the server. The latest Support pack for ProLiant must be used before accessing any additional 3 party products in the server.
C) The manufacturer did not digitally sign the correct firmware and HPE Secure Boot halted the process.
D) The iLO interface did not have a correct IP address provided from DHCP.
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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. Which interconnect modules should be used to extend the logical enclosure?

A) 2 x 20Gb Interconnect Link Modules
B) 1 x Virtual Connect SE 40Gb F8 Interconnect Link Modules and 1 x 20Gb Interconnect Link Modules
C) 2 x Virtual Connect SE 40Gb F8 Interconnect Link Modules
D) 4 x Virtual Connect SE 40Gb F8 Interconnect Link Modules
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A customer has installed a D3940 storage module in an existing Synergy frame. However, none of the compute modules can access the shared storage. What is the problem?

A) The storage module has not been initialized in the composer
B) There are no SAS modules installed in bays 1 and 4
C) There are no fibre channel modules installed in bays 1 and 4
D) The I/O modules have not been initialized in the composer
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Your customer has 500 SY480 Gen10 compute nodes running a variety of physical and virtual workloads. They are looking for a way to get a unified view of the entire environment. Which product should you recommend?

A) HPE OneView for VMware vCenter
B) HPE OneView Global Dashboard
C) HPE OneView for Microsoft System Center
D) HPE OneView for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
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A customer is expanding their blade based infrastructure managed by HPE OneView with an HPE Synergy platform. The customer is familiar with HPE OneView and wants to know if the same management procedures can be used to manage HPE Synergy platform. How should you respond to this question?

A) HPE Synergy can be managed using the same HPE OneView instance that is used to manage HPE BladeSystem platform.
B) HPE Synergy can be managed using HPE OneView as long as a separate, dedicated HPE OneView appliance is deployed for HPE Synergy management.
C) HPE Synergy can be managed by HPE Composer, which is running an embedded version of the HPE OneView
D) HPE Synergy must be managed with HPE Systems Insight Manager
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You need to demonstrate the runtime firmware verification scan functionality on a ProLiant DL380 Gen10 server. You find that the option is not available in the UEFI interface. What is the most likely cause of the problem?

A) The server boot mode is set to UEFI
B) The Onboard Administrator has not been initialized
C) The file firmware-ilo5-1.10.1.1.x86_64.rpm is the incorrect version
D) The required iLO license has not been installed
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An environmentally sensitive customer has a data center that operates with fresh air cooling. Which feature of HPE ProLiant Gen10 servers makes them suitable to operate in this environment?

A) HPE 1600W Flex Slot Platinum Hot Plug Low Halogen Power Supply Support
B) Intel® Xeon-Platinum 8180M Support
C) ASHRAE A4 compliance
D) ACPI 6.1 Compliance
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A customer wants to implement a large Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct environment. Which protocol should the customer use?

A) VXLAN
B) RDMA
C) OSPF
D) NVGRE
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A customer needs a solution to support Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) and database workloads. Which Gen10 technology would optimize the environment for the customer?

A) REST API
B) Silicon Root of Trust
C) workload profiles
D) OneView
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A financial customer has a remote office that requires a significant amount of computing resources, but has no local IT staff. They need simple and affordable management and disaster recovery of their site. Which solution should you recommend to meet this customer's needs?

A) HPE ConvergedSystem 300
B) HPE SimpliVity 380
C) HPE StoreOnce 5100
D) HPE Serviceguard for Linux
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Your customer needs to provide an automated, energy-aware environment that will automatically track power usage and document configurations. Which HPE technology will meet your customer's needs?

A) Smart Storage Battery
B) Thermal Discovery Services
C) Intelligent Power Discovery
D) Intelligent System Tuning
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What is a benefit of NVMe technology?

A) optimized SMB workloads
B) minimized network bandwidth
C) lower application costs
D) low latency data access
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A customer needs to update the system bios on their DL380 Gen10. They are unable to download the latest Service Pack for ProLiant. What is the most likely cause of the problem?

A) Embedded remote support is not enabled on that server
B) There is no valid SAID contract associated with their HPE passport
C) The maximum number of servers supported by the agreement has been exceeded
D) An iLO5 Advanced Premium Security Edition license has not been installed
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Where can you find customer-ready HPE content to describe the benefits of a solution you are recommending?

A) HPE Proposal Web
B) HPE OneConfig Advanced
C) HPE Synergy Planning Tool
D) HPE Single Point of Connectivity Knowledge
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A customer wants a highly available storage solution inside HPE Synergy that is composable via OneView and also accessible outside the enclosure to a DR site at another location. Which product fits the customer's needs?

A) HPE StoreVirtual VSA
B) VMware vSAN
C) SEPH SUSE
D) HPE 3PAR StoreServ
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A customer wants to implement HPE Synergy with 20Gb connectivity. What should an architect emphasize during a meeting with this customer?

A) A maximum of 3 frames can be stacked together when 20 Gb connectivity is required.
B) SAS connectivity will be supported only on third fabric.
C) A Composer must be installed in each frame.
D) 20Gb connectivity will require additional licenses applied to the downlink ports.
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Your customer has completed a successful Synergy Proof of Concept (PoC) consisting of a single frame with dual composers and dual Virtual Connect SE 40Gb F8 modules. The customer wants to: add a second frame before they move into production have unified management have a separate logical enclosure for each frame What are the basic steps to add the second frame? (Choose three.)

A) Move the standby composer to the second frame.
B) Disconnect the existing management ring, and then cable the FLM (frame link module) in the first frame to the FLMs in the second frame.
C) Install a satellite module in the first frame.
D) Move the bottom VC module from the first frame to the second.
E) Move one of the uplinks from the FLM in the first frame to a FLM in the second.
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What must a customer consider when adding an uplink set to a Logical Interconnect Group? (Choose two.)

A) Additional Logical Interconnects will need to be created
B) The associated Logical Interconnects will be flagged as inconsistent
C) Logical Interconnects will need to be updated from the group
D) Logical Interconnects will automatically be restarted
E) Logical Interconnects will need to be restarted
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While installing a three frame Synergy solution, only two of the frames are identified during the discovery process. What should you do to get resolution?

A) Remove and re-insert the standby Composer
B) Issue a refresh command to the enclosure
C) Open the front panel of the Composer, and read the error message
D) Validate Frame Link Module topology
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A customer plans to replace their c7000 equipment with Synergy. What is the most important thing to consider about installing Synergy in the existing rack environment?

A) A Synergy frame is physically deeper than a c7000
B) A Synergy frame is taller than the 10 U required for a c7000
C) A Synergy frame requires more power feeds than a c7000
D) A Synergy composer requires 2 additional rack units
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A customer needs to track contract and warranty status and monitor support cases. What service option should you recommend?

A) HPE UEFI Diagnostics
B) HPE Proactive Service Credits
C) HPE Insight Online
D) HPE iLO5 Federation
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A customer that runs a database server needs high speed access to the database files. Which internal storage technology offers the best performance?

A) SAS Nearline
B) NVMe
C) SAS HDD
D) SATA HDD
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A customer is planning a new virtualization project and requests assistance with preparing a proposal for his management team. Which financial information can be generated using the Alinean toolset? (Choose two.)

A) licensing costs
B) payback period
C) cash flow
D) bill or materials
E) roles and responsibilities
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Which options does a customer have for managing a datacenter with HPE Server Update Tools? (Choose two.)

A) Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP) automatic downloads from HPE.com
B) Full functionality with HPE Systems Insight Manager
C) HPE Insight Control server provisioning
D) HPE OneView Advanced for full infrastructure management
E) iLO Amplifier Pack for leveraging iLO Federation
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A customer needs a Synergy solution using Image Streamer in a production environment. What is the minimum number of Synergy frames needed for this solution?

A) 5
B) 2
C) 3
D) 1
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A customer wants to use the automated zoning feature of HPE OneView. A customer complains that this functionality does not work, even if 3PAR and CPGs are added to HPE OneView. Which other steps must be performed before automated zoning can be used? (Choose two.)

A) Enable Data Center Bridging functionality on VC modules
B) Apply extended FC licenses to Virtual Connect downlink ports using HPE OneView
C) Activate WBEM Providers on supported 3Par arrays
D) Add the supported SAN Manager to HPE OneView
E) Associate managed SANs with a FC or FCoE network
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A customer has seven HPE ProLiant servers. They need to reduce time to problem resolution. Which HPE service should you recommend?

A) Insight SW Ops and Performance Review
B) OneView Log Insight
C) Insight Remote Support Central Connect
D) Insight Online Direct Connect
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A server consolidation solution must include services other than standard HPE CarePack deliverables. What should you include in your proposal to provide the customer with an overview of the project?

A) terms and conditions
B) work timeline
C) scope of work
D) billing schedule
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A customer uses VLANs for tenant network separation. However, they are not satisfied with the scalability limits of the setup. Which networking technology will help the service provider to overcome these performance limits?

A) data center bridging (DCB)
B) RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE)
C) network virtualization generic routing encapsulation (NVGRE)
D) remote direct memory access (RDMA)
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While preparing to implement a Synergy solution, you notice the uplinks are all rated at 10Gb/s and consume four of the HPE Virtual Connect SE 40Gb F8 Module ports. They want to maximize free ports for future growth. Which change would improve the design and increase customer satisfaction?

A) Use a QSFP+ transceiver and AOC in place of the SFP+ DAC cables.
B) Use a QSFP+ AOC, and remove the SFP+ DAC cables and QSFP+ to SFP+ adapters.
C) Use a QSFP+ DAC splitter cable, and remove the SFP+ DAC cables and QSFP+ to SFP+ adapters.
D) Use a MPO to Quad LC splitter cable in place of the SFP+ DAC cables.
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A customer needs a server that: supports their in-memory database is oriented towards business critical workloads Which questions should you ask before you make a recommendation? (Choose two.)

A) How much memory will the application require?
B) How will the operating systems and application be deployed?
C) How important is it for the server to support ASHRAE A3/A4 standards?
D) How many cores are required to optimize the application?
E) How will the datacenter provide backup power in the event of failure?
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A customer is planning an expansion and they are considering iLO Amplifier as their future firmware management tool. They need to plan their budget and learn which additional licenses will be required. What is the minimum license that will meet this customer's upgrade path needs?

A) iLO Advanced Premium Security Edition
B) iLO Advanced license
C) Insight Control server provisioning license
D) Insight Cluster Management Utility license
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A customer exceeded the number of available VLANs on their network. To resolve this issue, they enabled VXLAN. They inquire about upgrading their servers with the FlexFabric 650 series NIC after this change. What is the benefit of tunnel offload?

A) supports data deduplication when VXLAN is enabled
B) decreases memory load caused by VXLAN
C) supports data inflight encryption when VXLAN is enabled
D) decreases CPU load caused by VXLAN
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A customer has adopted the RESTful API standard for managing an HPE server's infrastructure. They need to have a single location to monitor all Synergy and BladeSystem resources. Which HPE solution accomplishes this task?

A) HPE Systems Insight Manager
B) HPE Intelligent Provisioning
C) HPE Global Dashboard
D) HPE OneView
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A customer is designing an infrastructure and plans to host multiple tenants in the environment. The customer needs several thousand network segments to be used on a single physical network. Which solution should the customer use?

A) Remote Direct Memory Access
B) Virtual Connect FlexFabric
C) Overlay networks
D) Data Center Bridging
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A customer purchases a new HPE Synergy Enclosure with SY480 Gen9 nodes and plans to use a D3940 Storage Module for SQL Server 2016. Which design addition provides a Tier 0 caching solution?

A) Mixed-mode HBA for using boot drives (RAID) and data drives (HBA)
B) LFF drives for larger storage pools
C) NVDIMM modules for cache
D) HPE SmartCache
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Which product automatically generates reports on collected lifecycle management events?

A) HPE ONEView Global Dashboard
B) HPE OneView
C) Insight Online
D) Insight Control
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A customer needs to install Red Hat 7.2 on a few DL380 Gen10 systems. Which tool should be used for this deployment?

A) Image Streamer
B) Intelligent Provisioning
C) OneView
D) Insight Control server provisioning (ICsp)
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A customer is expanding their blade based infrastructure with HPE Synergy platform. The customer is familiar with HPE Virtual Connect Manager and wants to know if the same management procedures can be used to manage HPE Synergy platform. How should you answer the customer's concern?

A) HPE Synergy can be managed by HPE Composer, which is running an embedded version of the HPE OneView.
B) HPE Synergy must be managed with HPE Systems Insight Manager
C) HPE Synergy supports Virtual Connect modules, so it can be managed using Virtual Connect Manager
D) HPE Synergy can be managed using Virtual Connect Manager as long as an additional license is purchased
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A customer is considering deploying a significant number of HPE BladeSystem Gen10 servers with an HPE 3Par storage solution for a new cloud solution. You propose HPE OneView as the management platform. Which HPE OneView feature should you emphasize during conversations with the customer?

A) patch deployment for operating system and storage components
B) operating system deployment through Image Streamer
C) servers and storage firmware upgrades
D) volume presentation from the 3Par and automated zoning
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A customer finishes a proof of concept (PoC) evaluation of a DL380 Gen10 system and needs to securely overwrite all internal system storage and attached hard disks by applying random patterns in a three-pass process following security guidelines before the system can be redeployed. Which tool should be used?

A) OneView  
B) Smart Storage Administrator
C) Image Streamer
D) Intelligent Provisioning  
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A customer needs a new compute environment based on HPE Synergy with VMware vSphere 6.5. This needs to interact with the customer's exiting network consisting of 300 independent global sites. Each site has 15 unique VLANs. What network technologies would you recommend to meet the customer requirements?

A) NVGRE increasing the amount of separated Layer 2 segments
B) VxLAN as it allows flexibility and suitable for multitenant environment
C) RDMA as it increases host efficiency and virtualization performance
D) VLANs as it supports up to 4094 VLAN ids
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A customer wants to streamline firmware and driver management of their HPE Synergy nodes running VMware hypervisor. They want to implement HPE Smart Update Tools (SUT). Which of the following options applies to the solution?

A) HPE Support Pack for ProLiant (SPP) is uploaded to Composer and applied to the profile
B) All VMware updates and drivers are downloaded by HPE OneView
C) ICsp coordinates firmware and driver updates
D) Each server must be booted to the SPP through iLO Console virtual media by the administrator
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A customer is purchasing a large number of servers for a business critical application. They are concerned about return to service times and want immediate assistance with critical events. Which HPE service meets the customer's needs?

A) HPE Proactive Service Credits
B) HPE Proactive Care Advanced
C) HPE Proactive Care
D) HPE Foundation Care
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A customer wants to use iLO Federation to manage firmware deployments with HPE SUM. Which options are included? (Select two.)

A) Automatically discover iLO Federation groups on the same management network
B) Apply updates to all members of iLO Federation group with an iLO standard license
C) iLO federation is leveraging ICsp functionality to update firmware
D) Update all applicable firmware on HPE ProLiant servers through the iLO using offline deployment
E) Update the iLO firmware and system ROM offline through the iLO Federation group
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You want to form a Synergy management ring. Which component is required?

A) HPE Synergy Image Streamer
B) HPE Synergy Frame Link Module
C) HPE Synergy Composer
D) HPE Synergy 10 Gb Interconnect Link Module
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A customer is using HPE Smart Update Manager (SUM) for firmware update. They plan to add 100 Gen10 ProLiant servers, and they are concerned about whether HPE SUM will be able to support this size of installation. What other option could the customer use for firmware updates that has increased scalability?

A) iLO Advanced Premium Security Edition
B) Insight Control server provisioning
C) Insight Cluster Management Utility
D) iLO Amplifier Pack
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What must a customer consider when adding a connection to a Server Profile Template? (Select two.)

A) Server Profiles will automatically be refreshed
B) The associated Servers will need to be rebooted
C) Additional Server Profiles will need to be created
D) The associated Server Profiles will be flagged as inconsistent
E) Server Profiles will need to be updated from the template
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What is required to implement Core Boosting? (Choose two.)

A) HPE Cloudline
B) HPE Apollo
C) ProLiant Gen 10
D) iLO5 Advanced
E) HPE Synergy
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A customer recently purchased HPE ProLiant Gen10 servers, but finds that their application does not appear to benefit from the newest Xeon processors. Which features should be configured in the BIOS to overcome the issue?

A) Server Profile Templates
B) iLO CNSA Mode
C) Workload Profiles
D) High Precision Event Timer
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Your customer wants to add additional five HPE Synergy frames to an existing environment based on ten frames. The customer wants to know how to add new frames to existing infrastructure. How should you explain the expansion process?

A) Add required licenses to the HPE Composer, and add them to the existing logical enclosure
B) Add additional HPE Composer to match a 3:1 frame-to -Composer ratio
C) Discover new frames in HPE Composer, and add them to the existing logical enclosure
D) Add new frames to the existing management ring using Frame Link Modules
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You are introducing Synergy to a new customer. Which tool can you use to demonstrate the physical components of the Synergy frame and how they connect?

A) HPE Product Bulletin
B) HPE Synergy Planning Tool
C) HPE Product Tour
D) HPE PartSurfer
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A customer needs a solution to run a read-intensive workload. You propose the following configuration: HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10 server HPE Smart Array P408e-p SR 6 SFF SAS HDD drives 1 SSD drive RedHat Enterprise Linux 7.0 operating system The customer needs to lower latency while minimizing investment in new SSD drives. Which HPE Storage technology most effectively lowers latency of the HDD storage?

A) HPE 12Gb SAS Expander
B) HPE Secure Encryption
C) HPE SmartCache
D) HPE SSD Smart Path
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You need to consolidate multiple BOMs, power requirements, and changing criteria of a Converged System due to the review of multiple reference architectures on Microsoft Exchange Server 2016. Which tool should you use?

A) HPE Sizer for Microsoft Exchange Server 2016
B) HPE Converged Infrastructure Solution Sizer Suite
C) HPE Sizer for Server Virtualization
D) Single Point of Connectivity Knowledge (SPOCK)
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A health care customer is running out of space in their small on-site data center. They need a solution for their next generation infrastructure for their hospital and clinics. proposed infrastructure needs the ability to run ESXi 6.5 with around 100 medium sized VMs customer has five remote clinics each clinic needs to be able to run approximately 10 VM's locally all of the VM's in the clinics need to be fully backed up every night What is the most appropriate solution to lead with?

A) HPE SimpliVity 380 Gen10
B) HPE DL380 Gen10
C) HPE Apollo AR4200
D) HPE Synergy populated with SY480 Gen10 Compute
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A customer completed a successful Synergy PoC consisting of a single frame with dual composers and dual Virtual Connect SE 40Gb F8 modules. The customer needs additional frames to allow for growth. They require 20GB to each compute module. How may additional frames can be added to the existing logical enclosure?

A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 5
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A customer is installing multiple racks of DL380 Gen10 servers in a datacenter. They need to configure each one with identical BIOS settings. Which tools are available to solve the situation? (Choose two.)

A) HPE Active Health System
B) HPE Smart Update Manager
C) BIOS RESTful API
D) HPE ICsp
E) HPE Intelligent Provisioning
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A hospital has an HPE ProLiant environment consisting of G7 and Gen8 servers. They have a new regulatory requirement to improve security of the management interface. What should the customer do to meet their requirements?

A) Install iLO Advanced Premium Security Edition licenses
B) Upgrade the network cards to ones that support TLS 1.2
C) Integrate iLOs with Active Directory
D) Combine data and networks in a DMZ
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A customer has a ProLiant DL-based server solution. The customer is experiencing I/O timeouts on their SQL data volume running on this solution. Which solution will increase the application performance?

A) Upgrade memory to 2666 MHz DDR4
B) Upgrade the current processor to a Xeon-Platinum
C) Install an SSD drive and SmartCache license
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A customer plans to expand in the future to an HPE Synergy installation with SAS connectivity. What should you explain to the customer regarding SAS connectivity?

A) External storage devices can be connected to the SAS Synergy switches only if they were installed prior Composer configuration
B) SAS connectivity will require additional licenses
C) It will be not possible to add SAS connectivity to the existing environment if the logical enclosure is configured
D) SAS connectivity is supported only in the first fabric, so it should not be used for any other connections
External storage devices can be connected to the SAS Synergy switches only if they were installed prior Composer configuration
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Refer to the exhibit. <strong>Refer to the exhibit.   You are installing three Synergy frames for a customer PoC in the configuration shown. The composer is unable to discover the frames. What is the most likely cause of the problem?</strong> A) Another composer is needed Frame 3 B) Composer 2 is in the wrong frame C) The management network should be connected to the top and bottom frames D) The management ring should be connected using the FLM link ports You are installing three Synergy frames for a customer PoC in the configuration shown. The composer is unable to discover the frames. What is the most likely cause of the problem?

A) Another composer is needed Frame 3
B) Composer 2 is in the wrong frame
C) The management network should be connected to the top and bottom frames
D) The management ring should be connected using the FLM link ports
Another composer is needed Frame 3
3
You have a customer who has thousands of ProLiant servers spanning Gen8, Gen9, and Gen10 across multiple server models (Rack, Tower, Blade, Apollo), all licensed with iLO Advanced. The customer needs an effective way to inventory and update the firmware across the environment. Which tool should you recommend?

A) iLO Amplifier Pack
B) OneView
C) Intelligent Provisioning
D) SUM (System Update Manager)
iLO Amplifier Pack
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A customer has a ProLiant DL based Gen10 server solution hosting an I/O intensive 2TB database. The customer needs to dramatically increase the performance of their existing system. Which solution will provide the maximum performance possible for their application?

A) Install HPE Scalable Persistent Memory
B) Move the OS to an M.2 SSD drive
C) Upgrade the current processor to a Xeon-Platinum
D) Install DD4 Smart Memory
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Your customer is building out their own object-based storage solution. They initially developed the object store using DL380 Gen9 servers but are now looking for a solution that is purpose built to provide the additional storage. Which solution should you recommend?

A) DL580 Gen10
B) Apollo 4510 Gen10
C) ML350 Gen10
D) DL560 Gen10
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What are features of the HPE Synergy Planning Tool? (Choose two.)

A) It creates a REST configuration file based on configuration created
B) It recommends the best top-of-rack switch
C) It provides estimated power consumption and weights of the solution
D) It runs on the Partner Ready Portal
E) It aids configuration of rack, Frames, compute, storage, fabric and power
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7
A customer has 10 HPE BladeSystem enclosures managed by HPE OneView. They want to add three HPE Synergy frames. What is a proper procedure to manage a new HPE Synergy installation?

A) Use HPE Composer for HPE Synergy frames management
B) Deploy HPE Global Dashboard for HPE Synergy management
C) Add all frames to the existing HPE OneView appliance
D) Deploy a dedicated HPE OneView appliance for HPE Synergy frames
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Your customer boots to the HPE Smart Scripting toolkit via PXE to automatically configure their new systems. They are moving to a new data center which has a policy that PXE boot will not be allowed in the environment. What is the closest alternative to use when deploying Gen10 in their new data center?

A) iLO Federation running the Smart Scripting Toolkit scripts
B) iLO RESTfull API running the Smart Scripting Toolkit scripts
C) Insight Control server provisioning running the Smart Scripting Toolkit scripts in a build plan
D) HTTP/HTTPS Boot to the Smart Scripting Toolkit
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Your customer is interested in Synergy and composable infrastructure. They are concerned that operational savings may not meet expectations since operating system installation consumes a great deal of time. Which feature should you highlight to overcome the objection?

A) The Synergy Composer provides HTTPS boot services
B) The Synergy Frame Link modules provide PIXE operating boot partitions
C) The Synergy Composer can provision operating systems in seconds
D) The Synergy Image Streamer can provision operating systems in seconds
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A retail customer's real-time analytics application requires the fastest possible data access and over 768GB of database capacity. Their current HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9 servers are not meeting the performance requirements. What should you recommend? (Choose two.)

A) iLO5 Advanced licenses
B) HPE Scalable Persistent Memory
C) HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10 servers
D) PCle Workload Accelerator
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11
During a presentation on Synergy fabric technology, a customer states that they would not purchase Virtual Connect modules because they would be paying for Fibre Channel technology that they have no intention of using. How should you handle this objection?

A) Explain to the customer that the only Fibre Channel support is through FCoE and does not add to the module cost.
B) Explain to the customer that HPE does not pass on the cost of including Fibre Channel support to the customer.
C) Inform the customer that native Fibre Channel support is an optional, licensed feature.
D) Inform the customer that native Fibre Channel support is provided through an optional daughterboard.
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A customer needs a VDI solution. The amount of compute per U of rack space will be a key point in their solution selection. Which HPE product would be an ideal solution as part of your RFP response?

A) HPE Apollo 4510 Gen10
B) HPE Apollo 4200 Gen9
C) HPE SY480 Gen10
D) HPE DL580 Gen10
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A customer needs a Synergy Proof of Concept (PoC) using Image Streamer. What is the minimum number of Synergy frames needed for this PoC?

A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 5
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A customer is considering installing a Synergy frame in an existing rack where their c7000 chassis is currently installed. Which question should you ask to ensure the new frame will be supported in the rack?

A) Are there any third party servers installed?
B) How deep is the existing rack?
C) Is there a UPS installed in the rack?
D) How wide is the existing rack?
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A customer has thousands of ProLiant and Apollo servers in their datacenter. The customer needs a tool that will help them with firmware and driver updates. Which iLO Amplifier Pack feature should you emphasize during a conversation with this customer?

A) support for 3Par and StoreVirtual
B) support for iLO Federation
C) firmware management for Integrity servers
D) integration with System Center and vCenter Server
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A customer received their three frame Synergy system. However, they are missing a link cable that connects the frame link module between the frames. Which type of cable do they need?

A) DAC
B) MPO
C) CAT6A
D) AOC
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A customer is expanding their blade based infrastructure managed by HPE OneView with an HPE Synergy platform. The customer is familiar with HPE OneView and wants to know if the same management can be used to manage HPE Synergy platform. How should you respond to this question?

A) HPE Synergy can be managed using the same HPE OneView instance that is used to manage HPE BladeSystem platform.
B) HPE Synergy can be managed using HPE OneView as long as a separate, dedicated HPE OneView appliance is deployed for HPE Synergy management.
C) HPE Synergy can be managed by HPE Composer, which is running an embedded version of the HPE OneView
D) HPE Synergy must be managed with HPE Systems Insight Manager
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A customer needs a new high frequency trading cluster. Their current cluster has non-deterministic performance and undesirable latency. Because high frequency trades are extremely time-sensitive transactions, the customer cannot tolerate the microseconds of delay that can randomly occur on their current cluster. Which iLO 5 Gen 10 feature can you propose to address this technical requirement?

A) Turbo Cores
B) Jitter Smoothing
C) Persistent Memory
D) NVMe Drives
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A c7000 customer wants to expand their server environment. You want to encourage them to move to Synergy to prepare them for the future. Which question should you ask?

A) Is there a requirement for enhanced security on the management network?
B) Do they want to maximize the memory footprint of their servers?
C) Does their application workload benefit from persistent memory?
D) Are they planning to purchase ProLiant Gen10 servers as part of the project?
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Which iLO 5 feature allows a customer to directly, physically connect to a ProLiant server to troubleshoot issues?

A) iLO Federation
B) iLO Amplifier Pack
C) iLO mobile app
D) iLO Service Port
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21
A customer asks for a network technology that will maximize throughput and minimize latency and CPU utilization across servers using SMB Direct and 10Gb Ethernet. Which technology should you propose?

A) TCP/IP Offload Engine
B) RDMA
C) virtual extensible LAN (VXLAN)
D) InfiniBand
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One of the DL380 Gen10 servers in your infrastructure has failed to boot after a 3 rd party PCle NIC was installed. What is the most likely cause of this issue?

A) HPE does not allow 3 rd party PCle cards. HPE does not allow 3 party PCle cards.
B) The latest Support pack for ProLiant must be used before accessing any additional 3 rd party products in the server. The latest Support pack for ProLiant must be used before accessing any additional 3 party products in the server.
C) The manufacturer did not digitally sign the correct firmware and HPE Secure Boot halted the process.
D) The iLO interface did not have a correct IP address provided from DHCP.
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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. Which interconnect modules should be used to extend the logical enclosure?

A) 2 x 20Gb Interconnect Link Modules
B) 1 x Virtual Connect SE 40Gb F8 Interconnect Link Modules and 1 x 20Gb Interconnect Link Modules
C) 2 x Virtual Connect SE 40Gb F8 Interconnect Link Modules
D) 4 x Virtual Connect SE 40Gb F8 Interconnect Link Modules
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A customer has installed a D3940 storage module in an existing Synergy frame. However, none of the compute modules can access the shared storage. What is the problem?

A) The storage module has not been initialized in the composer
B) There are no SAS modules installed in bays 1 and 4
C) There are no fibre channel modules installed in bays 1 and 4
D) The I/O modules have not been initialized in the composer
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Your customer has 500 SY480 Gen10 compute nodes running a variety of physical and virtual workloads. They are looking for a way to get a unified view of the entire environment. Which product should you recommend?

A) HPE OneView for VMware vCenter
B) HPE OneView Global Dashboard
C) HPE OneView for Microsoft System Center
D) HPE OneView for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
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A customer is expanding their blade based infrastructure managed by HPE OneView with an HPE Synergy platform. The customer is familiar with HPE OneView and wants to know if the same management procedures can be used to manage HPE Synergy platform. How should you respond to this question?

A) HPE Synergy can be managed using the same HPE OneView instance that is used to manage HPE BladeSystem platform.
B) HPE Synergy can be managed using HPE OneView as long as a separate, dedicated HPE OneView appliance is deployed for HPE Synergy management.
C) HPE Synergy can be managed by HPE Composer, which is running an embedded version of the HPE OneView
D) HPE Synergy must be managed with HPE Systems Insight Manager
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You need to demonstrate the runtime firmware verification scan functionality on a ProLiant DL380 Gen10 server. You find that the option is not available in the UEFI interface. What is the most likely cause of the problem?

A) The server boot mode is set to UEFI
B) The Onboard Administrator has not been initialized
C) The file firmware-ilo5-1.10.1.1.x86_64.rpm is the incorrect version
D) The required iLO license has not been installed
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An environmentally sensitive customer has a data center that operates with fresh air cooling. Which feature of HPE ProLiant Gen10 servers makes them suitable to operate in this environment?

A) HPE 1600W Flex Slot Platinum Hot Plug Low Halogen Power Supply Support
B) Intel® Xeon-Platinum 8180M Support
C) ASHRAE A4 compliance
D) ACPI 6.1 Compliance
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A customer wants to implement a large Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct environment. Which protocol should the customer use?

A) VXLAN
B) RDMA
C) OSPF
D) NVGRE
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A customer needs a solution to support Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) and database workloads. Which Gen10 technology would optimize the environment for the customer?

A) REST API
B) Silicon Root of Trust
C) workload profiles
D) OneView
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A financial customer has a remote office that requires a significant amount of computing resources, but has no local IT staff. They need simple and affordable management and disaster recovery of their site. Which solution should you recommend to meet this customer's needs?

A) HPE ConvergedSystem 300
B) HPE SimpliVity 380
C) HPE StoreOnce 5100
D) HPE Serviceguard for Linux
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Your customer needs to provide an automated, energy-aware environment that will automatically track power usage and document configurations. Which HPE technology will meet your customer's needs?

A) Smart Storage Battery
B) Thermal Discovery Services
C) Intelligent Power Discovery
D) Intelligent System Tuning
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What is a benefit of NVMe technology?

A) optimized SMB workloads
B) minimized network bandwidth
C) lower application costs
D) low latency data access
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A customer needs to update the system bios on their DL380 Gen10. They are unable to download the latest Service Pack for ProLiant. What is the most likely cause of the problem?

A) Embedded remote support is not enabled on that server
B) There is no valid SAID contract associated with their HPE passport
C) The maximum number of servers supported by the agreement has been exceeded
D) An iLO5 Advanced Premium Security Edition license has not been installed
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Where can you find customer-ready HPE content to describe the benefits of a solution you are recommending?

A) HPE Proposal Web
B) HPE OneConfig Advanced
C) HPE Synergy Planning Tool
D) HPE Single Point of Connectivity Knowledge
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A customer wants a highly available storage solution inside HPE Synergy that is composable via OneView and also accessible outside the enclosure to a DR site at another location. Which product fits the customer's needs?

A) HPE StoreVirtual VSA
B) VMware vSAN
C) SEPH SUSE
D) HPE 3PAR StoreServ
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A customer wants to implement HPE Synergy with 20Gb connectivity. What should an architect emphasize during a meeting with this customer?

A) A maximum of 3 frames can be stacked together when 20 Gb connectivity is required.
B) SAS connectivity will be supported only on third fabric.
C) A Composer must be installed in each frame.
D) 20Gb connectivity will require additional licenses applied to the downlink ports.
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Your customer has completed a successful Synergy Proof of Concept (PoC) consisting of a single frame with dual composers and dual Virtual Connect SE 40Gb F8 modules. The customer wants to: add a second frame before they move into production have unified management have a separate logical enclosure for each frame What are the basic steps to add the second frame? (Choose three.)

A) Move the standby composer to the second frame.
B) Disconnect the existing management ring, and then cable the FLM (frame link module) in the first frame to the FLMs in the second frame.
C) Install a satellite module in the first frame.
D) Move the bottom VC module from the first frame to the second.
E) Move one of the uplinks from the FLM in the first frame to a FLM in the second.
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What must a customer consider when adding an uplink set to a Logical Interconnect Group? (Choose two.)

A) Additional Logical Interconnects will need to be created
B) The associated Logical Interconnects will be flagged as inconsistent
C) Logical Interconnects will need to be updated from the group
D) Logical Interconnects will automatically be restarted
E) Logical Interconnects will need to be restarted
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While installing a three frame Synergy solution, only two of the frames are identified during the discovery process. What should you do to get resolution?

A) Remove and re-insert the standby Composer
B) Issue a refresh command to the enclosure
C) Open the front panel of the Composer, and read the error message
D) Validate Frame Link Module topology
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A customer plans to replace their c7000 equipment with Synergy. What is the most important thing to consider about installing Synergy in the existing rack environment?

A) A Synergy frame is physically deeper than a c7000
B) A Synergy frame is taller than the 10 U required for a c7000
C) A Synergy frame requires more power feeds than a c7000
D) A Synergy composer requires 2 additional rack units
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A customer needs to track contract and warranty status and monitor support cases. What service option should you recommend?

A) HPE UEFI Diagnostics
B) HPE Proactive Service Credits
C) HPE Insight Online
D) HPE iLO5 Federation
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A customer that runs a database server needs high speed access to the database files. Which internal storage technology offers the best performance?

A) SAS Nearline
B) NVMe
C) SAS HDD
D) SATA HDD
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A customer is planning a new virtualization project and requests assistance with preparing a proposal for his management team. Which financial information can be generated using the Alinean toolset? (Choose two.)

A) licensing costs
B) payback period
C) cash flow
D) bill or materials
E) roles and responsibilities
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Which options does a customer have for managing a datacenter with HPE Server Update Tools? (Choose two.)

A) Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP) automatic downloads from HPE.com
B) Full functionality with HPE Systems Insight Manager
C) HPE Insight Control server provisioning
D) HPE OneView Advanced for full infrastructure management
E) iLO Amplifier Pack for leveraging iLO Federation
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A customer needs a Synergy solution using Image Streamer in a production environment. What is the minimum number of Synergy frames needed for this solution?

A) 5
B) 2
C) 3
D) 1
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A customer wants to use the automated zoning feature of HPE OneView. A customer complains that this functionality does not work, even if 3PAR and CPGs are added to HPE OneView. Which other steps must be performed before automated zoning can be used? (Choose two.)

A) Enable Data Center Bridging functionality on VC modules
B) Apply extended FC licenses to Virtual Connect downlink ports using HPE OneView
C) Activate WBEM Providers on supported 3Par arrays
D) Add the supported SAN Manager to HPE OneView
E) Associate managed SANs with a FC or FCoE network
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A customer has seven HPE ProLiant servers. They need to reduce time to problem resolution. Which HPE service should you recommend?

A) Insight SW Ops and Performance Review
B) OneView Log Insight
C) Insight Remote Support Central Connect
D) Insight Online Direct Connect
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A server consolidation solution must include services other than standard HPE CarePack deliverables. What should you include in your proposal to provide the customer with an overview of the project?

A) terms and conditions
B) work timeline
C) scope of work
D) billing schedule
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A customer uses VLANs for tenant network separation. However, they are not satisfied with the scalability limits of the setup. Which networking technology will help the service provider to overcome these performance limits?

A) data center bridging (DCB)
B) RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE)
C) network virtualization generic routing encapsulation (NVGRE)
D) remote direct memory access (RDMA)
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While preparing to implement a Synergy solution, you notice the uplinks are all rated at 10Gb/s and consume four of the HPE Virtual Connect SE 40Gb F8 Module ports. They want to maximize free ports for future growth. Which change would improve the design and increase customer satisfaction?

A) Use a QSFP+ transceiver and AOC in place of the SFP+ DAC cables.
B) Use a QSFP+ AOC, and remove the SFP+ DAC cables and QSFP+ to SFP+ adapters.
C) Use a QSFP+ DAC splitter cable, and remove the SFP+ DAC cables and QSFP+ to SFP+ adapters.
D) Use a MPO to Quad LC splitter cable in place of the SFP+ DAC cables.
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A customer needs a server that: supports their in-memory database is oriented towards business critical workloads Which questions should you ask before you make a recommendation? (Choose two.)

A) How much memory will the application require?
B) How will the operating systems and application be deployed?
C) How important is it for the server to support ASHRAE A3/A4 standards?
D) How many cores are required to optimize the application?
E) How will the datacenter provide backup power in the event of failure?
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A customer is planning an expansion and they are considering iLO Amplifier as their future firmware management tool. They need to plan their budget and learn which additional licenses will be required. What is the minimum license that will meet this customer's upgrade path needs?

A) iLO Advanced Premium Security Edition
B) iLO Advanced license
C) Insight Control server provisioning license
D) Insight Cluster Management Utility license
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A customer exceeded the number of available VLANs on their network. To resolve this issue, they enabled VXLAN. They inquire about upgrading their servers with the FlexFabric 650 series NIC after this change. What is the benefit of tunnel offload?

A) supports data deduplication when VXLAN is enabled
B) decreases memory load caused by VXLAN
C) supports data inflight encryption when VXLAN is enabled
D) decreases CPU load caused by VXLAN
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A customer has adopted the RESTful API standard for managing an HPE server's infrastructure. They need to have a single location to monitor all Synergy and BladeSystem resources. Which HPE solution accomplishes this task?

A) HPE Systems Insight Manager
B) HPE Intelligent Provisioning
C) HPE Global Dashboard
D) HPE OneView
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A customer is designing an infrastructure and plans to host multiple tenants in the environment. The customer needs several thousand network segments to be used on a single physical network. Which solution should the customer use?

A) Remote Direct Memory Access
B) Virtual Connect FlexFabric
C) Overlay networks
D) Data Center Bridging
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A customer purchases a new HPE Synergy Enclosure with SY480 Gen9 nodes and plans to use a D3940 Storage Module for SQL Server 2016. Which design addition provides a Tier 0 caching solution?

A) Mixed-mode HBA for using boot drives (RAID) and data drives (HBA)
B) LFF drives for larger storage pools
C) NVDIMM modules for cache
D) HPE SmartCache
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Which product automatically generates reports on collected lifecycle management events?

A) HPE ONEView Global Dashboard
B) HPE OneView
C) Insight Online
D) Insight Control
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59
A customer needs to install Red Hat 7.2 on a few DL380 Gen10 systems. Which tool should be used for this deployment?

A) Image Streamer
B) Intelligent Provisioning
C) OneView
D) Insight Control server provisioning (ICsp)
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A customer is expanding their blade based infrastructure with HPE Synergy platform. The customer is familiar with HPE Virtual Connect Manager and wants to know if the same management procedures can be used to manage HPE Synergy platform. How should you answer the customer's concern?

A) HPE Synergy can be managed by HPE Composer, which is running an embedded version of the HPE OneView.
B) HPE Synergy must be managed with HPE Systems Insight Manager
C) HPE Synergy supports Virtual Connect modules, so it can be managed using Virtual Connect Manager
D) HPE Synergy can be managed using Virtual Connect Manager as long as an additional license is purchased
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A customer is considering deploying a significant number of HPE BladeSystem Gen10 servers with an HPE 3Par storage solution for a new cloud solution. You propose HPE OneView as the management platform. Which HPE OneView feature should you emphasize during conversations with the customer?

A) patch deployment for operating system and storage components
B) operating system deployment through Image Streamer
C) servers and storage firmware upgrades
D) volume presentation from the 3Par and automated zoning
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A customer finishes a proof of concept (PoC) evaluation of a DL380 Gen10 system and needs to securely overwrite all internal system storage and attached hard disks by applying random patterns in a three-pass process following security guidelines before the system can be redeployed. Which tool should be used?

A) OneView  
B) Smart Storage Administrator
C) Image Streamer
D) Intelligent Provisioning  
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A customer needs a new compute environment based on HPE Synergy with VMware vSphere 6.5. This needs to interact with the customer's exiting network consisting of 300 independent global sites. Each site has 15 unique VLANs. What network technologies would you recommend to meet the customer requirements?

A) NVGRE increasing the amount of separated Layer 2 segments
B) VxLAN as it allows flexibility and suitable for multitenant environment
C) RDMA as it increases host efficiency and virtualization performance
D) VLANs as it supports up to 4094 VLAN ids
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64
A customer wants to streamline firmware and driver management of their HPE Synergy nodes running VMware hypervisor. They want to implement HPE Smart Update Tools (SUT). Which of the following options applies to the solution?

A) HPE Support Pack for ProLiant (SPP) is uploaded to Composer and applied to the profile
B) All VMware updates and drivers are downloaded by HPE OneView
C) ICsp coordinates firmware and driver updates
D) Each server must be booted to the SPP through iLO Console virtual media by the administrator
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65
A customer is purchasing a large number of servers for a business critical application. They are concerned about return to service times and want immediate assistance with critical events. Which HPE service meets the customer's needs?

A) HPE Proactive Service Credits
B) HPE Proactive Care Advanced
C) HPE Proactive Care
D) HPE Foundation Care
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66
A customer wants to use iLO Federation to manage firmware deployments with HPE SUM. Which options are included? (Select two.)

A) Automatically discover iLO Federation groups on the same management network
B) Apply updates to all members of iLO Federation group with an iLO standard license
C) iLO federation is leveraging ICsp functionality to update firmware
D) Update all applicable firmware on HPE ProLiant servers through the iLO using offline deployment
E) Update the iLO firmware and system ROM offline through the iLO Federation group
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67
You want to form a Synergy management ring. Which component is required?

A) HPE Synergy Image Streamer
B) HPE Synergy Frame Link Module
C) HPE Synergy Composer
D) HPE Synergy 10 Gb Interconnect Link Module
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68
A customer is using HPE Smart Update Manager (SUM) for firmware update. They plan to add 100 Gen10 ProLiant servers, and they are concerned about whether HPE SUM will be able to support this size of installation. What other option could the customer use for firmware updates that has increased scalability?

A) iLO Advanced Premium Security Edition
B) Insight Control server provisioning
C) Insight Cluster Management Utility
D) iLO Amplifier Pack
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69
What must a customer consider when adding a connection to a Server Profile Template? (Select two.)

A) Server Profiles will automatically be refreshed
B) The associated Servers will need to be rebooted
C) Additional Server Profiles will need to be created
D) The associated Server Profiles will be flagged as inconsistent
E) Server Profiles will need to be updated from the template
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70
What is required to implement Core Boosting? (Choose two.)

A) HPE Cloudline
B) HPE Apollo
C) ProLiant Gen 10
D) iLO5 Advanced
E) HPE Synergy
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71
A customer recently purchased HPE ProLiant Gen10 servers, but finds that their application does not appear to benefit from the newest Xeon processors. Which features should be configured in the BIOS to overcome the issue?

A) Server Profile Templates
B) iLO CNSA Mode
C) Workload Profiles
D) High Precision Event Timer
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72
Your customer wants to add additional five HPE Synergy frames to an existing environment based on ten frames. The customer wants to know how to add new frames to existing infrastructure. How should you explain the expansion process?

A) Add required licenses to the HPE Composer, and add them to the existing logical enclosure
B) Add additional HPE Composer to match a 3:1 frame-to -Composer ratio
C) Discover new frames in HPE Composer, and add them to the existing logical enclosure
D) Add new frames to the existing management ring using Frame Link Modules
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73
You are introducing Synergy to a new customer. Which tool can you use to demonstrate the physical components of the Synergy frame and how they connect?

A) HPE Product Bulletin
B) HPE Synergy Planning Tool
C) HPE Product Tour
D) HPE PartSurfer
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74
A customer needs a solution to run a read-intensive workload. You propose the following configuration: HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10 server HPE Smart Array P408e-p SR 6 SFF SAS HDD drives 1 SSD drive RedHat Enterprise Linux 7.0 operating system The customer needs to lower latency while minimizing investment in new SSD drives. Which HPE Storage technology most effectively lowers latency of the HDD storage?

A) HPE 12Gb SAS Expander
B) HPE Secure Encryption
C) HPE SmartCache
D) HPE SSD Smart Path
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75
You need to consolidate multiple BOMs, power requirements, and changing criteria of a Converged System due to the review of multiple reference architectures on Microsoft Exchange Server 2016. Which tool should you use?

A) HPE Sizer for Microsoft Exchange Server 2016
B) HPE Converged Infrastructure Solution Sizer Suite
C) HPE Sizer for Server Virtualization
D) Single Point of Connectivity Knowledge (SPOCK)
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76
A health care customer is running out of space in their small on-site data center. They need a solution for their next generation infrastructure for their hospital and clinics. proposed infrastructure needs the ability to run ESXi 6.5 with around 100 medium sized VMs customer has five remote clinics each clinic needs to be able to run approximately 10 VM's locally all of the VM's in the clinics need to be fully backed up every night What is the most appropriate solution to lead with?

A) HPE SimpliVity 380 Gen10
B) HPE DL380 Gen10
C) HPE Apollo AR4200
D) HPE Synergy populated with SY480 Gen10 Compute
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77
A customer completed a successful Synergy PoC consisting of a single frame with dual composers and dual Virtual Connect SE 40Gb F8 modules. The customer needs additional frames to allow for growth. They require 20GB to each compute module. How may additional frames can be added to the existing logical enclosure?

A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 5
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78
A customer is installing multiple racks of DL380 Gen10 servers in a datacenter. They need to configure each one with identical BIOS settings. Which tools are available to solve the situation? (Choose two.)

A) HPE Active Health System
B) HPE Smart Update Manager
C) BIOS RESTful API
D) HPE ICsp
E) HPE Intelligent Provisioning
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79
A hospital has an HPE ProLiant environment consisting of G7 and Gen8 servers. They have a new regulatory requirement to improve security of the management interface. What should the customer do to meet their requirements?

A) Install iLO Advanced Premium Security Edition licenses
B) Upgrade the network cards to ones that support TLS 1.2
C) Integrate iLOs with Active Directory
D) Combine data and networks in a DMZ
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80
A customer has a ProLiant DL-based server solution. The customer is experiencing I/O timeouts on their SQL data volume running on this solution. Which solution will increase the application performance?

A) Upgrade memory to 2666 MHz DDR4
B) Upgrade the current processor to a Xeon-Platinum
C) Install an SSD drive and SmartCache license
D) Install an SSD drive to host the log volume
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