Deck 9: Designing HPE Software-Defined Infrastructure Solutions

Question 1

Which tools can you use on a Windows host to connect to iSCSI volumes on an HPE Nimble array? (Choose two.)

A) HPE Nimble Connection Wizard
B) Microsoft iSCSI Initiator
C) HPE Nimble Connection Manager
D) HPE Nimble Windows Toolkit

Answer 1

HPE Nimble Connection Manager
HPE Nimble Windows Toolkit

Question 2

How does HPE InfoSight predict and prevent problems? (Choose three.)

A) Performs global correlations and learn from all systems worldwide.
B) Use Triple+ parity RAID for ultimate data protection.
C) Collect rich telemetry data from across the entire infrastructure stack.
D) Use intelligent housekeeping processes for deduplication and compression.
E) Use proactive fault detection with remote call home diagnostics through HPE Service Processor.
F) Process the information through a combination of predictive analytics.

Answer 2

Performs global correlations and learn from all systems worldwide.
Collect rich telemetry data from across the entire infrastructure stack.
Process the information through a combination of predictive analytics.

Question 3

Which system roles can be assigned to a user on an HPE Nimble array? (Choose three.)

A) Backup
B) Guest
C) Read Only
D) Service
E) Operator
F) Poweruser

Answer 3

Guest
Operator
Poweruser

Question 4

Which setting of the volume reserve parameter disables thin provisioning?

A) The ratio in % of SSD cache versus HDD storage (in HF-series only)
B) 0%
C) all above 80%
D) 100%

Question 5

Which compression algorithm do all HPE Nimble arrays use?

A) PPM
B) bzip2
C) LZ4
D) LZ77

Question 6

Which compute cloud services are compatible with HPE Cloud Volumes? (Choose two.)

A) Amazon Web Services
B) IBM Cloud
C) Google Cloud Platform
D) HPE Hybrid Cloud
E) Microsoft Azure

Question 7

How is SmartSecure licensed?

A) free of charge
B) based on capacity (per 1TB)
C) per array
D) per model

Question 8

How do AF-Series arrays perform sequential stripe write operations?

A) hole filling
B) write full stripes
C) write into zone
D) write in place

Question 9

What are the correct AF series read operations?

A) Check DRAM. Check NVDIMM. Retrieve from SSD. Validate checksum, decompress, dedupe, and return data.
B) Check NVDIMM. Retrieve from SSD. Validate checksum, decompress, dedupe, and return data.
C) Check NVDIMM. Check DRAM. Retrieve from SSD. Validate checksum, decompress, dedupe, and return data.
D) Check SSD. Check NVDIMM. Check DRAM. Validate checksum, decompress, dedupe, and return data.

Question 10

Which statement is correct about Zero copy clones? (Choose two.)

A) It is mandatory for customers requiring RPO=0.
B) It is required for replication to a Secondary Flash Array's for optimal data protection.
C) It is a full copy of all data blocks for full performance.
D) it allows a volume to be created for online use, based on a snapshot.
E) It occupies no additional space until new data is written or changed.

Question 11

How can you check which controller is in Standby mode? (Choose two.)

A) In WebU, select Controllers.
B) Use the command: showsys.
C) In WebUI, select Manage Arrays
D) Use the command: ctrl --list

Question 12

What are valid HPE Nimble Windows Toolkit (NWT) prerequisites? (Choose three.)

A) MPIO enabled
B) running iSCSI service
C) Microsoft PowerShell 3.0
D) .NET Framework 4.5.2 or above
E) Java JRE 1.6.0 or above

Question 13

When performing a controller upgrade, which component needs to be moved to the new controller?

A) DIMM RAM modules
B) on-board SD card
C) cache batteries
D) on-board USB stick

Question 14

Which type of snapshots do we create when not using App Synchronization?

A) application consistent
B) crash consistent
C) cluster consistent
D) VM consistent

Question 15

Which statement is true about SSD addition/removal in the HF-Series system? (Choose two.)

A) SSDs cannot be added or removed.
B) SSDs can be added to the existing cache pool.
C) SSDs can be removed from the existing cache pool.
D) SSDs can only be removed if no volumes exist

Question 16

What are the recommended tests you should run after the initial setup? (Choose two.)

A) zoning validation
B) email alert setup test
C) data access verification
D) controller failover test

Question 17

Which is included in HPE Nimble Windows Toolkit? (Choose two.)

A) HPE Nimble VSS Writer
B) HPE Nimble Connection Service (NCS)
C) HPE Nimble VSS Requestor
D) HPE NimbleInfo

Question 18

Why does HPE recommend configuring an NTP server during array initialization?

A) This will help ensure logs and events are easy to follow based on a known timeline.
B) It guarantees data consistency when using Triple+ RAID combined with snapshotting.
C) It is mandatory for InfoSight integration.
D) It is required for replication across arrays.

Question 19

Which technology is utilized by AF-Series deduplication?

A) XORing
B) block-by-block compare
C) MD5 hashing
D) SHA2-256 encryption

Question 20

Which parameters are configured during the initial array configuration? (Choose three.)

A) Subnets
B) SNMP settings
C) Firewall Port settings
D) Replication partners
E) NTP servers
F) DNS servers

Question 21

What are HPE Nimble data reduction technologies? (Select three.)

A) Variable block deduplication.
B) Data packing
C) Express layout
D) Variable block compression
E) Adaptive Data Reduction
F) Zero pattern elimination

Question 22

Following HPE best practices, when connecting a head unit to an expansion shelf, what port on the expansion shelf should you connect into?

A) P4
B) P1
C) P3
D) P2

Question 23

Which snapshot technology do HPE Nimble arrays use?

A) ROW
B) ROW with sweeping
C) COW
D) COW with sweeping
E) ROW with defragmentation

Question 24

How should you create a fully provisioned volume?

A) Disable compression
B) Set reserve to 100%
C) Set quota to 100%
D) Use the Fully Provisioned option

Question 25

What unique RAID technology did HPE Nimble create?

A) RAID-ADG
B) Network-RAID 10
C) Triple+ Parity RAID
D) RAID 6+

Question 26

What is the correct power on/off order of the All Flash-Series? (Choose two.)

A) power off the controller shelf first, then the expansion shelves
B) power on controller shelf first, then the expansion shelves
C) power on expansion shelves first, then the controller shelf
D) power off the expansion shelves first, then the controller shelf

Question 27

What are primary components of AF controller head shelf? (Choose three.)

A) removable NVDIMM
B) hard disk drives
C) solid state disks
D) dual power supplies
E) dual controllers
F) management controller

Question 28

Which deduplication approach does the AF-Series use?

A) object-level differencing
B) post-process deduplication
C) host-based deduplication
D) inline deduplication

Question 29

What does each AF-Series data chunk contain? (Select three.)

A) metadata
B) triple parity
C) hash data  
D) parity
E) ECC
F) data

Question 30

What action must be taken before the expansion shelf can join the storage pool?

A) Capacity licenses need to be added.
B) Controller cache needs to be upgraded.
C) It must be activated.
D) it must be pre-formatted.

Question 31

Which replication scenarios does SmartReplicate support? (Select three.)

A) reciprocal (bi-directional)
B) primary to DR
C) synchronous long distance
D) one to many
E) many to one

Question 32

Volume pinning is a technology that applies to which series of HPE Nimble arrays?

A) AF-Series
B) CF-Series
C) All series
D) HF-Series

Question 33

It is possible to configure multiple SMTP servers for HPE Nimble arrays?

A) Yes, after initial configuration
B) No, never
C) Yes, but only via Web GUI
D) Yes, but only via CLI

Question 34

Which technology is being used to protect the contents of the NVDIMM in the event of an unexpected power loss to the AF-Series array?

A) TwinCap
B) Ni-Cd battery
C) UltraCAp
D) Ni-MH battery

Question 35

Which kind of licensing approach do HPE Nimble arrays use?

A) capacity-based licensing
B) controller-based licensing
C) all-inclusive licensing
D) frame-based licensing

Question 36

Which statement is correct about HPE InfoSight?

A) InfoSight is included with all HPE Nimble arrays for no additional cost.
B) InfoSight is enabled for all arrays with active ProActive Care contracts.
C) InfoSight is available as plug-in for VMWare vCenter and Microsoft SystemCenter.
D) InfoSight is accessible through the HPE Service Processor.  

Question 37

What is the maximum number of expansion shelves that HF-Series models can support?

A) 2
B) 3
C) 6
D) 12

Question 38

How can controller failover be performed? (Choose two.)

A) In CLI, use the command: failover.Perform it online via InfoSight.
B) In WebUI, on the array level, click MAKE ACTIVE.
C) In OCP, press the Failover button.
D) Perform it online via InfoSight.

Question 39

A tebibyte (TiB) is compressed of how many gigabytes (GB)?

A) 900
B) 1000
C) 1024
D) 976, 565

Question 40

Which statement is true about removing an expansion shelf after it is activated?

A) It can be removed from the solution after you migrate data to another volume.
B) It can be removed from the solution after you migrate to another RAID group.
C) It cannot be removed from the solution.
D) It can be removed from the solution after you use the ungroup CLI command or perform the ungroup action from WebGUI.

Question 41

Which tool do you need to use to manage multiple HPE Nimble arrays from one single console for true scale-out management?

A) InfoSight
B) Nimble WebUI
C) Global Dashboard
D) OneView

Question 42

What is the size of a sequential stripe write for the AF-Series?

A) 8MB
B) 10MB
C) 256MB
D) 1GB

Question 43

Which performance graph is only available for HF-Series?

A) Cache Hit Rate
B) Latency
C) MB/s
D) IOPS