Question 1

A customer has an existing mission-critical application running on a highly available, non-virtualized UNIX platform. What should you recommend for support of their business-critical application for x86?

Accepted Answer

A)  Processor L3 cache 
B)  Intel Xeon E5 processors 
C)  Processor hyperthreading 
D)  Intel Xeon E7 processors

Question 2

What must a customer consider when adding an uplink set to a Logical Interconnect Group? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

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

Question 3

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?

Accepted Answer

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?

Question 4

What is required to implement Core Boosting? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

A)  HPE Cloudline 
B)  HPE Apollo 
C)  ProLiant Gen 10 
D)  iLO5 Advanced 
E)  HPE Synergy

Question 5

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?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

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.)

Accepted Answer

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?

Question 7

A customer needs a Synergy Proof of Concept (PoC) using Image Streamer. What is the minimum number of Synergy frames needed for this PoC?

Accepted Answer

A)  1 
B)  2 
C)  3 
D)  5

Question 8

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.)

Accepted Answer

A)  iLO5 Advanced licenses 
B)  HPE Scalable Persistent Memory 
C)  HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10 servers 
D)  PCle Workload Accelerator

Question 9

A customer wants to implement HPE Synergy with 20Gb connectivity. What should an architect emphasize during a meeting with this customer?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 10

A solution architect wants to verify compatibility between a CNA and a 3PAR system. The Solution Architect is looking for reference material on SAN components, configuration support, and best practices. What should you use?

Accepted Answer

A)  HPE Storage Sizer 
B)  Brocade Network Advisor (BN
A)  
C)  Single Point of Configuration Knowledge (SPOCK) 
D)  HPE OneView Deployment and Management Guide

Question 11

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?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 12

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.)

Accepted Answer

A)  HPE Active Health System 
B)  HPE Smart Update Manager 
C)  BIOS RESTful API 
D)  HPE ICsp 
E)  HPE Intelligent Provisioning

Question 13

What is a benefit of NVMe technology?

Accepted Answer

A)  optimized SMB workloads 
B)  minimized network bandwidth 
C)  lower application costs 
D)  low latency data access

Question 14

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?

Accepted Answer

A)  HPE Systems Insight Manager 
B)  HPE Intelligent Provisioning 
C)  HPE Global Dashboard 
D)  HPE OneView

Question 15

A customer that runs a database server needs high speed access to the database files. Which internal storage technology offers the best performance?

Accepted Answer

A)  SAS Nearline 
B)  NVMe 
C)  SAS HDD 
D)  SATA HDD

Question 16

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?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 17

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?

Accepted Answer

A)  iLO Advanced Premium Security Edition 
B)  Insight Control server provisioning 
C)  Insight Cluster Management Utility 
D)  iLO Amplifier Pack

Question 18

A customer needs to boot from PXE with IPv6 across the Gen10 servers. Which option must be enabled to use this feature?

Accepted Answer

A)  UEFI Boot with IPv6 enabled 
B)  Legacy One-Time boot menu 
C)  UEFI Secure Boot 
D)  HPE Intelligent Provisioning with IPv6 DHCP

Question 19

A customer uses VLANs in their network. They recently acquired another company and need to extend the number of VLANs to 7400 to accommodate the growth. What should you advise?

Accepted Answer

A)  Implement an IPv6 only environment 
B)  Edit the /etc/network/config file, and set VLAN_LIMIT=7401 
C)  Upgrade the NICs to models that support RoCE 
D)  Transition to a VXLAN or NVGRE network configuration

Question 20

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?

Accepted Answer

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

Exam 4: Architecting Advanced HPE Server Solutions