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HPE6-A73 Practice Exam Questions with Answers Aruba Certified Switching Professional Exam Certification

Question # 6

A company has a few servers in a secure, remote location storing highly-confidential documents connected to two AOS-CX 6400 switches configured in a VSX pair The AOS-CX switches perform access control with 802 1X and will be implementing user-based tunneling (UBT) so that Aruba gateway application inspection and stateful firewall policies can be applied to the traffic. The gateways are running version 84 and implement the AP, PEF, and RFP licenses

Which licensing is needed for the two AOS-CX switches?

A.

2 AP and 2 PEF licenses only

B.

1 AP license only

C.

2 AP, 2 PEF, and 2 RFP licenses only

D.

1 AP, 1 PEF, and 1 RFP licenses only

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Question # 7

An administrator wants to implement a virtual switching technology that implements a single control-plane solution. Which S-CX switches would meet these criteria?

A.

All AOS-CX switching platforms

B.

AOS-CX 6300 and 6400 switches

C.

AOS-CX 6300, 6400, and 83xx switches

D.

AOS-CX 6300 switches

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Question # 8

Examine the configuration of Core-1 and Core-2. AOS-CX switches configured as a VSX stack:

Core1: Interlace lag 256

no shutdown

no routing

vlan trunk allowed all

lacp mode active Interface 1/1/46

no shutdown

lag 256 Interface 1/1/47

no shutdown

lag 256

VSX

Inter-switch-link lag 256

vsx-sync vsx-global

exit

Cofe2: interlace lag 250

no shutdown

no routing

vlan trunk allowed all

lacp mode active

Interlace 1/1/46

no shutdown

lag 256 Interface 1/1/47

no shutdown

lag 256 vsx

inter-switch-link lag 256

exit

When using the "show vsx status" command, the two switches fall to connect and successfully synchronize. What should the administrator do to fix this issue?

A.

Define a larger MTU on the ISL link of the two switches.

B.

Define the VSX roles on the two switches.

C.

Enable active-active forwarding on the two switches.

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Question # 9

What is the purpose of the transit VLAN when implementing dynamic segmentation policies involving AOS-CX switches and an Aruba gateway solution?

A.

It identifies the VLAN that the user traffic will be assigned to when it comes out of the tunnel and is forwarded by the gateway.

B.

It identifies the VLAN that the user traffic will be assigned to, whether the traffic is tunneled or locally switched

C.

It defines the VXLAN identifier to identified UBT traffic between the AOS-CX switches and the gateway solution

D.

It identifies the VLAN that the switch will use when tunneling the traffic to the gateway

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Question # 10

An administrate is managing a VSX pair of AOS-CX switches. The administrator configures the following on the secondary switch:

secondary (config)# vlan 100

secondary (conflg. vlan-100) # description BBB

Currently VLAN 100 does not exist on the primary switch. The administrator then accesses the primary switch and configures the following:

Primary(config) vlan 100 primary(config-v1an-100) # description AAA

What Is correct regarding the results of this configuration?

A.

Each switch will have a different description defined.

B.

Both switches will have a description of "AAA".

C.

Both switches will have a description of "BBS".

D.

An error Is displayed on the primary switch regarding a mismatched parameter.

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Question # 11

An administrator is implementing a multi-area OSPF network. The network contains a backbone (area 0) and two other areas (1 and 2) connected to ABRs in the backbone The network has one routing switch connected to a service provider located in area 2 Which network design would minimize the number of routes in the routing switches' link state databases (LSDBs) while still allowing full connectivity?

A.

Area 0: Normal

Area 1: Totally stubby Area 2: Totally stubby

B.

Area 0: Normal

Area 1: Totally not-so-stubby Area 2: Totally stubby

C.

Area 0: Normal

Area 1: Totally stubby

Area 2: Totally not-so-stubby

D.

Area 0: Not-so-stubby

Area 1: Totally not-so-stubby Area 2: Totally not-so-stubby

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Question # 12

Examine the partial output of the BGP routing table of an AOS-CX switch:

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The switch is learning about four possible path to reach the 1.0.0.0/8 network. Based on this output, which next-hop route will the AOS-CX select to be placed in the IP routing table?

A.

192.168.1.5

B.

192.168.2.5

C.

192.168.3.5

D.

192 1684 5

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Question # 13

A network administrator is implementing OSPF, where there are two exit points. Each exit point has a stateful, application inspection firewall to implement company policies.

What would the best practice be to ensure that one firewall will see both directions of the traffic, preventing asynchronous connections in the network?

A.

Both ASBRs should define External Type 1 routes for the

B.

Both ASBRs should define External Type 1 routes for the

C.

Both ASBRs should define External Type 2 routes for the

D.

Both ASBRs should define External Type 2 routes for the

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Question # 14

A company has recently upgraded their campus switching infrastructure with AOS-CX switches. They have

implemented 802.1X authentication on access ports where laptop and IOT devices typically connect. An

administrator has noticed that for POE devices, the AOS-CX switch ports are delivering the maximum wattage

to the port instead of what the device actually needs.

Concerned about this waste of electricity, what should the administrator implement to solve this problem?

A.

Implement a classifier policy with the correct power definitions

B.

Create device profiles with the correct power definitions

C.

Enable AAA authentication to exempt LLDP and/or CDP information

D.

Globally enable the QoS trust setting for LLDP and/or CDP

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Question # 15

What is correct regarding multicasting and AOS-CX switches?

A.

IGMP snooping is disabled, by default, on Layer-2 VLAN interfaces

B.

IGMP query functions are enabled, by default, on Layer-2 VLAN interfaces

C.

IGMP snooping is enabled, by default, on Layer-3 VLAN interfaces

D.

IGMP-enabled AOS-CX switches flood unknown multicast destinations

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Question # 16

A company has recently purchased a ClearPass AAA solution. Their network consists of AOS-CX switches at the access layer. The company is implementing a rollout of IoT devices for smart building management to control the lighting and HVAC systems. The network administrator is concerned about allowing secure access to these devices since they only support MAC-Auth.

Which ClearPass feature should the administrator leverage to help determine that MAC address spoofing is not occurring for this group of devices?

A.

User-based tunneling

B.

Device fingerprinting

C.

RADIUS change of authorization

D.

Downloadable user roles

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Question # 17

An administrator creates an ACL rule with both the “count” and “log” option enabled. What is correct about the

action taken by an AOS-CX switch when there is a match on this rule?

A.

By default, a summarized log is created every minute with a count of the number of matches

B.

Logging will not include certificate and TLS events, but counting will

C.

The “count” and “log” options are processed by the AOS-CX switch’s hardware ASIC

D.

The total in the “log” record and the count could contain different rule matching statistics

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Question # 18

A network has two AOS-CX switches connected to two different service providers. The administrator is

concerned about bandwidth consumption on the service provider links and learned that the service providers were using the company as a transit AS.

Which feature should the administrator implement to prevent this situation?

A.

Configure route maps and apply them to BGP

B.

Configure the two switches as route reflectors

C.

Configure a classifier policy to disable MED

D.

Configure bi-directional forwarding detection on both switches

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Question # 19

A company is implementing a new wireless design and needs it to support high availability, even during times of switch system upgrades. The solution will involve Aruba Mobility Controller (MC) and Aruba AP connections requiring POE. Which campus AOS-CX switch solution and virtual switching should the company implement at the campus access layer?

A.

AOS-CX 6400 and VSX

B.

AOS-CX 6300 and VSF

C.

AOS-CX 8325 and VSF

D.

AOS-CX 8400 and VSX

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Question # 20

An administrator wants to implement dynamic segmentation policies. The network consists of AOS-CX and Aruba gateways.

Which type of forwarding should the administrator implement for users that already connect via wireless, but will also be connecting on Ethernet switch ports?

A.

User-based tunneling (UBT)

B.

Port-based tunneling (PBT)

C.

Switch-to-switch tunneling (SST)

D.

Local switching

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Question # 21

When cutting and pasting configurations into NetEdit, which character is used to enter commands within the context of the previous command?

A.

<ESC>

B.

">"

C.

Space

D.

Tab

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Question # 22

What is correct regarding the configuration of ACLs on AOS-CX switches?

A.

Statements with the log keyword are always processed by the switch CPU.

B.

Standard ACLs are used to match on routes when performing route distribution.

C.

Wildcard masks are used to match on a range of IP addresses.

D.

Numbers 100 through 199 and 2000 through 2999 are used when creating extended ACLs.

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Question # 23

An administrator has an AOS-CX switch configured with:

router ospf 1

area 0

area 1 stub no-summary

It is the only ABR for area 1. The switch has the appropriate adjacencies to routing switches in areas 0 and 1.

The current routes in each area are:

Area 0: 5 routes (LSA Type 1 and 2)

Area 1: 10 routes (LSA Type 1 and 2)

External routes: 2 (LSA Type 5)

Based on the above configuration, how many OSPF routes will routing switches see in Area 1?

A.

15

B.

6

C.

11

D.

12

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Question # 24

MAC authentication is enabled on port 1/1/27 of an AOS-CX switch. The following MAC addresses are defined on the AAA server:

* 88:3a:30:97:b6:00

* 00:50:56:b1:fc:9b

Examine the AOS-CX switch output:

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Based on this information, what is true concerning port 1/1/27?

A.

Device-mode is enabled with a client limit of 1.

B.

Device-mode is enabled with a client limit of 2.

C.

Client-mode is enabled with a client limit of 1.

D.

Client-mode is enabled with a client limit of 2.

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Question # 25

How is voice traffic prioritized correctly on AOS-CX switches?

A.

By defining device profiles with QOS settings

B.

By placing it in the strict priority queue

C.

By implementing voice VLANs

D.

By implementing weighted fair queueing (WFQ)

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Question # 26

When implementing deficit weighted round robin queuing, what importance does the weight value have?

A.

Prioritizing latency-sensitive traffic

B.

Queue priority in processing traffic

C.

Strict priority queue

D.

Percentage of interface bandwidth

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Question # 27

An administrator will be deploying NetEdit to manage an Aruba solution. What does NetEdit support?

A.

Manages AOS-CX switches and Aruba gateways

B.

Support for Aruba-supplied security updates

C.

Tracks configuration and hardware information

D.

Can be purchased as a VM and/or hardware appliance

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Question # 28

What is the correct way of associating a VRF instance to either a VLAN or an interface?

A.

Switch(config)# interface

Switch(config-if)# vlan access vrf attach

B.

Switch(config)# vlan vrf attach < vrf-name >

C.

Switch(config)# vlan

Switch(config-vlan-# vrf attach < vrf-name >

D.

Switch(config)# vlan vrf < vrf-name >

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Question # 29

A network engineer is using NetEdit to manage AOS-CX switches. The engineer notices that a lot of thirdparty VoIP phones are showing up in the NetEdit topology. The engineer deletes these, but they are

automatically rediscovered by NetEdit and added back in.

What should the administrator do to solve this problem?

A.

Change the VoIP phone SNMP community string to something unknown by NetEdit

B.

Disable LLDP globally on the AOS-CX switches where phones are connected

C.

Disable SSH access on all the VoIP phones

D.

Disable the RESTful API on all the VoIP phones

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Question # 30

Which protocols are used by NetEdit to interact with third-party devices? (Choose two.)

A.

telnet

B.

SNMP

C.

SSH

D.

Restful API

E.

CDP

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Question # 31

An administrator has an aggregation layer of 8325CX switches configured as a VSX pair. The administrator is

concerned that when OSPF network changes occur, the aggregation switches will respond to the changes

slowly, and this will affect network connectivity, especially VoIP calls, in the connected access layer switches.

What should the administrator do on the aggregation layer switches to alleviate this issue?D18912E1457D5D1DDCBD40AB3BF70D5D

A.

Implement route aggregation

B.

Implement bidirectional forwarding detection (BFD)

C.

Reduce the hello and dead interval timers

D.

Implement graceful restart

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Question # 32

An administrator of a company has concerns about upgrading the access layer switches. The users rely

heavily on wireless and VoIP telephony. Which is the best recommendation to ensure a short downtime for the users during upgrading the access layer switches?

A.

Install the in-service software upgrade (ISSU) feature with clustering enabled

B.

Install AOS-CX 6300 or 6400 switches with always-on POE

C.

Implement VSF on the AOS-CX access switches

D.

Implement VSX on the AOS-CX access switches

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Question # 33

An access layer AOS-CX has no OoS configuration on it. The switch receives an 802.1Q tagged VoIP frame on a port. The frame has an 802.1p value of 6. The IP header has a DSCP value of EF46 How will the switch forward this frame?

A.

Forwards it as a normal frame

B.

Places it in the high priority queue

C.

Forwards It based on the DSCP value in the frame

D.

Forwards It based on the 802.1p value in the frame

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Question # 34

Which concept is implemented using Aruba’s dynamic segmentation?

A.

Root of trust

B.

Device fingerprinting

C.

Zero Touch Provisioning

D.

Colorless port

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Question # 35

An administrator wants to drop traffic from VLAN 6 (10.1.6.0/24) to VLAN 5 (10.1.5.0/24), but allow all other traffic. What is correct configuration to accomplish this?

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A.

Option A

B.

Option B

C.

Option C

D.

Option D

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Question # 36

An administrator is managing a network comprised of AOS-CX switches deployed at the aggregation layer. The switches are paired in a VSX stack and run the OSPF routing protocol. The administrator is concerned about how long it takes for OSPF to converge when one of the VSX switches has to reboot.

What should the administrator to do speed up the OSPF convergence of the switch that is rebooting?

A.

Change the VSXISL link from an OSPF broadcast link point-to-point.

B.

Implement graceful restart on the VSX switches and their neighboring OSPF switches.

C.

Decrease the VSX initial synchronization timer on the two VSX switches.

D.

Define non-backbone areas on the VSX switches as totally stubby areas.

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Question # 37

An administrator in a company of 349 users has a pair of AOS-CX switches with connections to external

networks. Both switches are configured for OSPF. The administrator wants to import external routes on both switches, but assigns different seed metrics to the routes, as well as imports them as external type-1 routes.

What is the best way for the administrator to accomplish this?

A.

Create a route map with the correct route type and metrics

B.

Define the route type and metrics in the OSPF process

C.

Create a classifier policy with the correct route type and metrics

D.

Define a class and policy map with the correct route type and metrics

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Question # 38

A network administrator wants to centralize the management of AOS-CX switches by implementing NetEdit.

How should the administrator purchase and/or install the NetEdit solution?

A.

Install as a hardware appliance

B.

Installed on a supported version of RedHat Enterprise Linux

C.

Installed in a virtualized solution by using the Aruba-supplied OVA file

D.

Installed on a supported version of Debian Linux

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