Building HPE Hybrid IT Solutions HPE0-V14 Certification Questions

1. Which storage array feature allows replication between the data center and AWS and Microsoft Azure?

2. A Network administrator connects two switches together with multiple links of the same speed, duplex, and media type. The administrator expected the links to be aggregated, but they are not. The administrator confirmed that the ports are part of the appropriate link aggregation groups and that the permitted VLANs match.

Switch A has the lower LACP System Priority.

Which LACP operation states describe the failure above?

3. A customer wants to optimize the performance of its storage array by moving data residing in one class of disks to a more appropriate class of disks based on data access patterns without manual intervention.

Which HPE storage technology/feature will meet the customer requirement when the data is stored on an HPE Primera storage?

4. A customer acquires an HPE 3PAR Storeserv 8200 Solution for a data center environment with the following configuration:

✑ 2 Controllers Nodes

✑ Physical Service Processor

✑ 2-tier configuration using 16 SSD and 12 NL HDD

✑ 2 SN3000 San Switch each with 24 FC ports

After installation and configuration, the storage is put in production. When tiering with the Adaptive Optimization SW is being performed, the customer encountered performance differential issue.

What could be the cause of this issue?

5. Which feature in a block storage array is effective in decreasing the size of blocks?

6. What is a feature of the MSA 1050 that will help your Storage Customer better utilize storage resources?

7. An administrator has two switches connected with a single link. The administrator observes that, during hours of peak activity, the storage traffic tends to consume the link. The link is shared with other types of traffic that is time sensitive.

What technology can the administrator use to help alleviate the situation while they are working towards a long-term solution?

8. DRAG DROP

Refer to the exhibit.





A customer purchased a server/storage environment shown in the exhibit with 1 Gb networking connectivity.

The customer is now experiencing performance issues.

Identify the correct components to upgade the network connections and improve performance on the left.

Then drag those components to the answer area on the right. (Choose three.)

9. DRAG DROP

Match each characteristic to the appropriate RAID level.

10. What should you configure to limit the scope of broadcast domains in an Ethernet network?

11. DRAG DROP

You need to create a dynamic bridge-aggregation group on a FlexFabric switch to ensure the ports are automatically configured with the applicable bridge-aggregation interface configuration.

Drag the steps on the left Into their appropriate order in the answer area on the right.

12. A solution integrator is installing new data center components including an HPE G2 Advanced Rack with two Standard Series G2 PDUs A customer observing the installation process questions whether there will be sufficient power for additional equipment that may be added in the future.

How should the solution integrator respond?

13. A customer needs to share files cost-effectively among their Microsoft Windows server over a local network.

Which storage solution meets this requirement?

14. Which series of internal checks will an HPE ProLiant server use to validate that the base hardware components are working correctly before booting the operating system?

15. A customer needs to verify inbound packet statistics for interface Ten-GigabitEthernet 1/0/10 on an HPE FlexFabric 5900 series switch used by an iSCSI storage array.

Which command can be used in the CLI to perform this operation?

16. Which HPE solution brings together CPU, Memory, and Disk with an unpredictable workload into a single management infrastructure?

17. A customer requires an entry-level, all-flash system with predictable performance at the lowest possible price. They have performance-sensitive workloads that require speed and efficiency.

Which HPE storage system needs the customer’s requirements?

18. A customer needs to deploy an application on a newly-installed HPE ProLiant server, but they report that the server is not online. They call you for remote support. The IP address on the production network cannot be reached. You are evaluating the probable root causes of this issue.

According to the troubleshooting methodology, what are next two steps? (Select two)

19. A customer needs a video archive repository initially starting at 30TB internal storage. The repository is expected to grow at 20% annually and should have a lifespan of 3 years.

Which HPE ProLiant server solution meets the customer’s requirements?

20. Which factors are used to determine RAM configuration maximum memory capacity? (Choose two.)

21. A customer wants to install an HPE Proliant server that has a single dual port 10Gb NIC.

Which NIC feature should you introduce to allow each 10Gb port to be seen as four individual adapters in the operating system?

22. What does the term composable mean when applied to HPE infrastructure?

23. A customer needs a storage solution to host a new virtualization platform that will host a database application. The customer is considering an HPE Nimble array.

What features would lead you to propose an HPE Nimble array over an HPE 3PAR array (Select two.)

24. A customer is planning to deploy a new Top of Rack solution.

They plan to use a stacking technology that meets the following requirements:

✑ Support for Multi Chassis Link Aggregation in an active-active mode.

✑ The control plane must not be a single point of failure.

✑ Rapid Fail-over. Unified Management.

✑ They require a maximum of two switches per stack.

Which stacking technology meets the customer’s requirements?

25. Which HPE MSA storage feature enables tuning the tier-migration algorithm for a virtual volume when creating or modifying the volume?

26. You are reviewing a series of MSA2052 storage designs for a customer’s remote locations. Their largest remote site requires the highest possible level of internal data protection with at least 20 TB of storage.

Which disk drive design is adequate for this site?

27. HPE support asks you to provide the Active Health System log from HPE StoreEasy 1660 Storage to expedite a troubleshooting process.

Which procedures will generate the AHS log for HPE Support? (Choose two.)

28. A customer is moving a server from a co-location facility back into their existing data center to comply with new internal policies on data management Due to budget constraints, the customer cannot purchase any additional switches and will need to use an existing end-of-row design with HPE FlexFabric switches While the server will be installed six racks away from the switches, the total cable run with cable management Is expected to be 35 m.

Which component should be selected when designing the 10 Gbps connectivity option for the server?

29. A local state college is implementing a new VDI cluster to support computer and testing labs.

They have the following requirements:

✑ Three VMware ESXi Hosts, each with one AMD processor, 1 TB of RAM, 16 Gbps FC Dual Port HBA.

✑ HPE Nimble AF20 with 17 TB usable capacity.

✑ Integration into an existing HPE FlexFabric 5710 and HPE SN3000B Fibre Channel SAN switches.

✑ The solution must fit in 7U of rack space.

If the customer needs more capacity in the future, they will use scale-out growth.

Which server model should you recommend to this client?

30. DRAG DROP

Match the feature to the lowest iLO5 license in which it is available

31. Which HPE feature enables the customer to achieve this A customer has a new virtual environment. They selected HPE servers for the environment in order to achieve better performance for their applications.

server performance improvement?

32. For which virtualization management products does HPE OneView offer integration plug-ins1? (Select two.)

33. A customer requires a management solution that will provide email notifications if hardware errors occur on their servers.

Which management solution provides this functionality?

34. A customer has the following requirements:

✑ two or more 10Gb SFP+ uplinks

✑ downlink ports capable of 1Gb or 10Gb operation over CAT6a or CAT7 cables.

✑ 24 downlink ports

Which HPE tool would you use to help choose an HPE network solution that meets the customer requirements?

35. Why is SNMPv2c considered to be insecure?

36. Which HPE remote management tool offers simplified warranty and contract case management?

37. What is the correct cable type to use when connecting a server to a switch using 10 Gbps Short Range (SR) SFP+ optical connections?

38. DRAG DROP

Match each adapter to its characteristic.

39. DRAG DROP

Match each ProLiant solution to its ideal use case

40. Which storage array feature records only changes made to the base volume and keeps an earlier state of the original volume?

41. DRAG DROP

A customer needs a new VMware environment for a critical stock trading application and will need high performance compute and low latency storage.

Identify the correct component configurations on the left and drag them to the answer area on the right. (Choose two.)

42. What is a benefit of a NAS device?

43. What is the process or writing data to two locations within a single array in real time?

44. A customer has a single ProLiant DL580 Gen10 running ESXI 7.0. They want to remotely power on the server.

Which locally available management tool should they use to complete this task?

45. You are creating a configuration for a new Nimble HF40 array.

Which tool should you use to ensure that you include adequate cache in the configuration?

46. A customer wants to optimize the performance or its storage array by moving data residing in one class or disks to a more appropriate class of disks based on data access patterns without manual intervention.

Which HPE storage techno logy/feature will meet the customer requirement when the data is stored on an HPE 3PAR storage?

47. A system administrator’s performing the BIOS/Platform configuration of a DL380 Gen10 server. You notice the amber health LED.

The health status of which solution components can be verified with embedded UEFI Diagnostics? (Choose two.)

48. DRAG DROP

Match the stacking technology to the switch series.

49. A customer has a single ProLiant DL560 Gen 10 running a virtualization system. They want to validate installed firmware components at the hardware level.

Which built-in management tool should they use to complete this task?

50. Refer to the exhibit.





You are asked to review a server configuration for a customer before it is quoted. The server will be used in a business-critical environment and high availability is required. The server configuration is shown in the exhibit.

What should be added to the configuration to ensure availability?

51. A customer ordered a pair of HPE SN3000B 16 Gb Fibre Channel Switches to provide Fibre Channel connectivity between VMware ESXi hosts and HPE 3PAR StoreServ 8200.

Which adapter i s required to support Fibre Channel connectivity from the VMware ESXi hosts to the new switches?

52. DRAG DROP

Match the speed and protocol with the appropriate component.

53. A customer needs a server memory subsystem that meets the following requirements:

✑ approaches the speed of traditional DRAM

✑ ensures high capacity, high performance, and ongoing data safety in case of a power failure

Which HPE memory feature meets the customer needs?

54. DRAG DROP

Match each customer data center architecture to its network topology.

55. DRAG DROP

Match the customer requirement to the appropriate HPE storage solution.

56. A customer with limited IT administration resources needs a complete HPE server, storage, and networking solution. The solution must be able to be deployed in an hour or less through a simple, wizard-based setup. They want to manage the HPE solution through a simple, integrated plug-in to vCenter, since their IT staff members are already familiar with vCenter.

Which HPE solution best meets the customer requirements?

57. A customer wants an HPE solution to expand a Big Data platform. The company is outgrowing its current setup and expects to consume 1 PB of data in a few months and up to 2 PB of data within a year.

Which HPE server platform is best suited for this use case?

58. Which backup targets are available from an HPE StoreOnce backup system? (Choose two.)

59. Which network protocol is used to build a loop-free logical topology for Ethernet networks?

60. What is the correct cable type to use when connecting a pair of switches using Long Range (LR) Transceivers?

61. A customer needs a solution for a rack of servers. They need connectivity for 14 HPE DL380 servers, which each have two 10-GBASE-T Ethernet ports, and 10 HPE DL360 servers, which have two 10GBASE-X SFP+ Ethernet ports.

They need switch redundancy for each server and want to connect all servers to the same switch stack. The client also needs a 400 Gb backbone connection to the data center core switch from the solution you are creating.

Which architecture meets the customer requirements?

62. Where would a customer go to run the SSD wear Gauge report on an HPE ProLiant server?

63. Which disk technology provides the lowest latency for performing random reads?

64. A customer needs NFS access on a fiber channel array.

What must be included in the solution to meet this requirement?

65. A nigh school is implementing a DHCP servers to support then production environment.

They have the following requirements

• six rack servers, each with 1 CPU from Intel, at least 256GB of RAM. FC Dual Port HBA

• HPE Nimble AF20 with 17TB useable capacity

• integration into their existing HPE FlexFabric 5710 and HPE SN30O0B Fibre Channel SAN switches if the customer needs more capacity in the future, they will use scale-out growth.

Which server model should you recommend to this client?

66. A system administrator is performing the BIOS/Platform configuration of a DL380 Gen10 servers You notice the amber health LED.

The health status of which solution components can be verified with embedded UEFI Diagnostics? {Select two.)

67. DRAG DROP

Match the characteristic to the correct HPE ProLiant family.

68. You configured a port on an HPE FiexFabric 5900 series switch that is connected to a VMware ESXi server to support multiple VLANs

interface Ten-GigabitEthernet 1/0/11 description server ESXiOl-ethl port link-type trunk port trunk permit vlan 50 port trunk permit vlan 2 port trunk pvid vlan 50

Given the configuration above, what should happen to any untagged traffic coming from the VMware ESXI host?

69. In which protocol are REST API requests transported?

70. A customer needs a low cost block storage array for targeted workloads. The array needs to provide automated tiering, thin provisioning, and snapshot capabilities.

Which HPE storage solution meets the customer requirements?

71. A customer needs to add storage capacity to a host In a remote branch office. They have limited IT resources, so the solution requires ease of integration at a low price point

Which HPE Storage family best meets these needs?

72. A customer needs to integrate a new digital video surveillance solution into their existing environment and available network ports. The solution needs to include redundant hypervisor servers and a redundant SAN with a shared Fibre Channel attached storage array.

You plan to propose the following configuration:

✑ 2 HPE DL380 Gen10 servers with dual processors, 384 GB of memory, dual port 10 Gb NIC, and High Performance Fan Kit

✑ 1 HPE MSA 2050 Dual Controller Storage Array with 24x 1.8 TB 10 K SAS drives and 96x 7.2K NL drives

✑ 4 VMware vSphere Standard licenses

✑ 1 VMware vCenter Server Foundation licenses

✑ 5 year 24x7x4 support for all equipment

What must be added to the configuration to provide a complete solution? (Choose two.)

73. A customer has a VMware environment with HPE ProLiant servers and Nimble storage.

They have been using a Windows VM to provide file services for their employees.

The customer is experiencing performance issues with the solution due to memory constraints on the virtual environment.

What could be added to the existing environment that will provide dedicated file services with better performance that would still utilize the existing storage and backup solutions?

74. A security client needs a surveillance solution to support 239 Cameras. They expect to generate 2PB of data and require a 10Gb network infrastructure in a single rack.

Which solution should you recommend to meet the customer requirements?

75. A customer needs to update a server’s firmware using the latest Support Pack for ProLiant (SPP). They use a bootable USB flash drive to do so, and they select Interactive Mode on boot. Once the device boots, they are unsure how to proceed and ask for your assistance.

What can you tell them to do to easily update the firmware?

76. A customer Has a data center with third-party routers and firewalls You are designing a new data center network switch architecture consisting of FlexFabric switching for the data network and ArubaOS-Switch switching for the out-of-band management network.

The customer needs a network management platform with the capabilities to manage and monitor the entire environment

Which management platform meets the customer requirements?

77. A customer’s environment includes virtual machines and containers. They need an on-premises platform that allows them to easily and efficiently deploy cloud-native applications at rack-scale.

Which HPE solution meets the customer requirements?

78. A customer needs to move data residing in one class of disks to a more appropriate class of disks based on data access patterns without manual intervention.

Which HPE MSA storage technology/feature will meet the customer requirement?

79. You are installing an HPE Nimble HF20 into a customer’s existing rack.

Prior to installation, what should you consider?

80. Which protocol should be used to access an exported directory on a network-attached storage device?

81. A customer is facing high and unpredictable latency on an HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10 server equipped with P408i-a controller

Which tool can display an Array Diagnostic Report?

82. A small, expanding law firm wants to replace its single Windows server

The server will be kept in their library without a rack. They want a server that allows for internal storage growth and is capable of adding PCI adapters.

Which HPE server model type should you recommend?

83. A customer environment is being managed and monitored with HPE OneView. A review of the OneView log shows that there have been several trap storm events.

Which series of events must take place for OneView to insert a Trap Storm event entry into the log of system events?

84. A customer’s backup administrator is responsible for maintaining and coordinating all nightly backups of the company’s 30 servers.

Which HPE product can be used as the primary interface to orchestrate all backup targets and Catalyst copy functions?

85. DRAG DROP

Match each characteristic to the correct storage type.

86. Refer to the exhibit.





When performing a code upgrade on an HPE Nimble array, you noticed a connection failure on ESX1. Refer to the exhibit showing the complete zoning configuration of one of the HPE SN3000B switches.

What should you do to ensure storage access is not interrupted when doing the next update?

87. A customer has two HPE ProLiant Gen10 servers. They both require firmware installation.

Which HPE tool should you recommend to performing this task?

88. Read the question, and then refer to the exhibit.

<Switch-A>display interface Ten-GigabitEthernet 1/0/1 Ten-GigabitEthernet1/0/1 Current state: Administratively DOWN Line protocol state: DOWN IP packet frame type: Ethernet II, hardware address: d894-03fb-793d Description: Ten-GigabitEthernet1/0/1 Interface Bandwidth: 10000000 kbps Loopback is not set Media type is stack wire, port hardware type is STACK_SFP_PLUS Unknown-speed mode, unknown-duplex mode Link speed type is autonegotiation, link duplex type is autonegotiation Flow-control is not enabled Maximum frame length: 10000 Allow jumbo frames to pass Broadcast max-ratio: 100% Multicast max-ratio: 100% Unicast max-ratio: 100% PVID: 1 MDI type: Automdix Port link-type: Trunk VLAN Passing: 10, 20 VLAN permitted: 10, 20 Trunk port encapsulation: IEEE 802.1q Port priority: 0 Last link flapping: 0 hours 0 minutes 18 seconds Last clearing of counters: Never Peak input rate: 78 bytes/sec, at 2011-03-31 04:55:57 Peak output rate: 15 bytes/sec, at 2011-03-30 23:00:57 Last 300 second input: 0 packets/sec 67 bytes/sec - % Last 300 second output: 0 packets/sec 14 bytes/sec - % Input (total): 62670 packets, 8565340 bytes 0 unicasts, 0 broadcasts, 62670 multicasts, 0 pauses Input (normal): 62670 packets, - bytes 0 unicasts, 0 broadcasts, 62670 multicasts, 0 pauses Input: 0 input errors, 0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles 0 CRC, 0 frame, - overruns, 0 aborts C ignored, - parity errors Output (total): 3707 packets, 1294835 bytes 0 unicasts, 0 broadcasts, 3707 multicasts, 0 pauses Output (normal): 3707 packets, - bytes 0 unicasts, 0 broadcasts, 3707 multicasts, 0 pauses Output: 0 output errors, - underruns, - buffer failures 0 aborts, 0 deferred, 0 collisions, 0 late collisions 0 lost carrier, - no carrier

A customer added a new switch to their network. They connected it using interface Ten-GigabitEthernet 1/0/1. They are using VLAN 10 and 20 for the devices in their network.

The new switch was fully operational. Then, the customer experienced a power failure later that day and could not reach any device on the new switch after the power returned.

From the output in the exhibit, would could be the issue?

89. A customer requests a quote for an HPE storage solution that meets these requirements

• fully redundant dual-controller storage array with no single points of failure

• 1 Gb or 10 Gb ISCSI connectivity

• at least four host-facing ISCSI ports

• capable of expanding usable capacity in small increments of one-to-two disks

Which HPE storage solution should be proposed?

90. A customer needs to provide inventory management, health monitoring, status alerting, and reporting for their ProLiant servers.

Which HPE management offering meets the customer’s needs?

91. What is a primary benefit of DAS?

92. DRAG DROP

Match the speed and protocol with the appropriate component.

93. Refer to the exhibit.





You are configuring a pair of HPE 5945 switches into an IRF stack.

You have cabled the switches as depicted in the exhibit Into which IRF Ports should you place each switch interface?

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