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This exam validates the candidate has the knowledge and skills required to design, deploy, and manage secure, scalable, resilient, and high-performing data center network infrastructure based on HPE Aruba Networking data center products.

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Summary

Exam ID

Exam Type

Exam Duration

Exam Length

Passing Score

Delivery Languages

HPE7-A05

Proctored

2 hours

75 questions

65%

English, Latin American Spanish, Japanese


Details

Ideal candidate

Typical candidates have a minimum of three years of experience implementing and supporting data center networks.

They can:

  • Design and validate data center networks that meet customer requirements.
  • Deploy HPE Aruba Data Center Networking switches into greenfield or brownfield network environments.
  • Integrate data center networking switches with other products such as servers, storage, hypervisors, etc. from HPE or 3rd party vendors.
  • Troubleshoot, monitor, and maintain the data center network.

Exam contents

This exam has 75 questions.

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  • Complete the training and review all course materials and documents before you take the exam.
  • Exam items are based on expected knowledge acquired from job experience, an expected level of industry standard knowledge, or other prerequisites (events, supplemental materials, etc.).
  • Successful completion of the course or study materials alone, does not ensure you will pass the exam.

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Course Details

1. Introduction to Data Center Networks

  • Define data center networks
  • Discuss common drivers for data center networks
  • Distinguish common data center network requirements
  • Differentiate data center versus campus networks

  • Introduce HPE Aruba Networking data center products and technologies
  • Compare the data center management options and advantages
  • Deployment models, products, and technologies
  • List and demonstrate connection high availability, fault tolerance and load balancing

  • Define requirements for data center network design
  • Introduce data center network design
  • Describe data center policy design
  • Compare the data center management options and advantages
  • Demonstrate the supported HPE Aruba Data Center Reference Architectures

  • Switch staging options
  • Manual provisioning
  • ZTP provisioning
  • Remote management

  • Debate the L2 collapsed core solution and advantages
  • Describe the components of the solution

  • List HPE Aruba Networking switch virtualization and stacking options and their characteristics
  • Explain the difference between stacking and virtualization and their use cases on DCN
  • Describe HPE Aruba Networking VSX technology
  • Explain how VSX could be deployed in a data center
  • Examine the usage and benefits of VSX in a data center

  • Link aggregation group (LAG) and multi-chassis LAG
  • Load balancing
  • Spanning tree protocols
  • Redundant network links:
    1. Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol
    2. Loop protect
    3. Rapid Ring Protection Protocol

  • Describe the concepts behind VRF
  • Explain VRF features
  • Demonstrate common use cases for VRF
  • Configure and maintain an AOS-CX switch running multiple VRFs

  • Debate the spine and leaf solution and advantages
  • Describe the components of the solution

  • Describe the VXLAN feature
  • Describe basic VXLAN operations
  • Describe the MAC learning process in a VXLAN
  • Describe virtual VXLAN to physical VLAN network integration
  • Explain the basic configuration of a VXLAN tunnel

  • Introduce EVPN concepts and use cases
  • Explain the EVPN configuration process
  • Describe EVPN monitoring and troubleshooting
  • Optimize the EVPN environment with ARP and ND suppression
  • Describe the EVPN fabric configuration steps to handle multicast traffic
  • Explain IPv6 EVPN overlay over an IPv4 underlay configuration

  • Define the purpose of Aruba Fabric Composer
  • Navigate menus and identify icons
  • Manage network services using Guided Set Up
  • Explain the benefits of integrating Aruba Fabric Composer with VMware vSphere, HPE ILO, and Pensando Policy Service Manager
  • Integrate Aruba Fabric Composer with VMware products and solutions
  • Integrate Aruba Fabric Composer with HPE iLO to configure, monitor securely, and update your HPE servers
  • Integrate Aruba Fabric Composer with Pensando Policy Services Manager to set up policy for securing your network

  • Define and describe 10K Switch features that improve network performance, security and design
  • Manage network services with Aruba Fabric Composer
  • Implement policy and network segmentation using Aruba Fabric Composer or Pensando Policy Service Manager
  • Utilize analytics gathered by telemetry to view network configuration and view alerts

  • Describe DCB and IP ECN
  • Configure DCB and IP ECN
  • Describe DCB monitoring options

  • Describe NAE use cases to monitor and troubleshoot the network.
  • Describe NAE agents
  • Describe NAE troubleshooting

  • Describe the need for the API
  • List the REST API features and functions
  • Demonstrate an AOS-CX REST API use case

  • Describe COP
  • Explain COP use cases for DCN


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