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Question #:1

A customer is concerned about managing an HPE Synergy platform.

Which management component is required?

A. Composer

B. iLO Amplifier Pack

C. Image Streamer

D. Insight Control

Question #:2

You want to form a Synergy management ring.

Which component is required?

A. HPE Synergy Image Streamer

B. HPE Synergy Frame Link Module

C. HPE Synergy Composer

D. HPE Synergy 10 Gb Interconnect Link Module

Question #:3

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A customer has experienced an ECC memory event on a critical server while away from the office.

Which HPE cloud-based portal provides the ability to easily track service for future events for the host and the
support case raised?

A. HPE Active Health System

B. HPE Insight Diagnostic

C. HPE Insight Online

D. HPE Agentless Management Service

Question #:4

Match each Synergy component with the description of the functionality it provides.

Answer:
Explanation
Box 1 Composer

Box 2: Image Streamer

Box 3: Virtual Connect SE 40Gb F8

Box 4: Frame Link Module

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Question #:5

What is required to enable Jitter Smoothing technology? (Choose two.)

A. HPE Apollo

B. ProLiant Gen 10

C. HPE Synergy

D. HPE Cloudline

E. iLO5 Advanced

Question #:6

A customer uses HPE Smart Update Manager for firmware and software driver updates. They want to simplify
that process by grouping servers that should be updated together.

What can you propose to complete this task?

A. HPE OneView with Standard licenses

B. HPE OneView Global Dashboard

C. HPE Intelligent Provisioning

D. HPE iLO federation

Question #:7

What is a benefit of NVMe technology?

A. optimized SMB workloads

B. minimized network bandwidth

C. lower application costs

D. low latency data Acces

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Question #:8

A customer purchased HPE ProLiant Gen10 servers. The customer is transitioning from a physical to a virtual
environment.

Which feature should be enabled to ensure that they get the optimal performance from their new servers?

A. UEFI optimized boot

B. Integration with an HPE OneView for VMware vCenter

C. Performance optimization using the workload profiles

D. OneView OS Build Plan

Question #:9

An environmentally sensitive customer has a data center that operates with fresh air cooling.

Which feature of HPE ProLiant Gen10 servers makes them suitable to operate in this environment?

A. HPE 1600W Flex Slot Platinum Hot Plug Low Halogen Power Supply Support

B. Intel® Xeon-Platinum 8180M Support

C. ASHRAE A4 compliance

D. ACPI 6.1 Compliance

Question #:10

How can you streamline the BIOS setting choices during initial installation of an HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10
server to meet customer needs?

A. Use Preconfigured Workload Profiles.

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B. Retrieve predefined settings from iLO.

C. Use Legacy BIOS settings instead of UEFI.

D. Use the Custom setting in Legacy BIOS.

Question #:11

A customer needs a ProLiant tower-based solution for their five remote offices.

Which ProLiant server family should you recommend?

A. DL

B. ML

C. SY

D. CL

Question #:12

Your customer boots to the HPE Smart Scripting toolkit via PXE to automatically configure their new
systems. They are moving to a new data center which has a policy that PXE boot will not be allowed in the
environment.

What is the closest alternative to use when deploying Gen10 in their new data center?

A. iLO Federation running the Smart Scripting Toolkit scripts

B. iLO RESTfull API running the Smart Scripting Toolkit scripts

C. Insight Control server provisioning running the Smart Scripting Toolkit scripts in a build plan

D. HTTP/HTTPS Boot to the Smart Scripting Toolkit

Question #:13

A customer wants to migrate their existing datacenter operations from 2U DL380 G7 servers to a 1U Gen10
server with equivalent sockets available.

A. DL386 Gen10

B. DL360 Gen10

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C. DL560 Gen10

D. DL380 Gen10

Question #:14

Match the SSD drive type to the intended workload.

Answer:

Box 1: HPE Mix Use SSDs

Box 2:HPE Write Intensive SSDs

Box 3: HPE Read Intensive SSDs

Question #:15

A customer needs a VDI solution. The amount of compute per U of rack space will be a key point in their
solution selection.

Which HPE product would be an ideal solution as part of your RFP response?

A. HPE Apollo 4510 Gen10

B. HPE Apollo 4200 Gen9

C. HPE SY480 Gen10

D. HPE DL580 Gen10

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Question #:16

Which iLO feature allows a customer to use an Android device to troubleshoot ProLiant server issues?

A. iLO Service Port

B. iLO Federation

C. iLO mobile app

D. iLO RESTful API

Question #:17

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?

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

Question #:18

A customer wants to implement HPE Synergy with 20Gb connectivity.

What should an architect emphasize during a meeting with this customer?

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.

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Question #:19

A financial customer has a remote office that requires a significant amount of computing resources, but has no
local IT staff. They need simple and affordable management and disaster recovery of their site.

Which solution should you recommend to meet this customer’s needs?

A. HPE ConvergedSystem 300

B. HPE SimpliVity 380

C. HPE StoreOnce 5100

D. HPE Serviceguard for Linux

Question #:20

Your customer is interested in Synergy and composable infrastructure. They are concerned that operational
savings may not meet expectations since operating system installation consumes a great deal of time.

Which feature should you highlight to overcome the objection?

A. The Synergy Composer provides HTTPS boot services

B. The Synergy Frame Link modules provide PIXE operating boot partitions

C. The Synergy Composer can provision operating systems in seconds

D. The Synergy Image Streamer can provision operating systems in seconds

Question #:21

What are features of the HPE Synergy Planning Tool? (Choose two.)

A. It creates a REST configuration file based on configuration created

B. It recommends the best top-of-rack switch

C. It provides estimated power consumption and weights of the solution

D. It runs on the Partner Ready Portal

E. It aids configuration of rack, Frames, compute, storage, fabric and power

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Question #:22

A customer wants to evaluate management software that will allow them to deploy firmware updates and
monitor the health of their existing Gen9 and Gen10 servers.

What must you include in the PoC for the evalution?

A. HPE OneView

B. HPE One Configuration Advanced

C. HPE Insight Online

D. HPE Intelligent Provisioning

Question #:23

A customer needs a new high frequency trading cluster. Their current cluster has non-deterministic
performance and undesirable latency. Because high frequency trades are extremely time-sensitive transactions,
the customer cannot tolerate the microseconds of delay that can randomly occur on their current cluster.

Which iLO 5 Gen 10 feature can you propose to address this technical requirement?

A. Turbo Cores

B. Jitter Smoothing

C. Persistent Memory

D. NVMe Drives

Question #:24

What is a requirement for the frames in an HPE Synergy Image Streamer?

A. a minimum of three Synergy frames

B. a single Composer in each Synergy frame

C. redundant Master modules in each frame

D. fully populated Synergy compute modules in each frame

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Question #:25

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.)

A. iLO5 Advanced licenses

B. HPE Scalable Persistent Memory

C. HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10 servers

D. PCle Workload Accelerator

Question #:26

A customer recently purchased HPE ProLiant Gen10 servers, but finds that their application does not appear to
benefit from the newest Xeon processors.

Which features should be configured in the BIOS to overcome the issue?

A. Server Profile Templates

B. iLO CNSA Mode

C. Workload Profiles

D. High Precision Event Timer

Question #:27

Your customer has 500 SY480 Gen10 compute nodes running a variety of physical and virtual workloads.
They are looking for a way to get a unified view of the entire environment.

Which product should you recommend?

A. HPE OneView for VMware vCenter

B. HPE OneView Global Dashboard

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C. HPE OneView for Microsoft System Center

D. HPE OneView for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization

Question #:28

One of the DL380 Gen10 servers in your infrastructure has failed to boot after a 3rd party PCle NIC was
installed.

What is the most likely cause of this issue?

A. HPE does not allow 3rd party PCle cards.

B. The latest Support pack for ProLiant must be used before accessing any additional 3rd party products in
the server.

C. The manufacturer did not digitally sign the correct firmware and HPE Secure Boot halted the process.

D. The iLO interface did not have a correct IP address provided from DHCP.

Question #:29

A customer has 10 HPE BladeSystem enclosures managed by HPE OneView. They want to add three HPE
Synergy frames.

What is a proper procedure to manage a new HPE Synergy installation?

A. Use HPE Composer for HPE Synergy frames management

B. Deploy HPE Global Dashboard for HPE Synergy management

C. Add all frames to the existing HPE OneView appliance

D. Deploy a dedicated HPE OneView appliance for HPE Synergy frames

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Question #:30

A customer received their three frame Synergy system. However, they are missing a link cable that connects
the frame link module between the frames.

Which type of cable do they need?

A. DAC

B. MPO

C. CAT6A

D. AOC

Question #:31

You have a customer who has thousands of ProLiant servers spanning Gen8, Gen9, and Gen10 across multiple
server models (Rack, Tower, Blade, Apollo), all licensed with iLO Advanced. The customer needs an
effective way to inventory and update the firmware across the environment.

Which tool should you recommend?

A. iLO Amplifier Pack

B. OneView

C. Intelligent Provisioning

D. SUM (System Update Manager)

Question #:32

You need to demonstrate the runtime firmware verification scan functionality on a ProLiant DL380 Gen10
server. You find that the option is not available in the UEFI interface.

What is the most likely cause of the problem?

A. The server boot mode is set to UEFI

B. The Onboard Administrator has not been initialized

C. The file firmware-ilo5-1.10.1.1.x86_64.rpm is the incorrect version

D. The required iLO license has not been installed}

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Question #:33

A customer needs a Synergy Proof of Concept (PoC) using Image Streamer.

What is the minimum number of Synergy frames needed for this PoC?

A. 1

B. 2

C. 3

D. 5

Question #:34

A customer with a DL380 Gen 10 server uses an HPE Smart Array controller with a 96 WATT Smart Storage
Battery. They want to add 16 GB NVDIMMS in the remaining memory slots. They are concerned about
retaining data if a power outage occurs.

What can you explain to them about the Smart Storage Battery configuration to address their concerns?

A. They need an additional 12 WATT Smart Storage Battery.

B. The current battery will support both the NVDIMMS and the Smart Array controller.

C. they need an additional 96 WATT Smart Storage Battery.

D. The system cannot support the NVDIMMS.

Question #:35

While installing a three frame Synergy solution, only two of the frames are identified during the discovery
process.

What should you do to get resolution?

A. Remove and re-insert the standby Composer

B. Issue a refresh command to the enclosure

C. Open the front panel of the Composer, and read the error message

D. Validate Frame Link Module topology

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Question #:36

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?

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 #:37

Refer to the exhibit.

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You are installing three Synergy frames for a customer PoC in the configuration shown. The composer is
unable to discover the frames.

What is the most likely cause of the problem?

A. Another composer is needed Frame 3

B. Composer 2 is in the wrong frame

C. The management network should be connected to the top and bottom frames

D. The management ring should be connected using the FLM link ports

Question #:38

A customer has a ProLiant DL based Gen10 server solution hosting an I/O intensive 2TB database. The
customer needs to dramatically increase the performance of their existing system.

Which solution will provide the maximum performance possible for their application?

A. Install HPE Scalable Persistent Memory

B. Move the OS to an M.2 SSD drive

C. Upgrade the current processor to a Xeon-Platinum

D. Install DD4 Smart Memory

Question #:39

During a presentation on Synergy fabric technology, a customer states that they would not purchase Virtual
Connect modules because they would be paying for Fibre Channel technology that they have no intention of
using.

How should you handle this objection?

A. Explain to the customer that the only Fibre Channel support is through FCoE and does not add to the
module cost.

B. Explain to the customer that HPE does not pass on the cost of including Fibre Channel support to the
customer.

C. Inform the customer that native Fibre Channel support is an optional, licensed feature.

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D. Inform the customer that native Fibre Channel support is provided through an optional daughterboard.

Question #:40

The HPE 800W Flex Slot Platinum Plus Hot Plug Low Halogen Power Supply has a built-in Lithium Ion
battery to provide backup power to which component?

A. Workload Acceleration

B. Smart Array Flash cache

C. Load Reduced DIMMS

D. Persistent Memory

Question #:41

A customer needs to perform detailed inventory reporting as part a multi-server PoC.

What must you include as part of the solution?

A. iLO Advanced

B. iLO Advanced Premium Security

C. iLO Essentials

D. iLO Amplifier Pack

Question #:42

Which iLO 5 feature allows a customer to directly, physically connect to a ProLiant server to troubleshoot
issues?

A. iLO Federation B.

iLO Amplifier Pack

C. iLO mobile app

D. iLO Service Port

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Question #:43

A customer is expanding their blade based infrastructure managed by HPE OneView with an HPE Synergy
platform. The customer is familiar with HPE OneView and wants to know if the same management can be
used to manage HPE Synergy platform.

How should you respond to this question?

A. HPE Synergy can be managed using the same HPE OneView instance that is used to manage HPE
BladeSystem platform.

B. HPE Synergy can be managed using HPE OneView as long as a separate, dedicated HPE OneView
appliance is deployed for HPE Synergy management.

C. HPE Synergy can be managed by HPE Composer, which is running an embedded version of the HPE
OneView

D. HPE Synergy must be managed with HPE Systems Insight Manager

Question #:44

A customer wants to implement a large Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct environment.

Which protocol should the customer use?

A. VXLAN

B. RDMA

C. OSPF

D. NVGRE

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Question #:45

During the ProLiant Gen10 implementation process you need to ensure that HPE Smart Array controller and
NVDIMM memory will have backup power in case of power outage.

Which component do you need to install?

A. HPE Smart Storage Battery

B. HPE Power Advisor

C. HPE iLO Advanced license

D. Battery backed write cache

Question #:46

A customer is considering installing a Synergy frame in an existing rack where their c7000 chassis is currently
installed.

Which question should you ask to ensure the new frame will be supported in the rack?

A. Are there any third party servers installed?

B. How deep is the existing rack?

C. Is there a UPS installed in the rack?

D. How wide is the existing rack?

Question #:47

A customer has installed a D3940 storage module in an existing Synergy frame. However, none of the
compute modules can access the shared storage.

What is the problem?

A. The storage module has not been initialized in the composer

B. There are no SAS modules installed in bays 1 and 4

C. There are no fibre channel modules installed in bays 1 and 4

D. The I/O modules have not been initialized in the composer

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Question #:48

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.)

A. HPE Active Health System

B. HPE Smart Update Manager

C. HPE OneView

D. HPE ICsp

E. HPE Intelligent Provisioning

Question #:49

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?

A. iLO Advanced Premium Security Edition

B. Insight Control server provisioning

C. Insight Cluster Management Utility

D. iLO Amplifier Pack

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Question #:50

Your customer has completed a successful Synergy Proof of Concept (PoC) consisting of a single frame with
dual composers and dual Virtual Connect SE 40Gb F8 modules.

The customer wants to:

add a second frame before they move into production

have unified management

have a separate logical enclosure for each frame

What are the basic steps to add the second frame? (Choose three.)

A. Move the standby composer to the second frame.

B. Disconnect the existing management ring, and then cable the FLM (frame link module) in the first
frame to the FLMs in the second frame.

C. Install a satellite module in the first frame.

D. Move the bottom VC module from the first frame to the second.

E. Move one of the uplinks from the FLM in the first frame to a FLM in the second.

Question #:51

A customer needs to deploy an operating system for a ProLiant DL Gen10 server.

Which HPE tool can be used to complete this task?

A. OneView

B. Intelligent Provisioning

C. iLO Federation

D. Insight Control server provisioning

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Question #:52

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

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 #:53

What do you need to enable directory service authentication for iLO in HPE ProLiant Gen10 servers?

A. HPE iLO 4 with iLO Advanced Premium Security Edition license

B. HPE iLO 4 with iLO Advanced license

C. HPE iLO 5 with iLO Advanced license

D. HPE iLO 5 with Standard license

Question #:54

A customer needs a RAID storage solution with the most storage space available that also provides fault
tolerance against potential disk driver failures. The existing customer environment has a server with 8 SAS
disk drives installed.

Which RAID level should the customer use?

A. RAID 0

B. RAID 1

C. RAID 5

D. RAID 6

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Question #:55

A customer experiences high response times to their Windows 2016 SQL database that exists on a ProLiant
ML 350 Gen10 server. The customer needs to archive the lowest possible disk I/O response times.

Which HPE solutions should you recommend?

A. Install a HPE PCLe Workload Accelerator

B. Migrate to Enterprise SSD disk drives

C. Install Persistent Memory modules

D. Migrate the database to a virtual machine

Question #:56

What is a new feature in gen10 ProLiant servers?

A. Smart Memory technology

B. Scalable Persistent Memory

C. Active health System log

D. RESTful API interface

Question #:57

A customer needs a solution to support Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) and database workloads.

Which Gen10 technology would optimize the environment for the customer?

A. REST API

B. Silicon Root of Trust

C. workload profiles

D. OneView

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Question #:58

Your customer is building out their own object-based storage solution. They initially developed the object
store using DL380 Gen9 servers but are now looking for a solution that is purpose built to provide the
additional storage.

Which solution should you recommend?

A. DL580 Gen10

B. Apollo 4510 Gen10

C. ML350 Gen10

D. DL560 Gen10

Question #:59

A customer wants to evaluate the new feature in iLO5 that provides the ability to permanently erase all data on
a server.

What iLO5 license will the customer require for this proof of concept (PoC)?

A. iLO Advanced Premium Security

B. iLO Advanced

C. iLO Standard BladeSystem Edition

D. iLO Standard

Question #:60

A customer plans to expand in the future to an HPE Synergy installation with SAS connectivity.

What should you explain to the customer regarding SAS connectivity?

A. External storage devices can be connected to the SAS Synergy switches only if they were installed prior
Composer configuration

B. SAS connectivity will require additional licenses

C. It will be not possible to add SAS connectivity to the existing environment if the logical enclosure is
configured

D. SAS connectivity is supported only in the first fabric, so it should not be used for any other connections

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Question #:61

A customer temporarily needs to add an additional network connection to a provisioned server

that is being actively managed by OneView. The server is currently powered down. Which top level
option should they click as the first step?

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Question #:62

A customer has an existing Hadoop installation built on DL380 Gen9 24SFF servers. You need to
review their existing installation and provide recommendations on how to achieve their stated
storage density goal of over 5PB per server cabinet.
Which HPE solution should you recommend?

A. HPE DL580 Gen10

B. HPE Apollo 6500

C. HPE ML350 Gen10

D. HPE Apollo 4510

Question #:63

A customer wants to use iLO Federation to manage firmware deployments with HPE SUM.
Which options are included? (Select two.)

A. Update the iLO firmware and system ROM offline through the iLO Federation group

B. Update all applicable firmware on HPE ProLiant servers through the iLO using offline deployment

C. Apply updates to all members of iLO Federation group with an iLO standard license

D. Automatically discover iLO Federation groups on the same management network

E. iLO federation is leveraging ICsp functionality to update firmware

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Question #:64

You are introducing Synergy to a new customer. Which tool can you use to demonstrate the
physical components of the Synergy frame and how they connect?

A. HPE PartSurfer

B. HPE Synergy Planning Tool

C. HPE Product Bulletin

D. HPE Product Tour

Question #:65

You are configuring a new server for a customer. The customer has given you the following
information regarding their environment:
2 processors with 22 cores
256GB RAM
600GB of usable internal storage
10GB network, dual connections
iLO Advanced
3 years of 7x24 basic support
Which additional information do need to determine the best option for internal storage?
A. Will a Fibre Channel card be required?

B. Is the application workload sensitive to I/O latency?

C. Does the application require RoCE capable adapters?

D. Does the application require a large memory footprint

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