HPE6-A73 Aruba Certified Switching Professional Exam

Exam ID :  HPE6-A73
Exam type : Proctored
Exam duration : 1 hour 30 minutes
Exam length : 60 questions
Passing score : 71%
Delivery languages : Japanese, English, Latin American Spanish
Supporting resources : Implementing ArubaOS-CX Switching, Rev. 20.21

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Aruba Certified Switching Professional (HPE6-A73) Study Guide

This exam tests the skills necessary to implement and operate enterprise-level Aruba campus switching solutions. It tests skills of configuring and managing modern, open standards-based networking solutions using ArubaOS-CX routing and switching technologies in medium to large enterprise network solutions.

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Ideal candidateTypical candidates for this exam are networking IT professionals who have advanced-level implementation experience with ArubaOS-CX wired switching solutions. This candidate has a minimum of 4 to 5 years of general networking experience and 2 years of experience focused on interpreting network architectures and customer requirements to install and configure Aruba solutions.

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This exam has 60 questions.

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This exam validates that you can:

15% Plan the wired network solution.
Given a scenario with a design and/or customer requirements, determine an appropriate implementation plan.

43% Install and configure the wired network solution.
Install and Configure NetEdit
Given an implementation plan, explain how to physically configure the switches.
Given the implementation plan, explain how to configure Layer 2 technologies.
Given an implementation plan, explain how to configure and validate Layer 3 interfaces, services, routing protocols and overlays.
Explain multicast features and configuration concepts.
Explain Aruba Switch security features and configuration concepts.
Explain QoS Aruba Switch features and configuration concepts.
Explain Aruba solutions integration and configuration concepts.

22% Troubleshoot the wired network solution.
Given a scenario, identify a network failure (IP mismatch, VLAN mismatch, hardware configuration or failure, port configuration).
Given an action plan to remediate an issue, determine the implications to the network state.
Given a scenario, determine the cause of the performance problem (QoS issue, Configuration issue HW and Software, end node).

20% Manage, maintain, optimize, and monitor the wired network solution.
Given a scenario, determine a strategy to implement configuration management (maintenance, auditing, backup, archiving).
Analyze data that represents the operational state of a network and determine the appropriate action.

QUESTION 1
Which statement is correct regarding ACLs and TCAM usage?

A. Applying an ACL to a group of ports consumes the same resources as specific ACE entries
B. Using object groups consumes the same resources as specific ACE entries
C. Compression is automatically enabled for ASIC TCAMs on AOS-CX switches
D. Applying an ACL to a group of VLANs consumes the same resources as specific ACE entries

Correct Answer: B

QUESTION 2
What is correct regarding rate limiting and egress queue shaping on AOS-CX switches?

A. Only a traffic rate and burst size can be defined for a queue
B. Limits can be defined only for broadcast and multicast traffic
C. Rate limiting and egress queue shaping can be used to restrict inbound traffic
D. Rate limiting and egress queue shaping can be applied globally

Correct Answer: B

QUESTION 3
A network administrator needs to replace an antiquated access layer solution with a modular solution involving
AOS-CX switches. The administrator wants to leverage virtual switching technologies.
The solution needs to support high-availability with dual-control planes.
Which solution should the administrator implement?

A. AOS-CX 8325
B. AOS-CX 6300
C. AOS-CX 6400
D. AOS-CX 8400

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION 4
A company has implemented 802.1X authentication on AOS-CX access switches, where two ClearPass
servers are used to implement AAA. Each switch has the two servers defined.
A network engineer notices the following command configured on the AOS-CX switches:
radius-server tracking user-name monitor password plaintext aruba123
What is the purpose of this configuration?

A. Implement replay protection for AAA messages
B. Define the account to implement downloadable user roles
C. Speed up the AAA authentication process
D. Define the account to implement change of authorization

Correct Answer: C

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