HPE2-B10 HPE IT Sustainability Solutions Practice Questions
Prepare for HPE2-B10 with more than an answer.
- Exam fee
- $75 USD
- Level
- Solution Certified
Domains covered on the exam 8
- Explain sustainability in the Context of IT55%
- Analyze sustainable use cases15%
- Help customers develop a better operating model6%
- Accelerate IT Sustainable Strategy Development6%
- Identify and suggest Right Mix Advisor and Modernization Services6%
- Describe the HPE Aruba Networking sustainability message platform6%
- Recognize AP performance features that improve network sustainability5%
- Unlock IT Sustainability with HPE Financial Services1%
- 1
A healthcare provider is struggling with the energy costs associated with storing decades of patient records to meet regulatory compliance. These records are rarely accessed but must be retained securely.
Which sustainable IT approach should the presales architect recommend to drastically reduce the energy consumption of this data storage?
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Correct answer: B
Data tiering ensures that data is stored on media appropriate for its access frequency. Moving rarely accessed archival data to cold storage or tape (which consumes zero power when not actively being read) drastically reduces the data center's continuous energy draw compared to keeping it on spinning disks or flash.
- 2
A consultant is assisting a manufacturing company in developing their first IT Sustainable Strategy. The customer is eager to start purchasing carbon offsets immediately.
According to best practices for sustainable strategy development, what must be the critical FIRST step before setting targets or purchasing offsets?
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Correct answer: A
You cannot improve what you do not measure. The foundational step in any sustainability strategy is baselining—calculating the current environmental impact of the IT estate. This data is required to identify optimization opportunities, set realistic goals, and track progress before resorting to offsets.
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A data center facility manager is evaluating cooling architectures for a new high-density supercomputer cluster.
Why does direct liquid cooling (DLC) offer superior sustainability benefits compared to traditional forced-air cooling for high-density environments?
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Correct answer: B
Water and specialized coolants have a heat capacity orders of magnitude greater than air. This allows liquid cooling systems to remove heat from dense compute components much more efficiently, drastically lowering the energy required by facility CRAC (Computer Room Air Conditioning) units and fans.
flowchart LR A[High Density CPU] -->|Heat| B(Cold Plate) B -->|Liquid| C[Heat Exchanger] C -->|Warm Water| D[Facility Return] D -->|Chilled Water| B style A fill:#ff9999,stroke:#333,stroke-width:2px style B fill:#99ccff,stroke:#333,stroke-width:2px - 4
When assessing a data center's energy efficiency, which metric is calculated by dividing the total facility energy by the IT equipment energy?
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Correct answer: C
Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) is the standard industry metric for measuring data center energy efficiency. It is calculated by dividing the total amount of power entering a data center by the power used to run the IT equipment within it. An ideal PUE is 1.0, meaning all energy is used for computing rather than cooling or lighting.
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A multinational corporation is auditing its carbon footprint to meet new ESG reporting standards. They need to categorize the emissions generated from the manufacturing and transportation of the servers they purchase from vendors. Under which category do these emissions fall?
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Correct answer: C
Scope 3 emissions are indirect greenhouse gas emissions that occur in an organization's value chain. This includes the embodied carbon from the manufacturing, transportation, and end-of-life disposal of purchased IT equipment. Scope 1 covers direct emissions, and Scope 2 covers indirect emissions from purchased electricity.
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A university is deploying HPE Aruba Networking Access Points (APs) across a large campus. The IT director wants to ensure the network contributes to the university's aggressive sustainability goals by reducing power consumption during off-peak hours.
Which AP feature should the network engineer enable to dynamically disable specific capabilities when Power over Ethernet (PoE) budgets are constrained or during low-traffic periods?
flowchart TD A[AP Power Draw] --> B{PoE Limit Reached?} B -- Yes --> C[Disable USB Port] C --> D[Reduce Radio Chains] D --> E[Maintain Core Connectivity] B -- No --> F[Normal Operations]Show answer details
Correct answer: B
HPE Aruba Networking's Intelligent Power Monitoring (IPM) feature allows APs to continuously measure power consumption and dynamically disable specific features (like USB ports or secondary radios) based on predefined policies when PoE limits are reached or to save energy. TWT is a Wi-Fi 6 feature that saves client battery, not AP power.
