HPE2-T37 Using HPE Oneview Practice Questions
Prepare for HPE2-T37 with more than an answer.
- Time limit
- 60 minutes
- Questions on the exam
- 40
- Passing score
- 70%
- Level
- Product Certified
- Valid for
- 3 years
Domains covered on the exam 7
- Describe industry standard data center infrastructure management technologies2%
- Describe HPE OneView and its elements and positioning for customer business outcomes13%
- Architect and design a data center management solution using HPE OneView15%
- Install and configure HPE OneView and related elements27%
- Provision Hybrid IT infrastructure using HPE OneView24%
- Manage and report on Hybrid IT infrastructure using HPE OneView11%
- Monitor and troubleshoot common Hybrid IT infrastructure issues using HPE OneView8%
- 1
A customer is using HPE OneView to manage a mix of HPE ProLiant and HPE Synergy servers. They have enabled HPE Remote Support integration. An administrator notices that for some Synergy compute modules, support cases are not being automatically created when hardware alerts occur, but they are for the ProLiant DL servers. What are the potential reasons for this discrepancy? (Select TWO)
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Correct answer: A, C
For HPE Synergy, the Composer appliance acts as the central aggregation point for all hardware within the frames it manages. Remote Support must be configured and enabled on the Composer, which then reports issues for all its managed components (frames, interconnects, compute modules). If the Composer is not registered, no devices within the Synergy frames will have automatic case creation.
HPE Remote Support requires a valid and active support contract (like Proactive Care) for the hardware in question. If the service entitlements for the Synergy frames or compute modules have expired or are not correctly associated with the account used for registration, HPE's backend systems will reject the automated case creation requests.
- 2
True or False: An HPE OneView Server Profile can be created and assigned to a server bay even if no physical server is present in that bay.
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Correct answer: A
This is a key feature of HPE's composable infrastructure. A server profile can be assigned to an empty device bay. This pre-provisions the bay's network and storage connections. When a compatible compute module is later inserted into that bay, HPE OneView will automatically apply the full profile configuration to the new hardware.
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Case Study:
A healthcare organization is using HPE Synergy with Image Streamer for stateless OS deployments. They have 'golden images' for their Electronic Health Record (EHR) application servers. A new security policy requires that all servers must have their local storage controllers and drives completely disabled to prevent any data from being written locally, ensuring all data resides on the SAN.
The administrator needs to modify the Server Profile Template used for the EHR servers to enforce this policy. The compute modules are HPE Synergy 480 Gen10 with an embedded Smart Array S100i controller and two local SAS drives.
Within the Server Profile Template, where should the administrator make the necessary change to disable the local storage controller?
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Correct answer: D
The Server Profile allows for granular control over the server's BIOS settings. To completely disable a hardware component like the embedded Smart Array S100i controller, the administrator must add a specific BIOS setting within the profile to change its state to 'Disabled'. This ensures that when the profile is applied, the server boots with the controller powered off and invisible to the OS, fully complying with the security policy.
- 4
Which two statements accurately describe the differences between HPE OneView Standard and HPE OneView Advanced licenses? (Select TWO)
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Correct answer: A, C
HPE OneView Standard is the no-cost license that comes with HPE servers. Its primary functions are reactive: monitoring hardware health, providing inventory, and sending alerts. It does not include proactive configuration management.
The core value of HPE OneView, which is the 'software-defined' automation, is unlocked with the OneView Advanced license. This includes creating and managing Server Profiles, Logical Enclosures for BladeSystem/Synergy, and automating storage volume provisioning.
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An administrator is attempting to create a server profile from a template for an HPE ProLiant server but receives an error stating 'No free connections available'. The server has a two-port 10/25GbE adapter. The server profile template defines four network connections. What is the cause of this error?
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Correct answer: A
HPE OneView maps the logical connections defined in a server profile to the physical ports on the server's hardware. If the template requests four connections but the server only has a two-port adapter, OneView cannot fulfill the request and will generate an error indicating that there are not enough available physical connections.
- 6
What is the primary role of the HPE Synergy Composer appliance within a Synergy frame?
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Correct answer: B
The HPE Synergy Composer is a physical appliance that runs a dedicated, embedded instance of HPE OneView. It is the management brain of the Synergy system, responsible for discovering all hardware, managing server profiles, configuring the fabric, and presenting a single management interface for the entire composable infrastructure.
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A customer has an HPE BladeSystem c7000 enclosure with Virtual Connect Flex-10 modules. They are migrating management to a new HPE OneView appliance. After creating an Enclosure Group and a Logical Enclosure, they find that they cannot create server profiles with more than four FlexNICs per physical port. What is the limiting factor?
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Correct answer: B
The capabilities of Virtual Connect are determined by the physical hardware modules installed. The 'Flex-10' technology, by definition, allows a single 10Gb physical port to be partitioned into a maximum of four logical FlexNICs. To create more FlexNICs, the customer would need to upgrade their interconnect modules to a newer technology like Virtual Connect FlexFabric-20/40.
- 8
A financial services client is deploying a new HPE Synergy environment and has a strict security mandate that all compute modules must use Secure Boot. An administrator has created a Server Profile Template with the Boot Mode set to 'UEFI'. However, when applying the profile to a Synergy 480 Gen10 Plus compute module, the compliance check fails with a Secure Boot-related error. What is the most likely cause for this failure?
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Correct answer: A
For Secure Boot to function correctly, the Boot Mode must be set to 'UEFI', and the firmware baseline applied by the server profile must contain firmware components that are digitally signed and certified for UEFI. If the SPP (Service Pack for ProLiant) version is outdated or incorrect, it may lack the necessary signed drivers and firmware, causing the Secure Boot compliance check to fail.
- 9
An administrator is tasked with deploying HPE OneView as a virtual appliance in a VMware vSphere environment. During the OVF deployment wizard, they are prompted to select a network for the appliance. The chosen network is a standard vSwitch port group. After deployment and power-on, the appliance fails to obtain an IP address and is unreachable. What is the most common reason for this issue?
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Correct answer: C
By default, the HPE OneView virtual appliance attempts to acquire an IP address via DHCP. If no DHCP server is available on the selected network segment and a static IP address was not pre-configured in the OVF deployment properties, the appliance will fail to initialize its network interface correctly and will be unreachable.
- 10
A system architect is designing a multi-site HPE infrastructure managed by HPE OneView. The company has two primary data centers and wants centralized visibility and reporting for all managed hardware without logging into multiple OneView appliances. Which HPE solution should be implemented to meet this requirement?
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Correct answer: B
HPE OneView Global Dashboard is a separate virtual appliance specifically designed to provide a unified view of health, inventory, and compliance reporting across multiple HPE OneView appliances, which can be located in different data centers. It aggregates data to provide a single pane of glass for multi-site environments.
