HPE0-S61 HPE Compute Fundamentals Practice Questions
Prepare for HPE0-S61 with more than an answer.
- Time limit
- 90 minutes
- Questions on the exam
- 50
- Passing score
- 65%
- Level
- HPE ATP (Accredited Technical Professional)
- Valid for
- 3 years (standard HPE certification validity)
Domains covered on the exam 9
- Identify the HPE Compute Portfolio5%
- Identify HPE Compute Components15%
- Explain HPE iLO and Other Built-in Server Features4%
- Describe HPE Compute Management Options6%
- Recognize Customer Requirements10%
- Use HPE Pre-Sales Tools15%
- Describe how to deploy HPE Servers15%
- Describe how to update Firmware for HPE Compute15%
- Describe how to manage HPE Compute with HPE iLO15%
- 1
A system administrator needs to troubleshoot a server that has experienced a critical OS kernel panic (Blue Screen of Death) and is completely unresponsive over the production network.
Which inherent benefit of HPE iLO allows the administrator to diagnose and recover this server without physical access to the data center?
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Correct answer: B
HPE iLO provides out-of-band management, meaning it operates independently of the host operating system and main processor. It has its own dedicated network connection and processor ASIC. This allows administrators to remotely access the console, view error logs, and reboot the server even if the primary OS has completely crashed or the production network is down.
- 2
A customer is evaluating management platforms for a highly distributed environment consisting of hundreds of remote edge locations, each with 1-2 HPE ProLiant servers. They want a SaaS-based solution that requires zero on-premises management appliances and allows them to manage the entire fleet's lifecycle from a single web portal.
Which HPE Compute management option is specifically designed for this scenario?
graph LR A[Edge Locations] -->|Internet| B((Cloud SaaS Portal)) C[Data Center] -->|Internet| B B --> D{Unified Management}Show answer details
Correct answer: A
HPE Compute Ops Management (COM) is a cloud-native, SaaS-based management platform delivered through HPE GreenLake. It is ideal for distributed/edge environments because it requires no local management appliance; servers connect securely to the cloud portal. HPE OneView is an on-premises management appliance best suited for centralized data centers and composable infrastructure.
- 3
When implementing HPE OneView in an enterprise data center, which TWO features ensure that the management environment remains secure and compliant with organizational access policies? (Select TWO)
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Correct answer: B, E
OneView roles set which actions a user may take, such as server or storage tasks. Scopes limit a role to a chosen set of resources. Together they give each user only the access the job needs.
- 4
An infrastructure architect is tasked with designing a new data center environment that requires fluid resource pools of compute, storage, and fabric. The environment must be managed as code via a single API to allow developers to rapidly provision bare-metal resources. Which HPE Compute product family is specifically engineered to meet these composability requirements?
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Correct answer: C
HPE Synergy is the industry's first composable infrastructure platform. It empowers IT to instantly provision fluid pools of compute, storage, and fabric using a unified API, making it ideal for Infrastructure as Code (IaC) environments. ProLiant DL is a traditional rack server, Apollo is optimized for dense storage/big data, and Edgeline is for edge computing.
- 5
A global financial institution is planning a major hardware refresh. They require the security and control of an on-premises data center but want to transition from a traditional CAPEX purchasing model to a pay-per-use OPEX model to align infrastructure costs with actual business consumption.
The CIO mandates that the solution must scale up instantly during end-of-quarter processing without requiring emergency procurement cycles. Furthermore, the capacity management and metering should be handled transparently by the vendor.
Which HPE strategy and service delivery model should the presales architect position to satisfy these financial and operational constraints?
graph TD A[Customer Needs] --> B(On-Premises Security) A --> C(OPEX Financial Model) A --> D(Instant Scalability) B --> E{HPE Solution} C --> E D --> EShow answer details
Correct answer: D
HPE GreenLake delivers IT as a service in the customer's own data center. The customer pays for what is used instead of buying up front, and capacity grows with demand. Complete Care is support, not a payment model.
- 6
While configuring a new HPE ProLiant Gen11 server for a database workload, a technician needs to select a storage controller. The workload demands hardware-based RAID with Flash-Backed Write Cache (FBWC) to ensure maximum performance and data protection during unexpected power loss.
Which type of storage controller should be specified?
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Correct answer: D
HPE MR 400 series and SR Gen11 controllers do hardware RAID with flash-backed write cache. If power fails, the energy pack powers the cache while its data is copied to flash. MR 200 series controllers have no cache.
