HPE7-A08 Aruba Networking Switching Professional Practice Questions

A user connects a laptop to a port on an Aruba CX switch that is configured for 802.1X authentication. The user's device does not have an 802.1X supplicant. The network administrator wants to place this user into a limited-access 'Guest' VLAN. Which feature should be configured on the port to handle this scenario?

A junior administrator at a university is tasked with designing a small departmental network using three Aruba CX 6200F switches. The requirements are simplified management (a single point of management for all three switches) and link redundancy. The switches will be located in the same wiring closet. Which technology is the most appropriate and cost-effective choice for this scenario?

A network engineer is analyzing traffic on an Aruba CX switch and notices that multicast traffic for a video streaming service is being flooded to all ports within a VLAN, even those with no active listeners. This is causing unnecessary congestion. Which two features should be enabled to resolve this issue? (Select TWO)

True or False: The ArubaOS-CX REST API can only be used to retrieve information (read-only) from a switch; configuration changes must be made through the CLI or Aruba Central.

Case Study: MedPro Healthcare

Company Background:
MedPro Healthcare operates a large hospital with a recently upgraded Aruba CX switching infrastructure. The network supports thousands of devices, including medical equipment, workstations, and guest devices. A primary security requirement is to enforce a zero-trust policy where every device is authenticated and authorized before gaining access to the network. The policy must be granular, assigning devices to specific VLANs and applying ACLs based on device type and user identity.

Technical Environment:

• Core: A VSX pair of Aruba CX 8360 switches.
• Access: Aruba CX 6300 switches in wiring closets.
• Security Platform: Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager (CPPM) is deployed for AAA services.
• Requirement: Medical devices should be placed in VLAN 100, corporate users in VLAN 200, and guest users in VLAN 300 with internet-only access.

Problem:
A new infusion pump is connected to an access switch port. The pump does not support 802.1X. The security team needs to ensure this pump is automatically identified and placed into the secure 'Medical' VLAN (VLAN 100) without manual intervention. The port is already configured for 802.1X and MAC authentication.

Question:
What is the most effective method within the Aruba architecture to automatically profile the infusion pump and assign the correct network policy via ClearPass?

A hospital is deploying a new network core using two Aruba CX 8360 switches configured for VSX. To ensure maximum resilience for critical life-support systems, the network architect has mandated that the failure of a single VSX member switch must not interrupt traffic forwarding for connected servers, which are using LACP bonds. Which feature is essential to meet this requirement?

A network administrator is troubleshooting an OSPFv2 adjacency issue between two Aruba CX switches. The show ip ospf neighbor command output is empty. Both switches are in the same subnet, can ping each other's interface IPs, and are configured for Area 0. Which of the following configuration mismatches is the most likely cause for the adjacency failure?

A systems administrator needs to programmatically retrieve the running configuration from an Aruba CX 6300 switch and verify its compliance against a 'golden' template. The administrator prefers using standard, web-based protocols. Which AOS-CX feature should be used to accomplish this task?

A university campus is upgrading its network. The design requires a highly available core with two switches that can be managed as a single logical entity from the perspective of downstream access layer switches using MC-LAG. The solution must support independent control planes for resilience and allow for in-service software upgrades. Which Aruba technology should be selected for the core switches?

An administrator is configuring an Aruba CX switch for Dynamic Segmentation. The goal is to assign network access policies based on user roles defined in Aruba ClearPass. Which of the following components are required on the switch to achieve this? (Select TWO)