HPE6-A66 Aruba Certified Design Associate Exam

Exam ID HPE6-A66
Exam type Proctored
Exam duration 1 hour 30 minutes
Exam length 60 questions
Passing score 67%
Delivery languages Latin American Spanish, Japanese, English
Supporting resources These recommended resources help you prepare for the exam:

Aruba Design Fundamentals, Rev. 19.41

Additional study materials

Aruba Certified Design Associate Study Guide

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Exam description
This exam validates you have a fundamental knowledge of an Aruba network design and know the Aruba product lines to help you design the network with the assistance of a senior designer. Candidate should know how to read a customer request and extract the information needed for a wired or wireless network. Candidate should know how to use VRF and IRIS.

Ideal candidate for this exam
Candidates are IT Associates with minimal Aruba Networking knowledge. It is suggested all candidates take the course for this exam.

Exam contents
This exam has 60 questions. Here are types of questions to expect:

Multiple choice (multiple responses), scenario based
Multiple choice (single response), scenario based
Multiple choice (multiple responses)
Multiple choice (single response)

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Successful completion of the course or study materials alone, does not ensure you will pass the exam.

Objectives
This exam validates that you can:

Percentage of Exam Sections/Objectives

15% Gather and analyze data, and document customer requirements
Given an outline of a customer’s needs for a simple campus environment determine the information required to create a solution

25% Evaluate the requirements, and select the appropriate Aruba solution for the design
Given a scenario, evaluate the customer requirements for a simple campus environment identify gaps per a gap analysis, and select components based on the analysis results.
Given a scenario, translate the business needs of a simple campus environment into technical customer requirements.

23% Plan and design an Aruba solution per customer requirements

Given a scenario, select the appropriate products based on the customer’s technical requirements for a simple campus environment
Given the customer requirements for a single-site campus environment design the high-level Aruba solution
Given a customer scenario, explain how a specific technology or solution would meet the customer’s requirements

25% Produce a detailed design specification document.
Given a customer scenario for a simple campus environment, choose the appropriate components that should be included in the BOM.
Given the customer requirements for a simple site environment determine the component details and document the high-level design.
Given a customer scenario of a simple site environment, design and document the logical and physical network solutions.
Given the customer scenario and service level agreements, document the licensing and maintenance requirements.

12% Recommend the solution to the customer.
Given the customer’s requirements, explain and justify the recommended solution.

QUESTION 1
A customer has phones used as wireless Voice over IP (VoIP) devices.
Which is one implication for the design?

A. Plan policies for the phone role on MCs to give the phones a high QoS priority.
B. Ensure a -75 GHz signal in both the 2.4GHz band and the 5GHz band across the entire site.
C. Ensure that APs connect on Smart Rate ports to support the high bandwidth demands of the phones.
D. Apply a bandwidth contract to the phone VLAN to limit broadcast and multicast traffic.

Correct Answer: C

QUESTION 2
What is one reason to deploy an Aruba 8320 switch when compared to an Aruba 5400R switch?

A. to support cloud-based management and guest services through Aruba Central integration
B. to obtain a great number of options for types of ports, including PoE and non-PoE
C. to enhance network monitoring and analytics
D. to support Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP)

Correct Answer: C

QUESTION 3
A hospital needs a wireless solution which will provide guest access for patients and visitors, as well as for
medical staff. In addition to laptops and tablets, staff have wireless voice communicator devices. Some medical equipment also connects wirelessly.
How can the network architect help to ensure that patient and visitor internet use does not interfere with more vital hospital applications?

A. Deploy IntroSpect to monitor patient and visitor traffic.
B. Plan a bandwidth contract for the guest role in the MC firewall.
C. Deploy dedicated Air Monitors (AMs) at about one-fourth the density of APs.
D. Ensure that the guest SSID has a password associated with it.

Correct Answer: C

QUESTION 4
An architect has recommended the deployment or RAPs at user home offices to provide access to the corporate LAN.
How should the architect plan the SSID for the RAPs?

A. Same SSID and security settings as the corporate SSID
B. any name for the SSID with MAC-Authentication
C. any name for the SSID, which would be open; VIA is used for security
D. same name used for the corporate SSID, but always with WPA2-Personal security

Correct Answer: A