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HP HPE7-A04 Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Weight | Objectives |
|---|---|---|
| Analyze the Requirements | 24% | - Evaluate design constraints and risks - Map requirements to technical capabilities - Document assumptions and high-level solution options |
| Architect the Solution | 35% | - Design security, segmentation, and high availability - Design data center fabric with EVPN-VXLAN - Select Aruba CX hardware and software components - Plan automation, management, and orchestration |
| Discover Requirements | 20% | - Identify stakeholders and business objectives - Collect and document functional and non-functional requirements - Assess existing infrastructure and constraints |
| Prepare and Present the Solution | 21% | - Present architecture and implementation plan - Validate solution against requirements - Develop detailed design documentation |
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The HPE7-A04 exam is HP's official assessment for the Aruba Certified Data Center Architect certification, which sits at the Expert level. It verifies that you can work with the HP Aruba Certified Data Center Architect skill set the way real jobs demand — not merely recognize the terminology. It also belongs to a certification family that includes HPE Aruba Certified Network Architect (HPE ACNA) - Data Center, Aruba Certified Network Professional, so passing it strengthens your position across multiple career paths. For newcomers and veterans alike, the HPE7-A04 exam is the kind of credential that converts effort into evidence.
The HP Aruba Certified Data Center Architect blueprint contains 4 domains, beginning with Analyze the Requirements (24%), Prepare and Present the Solution (21%), and Discover Requirements (20%). Use the weightings like a map of where the points live — the heaviest domains earn the largest share of your study hours. The complete topic list is in the exam topics section above; study against it, and nothing in the exam will feel unannounced.
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HP Aruba Certified Data Center Architect Sample Questions:
You are designing overlay solutions for two Data Centers. Each Data Center has two rooms and each room is its own fabric. What is the underlay routing protocol between each data center room?
- A. eBGP
- B. RIP
- C. iBGP
- D. OSPF
Correct Answer: A 🗳️
CX Switches come with trusted platform modules (TPM). What is the function of TPM?
- A. TPM is just a convenient name to allow users to connect to the switch securely
- B. TPM prevents customers from loading certificates signed by the CA of their choice to the switches
- C. TPM stores a certificate signed by an HPE Aruba Networking Certification Authority (CA).
- D. TPM stores a certificate signed by GeoTrust Certification Authority (CA).
Correct Answer: C 🗳️
A customer currently has a three-tier architecture in which aggregation switches are the default gateways.
Pairs of aggregation switches use VRRP. You are migrating to an L2 two-tier architecturein which the core switches are the default gateways. How should you migrate the default gateway functionality?
- A. Add the core switches to the aggregation switches' VRRP groups and use VRRP to fail over to the new switches
- B. Use a DHCP server to assign servers new gateway IP addresses, which are configured on the new core switches
- C. Configure VSX active gateway on the new core switches using a new default gateway IP address as the virtual IP and the existing VRRP MAC for the virtual MAC address
- D. Configure VSX active gateway on the new core switches using the current default gateway IP address as the virtual IP and a new virtual MAC address
Correct Answer: A 🗳️
What is one difference between a QSFP28 LC BiDi transceiver and a QSFP28 MPO SR4 transceiver?
- A. The BiDi transceiver supports lower bandwidth than the SR4 transceiver
- B. The BiDi transceiver requires single-mode fiber, while the SR4 transceiver supports multi-mode
- C. The BiDi transceiver uses fewer fiber strands than the SR4 transceiver
- D. The BiDi transceiver supports splitting the bandwidth into multiple lower bandwidth links
Correct Answer: C 🗳️
HPE Aruba Networking switch selector is accessible from
- A. HPE PSNow tools
- B. Aruba Support Portal
- C. Intangi IRIS design tool
- D. From NetEdit management tool
Correct Answer: A,C 🗳️
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