HPE0-S54 Exam - Designing HPE Server Solutions

NEW QUESTION 1
A customer purchased HPE ProLiant Gen10 servers. The customer is transitioning from a physical to a virtual environment.
Which feature should be enabled to ensure that they get the optimal performance from their new servers?

• A. UEFI optimized boot
• B. Integration with an HPE OneView for VMware vCenter
• C. Performance optimization using the workload profiles
• D. OneView OS Build Plan

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 2
Your customer boots to the HPE Smart Scripting toolkit via PXE to automatically configure their new systems. They are moving to a new data center which has a policy that PXE boot will not be allowed in the environment.
What is the closest alternative to use when deploying Gen10 in their new data center?

• A. iLO Federation running the Smart Scripting Toolkit scripts
• B. iLO RESTfull API running the Smart Scripting Toolkit scripts
• C. Insight Control server provisioning running the Smart Scripting Toolkit scripts in a build plan
• D. HTTP/HTTPS Boot to the Smart Scripting Toolkit

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 3
A customer wants to implement HPE Synergy with 20Gb connectivity.
What should an architect emphasize during a meeting with this customer?

• A. A maximum of 3 frames can be stacked together when 20 Gb connectivity is required.
• B. SAS connectivity will be supported only on third fabric.
• C. A Composer must be installed in each frame.
• D. 20Gb connectivity will require additional licenses applied to the downlink ports.

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 4
A customer plans to use RESTful API to deploy their rack of DL380 Gen10 system. How does use of this protocol support the customer? (Select two.)

• A. support multiple scripting languages
• B. Secure remote scripting
• C. Ability to run scripts against multiple servers
• D. Boot via SFTP
• E. Boot via HTTP

Answer: AB

NEW QUESTION 5
A customer needs to migrate their current c7000 network and Fibre Channel infrastructure to a converged network.
Which interconnect module should the customer use?

• A. HPE Flex10
• B. HPE 8Gb Fibre Channel pass-through
• C. HPE FlexFabric 20/40 F8
• D. HPE 16Gb/24-port Fibre Channel switch

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 6
A customer uses VLANs for tenant network separation. However, they are not satisfied with the scalability limits of the setup.
Which networking technology will help the service provider to overcome these performance limits?

• A. data center bridging (DCB)
• B. RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE)
• C. network virtualization generic routing encapsulation (NVGRE)
• D. remote direct memory access (RDMA)

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 7
A customer needs to update the system bios on their DL380 Gen10. They are unable to download the latest Service Pack for ProLiant.
What is the most likely cause of the problem?

• A. Embedded remote support is not enabled on that server
• B. There is no valid SAID contract associated with their HPE passport
• C. The maximum number of servers supported by the agreement has been exceeded
• D. An iLO5 Advanced Premium Security Edition license has not been installed

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 8
A customer is considering deploying a significant number of HPE BladeSystem Gen10 servers with an HPE 3Par storage solution for a new cloud solution. You propose HPE OneView as the management platform.
Which HPE OneView feature should you emphasize during conversations with the customer?

• A. patch deployment for operating system and storage components
• B. operating system deployment through Image Streamer
• C. servers and storage firmware upgrades
• D. volume presentation from the 3Par and automated zoning

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 9
A customer asks for a network technology that will maximize throughput and minimize latency and CPU utilization across servers using SMB Direct and 10Gb Ethernet.
Which technology should you propose?

• A. TCP/IP Offload Engine
• B. RDMA
• C. virtual extensible LAN (VXLAN)
• D. InfiniBand

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 10
During a presentation on Synergy fabric technology, a customer states that they would not purchase Virtual Connect modules because they would be paying for Fibre Channel technology that they have no intention of using.
How should you handle this objection?

• A. Explain to the customer that the only Fibre Channel support is through FCoE and does not add to the module cost.
• B. Explain to the customer that HPE does not pass on the cost of including Fibre Channel support to the customer.
• C. Inform the customer that native Fibre Channel support is an optional, licensed feature.
• D. Inform the customer that native Fibre Channel support is provided through an optional daughterboard.

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 11
A customer is experiencing high latency in an Apollo r2200 Gen9 SFF system. They want to upgrade performance with new units.
Which servers in the Apollo line will increase performance while maintaining similar architecture? (Choose two.)

• A. Apollo 6000 Gen10
• B. Apollo r2800 Gen10
• C. Apollo 4510 Gen10
• D. Apollo r2200 Gen10
• E. Apollo r2600 Gen10

Answer: BE

NEW QUESTION 12
A customer is planning a new virtualization project and requests assistance with preparing a proposal for his management team.
Which financial information can be generated using the Alinean toolset? (Choose two.)

• A. licensing costs
• B. payback period
• C. cash flow
• D. bill or materials
• E. roles and responsibilities

Answer: BC

NEW QUESTION 13
A customer needs a VDI solution. The amount of compute per U of rack space will be a key point in their solution selection.
Which HPE product would be an ideal solution as part of your RFP response?

• A. HPE Apollo 4510 Gen10
• B. HPE Apollo 4200 Gen9
• C. HPE SY480 Gen10
• D. HPE DL580 Gen10

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 14
Match each Synergy component with the description of the functionality it provides.

• A. Mastered
• B. Not Mastered

Answer: A

Explanation:
Box 1: Frame Link Module
Box 2: Image Streamer
Box 3: Virtual Connect SE 40Gb F8
Box 4: Composer

NEW QUESTION 15
A customer requires the ability to act rapidly on ideas by creating, consuming, and reconfiguring new solutions, experiences, and business models. Which HPE server platform best meets their needs?

• A. HPE ProLiant Rack Servers
• B. HPE Synergy
• C. HPE SimpliVity 380
• D. HPE BladeSystem C7000

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 16
You are introducing Synergy to a new customer. Which tool can you use to demonstrate the physical components of the Synergy frame and how they connect?

• A. HPE Product Bulletin
• B. HPE Synergy Planning Tool
• C. HPE Product Tour
• D. HPE PartSurfer

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 17
What are features of the HPE Synergy Planning Tool? (Choose two.)

• A. It creates a REST configuration file based on configuration created
• B. It recommends the best top-of-rack switch
• C. It provides estimated power consumption and weights of the solution
• D. It runs on the Partner Ready Portal
• E. It aids configuration of rack, Frames, compute, storage, fabric and power

Answer: CE

NEW QUESTION 18
You are developing a proposal for a new HPE customer that is concerned about managing mixed server vendors in their environment.
Which feature should you highlight in your proposal to address the customer’s concern?

• A. Redfish API
• B. OneView RESTful API
• C. Intelligent Provisioning
• D. System Management Homepage

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 19
A retail customer’s real-time analytics application requires the fastest possible data access and over 768GB of database capacity. Their current HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9 servers are not meeting the performance requirements.
What should you recommend? (Choose two.)

• A. iLO5 Advanced licenses
• B. HPE Scalable Persistent Memory
• C. HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10 servers
• D. PCle Workload Accelerator

Answer: CD

NEW QUESTION 20
A customer is planning an expansion and they are considering iLO Amplifier as their future firmware management tool. They need to plan their budget and learn which additional licenses will be required.
What is the minimum license that will meet this customer’s upgrade path needs?

• A. iLO Advanced Premium Security Edition
• B. iLO Advanced license
• C. Insight Control server provisioning license
• D. Insight Cluster Management Utility license

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 21
While installing a three frame Synergy solution, only two of the frames are identified during the discovery process.
What should you do to get resolution?

• A. Remove and re-insert the standby Composer
• B. Issue a refresh command to the enclosure
• C. Open the front panel of the Composer, and read the error message
• D. Validate Frame Link Module topology

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 22
You need to consolidate multiple BOMs, power requirements, and changing criteria of a Converged System due to the review of multiple reference architectures on Microsoft Exchange Server 2021. Which tool should you use?

• A. HPE Sizer for Microsoft Exchange Server 2021
• B. HPE Converged Infrastructure Solution Sizer Suite
• C. HPE Sizer for Server Virtualization
• D. Single Point of Connectivity Knowledge (SPOCK)

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 23
A customer needs to maximize Hyper-V Live Migration performance. What technology will meet the customer’s requirement?

• A. virtual extensible LAN(VXLAN)
• B. Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
• C. network virtualization using generic routing encapsulation (NVGRE)
• D. RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE)

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 24
Your customer is on the verge of spending $1,2M on a new HPE Synergy 120000 deployment for the ERP system. Over the next three years they expect to see $600,000 per year in earnings.
What would the ROI be for the given purchase?

• A. 10%
• B. 20%
• C. 50%
• D. 75%

Answer: B

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