HPE Virtual Connect Solutions v4 — Question 121
A customer has requested that you provide them with an architecture and bill-of-materials for a stack of top-of-rack switches. The customer has 34 HPE DL360 servers in the rack, each with four 1GBASE-T Ethernet ports which need to be connected to the network.
The customer is upgrading 50% of the 1GBASE-T Ethernet ports on the servers to 10GBASE-T Ethernet ports and needs the switching to support the upgraded servers. They are opposed to a chassis switch, and want to keep the number of managed devices on the network to a minimum.
Which architecture meets the customer requirements?
Answer options
- A. One VSX stack of four Aruba 8320 48-port 1/10GBASE-T switches
- B. Two IRF stacks of two HPE 5710 48-port 1/10GBASE-T switches
- C. One IRF stack of four HPE 5710 48-port 1/10GBASE-T switches
- D. Two VSX stacks of two Aruba 8320 48-port 1/10GBASE-T switches
Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is C because one IRF stack of four HPE 5710 switches provides enough ports to support both the 1GBASE-T and the upgraded 10GBASE-T connections while minimizing the number of managed devices. Option A has too many switches, and option B does not provide enough ports for all connections. Option D also has an excess number of switches, which contradicts the client's requirement to keep managed devices to a minimum.