HPE Virtual Connect Solutions v4 — Question 61

A customer needs a solution for a rack of servers. They need connectivity for 14 HPE DL380 servers, which each have two 10-GBASE-T Ethernet ports, and 10
HPE DL360 servers, which have two 10GBASE-X SFP+ Ethernet ports.
They need switch redundancy for each server and want to connect all servers to the same switch stack. The client also needs a 400 Gb backbone connection to the data center core switch from the solution you are creating.
Which architecture meets the customer requirements?

Answer options

• A. One VSX stack of two Aruba 8320 48-port 1/10GBASE-X SFP+ switches with the following: ✑ 14 10GBASE-T transceivers in each switch ✑ 10 SFP+ to SFP+ DACs in each switch ✑ Two QSFP+ to Quad SFP+ adapters
• B. One IRF stack of wo HPE 5945 2-Slot switches each with the following: ✑ One 24-Port SFP28 + 2-Port QSFP28 module ✑ One 24-Port 1/10GBASE-T + 2-Port QSFP+ module ✑ 10 SFP+ to SFP+ DACs in each switch
• C. One IRF stack of two HPE 5945 48-port 1/10GBASE-X SFP+ switches with the following: ✑ 14 10GBASE-T transceivers in each switch ✑ 10 SFP+ to SFP+ DACs in each switch
• D. One VSX stack of two Aruba 8325 48-port 1/10GBASE-X SFP+ switches with the following: ✑ 14 10GBASE-T transceivers in each switch ✑ 10 SFP+ to SFP+ DACs in each switch

Correct answer: C

Explanation

Option C is correct because it provides a suitable architecture with the necessary switch redundancy and the capacity to interconnect all servers while supporting the required 400 Gb backbone connection. The other options either do not meet the server connection requirements or lack the appropriate redundancy and backbone connectivity needed for the data center setup.