HPE Aruba Certified Campus Access Professional (ACAP) — Question 33

A customer has multiple medium and large branch sites, each of which requires between 8 and 16 APs and supports between 200 and 600 wireless clients. Every branch site has an internet connection, which it uses to reach the central data center. The customer would prefer the WAN links to be optimized in the solution.
Each side handles between 1 and 2 Gbps of traffic, most of which goes to the central data center. The data center has 7210 controllers for terminating the VPN connections.
Which branch office solution best meets the customer needs?

Answer options

• A. CAPs and branch office controllers with an SD-WAN license
• B. IAPs and no branch office controllers
• C. CAPs and branch office controllers
• D. RAPs and no branch office controllers

Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is B because Instant Access Points (IAPs) do not require a controller and are well-suited for environments with multiple users, while providing adequate performance and management without the additional overhead of branch office controllers. Options A and C involve branch office controllers, which are not necessary in this scenario, and D suggests using RAPs, which are not optimal given the customer’s needs for managing a larger number of clients and APs.