A customer is planning to deploy a branch office server rack. The environment will have the following requirements:
✑ Single rack with 20 HPE ProLiant DL360 Gen10 Servers.
✑ Each Server will have 6 x 10G SFP+ Ports.
✑ Each Server will have a dedicated iLO port.
✑ The customer requires that only two switches be used.
✑ The customer requires separate control planes.
Which switch configuration can meet these requirements?
The correct configuration is to use 2 Aruba 8325 Series switches with VSX. This setup supports dual control planes, which meets the requirement for separate control planes. Additionally, the Aruba 8325 Series switches are capable of handling the necessary port density when using two switches, making them suitable for the environment described: 20 servers with 6 x 10G SFP+ Ports each plus dedicated iLO ports. VSX provides redundancy and high availability which aligns with the customer's needs.
vsx supports dual control plane
But two Aruba 8325 switches don't provide enough amount of port (total 120 x 10Gb ports are needed).
It's C: https://www.hpe.com/psnow/doc/a00049249enw?jumpid=in_lit-psnow-red HPE FlexFabric 5945 4-slot Switch (JQ076A) Supports up to a maximum of 96 x 10/25GbE and 8 x 100GbE ports, or up to 32 x 100GbE ports
I would pick C because you can have 5945 4-slots switches that cover the need of ports where 8325 cannot. VSX would have cover the dual control plane, but the aruba are not dense enough in this case.
Can anybody suggest the correct answer? HPE 5945 IRF or Standalone is the answer?
I will pickup A
o, A is wrong
C. 2 ֳ— HPE 5945 Series switches standalone... YES + An IRF-based network extends the control plane across multiple active switches, enabling interconnected switches to be managed as a single common fabric with one IP address; this increases network resilience, performance, and availability while simultaneously reducing operational complexity