HPE Network Switching Associate Exam
Last Update May 31, 2026
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A new firewall for the default gateway is connected to an HPE Aruba Networking CX 6300 switch. The security administrator has requested that you configure the Layer 3 switch without a bridged port.
How can this be done on an HPE Aruba Networking switch?
A technician installed a new HPE Aruba Networking 550 Series access point, which is cabled back to an HPE Aruba Networking CX 6000 Series switch. However, there are no lights on the access point.
What could cause this?
Which user group exists by default on an HPE Aruba Networking CX 6400 Series switch?
With HPE Aruba Networking CX switches, which key feature is a fundamental concept of Zero Trust Security and SASE frameworks?
A customer requires a network upgrade to replace their existing access switches. The new solution must support 25G speeds to the aggregation layer, with a maximum physical space of 1U, and it must be a fixed switch solution.
Which HPE Aruba Networking CX switch model would you initially propose?
A retail store chain customer is replacing 1,496 AOS-S switches with HPE Aruba Networking CX 6000 switches. The customer is interested in using ZTP to provision the new switches. However, they are concerned about when the switch starts the ZTP process and whether ZTP may change configurations on switches that are already deployed.
What would address this concern?
A customer has a skilled internal DevOps team with extensive Python programming knowledge.
Which HPE Aruba Networking CX switch would you recommend for the customer to support self-made or HPE Aruba Networking-provided scripts for onboard analytics?
Match the HPE Aruba Networking CX switch feature with the correct product line.

The customer requires the highest speed available using a single-port link between an HPE Aruba Networking CX 6200 and an HPE Aruba Networking CX 8100 over a distance of 3 meters, or 9 feet.
Which is the correct validated connectivity option for a single port?
The configuration below is an example of which security concept?
Switch(config)# user-group external-auditors
Switch(config-ur-grp-external-auditors)# 10 permit cli command " show version "
Switch(config-ur-grp-external-auditors)# 20 permit cli command " show run "
Which firewall port needs to be opened between your HPE Aruba Networking CX switches and the Network Monitoring System to send monitoring alerts using SNMP?
You would like to monitor your HPE Aruba Networking CX switches from your existing Network Management System using SNMP and ensure the data is encrypted.
Which version should you enable on the switches?
You have configured the following on a Core-1 HPE Aruba Networking CX switch for primary and secondary ISP connectivity:
Core-1(config)# ip route 0.0.0.0/0 10.1.251.2
Core-1(config)# ip route 0.0.0.0/0 10.1.252.2 distance 10
The default route via 10.1.251.2 stopped working, and no failover happened. The ISP reported a broken fiber on the path of an upstream device.
In what condition should the route fail over to the 10.1.252.2 router?
Based on the example below:
show vsf
Force Autojoin : Disabled
Autojoin Eligibility Status : Not Eligible
MAC Address : ec:67:94:c4:77:80
Secondary : 2
Topology : Ring
Status : No Split
Split Detection Method : mgmt
Mbr Mac Address Type Status
ID
--- ------------------- ------- ----------
1 ec:67:94:c4:77:80 R8Q69A Conductor
2 ec:67:94:c4:37:80 R8Q69A Standby
3 ec:67:94:c5:7f:80 R8Q68A Member
What happens if the VSF link between members 1 and 2 is disconnected?
A customer requires a network upgrade to replace their existing core switches. The new solution must support 100G speeds to the aggregation layer and occupy a maximum physical space of 10U as a chassis solution.
Which HPE Aruba Networking CX switch model would you initially propose?
Based on the example below:
show vsf
Force Autojoin : Disabled
Autojoin Eligibility Status : Not Eligible
MAC Address : ec:67:94:c4:77:80
Secondary : 2
Topology : Ring
Status : No Split
Split Detection Method : mgmt
Mbr Mac Address Type Status
ID
--- ------------------- ------- ----------
1 ec:67:94:c4:77:80 R8Q69A Conductor
2 ec:67:94:c4:37:80 R8Q69A Standby
3 ec:67:94:c5:7f:80 R8Q68A Member

How is the VSF integrity verified if the VSF links between members 1 and 3, and members 2 and 3, are disconnected?
You are trying to verify that your HPE Aruba Networking CX switch has access to the local DNS server through the out-of-band management interface. You have run the following ping command, but there has been no response:
ping 10.1.50.11
What would explain this?
Your colleague is installing a new HPE Aruba Networking CX 8100 switch in a data center in the default configuration. You monitor the peer switch port 1/1/1 status, connected with a 10Gb 3m DAC cable to the new switch, and validate that the cable is attached. The port remains down.
What should you suggest your colleague do so the port can come online?
What is the default behavior of a trunked port on an HPE Aruba Networking CX switch?
Which customer use case would be ideal for an HPE Aruba Networking Central On-Premises deployment?
A CX 6200 VSF stack is the Layer 3 gateway for a mid-sized company. Users are divided into three different subnets on VLANs 100, 200, and 300. VLAN 50 contains a management network for access points, switches, and DHCP servers.
How do the access points get an IP address using DHCP?
On a switched infrastructure using Spanning Tree, what entity defines the best path for traffic in an HPE Aruba Networking CX environment?