Exam HPE6-A41 topic 1 question 34 discussion

Actual exam question from HP's HPE6-A41

Question #: 34
Topic #: 1

A company has an Aruba 5400R switch, switch 1, at the network core of its campus. This switch routes all traffic for the campus and is the RSTP root. The company now wants to add another Aruba 5400R switch to the core in order to enhance resiliency. The company wants to use the option that provides the best
Layer 2 and Layer 3 resiliency and also the simplest setup.
What should the administrator do to add the new 5400R switch?

A. Add the new switch and migrate to MSTP with two instances.
B. Add the new switch and set up OSPF on all switches.
C. Add the new switch as a secondary root bridge in RSTP.
D. Add the new switch as a standby member in a VSF fabric with switch 1.

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Suggested Answer: C 🗳️

by EdwinH at Jan. 12, 2020, 4:10 p.m.

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EdwinH

Highly Voted 5 years, 4 months ago

Correct answer D. Secondary root bridge does not provide L3 redundancy

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sco77

Highly Voted 5 years, 2 months ago

Answer is D

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Hugh_Jazz

Most Recent 4 years, 8 months ago

Yes, D. Layer 2 and Layer 3 resiliency with simplest set up.

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A10busted

5 years ago

D: Like Edwin says.

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aosdpiufmapoudyhmfgpa

5 years, 3 months ago

You are wrong, answer should be C, If the you chose D the new switches will be a VSF member and can therefore not be the "secondary root bridge" cause it would be the primary one.

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