HP Delta-Aruba Certified Switching Professional - HPE6-A46 Exam Questions [2026]

QUESTION NO: 1
A network administrator configures DHCP snooping on VLAN 2. How does the switch handle DHCP traffic that arrives in this VLAN on an untrusted interface?

A. It accepts packets from a DHCP server, but drops client packets. B. It accepts both client and server packets as long as they match the DHCP binding table. C. It drops all DHCP traffic and logs a security event. D. It accepts client packets, but drops packets from a DHCP server.

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 2
Refer to the exhibit.

Switch-1 is routing traffic to 192.0.2.0/24 over a less-than-optimal path. Which issue could prevent Switch-1 from selecting the first route listed in the table as a best BGP route?

A. It has learned the same route using OSPF. B. It has no network statement for 192.168.2.0/24 in its BGP configuration. C. It has no route to 192.168.2.1 in its IP routing table. D. It does not have AS 46501 configured on it.

Correct Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 3
Refer to the exhibits.
Exhibit 1

Exhibit 2

The network administrator enters the commands shown in Exhibit 2. What is the spanning tree status on A1 and A2?

A. Both A1 and A2 block traffic. B. Both A1 and A2 forward traffic. C. A1 blocks traffic, and A2 forwards traffic. D. A1 forwards traffic, and A2 blocks traffic.

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 4
Refer to the exhibit.

Switch-1 and Switch-2 are configured to provide VRRP in VLAN 2. Based on the output, what will happen when a client in VLAN 2 sends an ARP request for its default gateway IP address?

A. Both Switch-1 and Switch-2 will respond, and both will respond with the virtual MAC address for VRID 2. B. Only Switch-2 will respond, and it will respond with the virtual MAC address for VRID 2. C. Only Switch-2 will respond, and it will respond with its own MAC address. D. Both Switch-1 and Switch-2 will respond, and each will respond with its own MAC Address.

Correct Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 5
Refer to the exhibits.

The network administrator enters the commands shown in Exhibit 2, and Switch-1 and Switch-2 exchange keepalive messages. What is the expected behavior if Switch-1 later fails to receive keepalive messages from Switch-2?

A. Switch-1 disables interface 1 for 10 seconds and then re-enables it. The interface continues to be re-enabled and disabled every 10 seconds until the issue is fixed. B. After two consecutive missed keep-alive packets, Switch-1 sends SNMP traps, and Link 1 stays up until the issue is fixed. C. Switch-1 disables interface 1 for 10 seconds, and then re-enables it. The same process repeats twice. If the issue persists, the switch disables the interface permanently. D. After two consecutive missed keep-alive packets, Switch-1 disables interface 1, and the interface stays disabled until the issue is fixed.

Correct Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 6
An AOS-Switch enforces 802.1X. It receives an Access-Accept with this HPE VSA from its Radius server:
Attribute Name and ID = HPE-User-Role (25) Value = contractor
The switch then rejects the client. What is one requirement for the switch to accept the message and authorize the client?

A. The RADIUS server settings must permit dynamic authorization. B. User role authorization must be enabled globally on the switch. C. The initial user role must be set to the factory default permit any role. D. An aaa authentication local user group must have the contractor name.

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 7
Refer to the exhibits.
Exhibit 1

Exhibit 2

Exhibit 1 shows a portion of the BGP routing table when the BGP solution was first deployed. Exhibit 2 shows the same portion at the current time. What can explain the current state?

A. An administrator has applied a route map on Switch-1 that filters advertised routes. B. Switch-1 can no longer reach ISP 1 at 192.168.1.1. C. Due to changes at ISP 1, Switch-1 now selects a different best route. D. Due to changes in the private network, Switch-1 can no longer reach 192.168.2.1.

Correct Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 8
Refer to the exhibit.

A network administrator applies the ACL shown in the exhibit. Which source IP address does the myList ACL deny?

A. 10.1.1.10 B. 10.1.2.10 C. 10.2.1.10 D. 10.1.0.10

Correct Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 9
Refer to the exhibits.
Exhibit 1

Exhibit 2

A network administrator applies the ACL to Switch-2, as shown in the exhibit. Device-1, IP address
10.1.10.10/24, attempts to open an HTTP session with host 192.0.2.10 on the Internet. What happens with this attempt?

A. Switch-2 filters only the return traffic from the Internet with the ACL, and the ACL drops this traffic B. Switch-2 does not filter any of this traffic with the ACL, and the session establishes successfully C. Switch-2 filters both the traffic from Device-1 and the return traffic with the ACL. The return traffic is dropped. D. Switch-2 filters only the traffic from Device-1 with the ACL, and the session establishes successfully.

Correct Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 10
Refer to the exhibit.

A network administrator needs to deploy AOS-Switches that implement port-based tunneled node. Their Aruba controller has IP address 10.1.10.5/24. The architect has assigned tunneled-node endpoints to VLAN
20.
What is one issue with the current configuration planned for VLAN 20 on the switch?

A. VLAN 20 must not enable jumbo frames. B. VLAN 20 must have GRE enabled on it. C. VLAN 20 must have an IP address in the same subnet as the controller. D. VLAN 20 cannot have an IP address.

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 11
Refer to the exhibit.

A known unicast packet is received from Switch-1 on the standby and must be forwarded to Switch-2. How does the VSF fabric decide which port in the aggregated link should forward the packet?

A. The standby uses the typical load sharing algorithm, and it might select either its port or the commander's port. B. The standby selects the port on the designated forwarder for the aggregation. C. The standby sends the packet to the commander over a VSF link, and the commander decides the correct port. D. The standby uses its own port in the link aggregation to forward the fabric.

Correct Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 12
An AOS-Switch needs to implement tunneled node in role-based mode. Aruba ClearPass is configured to assign users for which the traffic should be tunneled to a role named tunnel. The Aruba Mobility Controller should apply policies associated with the employees group to these users.
What is the correct user role configuration on the AOS-Switch for this scenario?

A. one user role named employees with tunnel set as the secondary role in the tunneled-node-redirect command B. one user role named tunnel with employees set as the secondary role in the tunneled-node-redirect command C. two user roles, one named tunnel that uses the tunneled-node-redirect command, and one named employees D. two user roles, one named employees that uses the tunneled-node-redirect command, and one named tunnel

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 13
What is a reason to implement PIM-DM as opposed to PIM-SM?

A. to obtain the simplest setup in a network with high bandwidth B. to conserve bandwidth over WAN links C. to control exactly which multicast groups are routed through the network D. to permit a higher density of rendevous point (RP) routers in the network core

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 14
The security policy for a company requires that switches use SNMPv3 and accept all read-only SNMPv2c messages. The network administrator enables SNMPv3. Which additional action should the network administrator take to comply with this policy?

A. Enable SNMPv3 restricted mode. B. Enable SNMPv3 only operation. C. Disable SNMPv1/v2c. D. Disabled SNMPv3 inform timeouts.

Correct Answer: A