Free Practice Questions for HP HPE7-A02 Exam

The preferred method for assigning clients to a role on the AOS firewall is to configure HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager (CPPM) to assign the role using a RADIUS enforcement profile with an Aruba-User-Role VSA (Vendor-Specific Attribute). This method allows ClearPass to dynamically assign the appropriate user roles to clients during the authentication process, ensuring that role-based access policies are consistently enforced across the network.

To further protect the company from internal threats, you can recommend having the third-party SRX firewall send Syslogs to HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager (CPPM). ClearPass can analyze these logs to detect potential security incidents and coordinate with network devices to respond to threats. By integrating Syslog data from the firewall, CPPM can identify malicious activities and take actions such as locking internal attackers out of the network or triggering specific security policies. This approach enhances the company's internal threat detection and response capabilities.

RAPIDS Ad-Hoc Detection:

The alert "Detect ad-hoc using Valid SSID" indicates that a device is broadcasting an SSID that matches a valid network SSID in ad-hoc mode. This can be an indication of an infrastructure attack or misconfiguration.

Next Steps:

Use Aruba Central floorplans or AP location data to identify the physical area where the offending device is detected.

Locate and investigate the device to determine if it is malicious or simply misconfigured.

Option Analysis:

Option A: Incorrect. While tuning thresholds is useful for reducing false positives, this step does not directly address a potential threat.

Option B: Incorrect. Faulty drivers can cause similar behavior, but this step is not immediately actionable without locating the device first.

Option C: Correct. Floorplans or AP identities help locate the threat's physical area for further investigation.

Option D: Incorrect. RAPIDS focuses on detecting devices via SSID and MAC, not IP addresses, making this approach less relevant.

To ensure that the AOS-CX switch properly assigns the "employees" role when using CPPM (ClearPass Policy Manager) as the RADIUS server, you should configure a RADIUS Enforcement profile on CPPM with the Aruba-User-Role VSA (Vendor-Specific Attribute) set to "employees". This configuration ensures that when an endpoint authenticates, CPPM sends the appropriate role assignment to the AOS-CX switch, which then applies the corresponding policies and VLAN settings defined for the "employees" role.

When you have created a rule in a ClearPass Policy Manager (CPPM) service's enforcement policy to quarantine devices with endpoint conflicts, it is important to consider whether the company has devices that use PXE boot. PXE booting devices can create conflicts in the profiler because they may temporarily have different network attributes (e.g., MAC address or IP address) before fully booting and obtaining their final configuration. Understanding whether PXE boot is in use can help determine if profiler parameters need to be adjusted to ignore such temporary conflicts, ensuring that devices are not incorrectly quarantined.

To ensure that HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager (CPPM) responds correctly to Syslog messages from a Check Point firewall, you need to check that the Ingress Event Dictionaries for Check Point messages are enabled. These dictionaries are necessary for CPPM to properly interpret and respond to the Syslog messages received from the firewall.

1.Event Dictionaries: Ingress Event Dictionaries allow CPPM to understand the specific format and content of Syslog messages from various sources, such as Check Point firewalls.

2.Message Interpretation: Without these dictionaries enabled, CPPM may not correctly interpret the Syslog messages, leading to a failure in triggering the expected actions.

3.Configuration Check: Ensuring that the dictionaries are enabled is crucial for the proper functioning of the event service and accurate response to security events.

When an AOS-CX switch implements User-Based Tunneling (UBT) to a cluster of three HPE Aruba Networking gateways, the switch determines to which gateway to tunnel each user's traffic based on the particular gateway assigned as that user's active user designated gateway. This ensures that traffic is efficiently distributed and managed according to the designated gateway for each user.

1.User Designated Gateway: Each user's traffic is tunneled to a specific gateway that has been designated for that user, ensuring efficient handling of traffic.

2.Traffic Distribution: This method allows for balanced distribution of user traffic across multiple gateways, enhancing network performance and reliability.

3.Gateway Assignment: The switch uses the assigned gateway for each user to determine the tunneling path, ensuring that traffic is directed to the appropriate gateway.

ClearPass Device Insight Integration:

To integrate ClearPass Device Insight (CPDI) with ClearPass Policy Manager (CPPM), you must enable the Insight feature in the CPPM server configuration settings.

This ensures CPPM can share and receive profiling data with CPDI for device identification.

Option Analysis:

Option A: Incorrect. Root CA certificates are not required for this integration.

Option B: Correct. Enabling Insight on CPPM is essential for the integration to function.

Option C: Incorrect. WMI, SSH, and SNMP are not part of the CPDI integration prerequisites.

Option D: Incorrect. The Data Collector token is relevant to Aruba Central, not CPDI integration.

Custom Device Fingerprinting on CPPM:

To create a custom fingerprint, you first need to connect a known device of that type to the network.

CPPM will discover the device in its Endpoints Repository, allowing you to analyze its attributes (e.g., MAC OUI, DHCP options) and create custom profiling rules.

Option Analysis:

Option A: Correct. Discovering a known device in the Endpoints Repository is a prerequisite for creating accurate custom fingerprint rules.

Option B: Incorrect. CPDI integration is not required for custom fingerprints on CPPM.

Option C: Incorrect. XML rules are not pre-defined; they are created dynamically based on observed attributes.

Option D: Incorrect. The "Automatically download Endpoint Profiler Fingerprints" setting is unrelated to custom profiling.