The supplied version of the HPE0-J82 question identifies activation by the HPE customer at the customer site as the correct air-gapped registration and activation scenario. Air-gapped deployments are designed for customers whose security policy prohibits storage appliances from making normal outbound connections to cloud-management services. Such requirements may arise from defense, government, regulated commercial, or sovereignty-oriented environments. The B10000 offers an operating and entitlement arrangement for systems that must remain isolated from HPE cloud services. That isolation changes management, lifecycle, monitoring, and activation workflows compared with a standard cloud-connected deployment. For the named scenario, the customer-site procedure is contrasted with activation on a public web portal or preactivation at the factory. Exact steps may differ by software version and commercial entitlement; activation should follow the release-specific HPE service and deployment guide. Air gapping must also encompass connected hosts, management networks, backup handling, and operational access rules rather than focusing only on the storage array.

Study Guide Reference: Air-gapped Alletra MP licensing, registration and isolated operation.

Official reference(s): B10000 planning documentation