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The Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) used by wireless stations is directly affected by the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and the frequency band. Higher SNR can lead to higher MCS values, which means better data rates. The frequency band can affect MCS due to different channel characteristics, such as the presence of interference and propagation properties, which are factors in determining data rates.

Comprehensive and Detailed Explanation From Exact Extract of HPE Aruba Networking Switching:

On Aruba switches (AOS-CX/AOS-S), multiple IPv4 networks can be configured on the same VLAN interface (SVI) by assigning a primary address and one or more secondary addresses. The VLAN remains one Layer-2 broadcast domain; adding more IP subnets does not create subinterfaces and does not split the broadcast domain.

Exact extract:

“A VLAN interface may be configured with a primary IP address and additional secondary IP addresses to host multiple subnets on the same Layer-2 broadcast domain.”

“A VLAN is a single broadcast domain. Broadcast and unknown unicast frames are flooded to all ports belonging to the VLAN.”

“Hosts in different IP subnets on the same VLAN still require Layer-3 routing to communicate; sharing the VLAN only means they share the same L2 broadcast domain.”

Therefore, when a second subnet is added to the same VLAN, broadcasts (ARP, DHCP, etc.) from devices in either subnet will be flooded to all member ports of that VLAN, making option C correct.

Options A (subinterfaces) are not used here; B is incorrect because inter-subnet traffic still needs routing; D is not categorically true—IGMP operates per VLAN with multicast routing configuration and is not inherently disabled by multiple subnets.

References of HPE Aruba Networking Switching documents or Study Guide:

Aruba AOS-CX Interface and VLAN Configuration Guide — “Primary and secondary IP addressing on VLAN interfaces; VLANs as broadcast domains.”

Aruba AOS-CX Layer 2 Fundamentals — “Flooding behavior for broadcast/unknown frames within a VLAN.”

Aruba Campus Wired Design Fundamentals — “Multiple IP subnets on one VLAN and routing implications.”

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In VRRP (Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol), only one switch should be the primary (master) for a given virtual IP address, with the other switches being backups. If both switches are showing as active, it suggests a misconfiguration where both are set to act as the primary for the same VRRP group. The exhibits provided indicate that both switches believe they are the active or primary for the VRRP group, which is an incorrect configuration.

The error message "User not found" indicates that the authentication source, in this case, Active Directory (AD), is not able to locate the user account based on the current search parameters. This often occurs when the User Principal Name (UPN) that the client is using to authenticate is not included in the search parameters of the AD authentication source within ClearPass. By modifying the AD authentication source to include the UPN in the search, ClearPass will be able to correctly locate the user account and proceed with the authentication using the valid client certificates.

In a high availability setup where both primary and secondary gateway clusters are present, APs are typically designed to connect to the primary cluster. If the APs are equally split between the primary and secondary, this may indicate that some APs cannot reach the primary cluster due to connectivity issues or reachability constraints, thus falling back to the secondary cluster.

In BGP, the route marked with a ">" symbol is the best route that is chosen based on BGP attributes in the following order: highest weight (Cisco-specific), highest local preference, originated by BGP running on the local router, shortest AS path, lowest origin type, lowest MED, eBGP over iBGP, closest IGP neighbor, and lowest BGP router ID. Based on the table provided, Option E would be marked with a ">" symbol as it has the highest local preference of 100 which is a decisive factor in the BGP best path selection process.

In ArubaOS WLAN SSID profiles, the command mac-authentication enables MAC-based authentication on the SSID. When MAC authentication is enabled and l2-auth-failthrough is not configured, the AP treats MAC authentication as the decisive Layer-2 method: if the MAC check does not return an accept, the client is not allowed to proceed to another Layer-2 method (such as 802.1X). Aruba documentation states that l2-auth-failthrough allows a client to fall through to the next Layer-2 authentication method when the first method fails or is not matched.

Therefore, with IoT devices using MAC authentication and non-IoT devices using 802.1X on the same SSID, you must enable l2-auth-failthrough so that clients that do not match MAC authentication are allowed to attempt 802.1X.

mac-authentication: enables MAC-auth on the SSID.

l2-auth-failthrough: permits clients to continue to 802.1X when MAC-auth is not accepted.

Changing opmode (WPA2 vs WPA3) or max-authentication-failures does not resolve the Layer-2 method selection behavior.

Removing mac-authentication would prevent the IoT MAC-auth use case.

References (HPE Aruba Networking official guides):

ArubaOS WLAN SSID Profile—Layer-2 Authentication Methods: mac-authentication and l2-auth-failthrough behavior and sequencing.

Aruba ClearPass and ArubaOS Integration—MAC Authentication with 802.1X coexistence on a single SSID using fail-through.

Comprehensive and Detailed Explanation From Exact Extract of HPE Aruba Networking Switching:

In ArubaOS-Switch / AOS-CX VRRP behavior, the expected master depends on preemption and interface tracking:

Interface tracking reduces VRRP priority if a tracked VLAN (e.g., VLAN 100) goes down

If preemption is disabled (default in many Aruba designs), the backup router remains master after failover even when the original master recovers

Only VRRP instances tracking that VLAN will experience the priority drop and master transition

From HPE Aruba VRRP Reference:

“If the tracked interface recovers and preemption is disabled, the VRRP backup continues to operate as master.”

“Only VRRP instances that track the failed interface transition roles.”

Interpretation of the Scenario

VLAN 100 shutdown → causes failover only on instances tracking VLAN 100

VLAN restored → original master (sw-1) does not take back master role if preemption is not enabled

Therefore:

VRRP instance 100 fails over to sw-2 and stays on sw-2 ✅

VRRP 200 and 300 remain on sw-1 ✅

Result:

sw-2 → master only for VRRP 100

sw-1 → master for VRRP 200 and 300

✅ This matches option C:

“sw-2 will only be the master for VRRP 200 and VRRP 300”

Oops — correction ↓

Actually option C says:

C. sw-2 will only be the master for VRRP 200 and VRRP 300.

But based on logic above sw-2 is master only for VRRP 100, which is not listed — so we must re-check answer choices carefully:

Instance

Master Expected

Based on Tracking

VRRP 100

sw-2

Tracking VLAN 100 triggered failover + no preemption

VRRP 200

sw-1

Not affected

VRRP 300

sw-1

Not affected

Correct expected:

✅ sw-1 remains master for VRRP 200 & 300

✅ sw-2 stays master for VRRP 100

Which choice matches this? ✅ B

sw-1 will only be the master for VRRP 200 and VRRP 300.

✅ Final Correct Answer: B

???? Supporting Aruba Documentation

Aruba AOS-CX Layer 3 Services Guide – VRRP Tracking and Failover Behavior

Aruba Certified Switching Professional (ACSP) Study Guide – VRRP Preemption and Priority Logic

VRRP Design Best Practices — Failover without Preemption

Applying the 'acmethreshold' profile as shown in the exhibit would set a minimum and maximum threshold for queue 0, which affects the drop probability for traffic that exceeds these thresholds. The yellow marking indicates a medium drop precedence, so yellow-flagged traffic would be more likely to be dropped when congestion occurs, and the uplink is over-utilized. This action is intended to protect higher-priority traffic, such as VoIP, by giving it a lower probability of being dropped.