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HP HPE6-A84 Exam Overview:
| Certification Vendor: | HPE Aruba Networking |
|---|---|
| Exam Name: | Aruba Certified Network Security Expert Written Exam |
| Exam Number: | HPE6-A84 |
| Available Languages: | English |
| Certificate Validity Period: | 3 years |
| Real Exam Qty: | 60 |
| Passing Score: | 66% |
| Exam Price: | $250 USD |
| Exam Duration: | 120 minutes |
| Exam Format: | Scenario-based, Drag-and-drop, Multiple choice |
| Recommended Training: | Aruba Certified Network Security Expert Training |
| Exam Registration: | Pearson VUE Registration HPE Aruba Certification Portal |
| Sample Questions: | ![]() |
| Exam Way: | Online proctored or in-person at Pearson VUE testing centers |
| Pre Condition: | No mandatory prerequisites; recommended 3–5 years of networking experience, 2+ years in security, familiarity with Aruba ClearPass, Gateways, and Central |
| Official Syllabus URL: | https://certification.arubanetworks.com/certifications/network-security-expert |
HP HPE6-A84 Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Weight | Objectives |
|---|---|---|
| Automation, Compliance and Troubleshooting | 15% | - Regulatory compliance and reporting - REST API and automation workflows - Network Analytic Engine (NAE) scripts - Advanced security troubleshooting |
| Advanced Security Architecture and Design | 20% | - Multi-layered security architecture - PKI and certificate management - Zero Trust security framework design - Hybrid and cloud security integration |
| Secure Connectivity and Segmentation | 20% | - Client-to-site and site-to-site VPN - Firewall policy design and optimization - Secure remote access solutions - Dynamic Segmentation design and deployment |
| Threat Detection and Defense | 20% | - Anomaly detection and incident response - WIPS and rogue device detection - IntroSpect and network analytics - IDS/IPS deployment and configuration |
| ClearPass Policy Manager Implementation | 25% | - Device profiling and endpoint classification - Role-based access control (RBAC) - Policy enforcement and troubleshooting - Authentication and authorization services |
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- Threat Detection and Defense (20%)
- Automation, Compliance and Troubleshooting (15%)
- Secure Connectivity and Segmentation (20%)
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No mandatory prerequisites; recommended 3–5 years of networking experience, 2+ years in security, familiarity with Aruba ClearPass, Gateways, and Central
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Refer to the scenario.
# Introduction to the customer
You are helping a company add Aruba ClearPass to their network, which uses Aruba network infrastructure devices.
The company currently has a Windows domain and Windows CA. The Window CA issues certificates to domain computers, domain users, and servers such as domain controllers. An example of a certificate issued by the Windows CA is shown here.

The company is in the process of adding Microsoft Endpoint Manager (Intune) to manage its mobile clients.
The customer is maintaining the on-prem AD for now and uses Azure AD Connect to sync with Azure AD.
# Requirements for issuing certificates to mobile clients
The company wants to use ClearPass Onboard to deploy certificates automatically to mobile clients enrolled in Intune. During this process, Onboard should communicate with Azure AD to validate the clients. High availability should also be provided for this scenario; in other words, clients should be able to get certificates from Subscriber 2 if Subscriber 1 is down.
The Intune admins intend to create certificate profiles that include a UPN SAN with the UPN of the user who enrolled the device.
# Requirements for authenticating clients
The customer requires all types of clients to connect and authenticate on the same corporate SSID.
The company wants CPPM to use these authentication methods:
* EAP-TLS to authenticate users on mobile clients registered in Intune
* TEAR, with EAP-TLS as the inner method to authenticate Windows domain computers and the users on them To succeed, EAP-TLS (standalone or as a TEAP method) clients must meet these requirements:
Their certificate is valid and is not revoked, as validated by OCSP
The client's username matches an account in AD
# Requirements for assigning clients to roles
After authentication, the customer wants the CPPM to assign clients to ClearPass roles based on the following rules:
* Clients with certificates issued by Onboard are assigned the "mobile-onboarded" role
* Clients that have passed TEAP Method 1 are assigned the "domain-computer" role Clients in the AD group "Medical" are assigned the "medical-staff" role Clients in the AD group "Reception" are assigned to the "reception-staff" role The customer requires CPPM to assign authenticated clients to AOS firewall roles as follows:
* Assign medical staff on mobile-onboarded clients to the "medical-mobile" firewall role
* Assign other mobile-onboarded clients to the "mobile-other" firewall role
* Assign medical staff on domain computers to the "medical-domain" firewall role
* All reception staff on domain computers to the "reception-domain" firewall role
* All domain computers with no valid user logged in to the "computer-only" firewall role
* Deny other clients' access
# Other requirements
Communications between ClearPass servers and on-prem AD domain controllers must be encrypted.
# Network topology
For the network infrastructure, this customer has Aruba APs and Aruba gateways, which are managed by Central. APs use tunneled WLANs, which tunnel traffic to the gateway cluster. The customer also has AOS-CX switches that are not managed by Central at this point.
# ClearPass cluster IP addressing and hostnames
A customer's ClearPass cluster has these IP addresses:
* Publisher = 10.47.47.5
* Subscriber 1 = 10.47.47.6
* Subscriber 2 = 10.47.47.7
* Virtual IP with Subscriber 1 and Subscriber 2 = 10.47.47.8
The customer's DNS server has these entries
* cp.acnsxtest.com = 10.47.47.5
* cps1.acnsxtest.com = 10.47.47.6
* cps2.acnsxtest.com = 10.47.47.7
* radius.acnsxtest.com = 10.47.47.8
* onboard.acnsxtest.com = 10.47.47.8
You have created a role mapping policy as shown in the exhibits below.
What is one change that you need to make to this policy?
- A. Change the rules evaluation mechanism to first applicable.
- B. Move rules 2 and 3 to the top of the list.
- C. Change the default role to 'mobile-onboarded*
- D. In rule 1 change Subject-CN to Issuer-CN.
Correct Answer: D 🗳️
When would you implement BPDU protection on an AOS-CX switch port versus BPDU filtering?
- A. Use BPDU protection on edge ports to permanently lock out rogue devices; use BPDU filtering on edge ports to temporarily lock out rogue devices.
- B. Use BPDU protection on inter-switch ports to ensure that they are selected as root; use BPDU filtering on edge ports to prevent rogue devices from connecting.
- C. Use BPDU protection on edge ports to protect against rogue devices when the switch implements MSTP; use BPDU filtering to protect against rogue devices when the switch implements PVSTP+.
- D. Use BPDU protection on edge ports to prevent rogue devices from connecting; use BPDU filtering on inter-switch ports for specialized use cases.
Correct Answer: D 🗳️
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A customer has asked you to review their AOS-CX switches for potential vulnerabilities. The configuration for these switches is shown below:
What is one recommendation to make?
- A. Use MDS instead of SHA1 for the NTP authentication key.
- B. Create a control plane ACL to limit the sources that can access the switch with SSH.
- C. Encrypt the certificate in the TA-profile.
- D. Let the RADIUS server confiqure VLANs on LAG 1 dynamically.
Correct Answer: B 🗳️
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A customer has an Aruba ClearPass cluster. The customer has AOS-CX switches that implement 802.1X authentication to ClearPass Policy Manager (CPPM).
Switches are using local port-access policies.
The customer wants to start tunneling wired clients that pass user authentication only to an Aruba gateway cluster. The gateway cluster should assign these clients to the "eth-internet" role. The gateway should also handle assigning clients to their VLAN, which is VLAN 20.
The plan for the enforcement policy and profiles is shown below:
The gateway cluster has two gateways with these IP addresses:
* Gateway 1
o VLAN 4085 (system IP) = 10.20.4.21
o VLAN 20 (users) = 10.20.20.1
o VLAN 4094 (WAN) = 198.51.100.14
* Gateway 2
o VLAN 4085 (system IP) = 10.20.4.22
o VLAN 20 (users) = 10.20.20.2
o VLAN 4094 (WAN) = 198.51.100.12
* VRRP on VLAN 20 = 10.20.20.254
The customer requires high availability for the tunnels between the switches and the gateway cluster. If one gateway falls, the other gateway should take over its tunnels. Also, the switch should be able to discover the gateway cluster regardless of whether one of the gateways is in the cluster.
What is one change that you should make to the solution?
- A. Configure edge ports in VLAN trunk mode.
- B. Configure the UBT solution to use VLAN extend mode.
- C. Change the ubt-client-vlan to VLAN 13.
- D. Remove VLAN assignments from role configurations on the gateways.
Correct Answer: D 🗳️
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Refer to the scenario.
# Introduction to the customer
You are helping a company add Aruba ClearPass to their network, which uses Aruba network infrastructure devices.
The company currently has a Windows domain and Windows CA. The Window CA issues certificates to domain computers, domain users, and servers such as domain controllers. An example of a certificate issued by the Windows CA is shown here.

The company is in the process of adding Microsoft Endpoint Manager (Intune) to manage its mobile clients.
The customer is maintaining the on-prem AD for now and uses Azure AD Connect to sync with Azure AD.
# Requirements for issuing certificates to mobile clients
The company wants to use ClearPass Onboard to deploy certificates automatically to mobile clients enrolled in Intune. During this process, Onboard should communicate with Azure AD to validate the clients. High availability should also be provided for this scenario; in other words, clients should be able to get certificates from Subscriber 2 if Subscriber 1 is down.
The Intune admins intend to create certificate profiles that include a UPN SAN with the UPN of the user who enrolled the device.
# Requirements for authenticating clients
The customer requires all types of clients to connect and authenticate on the same corporate SSID.
The company wants CPPM to use these authentication methods:
* EAP-TLS to authenticate users on mobile clients registered in Intune
* TEAR, with EAP-TLS as the inner method to authenticate Windows domain computers and the users on them To succeed, EAP-TLS (standalone or as a TEAP method) clients must meet these requirements:
Their certificate is valid and is not revoked, as validated by OCSP
The client's username matches an account in AD
# Requirements for assigning clients to roles
After authentication, the customer wants the CPPM to assign clients to ClearPass roles based on the following rules:
* Clients with certificates issued by Onboard are assigned the "mobile-onboarded" role
* Clients that have passed TEAP Method 1 are assigned the "domain-computer" role Clients in the AD group "Medical" are assigned the "medical-staff" role Clients in the AD group "Reception" are assigned to the "reception-staff" role The customer requires CPPM to assign authenticated clients to AOS firewall roles as follows:
* Assign medical staff on mobile-onboarded clients to the "medical-mobile" firewall role
* Assign other mobile-onboarded clients to the "mobile-other" firewall role
* Assign medical staff on domain computers to the "medical-domain" firewall role
* All reception staff on domain computers to the "reception-domain" firewall role
* All domain computers with no valid user logged in to the "computer-only" firewall role
* Deny other clients access
# Other requirements
Communications between ClearPass servers and on-prem AD domain controllers must be encrypted.
# Network topology
For the network infrastructure, this customer has Aruba APs and Aruba gateways, which are managed by Central. APs use tunneled WLANs, which tunnel traffic to the gateway cluster. The customer also has AOS-CX switches that are not managed by Central at this point.
# ClearPass cluster IP addressing and hostnames
A customer's ClearPass cluster has these IP addresses:
* Publisher = 10.47.47.5
* Subscriber 1 = 10.47.47.6
* Subscriber 2 = 10.47.47.7
* Virtual IP with Subscriber 1 and Subscriber 2 = 10.47.47.8
The customer's DNS server has these entries
* cp.acnsxtest.com = 10.47.47.5
* cps1.acnsxtest.com = 10.47.47.6
* cps2.acnsxtest.com = 10.47.47.7
* radius.acnsxtest.com = 10.47.47.8
* onboard.acnsxtest.com = 10.47.47.8
The customer needs a secure way for users to enroll their new wireless clients in Intune. You are recommending a new WLAN that will provide the users with limited access for the enrollment.
You have set up captive portal for clients on this WLAN to a web page with instructions for enrolling devices.
You will need to add several hostnames to the captive portal allowlist manually.
What is one of those hostnames?
- A. The ClearPass Onboard hostname referenced in Intune SCEP profiles
- B. The hostname used by the on-prem domain controllers
- C. The ClearPass Onboard hostname referenced in an Onboard provisioninG profile
- D. The hostname used by ClearPass Policy ManaGer's RADIUS services
Correct Answer: C 🗳️
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