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An enterprise needs to grant temporary, federated access to Huawei Cloud for employees authenticated via on-premises Active Directory using SAML. Which IAM construct enables this?

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Key Facts: HCIE-Cloud Service Exam

90 min

Time Limit

Huawei H13-831

600/1000

Passing Score

Huawei

$300

Written Exam Fee

Pearson VUE 2026

7

Content Domains

Huawei H13-831 V2.0 outline

18 months

Written Result Validity

Huawei certification policy

Pearson VUE

Testing Provider

Huawei

The HCIE-Cloud Service written stage (H13-831 V2.0) is a 90-minute Pearson VUE exam scored 0-1000 with a 600 passing score. It costs USD $300 and tests seven domains: enterprise context (1%), underlying technologies (10%), architecture design (25%), migration (23%), O&M and optimization (11%), service enablement (14%), and industry best practices (16%). A passing written result remains valid for 18 months in which to take the lab.

Sample HCIE-Cloud Service Practice Questions

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1An enterprise needs to deploy a transactional ERP system on Huawei Cloud that requires consistent CPU performance, large memory, and ultra-low storage latency. Which ECS instance family is the best fit?
A.General computing-plus C-series instances
B.Memory-optimized M-series instances with EVS Extreme SSD
C.Disk-intensive D-series instances with local SAS disks
D.GPU-accelerated P-series instances
Explanation: ERP workloads are memory-bound, transactional, and latency-sensitive. M-series memory-optimized ECS provides the high vCPU-to-memory ratio that ERP databases need, and EVS Extreme SSD delivers sub-millisecond latency required for transactional I/O.
2A bank requires single-tenant physical isolation for its core banking workload while still consuming Huawei Cloud services. Which compute option satisfies the regulatory requirement with the lowest operational overhead?
A.ECS in a shared resource pool
B.BMS bare-metal servers in a Dedicated Cloud (DeC)
C.CCE worker nodes on shared ECS
D.FunctionGraph functions
Explanation: Dedicated Cloud (DeC) provides physically isolated host clusters and supports BMS bare-metal servers, satisfying single-tenant regulatory requirements while integrating with native Huawei Cloud services.
3Which statement about Huawei Cloud VPC peering is correct when interconnecting VPCs across different regions?
A.VPC peering supports cross-region peering natively without any additional service
B.VPC peering only works inside the same region; cross-region traffic requires Cloud Connect
C.VPC peering supports cross-region only when both VPCs use the same CIDR
D.VPC peering requires Direct Connect between regions
Explanation: Huawei Cloud VPC peering connects VPCs only within the same region. To interconnect VPCs across different regions you use Cloud Connect (CC) which provides a global mesh over the Huawei backbone.
4An online media platform must absorb sudden Layer-7 traffic surges while doing TLS termination, host-based routing, and WebSocket support across multiple AZs. Which Huawei Cloud load balancer type is the best fit?
A.Network load balancer (TCP/UDP) shared instance
B.Dedicated load balancer in application (Layer 7) mode
C.Global Accelerator only
D.ECS-hosted HAProxy in a single AZ
Explanation: Dedicated ELB in application mode supports Layer-7 features such as host/path routing, TLS termination, WebSocket, and HTTP/2, with guaranteed performance and cross-AZ deployment, ideal for unpredictable Layer-7 traffic.
5Archive data with retrieval times measured in hours and the lowest possible per-GB storage cost. Which OBS storage class should be selected?
A.OBS Standard
B.OBS Infrequent Access
C.OBS Archive
D.OBS Deep Archive (Cold Archive)
Explanation: OBS Deep Archive (Cold Archive) is the lowest-cost class for data accessed less than once a year with restore times measured in hours, suited for long-term compliance archives.
6A retailer must replicate production block storage between two AZs in the same region with RPO close to zero and automated failover. Which Huawei Cloud service should be used?
A.CBR Cloud Backup and Recovery only
B.SDRS Storage Disaster Recovery Service
C.OBS cross-region replication
D.CSG Cloud Storage Gateway
Explanation: SDRS provides synchronous block-level replication of EVS disks between two AZs of the same region with near-zero RPO and orchestrated failover, the architecture for active-passive DR within a region.
7An application requires a managed MySQL-compatible distributed database able to scale horizontally to hundreds of TB while maintaining strong consistency. Which Huawei Cloud database service should be selected?
A.RDS for MySQL (single-instance)
B.GaussDB(for MySQL) distributed
C.DDS DocumentDB
D.DCS Redis
Explanation: GaussDB(for MySQL) distributed offers MySQL wire-protocol compatibility, decoupled compute and storage, horizontal scale into hundreds of TB, and strong consistency, designed for high-end OLTP scale-out.
8Which Huawei Cloud service is the recommended primary tool for migrating an on-premises Oracle 11g database to GaussDB while reducing schema-conversion effort?
A.DRS Data Replication Service alone
B.UGO Database and Application Migration combined with DRS
C.OBS Migration Service
D.SMS Server Migration Service
Explanation: UGO converts heterogeneous database schemas and SQL/PLSQL objects from Oracle to GaussDB, while DRS performs the data synchronization. The standard pattern is UGO for schema and SQL conversion, then DRS for data load and ongoing CDC.
9A SaaS team wants serverless container workloads that bill per second of pod runtime, support Kubernetes APIs, and require no node management. Which service should they choose?
A.CCE standard cluster
B.CCE Turbo
C.CCI Cloud Container Instance
D.ECS with self-managed kubeadm
Explanation: CCI is Huawei Cloud serverless Kubernetes, billing per pod CPU/memory by the second with no node management, ideal for bursty stateless workloads needing Kubernetes APIs.
10An enterprise needs to grant temporary, federated access to Huawei Cloud for employees authenticated via on-premises Active Directory using SAML. Which IAM construct enables this?
A.IAM users with permanent access keys
B.IAM identity providers with federated agencies and SAML assertions
C.Cloud Bastion Host accounts
D.OBS bucket policies
Explanation: IAM identity providers configured with SAML metadata, mapped to agencies (roles), let federated users from on-premises AD assume temporary credentials in Huawei Cloud without provisioning permanent IAM users.

About the HCIE-Cloud Service Exam

The HCIE-Cloud Service Solutions Architect (H13-831) written exam validates expert-level skills in designing, migrating, optimizing, and operating production solutions on Huawei Cloud. It is the first of three stages (written, lab, interview) required for HCIE certification.

Questions

60 scored questions

Time Limit

90 minutes

Passing Score

600/1000

Exam Fee

USD $300 (written) (Huawei (delivered by Pearson VUE))

HCIE-Cloud Service Exam Content Outline

~1%

Cloud-based Architecture Design of Enterprises

Enterprise drivers, TCO modeling, and stakeholder alignment that frame cloud architecture decisions.

~10%

Underlying Cloud Technologies

Hypervisor live migration, smart-NIC offload, VXLAN/SDN overlays, distributed storage with erasure coding, AZ/region fault isolation, and Kunpeng/x86 compute foundations.

~25%

Cloud-based Architecture Design

ECS/BMS/DeC compute, VPC/Cloud Connect/Direct Connect/ELB/Global Accelerator networking, EVS/OBS/SFS/SDRS/CBR storage, RDS/GaussDB/DDS/DCS/GeminiDB databases, CCE/CCE Turbo/CCI/FunctionGraph/ASM containers and serverless, IAM/KMS/HSS/WAF/AAD/CFW security, and well-architected pillars.

~23%

Cloud Migration

Cloud Adoption Framework phases, the 6 R's, server migration with SMS, database migration with UGO + DRS, object migration with OMS and DES, MgC orchestration, and cutover planning for low-RTO systems.

~11%

Cloud O&M and Optimization

Cloud Eye, CTS, LTS, Config, APM, RFS/AOS infrastructure-as-code, Organizations SCPs, FinOps right-sizing, Reserved Instances, lifecycle policies, and SRE practices.

~14%

Cloud Service Enablement

Application PaaS (ServiceStage), service mesh (ASM), serverless (FunctionGraph), AI (ModelArts), IoT (IoTDA, IoT Edge), media (Live, MPC, VOD), big data (MRS, DLI, DWS, GES), DataArts Studio, and DevCloud/CodeArts CI/CD.

~16%

Industry Best Practices of Huawei Cloud

Reference architectures for FSI, government, healthcare, retail and flash sales, manufacturing/IoT, media streaming, gaming, 5G MEC, and Huawei Cloud Stack hybrid scenarios with MLPS and GDPR considerations.

How to Pass the HCIE-Cloud Service Exam

What You Need to Know

  • Passing score: 600/1000
  • Exam length: 60 questions
  • Time limit: 90 minutes
  • Exam fee: USD $300 (written)

Keys to Passing

  • Complete 500+ practice questions
  • Score 80%+ consistently before scheduling
  • Focus on highest-weighted sections
  • Use our AI tutor for tough concepts

HCIE-Cloud Service Study Tips from Top Performers

1Anchor study time to the official domain weights - architecture design (25%) and migration (23%) together carry almost half of the exam.
2Practice picking between similar Huawei Cloud services (e.g. CCE vs CCE Turbo vs CCI; SDRS vs CBR vs OBS CRR) since the exam tests trade-off reasoning.
3Memorize migration tooling: SMS for servers, DRS for databases, UGO for heterogeneous schema, OMS for objects, DES for offline bulk, MgC for orchestration.
4Know the well-architected pillars (operational excellence, security, reliability, performance efficiency, cost optimization) and how each maps to Huawei Cloud services.
5Drill industry case studies (FSI, government, retail flash sales, manufacturing IoT) since 16% of items are scenario-based reference architectures.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the HCIE-Cloud Service written exam format?

H13-831 is a 90-minute computer-based written exam at Pearson VUE with single-answer, multiple-answer, true/false, short-answer, and drag-and-drop items, scored on a 0-1000 scale. It is the first of three stages (written, lab, interview).

What are the HCIE-Cloud Service exam domains and weights?

The written exam covers seven domains: Cloud-based Architecture Design of Enterprises (1%), Underlying Cloud Technologies (10%), Cloud-based Architecture Design (25%), Cloud Migration (23%), Cloud O&M and Optimization (11%), Cloud Service Enablement (14%), and Industry Best Practices of Huawei Cloud (16%).

How much does the HCIE-Cloud Service written exam cost?

The H13-831 written exam fee is USD $300, paid through Pearson VUE when scheduling. The lab and interview stages are billed separately and required to earn full HCIE certification.

What is the passing score for the HCIE-Cloud Service written exam?

Candidates need 600 out of 1000 to pass the written stage. A passing written result is valid for 18 months in which to schedule the lab exam.

Are there prerequisites for the HCIE-Cloud Service exam?

Huawei does not enforce a formal prerequisite, but candidates are expected to have hands-on Huawei Cloud architecture experience and are strongly encouraged to complete HCIP-Cloud Service Solutions Architect-level study before attempting HCIE.

How is the HCIE-Cloud Service different from HCIE-Cloud Computing?

HCIE-Cloud Service Solutions Architect focuses on architecting solutions on the Huawei public cloud (and Huawei Cloud Stack hybrid). HCIE-Cloud Computing focuses on private cloud infrastructure built on Huawei FusionSphere/CloudFabric.