Which statement correctly describes the factory default on an HPE Aruba Networking CX switch?

The correct answer is C. Default VLAN 1 is created by default. HPE Aruba Networking AOS-CX documentation states that all switch ports are part of access VLAN 1 by default. This confirms that VLAN 1 exists in the factory-default configuration and is the default VLAN used by switch ports. Option B is incorrect because AOS-CX VSF documentation states that users cannot disable VSF and that a factory-default switch boots as a VSF-enabled device with member ID 1 on supported VSF platforms. Option A is not the best answer because static routing is not described as the defining factory-default setting in the same way VLAN 1 is. Static routes are administrator-created route entries, but the clearly documented default behavior in the listed choices is that VLAN 1 exists by default. Option D is incorrect because multicast routing is not enabled by default as a general factory-default behavior. Therefore, the statement that correctly describes the factory default is that default VLAN 1 is created and switch ports belong to it by default.