ACSP Network Monitoring and Management 2

Question 1

An administrator wants to monitor real-time traffic flows on an Aruba switch without impacting production traffic. Which feature should they use?

Accepted Answer

Port mirroring (SPAN)

Answer

Port mirroring (SPAN) copies traffic from a source port to a monitor port in real time without impacting the forwarded traffic.

Question 2

Which SNMPv3 security level provides both authentication and encryption?

Accepted Answer

authPriv

Answer

authPriv uses both an authentication protocol (MD5 or SHA) and a privacy protocol (DES or AES) to secure SNMP communications.

Question 3

A network engineer needs to track when interfaces go up or down on Aruba switches. What is the most efficient method?

Accepted Answer

Configuring SNMP traps for linkUp and linkDown events

Answer

SNMP traps send immediate event-driven notifications when interface state changes occur, eliminating the latency and overhead of polling.

Question 4

Which Aruba Central feature allows an administrator to set up automated alerts when a switch CPU exceeds a defined threshold?

Accepted Answer

Threshold-based alerts in the Alerts & Events module

Answer

Aruba Central's Alerts & Events module allows configuring threshold-based alerts that trigger notifications when metrics like CPU utilization exceed defined limits.

Question 5

What does the 'debug destination' command control on an Aruba switch?

Accepted Answer

Where debug log output is sent (session, syslog, or buffer)

Answer

The 'debug destination' command specifies where debug output is directed, such as to the current session, a buffer, or a syslog server.

(ACSP) Aruba Certified Switching Professional Practice Test

(ACSP) Aruba Certified Switching Professional Practice Test

ACSP Network Monitoring and Management 2