Module 6: Device Monitoring and Management

Question 1

What is Cisco IOS Resilient Configuration Feature?

Answer 1

It allows for faster recovery of the OS if the router is wiped or formats the flash memory

Question 2

What does the command: secure boot-image do?

Answer 2

Takes a snapshot of the OS image file.

Question 3

What does the command: secure boot-config do?

Answer 3

Takes a snapshot of the running config file.

Question 4

What does the command: show secure bootset do?

Answer 4

verifies the archives

Question 5

What is Cisco Secure Copy

Answer 5

Allows for remote copying of the IOS files and config files

Question 6

What does the the no service password-recovery command do?

Answer 6

disables the ability to recover the password

Question 7

What is a dynamic routing protocol?

Answer 7

Network discovery and maintaining routing tables.

Question 8

What are some benefits of dynamic routing?

Answer 8

the ability to select a best path, and the ability to automatically discover a new best path when there is a change in the topology.

Question 9

What does ip ospf message-digest-key key md5 password interface configuration command do?

Answer 9

Enables OSPF on the router

Question 10

What are the 2 types of management access

Answer 10

In-bound and out-of-bound

Question 11

What is in-band management access

Answer 11

Information flows across an enterprise production network, the Internet, or both, using regular data channels.

Question 12

What is out-of-band management access

Answer 12

Information flows on a dedicated management network on which no production traffic resides. generally used in large enterprises

Question 13

What is syslog?

Answer 13

A method to access system messages

Question 14

What are the 3 primary functions of syslog?

Answer 14

The ability to gather logging information for monitoring and troubleshooting

The ability to select the type of logging information that is captured

The ability to specify the destinations of captured syslog messages

Question 15

How many levels of alerts does syslog have?

Answer 15

7 alert levels

Question 16

What are syslog servers?

Answer 16

Also known as log hosts, these systems accept and process log messages from syslog clients.

Question 17

What are syslog clients?

Answer 17

Routers or other types of equipment that generate and forward log messages to syslog servers.

Question 18

What is NTP

Answer 18

Network Time Protocol

Question 19

What is a stratum?

Answer 19

NTP networks use a hierarchical system of time sources. Each level in this hierarchical system is called a stratum.

Question 20

What does the show clock detail command do?

Answer 20

displays the current time source

Question 21

What does ntp server ip-address do?

Answer 21

configures the NTP server the device should connect to

Question 22

What does the show ntp associations and show ntp status?

Answer 22

verifies the device is synchronised

Question 23

What is Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) ?

Answer 23

Is a way for different devices on a network to share information with one another.

Question 24

What does the get request do?

Answer 24

Used by the NMS to query the device for data.

Question 25

What does the set request do?

Answer 25

Used by the NMS to change configuration variables in the agent device.