300-445 Question 21
Select 4An enterprise organization is deploying a network assurance solution to monitor and analyze critical network performance and security metrics. The network spans multiple branch offices, a central data center, and a public cloud environment where critical workloads reside. To ensure both optimal network assurance and security compliance, where should the agents be deployed?
- A
At the data center to monitor core network traffic and application performance.
- B
At each branch office to monitor local traffic and detect potential security issues.
- C
In the public cloud environment to monitor workloads and traffic within the cloud.
- D
On end-user devices to provide detailed insight into individual application behavior.
- E
On the corporate VPN gateway to monitor remote user traffic entering the network.
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Correct answers: A, B, C, E
Explanation
To meet network assurance and security requirements, agents must be strategically deployed in locations that provide broad visibility and monitoring capabilities. The data center, branch offices, public cloud, and VPN gateway are critical locations for ensuring the organization's network performance and security are consistently analyzed and maintained. End-user devices, while potentially useful for specific insights, are not practical for large-scale enterprise deployments.
- A. Correct.
Deploying agents at the data center is essential for monitoring critical core network traffic, application performance, and ensuring security compliance for centralized resources.
- B. Correct.
Deploying agents at branch offices provides visibility into local traffic, ensuring performance and security are maintained for branch operations.
- C. Correct.
Deploying agents in the public cloud is necessary to monitor workloads and traffic specific to the cloud environment, addressing both network assurance and security concerns.
- D. Incorrect.
While deploying agents on end-user devices can provide granular insights, this approach is not scalable or practical for enterprise-wide network assurance. It also does not align with centralized monitoring needs.
- E. Correct.
Deploying agents on the corporate VPN gateway enables monitoring of remote user traffic as it enters the network, ensuring security and performance requirements are met for remote connections.