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Select 3You are tasked with configuring alerts for a network monitoring solution in your enterprise environment. After enabling alerts for high CPU usage on critical devices, you notice that no alerts have been triggered despite sustained high CPU usage reported by the monitoring system. Which actions should you take to validate the alert configuration and functionality?
- A
Verify that the alert threshold is set appropriately for the devices being monitored.
- B
Check if the alerting system is integrated with the notification platform (e.g., email or SMS).
- C
Ensure that the monitoring tool has the correct permissions to access device performance metrics.
- D
Disable and re-enable all alerts to reset the configuration.
- E
Simulate high CPU usage on a test device to confirm alert triggering behavior.
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Correct answers: A, C, E
Explanation
To validate alert configuration and functionality, you need to ensure that the alert thresholds are correctly set, the monitoring system can access the required metrics, and you should test the alert trigger by simulating the conditions that would cause an alert. These steps help confirm that the alert system is working as intended and accurately detecting issues like high CPU usage.
- A. Correct.
Ensuring that the alert threshold is set appropriately is critical. If the threshold is too high or not configured correctly, the alert won't trigger even during valid conditions.
- B. Incorrect.
While integration with a notification platform is important for delivering alerts, it does not directly validate whether the alert configuration for high CPU usage is functional.
- C. Correct.
Verifying that the monitoring tool has the correct permissions ensures that it can fetch accurate performance metrics from the devices, which is essential for triggering alerts.
- D. Incorrect.
Disabling and re-enabling alerts is not a standard troubleshooting step for validating configuration or functionality. This action may cause unnecessary disruptions.
- E. Correct.
Simulating high CPU usage on a test device is a valid way to confirm if the alert configuration and functionality are working as expected.