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Select 3You are tasked with validating the alert configuration in your enterprise network monitoring system to ensure it correctly detects high CPU utilization on critical servers. During testing, no alerts are triggered even when CPU usage exceeds the configured threshold. Which of the following steps should you take to troubleshoot and validate the alert configuration?
- A
Verify that the monitoring tool is successfully collecting real-time CPU utilization metrics from the servers.
- B
Check if the alert threshold is set to a value lower than the observed CPU utilization during testing.
- C
Ensure that the alert notification settings (e.g., email, SMS) are properly configured.
- D
Test the alert functionality by artificially generating high CPU utilization on the servers.
- E
Replace the monitoring tool with a different solution that has preconfigured alert templates.
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Correct answers: A, B, D
Explanation
To validate alert configuration and functionality, it is essential to ensure that the monitoring system is collecting accurate data, the alert threshold aligns with expected conditions, and alerts trigger correctly during testing. Steps such as verifying data collection, checking threshold configurations, and performing controlled tests are critical to identifying and resolving issues. Notification settings and tool replacement are secondary concerns in this scenario.
- A. Correct.
Correct. The monitoring tool must be collecting real-time data for alerts to trigger. If there is an issue with data collection, the alert system cannot function.
- B. Correct.
Correct. If the alert threshold is set too high, it will not trigger an alert even when CPU utilization exceeds acceptable levels. Verifying the threshold ensures it aligns with the test conditions.
- C. Incorrect.
Incorrect. While notification settings are important, they do not impact whether the alert itself is triggered. This step is about validating alert functionality, not notifications.
- D. Correct.
Correct. Generating high CPU utilization manually during testing helps confirm that the alert triggers as expected under the configured conditions.
- E. Incorrect.
Incorrect. Replacing the monitoring tool is not necessary unless the current tool is fundamentally incapable of meeting requirements, which is not indicated in this scenario.