5.0 AI, Network Operations and Management

Network Management Approaches Practice Questions

Updated for CCNA v2.0

Device-based, cloud-based, controller-based, automation-based, and infrastructure as code management.

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An engineer connects to each switch over SSH and enters commands one device at a time. Which management approach is this?

Device-based management

Device-based management configures and monitors each device individually, usually through the CLI. It gives full control but does not scale well and invites configuration drift.

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