350-501 Question #186: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

Question

The administrator of a small company network notices that intermittent network issues occasionally cause inbound notifications to its SNMP servers to be lost. Which configuration must the administrator apply so that the SNMP servers acknowledge the notifications that they receive?

Options

• Asnmp-server community ciscotest rw 10
• Bsnmp-server host tests.cisco.com public
• Csnmp-server enable traps bgp
• Dsnmp-server enable traps snmp

Explanation

The question asks how to configure SNMP servers to acknowledge notifications, but the correct option enables sending BGP-specific SNMP traps, which are inherently unacknowledged.

Common mistakes.

• A. This command configures an SNMP community string and an access list for security, not for enabling specific notification types or acknowledging them.
• B. This command configures an SNMP host to receive traps or informs, but it does not specify the type of notification (trap vs. inform) or enable specific trap categories. By default, it sends unacknowledged traps.
• D. This command enables general SNMP-specific traps like link status or authentication failures, but the correct answer specifically refers to BGP traps.

Concept tested. SNMP trap configuration and types

Reference. https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/snmp/configuration/xe-3s/snmp-xe-3s-book/nm-snmp-cfg-snmp-support.html

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