Which action ensures compliance with PowerFlex alerting configurations?

Question

Options

• AEnable SNMP traps for event monitoring
• BAssign alerts to fault sets
• CEnable snapshot retention policies
• DConfigure VLAN tagging for alert traffic

• A
  91% (30)
• C
  6% (2)
• D
  3% (1)

Explanation

Enabling SNMP traps is the correct mechanism for ensuring compliance with PowerFlex alerting configurations because SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) traps are the standard protocol PowerFlex uses to send event notifications to external monitoring systems such as SolarWinds or Nagios. Without SNMP traps configured, alerts generated by PowerFlex cannot be forwarded to or acknowledged by centralized management tools, leaving the system effectively silent during fault conditions.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• B (Fault sets): Fault sets are rack-aware data placement constructs used for high-availability protection, not an alerting mechanism.
• C (Snapshot retention policies): These govern how long data snapshots are kept - a data management concern entirely unrelated to alerting.
• D (VLAN tagging for alert traffic): VLAN tagging is a network segmentation feature; PowerFlex alerting compliance does not require segregating alert traffic onto a dedicated VLAN.

Memory tip: Think "SNMP = Sending Notifications to Monitoring Platforms." If PowerFlex needs to tell someone about a problem, it uses SNMP traps - that's the alerting pipeline. Fault sets protect data, snapshots protect point-in-time copies, and VLANs protect network segments - none of those are about sending alerts.

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