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SK0-003 · Question #889

A technician is trying to configure an SNMP management station to collect performance data from a proprietary application which has been installed on the company server. The management console runs…

The correct answer is C. The appropriate MIBs must be configured on the monitoring agent. To enable an SNMP management station to interpret performance data from a proprietary application, the appropriate MIBs must be configured on the monitoring console.

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Question

A technician is trying to configure an SNMP management station to collect performance data from a proprietary application which has been installed on the company server. The management console runs on a dedicated monitoring workstation. Which of the following should the technician configure in the monitoring console so that the agent can retrieve the proper performance data?

Options

  • AThe appropriate WMI queries must be configured on the monitoring agent.
  • BThe monitoring agent's service must have administrative rights on the server.
  • CThe appropriate MIBs must be configured on the monitoring agent.
  • DThe monitoring agent must be configured to send SNMP traps to the server.

How the community answered

(50 responses)
  • A
    10% (5)
  • B
    4% (2)
  • C
    70% (35)
  • D
    16% (8)

Why each option

To enable an SNMP management station to interpret performance data from a proprietary application, the appropriate MIBs must be configured on the monitoring console.

AThe appropriate WMI queries must be configured on the monitoring agent.

WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) is a Microsoft-specific technology for managing Windows components and is not directly used by an SNMP management station to interpret SNMP data from an agent.

BThe monitoring agent's service must have administrative rights on the server.

While the SNMP agent might require administrative rights on the server to access application data, this is a server-side permission, not a configuration on the monitoring console for data retrieval.

CThe appropriate MIBs must be configured on the monitoring agent.Correct

Management Information Bases (MIBs) are essential for SNMP because they define the structure and hierarchy of managed objects and their data within an SNMP-managed device, including proprietary application data. For the monitoring station to properly understand and display the performance data retrieved from the proprietary application's SNMP agent, it must have the specific MIBs for that application loaded and configured.

DThe monitoring agent must be configured to send SNMP traps to the server.

SNMP traps are unsolicited messages sent from the agent to the management station, typically for alerts or events, not for the management station to actively retrieve performance metrics.

Concept tested: SNMP MIB configuration for data interpretation

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/snmp/about-snmp

Topics

#SNMP#MIBs#network monitoring#performance data

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