A network administrator installs a new web server and notices that the server was configured with one quad-port NIC. In order to properly provision the hardware resources, how should the NIC be…

Each port on a quad-port NIC is a separate physical network interface that operates independently, requiring its own IP address to send and receive traffic. Assigning at least one IP address per port ensures all four interfaces are active and the full hardware capacity is properly provisioned.

Assigning multiple IP addresses to a single port uses IP aliasing on one interface and leaves the remaining three ports with no address and completely unused.

Assigning one IP to the quad-port NIC as a whole does not specify which physical port receives it and leaves three ports unprovisioned, defeating the purpose of a quad-port card.

A single IP address cannot be shared simultaneously across all four physical ports; each port is a distinct network interface that requires its own unique IP address.