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Difficulty: MediumCisco DNA Center Enabled Device Management

A network operations team is leveraging Cisco DNA Center Assurance to monitor the overall health and operational status of enterprise Cisco Catalyst switches. Which TWO statements accurately describe how Cisco DNA Center gathers telemetry and evaluates device health? (Select TWO.)

  1. Cisco DNA Center collects telemetry data such as Syslog messages, SNMP traps, and NetFlow streams pushed directly from managed network devices.Answer
  2. Cisco DNA Center calculates dynamic health scores for devices by aggregating Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) across network, client, and application domains.Answer
  3. C
    Cisco DNA Center requires a proprietary software agent installed locally on each switch CLI to execute background health monitoring scripts.
  4. D
    Managed switches issue HTTP POST requests to Cisco DNA Center REST APIs to update the controller inventory database when interface link state changes occur.
  5. E
    Cisco DNA Center relies exclusively on TACACS+ accounting logs to measure packet drop rates and physical layer interface degradation.

Answer

Cisco DNA Center gathers telemetry using streaming protocols, SNMP traps, Syslog, and NetFlow from managed devices, and evaluates overall health by computing dynamic health scores from aggregated Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
Cisco DNA Center Assurance continuously monitors network performance by gathering telemetry data (Syslog, SNMP, NetFlow) from network devices and synthesizing this information into dynamic health scores using Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify how Cisco DNA Center collects health and operational data from managed devices.
Cisco DNA Center uses agentless monitoring via streaming telemetry, SNMP, Syslog, and NetFlow.
Standard network management telemetry protocols allow centralized collection without local software agents on switch endpoints.
2
Determine how Cisco DNA Center Assurance quantifies device and network health.
Assurance computes dynamic health scores based on aggregated Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
Health scores normalize complex metrics into actionable ratings for network, client, and application status.

Key Concept

Cisco DNA Center Assurance Telemetry and Health Score Assessment
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