ACMA Network Management & Monitoring 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which Aruba platform provides cloud-based centralized management for wireless and wired networks?
- Aruba Central (Correct answer)
- AirWave
- ClearPass
- Aruba Activate
Correct answer: Aruba Central
Aruba Central is Aruba's cloud-based network management solution that provides centralized visibility and control over wired and wireless infrastructure.
Question 2: Which Aruba management solution is deployed on-premises specifically for WLAN management and RF monitoring?
- Aruba Central
- AirWave (Correct answer)
- Aruba Activate
- NetEdit
Correct answer: AirWave
AirWave is Aruba's on-premises WLAN management and monitoring platform that provides RF visualization, client tracking, and historical reporting.
Question 3: Which SNMP version provides both authentication and encryption for secure network device monitoring?
- SNMPv1
- SNMPv2c
- SNMPv3 (Correct answer)
- SNMPv2u
Correct answer: SNMPv3
SNMPv3 introduced user-based security with MD5/SHA authentication and DES/AES encryption, making it the only version with strong security controls.
Question 4: What is the primary purpose of syslog in network management?
- To encrypt management traffic between devices
- To collect and store event and diagnostic log messages from devices (Correct answer)
- To assign IP addresses to network infrastructure
- To authenticate administrator access to devices
Correct answer: To collect and store event and diagnostic log messages from devices
Syslog is a standard protocol for forwarding event and diagnostic log messages from network devices to a centralized log server for storage and analysis.
Question 5: In Aruba Central, which feature allows administrators to apply a common configuration to multiple devices at once?
- SNMP polling profiles
- Configuration templates (Correct answer)
- Syslog forwarding rules
- RADIUS proxy groups
Correct answer: Configuration templates
Aruba Central's configuration templates allow administrators to define a standard configuration and push it to multiple devices simultaneously, simplifying large-scale management.
Question 6: Which tool in the Aruba ecosystem is specifically designed to automate the initial provisioning and onboarding of new Aruba devices?
- AirWave
- ClearPass
- Aruba Activate (Correct answer)
- Aruba Central
Correct answer: Aruba Activate
Aruba Activate is a cloud-based provisioning service that automatically configures new Aruba devices and directs them to the correct management platform upon first boot.
Question 7: What is the default UDP port used by SNMP for polling network devices?
- 23
- 161 (Correct answer)
- 443
- 514
Correct answer: 161
SNMP uses UDP port 161 for polling (GET/SET operations) and UDP port 162 for receiving traps from monitored devices.
ACMA Network Management & Monitoring 1
Which Aruba platform provides cloud-based centralized management for wireless and wired networks?