ACP Performance Monitoring — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What performance metrics does Auvik monitor on network devices?
- Only uptime
- CPU utilization, memory usage, interface bandwidth, error rates, latency, and device availability (Correct answer)
- Only bandwidth
- Performance monitoring is not available
Correct answer: CPU utilization, memory usage, interface bandwidth, error rates, latency, and device availability
Auvik monitors comprehensive performance metrics including CPU, memory, interface statistics, error rates, latency, and availability across network devices.
Question 2: How does Auvik visualize performance trends over time?
- Only current values are shown
- Through time-series graphs showing historical performance data with customizable time ranges (Correct answer)
- Performance history is not retained
- Only daily averages are available
Correct answer: Through time-series graphs showing historical performance data with customizable time ranges
Auvik displays performance data as time-series graphs with adjustable time ranges, enabling trend analysis and capacity planning.
Question 3: What is the significance of interface error monitoring in Auvik?
- Interface errors are normal and ignorable
- Rising error rates on interfaces can indicate failing hardware, cable problems, or duplex mismatches (Correct answer)
- Errors only affect wireless interfaces
- Error monitoring is only for fiber connections
Correct answer: Rising error rates on interfaces can indicate failing hardware, cable problems, or duplex mismatches
Interface errors such as CRC errors, collisions, or input/output errors often indicate physical layer problems like bad cables, failing ports, or duplex mismatches.
Question 4: How should bandwidth utilization data be used for capacity planning?
- Bandwidth data is not useful for planning
- Analyze utilization trends to predict when upgrades will be needed and justify network investments (Correct answer)
- Only current utilization matters
- Capacity planning should be done without data
Correct answer: Analyze utilization trends to predict when upgrades will be needed and justify network investments
Historical bandwidth utilization trends enable accurate capacity planning by showing growth patterns and predicting when current capacity will be insufficient.
Question 5: What does high CPU utilization on a network device indicate?
- The device is performing optimally
- Potential overload from excessive traffic, routing processes, security inspection, or misconfiguration (Correct answer)
- CPU metrics are unreliable
- The device needs a firmware downgrade
Correct answer: Potential overload from excessive traffic, routing processes, security inspection, or misconfiguration
Sustained high CPU utilization may indicate the device is handling more traffic or processing than designed for, potentially causing performance degradation.
Question 6: How does Auvik help identify the root cause of network slowdowns?
- It cannot help with slowdown diagnosis
- By correlating performance metrics across devices to pinpoint where degradation originates (Correct answer)
- Only by restarting all devices
- Root cause analysis requires physical inspection
Correct answer: By correlating performance metrics across devices to pinpoint where degradation originates
Auvik helps identify root causes by showing correlated performance data across multiple devices, helping administrators trace slowdowns to their source.
ACP Performance Monitoring
What performance metrics does Auvik monitor on network devices?