Network Management

• Describe the key to fault tolerance in network design. Provide examples of fault tolerant topologies. Define mirroring and server mirroring. Describe the necessary requirement for server mirroring.
• Describe clustering and explain why it is more cost-effective than mirroring for large networks. Define disk duplexing and describe how it is related to disk mirroring.
• Explain the concept of a backup strategy and provide a list of eight questions the strategy should address.
• Explain how a network management application can present an administrator with results after data is collected.
• List six characteristics that software running on network devices may use to prioritize traffic. Describe how to:
  • Select an asset management tool.
  • Perform a patch installation.
  • Perform a client software upgrade.

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