A network engineer needs to collect the running configuration from 50 routers every night and save the output to a central server. The engineer wants to minimize manual effort and ensure consistency. Which approach is best?

Ask each site's staff to email the configuration after making changes.

Use a Python script that connects to each router via SSH and executes 'show running-config'.

Manually log into each router via Telnet and copy the configuration.

Use an NMS to poll SNMP for the running configuration.

A small company has two offices connected via the internet. The IT team wants to securely manage network devices in the remote office as if they were on the local LAN, without exposing management interfaces directly to the internet. Which solution best meets this requirement?

Use a remote-access VPN for each individual administrator

Configure a site-to-site VPN between the two offices

Enable Telnet on the remote devices and allow port 23 through the firewall

Expose the management interfaces to the internet with strong passwords

A small business with multiple locations wants to manage its network devices from a single web dashboard without maintaining an on-premises NMS server. Which solution is most appropriate?

Install a Linux server at each location running an open-source NMS.

Deploy a cloud-managed networking solution like Cisco Meraki and manage devices via the Meraki dashboard.

Set up a site-to-site VPN and use a terminal emulator to access each device.

Use SSH to each device and manually configure monitoring scripts on a central server.

A network administrator needs to collect configuration backups from 200 devices nightly. The devices support both SNMP and SSH. The administrator wants to minimize the load on the devices and ensure reliable backups. Which approach is best?

Use SNMP to retrieve the configuration from each device

Manually SSH to each device once a week

Use a Python script that connects via SSH and issues 'show running-config' on each device

Use Telnet to each device and capture the output

A network team needs to collect the running configuration from 50 routers every night and save it to a central server. The routers support SSH. Which method is most efficient and consistent?

Use SNMP to retrieve the running configuration

Have an administrator manually SSH to each router and copy the output

Use Telnet to each router and capture the output

Write a Python script that uses SSH to log in to each router and execute 'show running-config'

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