Which configuration is required to monitor traffic from a specific VLAN on a Cisco Nexus switch using SPAN?

Apply an ACL to the VLAN to filter traffic

Enable NetFlow on the VLAN and export to a collector

Configure a SPAN session with the VLAN as the source and a destination port

Create a port-channel and assign the VLAN to it

A network engineer is configuring SPAN on a Nexus switch to monitor a high-traffic storage VLAN. The engineer notices that the SPAN destination port is dropping packets during peak hours. The source VLAN has multiple 10GbE hosts, and the destination is a 1GbE port. What is the best solution to reduce packet drops?

Use a SPAN session with 'rx' direction only.

Use multiple SPAN sessions to distribute the load.

Change the SPAN destination to a 10GbE port.

Enable SPAN on the supervisor to offload processing.

An engineer wants to send SPAN traffic from a Nexus switch to Cisco Nexus Dashboard for deep packet analysis. The switch has an available 10GbE port. What is the recommended way to integrate SPAN with Nexus Dashboard?

Configure a SPAN session with the destination as the Nexus Dashboard management interface.

Send SPAN traffic to a router that forwards it to Nexus Dashboard via SNMP.

Use ERSPAN to send the traffic directly to the Nexus Dashboard's IP address.

Use Cisco Nexus Dashboard Data Broker to receive SPAN traffic from the switch.

A network team wants to proactively identify anomalies in their data center traffic patterns before they impact applications. They have deployed Cisco Nexus Dashboard and want to use its AI-powered capabilities. Which feature should they enable?

Cisco Nexus Dashboard Data Broker

Cisco Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator

Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller

A data center team is implementing a monitoring solution. They have both traditional SPAN and Cisco Nexus Dashboard with AI-powered insights. They want to use both to get a complete view of their network. What is the best practice for integrating these tools?

Use only SPAN and ignore Nexus Dashboard to avoid extra costs.

Use SPAN for real-time packet capture and Nexus Dashboard for historical trend analysis and anomaly detection.

Use only Nexus Dashboard and disable SPAN to simplify operations.

Use SPAN to send all traffic to Nexus Dashboard for analysis.

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Part of the Storage Network domain, which accounts for 20% of the 350-601 exam. Cisco does not publish an official question count, but from its 120-minute exam (~50–80 total, ~10–16 in this domain), expect 3–4 from this objective — we provide 28 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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Questions 16–20

16foundation · easy
Which configuration is required to monitor traffic from a specific VLAN on a Cisco Nexus switch using SPAN?
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17expert · hard
A network engineer is configuring SPAN on a Nexus switch to monitor a high-traffic storage VLAN. The engineer notices that the SPAN destination port is dropping packets during peak hours. The source VLAN has multiple 10GbE hosts, and the destination is a 1GbE port. What is the best solution to reduce packet drops?
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18application · medium
An engineer wants to send SPAN traffic from a Nexus switch to Cisco Nexus Dashboard for deep packet analysis. The switch has an available 10GbE port. What is the recommended way to integrate SPAN with Nexus Dashboard?
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19application · medium
A network team wants to proactively identify anomalies in their data center traffic patterns before they impact applications. They have deployed Cisco Nexus Dashboard and want to use its AI-powered capabilities. Which feature should they enable?
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20expert · hard
A data center team is implementing a monitoring solution. They have both traditional SPAN and Cisco Nexus Dashboard with AI-powered insights. They want to use both to get a complete view of their network. What is the best practice for integrating these tools?
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