A branch office needs a simple, cost-effective network for 30 users. The IT manager wants centralized management and easy troubleshooting, but also wants to avoid a single point of failure for the entire office. Which design best meets these needs?

A full mesh of switches where every switch connects to every other switch

Two switches in a star topology, with users split between them and a link between the switches

A single switch with all users connected directly to it

A ring topology of switches with no central device

When implementing a partial mesh topology in a network, what is the primary design consideration?

Using a single central switch for all connections

Ensuring critical nodes have redundant paths

Placing all nodes in a single broadcast domain

Connecting every node to every other node

What is a common best practice when implementing a spine-and-leaf topology?

Connect each leaf to only one spine to reduce cabling

Use equal-cost multipath (ECMP) to load balance traffic across all spines

Place all servers on a single leaf switch

Use a spanning tree protocol to prevent loops

A hospital is deploying a new star topology for its patient monitoring system. Each of the 12 monitoring stations must remain available even if the central switch fails. The network team has a budget for exactly one additional switch. What is the most effective way to implement this?

Dual-home each monitoring station to both switches using two NICs

Connect half the stations to the primary switch and half to the secondary switch, with a link between the switches

Connect all monitoring stations to the primary switch and keep the secondary switch as a cold spare

Connect all stations to the secondary switch and use the primary as a router

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11application · medium
A branch office needs a simple, cost-effective network for 30 users. The IT manager wants centralized management and easy troubleshooting, but also wants to avoid a single point of failure for the entire office. Which design best meets these needs?
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12foundation · easy
When implementing a partial mesh topology in a network, what is the primary design consideration?
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13foundation · easy
What is a common best practice when implementing a spine-and-leaf topology?
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14application · medium
A hospital is deploying a new star topology for its patient monitoring system. Each of the 12 monitoring stations must remain available even if the central switch fails. The network team has a budget for exactly one additional switch. What is the most effective way to implement this?
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15expert · hard
A data center architect is designing a spine-and-leaf fabric. The fabric will have 4 spine switches and 20 leaf switches. The architect wants to ensure that the fabric can tolerate the failure of any two spine switches without losing connectivity between any two leaf switches. What is the minimum number of uplinks each leaf switch must have?
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