Which tool is commonly used to document and manage IP address allocations?

IP Address Management (IPAM) software

What is the main purpose of documenting IP address allocations?

To increase the speed of the network

To prevent IP address conflicts and aid troubleshooting

To reduce the number of IP addresses needed

A company's network inventory spreadsheet is maintained by a single administrator who manually updates it after every hardware change. Recently, a switch failed and the replacement was installed, but the inventory was not updated. A technician later spends 30 minutes locating the switch because the inventory shows it in a different rack. Which process change would BEST prevent this issue from recurring?

Require the purchasing department to notify the network team when new hardware is ordered.

Create a standard operating procedure (SOP) that requires inventory updates to be completed as part of any hardware installation or decommissioning task.

Ask the technician who installed the replacement to email the inventory owner with the new details.

Schedule a quarterly audit of the inventory against the physical network.

An administrator is planning to add a new subnet for a guest wireless network. The current IP address documentation is a static spreadsheet that is not linked to the DHCP server. The administrator wants to ensure the new subnet does not conflict with existing static assignments. Which action is the MOST effective way to prevent IP conflicts during the rollout?

Configure the DHCP server to use a ping sweep before assigning an address to verify it is not in use.

Ask all department heads to report which static IP addresses their teams use.

Consult the IP address documentation to identify the range of static addresses and configure the DHCP scope to exclude that range.

Assign the new subnet a completely different IP range that is not documented anywhere.

What does a wiring schematic primarily show?

The logical flow of data between devices

The performance metrics of the network

The IP addresses of network devices

The physical path and termination of cables

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A company's network inventory spreadsheet is maintained by a single administrator who manually updates it after every hardware change. Recently, a switch failed and the replacement was installed, but the inventory was not updated. A technician later spends 30 minutes locating the switch because the inventory shows it in a different rack. Which process change would BEST prevent this issue from recurring?
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