5.6 Explain the Use of Analytics to Optimize Network Configurations and Reporting SD-WAN-ENGINEER Practice Questions (Page 6)

Questions 26–29

1. 26expert · hard

   A multinational company must provide a compliance report to regulators in two countries. Country A requires a report showing all traffic flows with source/destination IPs. Country B prohibits the export of source IP addresses due to privacy laws. The company uses a single SD-WAN platform. What is the best reporting practice to satisfy both requirements?

   • AProvide the raw data export to both regulators and let them filter it.
   • BRefuse to provide any report to Country B.
   • CGenerate one global report with source IPs and submit it to both regulators.
   • DGenerate two separate reports: one with source IPs for Country A and one with anonymized data for Country B.
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2. 27foundation · easy

   What is the primary purpose of using analytics in an SD-WAN environment?

   • ATo provide insights that guide configuration changes and improve network performance
   • BTo automatically block all traffic that does not match a predefined baseline
   • CTo generate billing reports for customers based on bandwidth usage
   • DTo replace the need for manual network configuration entirely
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4. 28expert · hard

   A company's SD-WAN analytics platform is configured to automatically adjust path selection when link latency exceeds 100 ms. During a maintenance window, a technician accidentally introduces a routing loop that causes latency to spike to 500 ms on all links. The automation immediately fails over traffic to alternate paths, but the loop affects all paths, causing a total outage. What is the best practice to prevent this scenario?

   • AAdd more alternate paths to the network.
   • BIncrease the latency threshold to 600 ms to avoid triggering during the loop.
   • CConfigure a 'hysteresis' or 'hold-down' timer so the automation waits for a sustained latency issue before failing over.
   • DDisable automated path adjustments and rely on manual monitoring.
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5. 29foundation · easy

   An SD-WAN engineer notices that a branch office is experiencing intermittent application latency. Which analytics capability is most directly used to identify the root cause of this performance issue?

   • AChecking the device inventory to confirm the branch router model supports the required throughput
   • BReviewing historical traffic flow data to detect patterns of packet loss or jitter on specific links
   • CConfiguring a new VPN tunnel to provide an alternate path for all traffic
   • DGenerating a compliance report to verify that firewall policies are up to date
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