CCDE: Cisco Certified Design Expert (Written) — Question 49

Your enterprise customer has asked where they should deploy flow monitoring in their network to monitor traffic between branch offices. What is your design recommendation?

Answer options

• A. at the edge of the network so that user traffic will be seen
• B. at the central site, because all traffic from the remotes will be seen there.
• C. in the core, because all traffic will be seen there
• D. in the data center, because all user traffic will be seen there

Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is B because placing flow monitoring at the central site ensures that all traffic from remote branch offices passes through, allowing comprehensive visibility. Options A, C, and D are not optimal; A only captures traffic at the network's edge, C may not see all branch traffic, and D focuses on the data center, which might not have visibility over all branch-to-branch communications.