CompTIA Network+ (N10-008) — Question 111

After a firewall replacement, some alarms and metrics related to network availability stopped updating on a monitoring system relying on SNMP. Which of the following should the network administrator do FIRST?

Answer options

• A. Modify the device's MIB on the monitoring system.
• B. Configure syslog to send events to the monitoring system.
• C. Use port mirroring to redirect traffic to the monitoring system.
• D. Deploy SMB to transfer data to the monitoring system.

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is A because modifying the device's MIB ensures that the monitoring system can correctly interpret the data sent by the new firewall. The other options do not directly address the issue of SNMP data interpretation and may not resolve the updating problem.