Question 720
Operations wants to avoid recurrence of this design flaw: An outage might isolate the production routing domain, but engineers still need access to device consoles. Which preventive design control MOST DIRECTLY addresses this specific risk?
Explanation
Correct Answer
Test OOB power and link diversity rather than assuming independence from the primary WAN. This control targets the underlying design risk. OOB management can remain accessible when an in-band production network or routing plane fails. The follow-up acceptance check remains: During an induced production outage, an authorized operator reaches device console or management endpoints through OOB.
Incorrect Answers
Critical management flows can be protected from starvation by a coherent end-to-end QoS policy. The repeat risk here is different: OOB management can remain accessible when an in-band production network or routing plane fails. A directly relevant preventive control is: Test OOB power and link diversity rather than assuming independence from the primary WAN.
Management-plane segmentation reduces the attack surface and common-mode dependency on user traffic. The repeat risk here is different: OOB management can remain accessible when an in-band production network or routing plane fails. A directly relevant preventive control is: Test OOB power and link diversity rather than assuming independence from the primary WAN.
Shared management and infrastructure services become dependencies that can undermine an otherwise redundant routed network. The repeat risk here is different: OOB management can remain accessible when an in-band production network or routing plane fails. A directly relevant preventive control is: Test OOB power and link diversity rather than assuming independence from the primary WAN.