Question 770
A switch team takes firmware backups but no configuration snapshot before a planned major change. Which ongoing operational safeguard best reduces the chance of recurrence?
Explanation
Correct Answer
This is a continuing control for the failure mode in which a software image alone does not reconstruct the previous running configuration. It complements the immediate fix instead of relying on a one-off correction.
Incorrect Answers
That control is useful for a different failure, such as when an external automation script changes CX VLAN configuration but the operations team cannot trace when it happened. It would leave the present failure mode insufficiently addressed.
That control is useful for a different failure, such as when an NAE agent is intended to alert on a growing interface discard counter but the monitored variable is the wrong physical port. It would leave the present failure mode insufficiently addressed.
That control is useful for a different failure, such as when an engineer sees high CPU on an access switch but proposes rebooting it immediately during the school day. It would leave the present failure mode insufficiently addressed.