A warehouse is sending a closet switch out of the building for good. Staff must wipe its configuration, remove it from inventory and monitoring, and revoke its device account. Which process is that?
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Short Explanation
Taking a switch out of service is a moving-out list, not a sticker on the box. You wipe the configuration, pull the switch from inventory and monitoring, and revoke its device account. Calling the model obsolete and leaving it running, dropping only the poller, or editing a contract does not finish that move.
Full Explanation
Decommissioning takes a specific device out of service. For this closet switch that means erasing the configuration, removing it from inventory and monitoring, and revoking its device account. End-of-life is a vendor sales status. Marking the model end-of-life and leaving this unit in the rack does none of the removal steps. Removing it from monitoring only is the tempting half-step. The poller goes quiet, and the configuration and the device account still treat the switch as live. A service-level agreement sets a response target. Editing it does not wipe the switch. Exam caveat: wipe the configuration before the switch leaves the building. A reset after it is on a truck is late if someone images it along the way. Operational check: confirm the startup configuration is erased, monitoring no longer lists the device, inventory shows it disposed, and the device account fails if it is presented again. Keep the wiped switch out of the next monitoring discovery scan so it is not added back as a live device.