Network ops for city hall suddenly receives notifications that several switch interfaces are flapping up and down. Which monitoring signal is most likely delivering those infrastructure alerts?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation.
Short Explanation
When a switch port chatters up and down, SNMP traps are the device yelling "hey, something changed" to the NMS. That is how city hall learns about flaps that might be cable faults—or someone monkeying with links—not lobby surveys.
Full Explanation
SNMP traps are asynchronous messages from managed devices to a management station when defined events occur, such as interface up/down transitions. Municipal network teams use those traps as early signals of cabling faults, hardware issues, or possible physical-layer tampering. Surveys and delayed paperwork do not provide real-time infrastructure monitoring; silencing SNMP removes visibility.