ECMS Practice Question - Mar 19th

[SandroNa]

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ECMS practice question

Refer to the exhibit. Which of the following is true?

1. None of the ports of the switch displayed is used as an uplink to communicate with the Meraki cloud
2. None of the ports of the switch displayed is providing PoE at the moment
3. The switch is a stack member
4. All of the above

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[CMR]

Three aces and two Kings 😉

[andburne]

No Princes but a Duke

[Karsten Iwen]

I am not sure if this question is really accurate. Why?

Spoiler

I assume that only one answer is correct as there is no "choose two". Based on the port-icons, a) and b) are correct answers. But if you only have to choose one, it has to be d) as c) could als be correct. But it doesn't have to be because just connecting the stack-cables doesn't make it a stack-member.

And again, I don't get the two hints above ... 😪😫

BTW: The answer is song four on side one of "The Miracle".

(Ok, the millennials will now say "side one???" what is he talking about??? ...)

[CMR]

@Karsten Iwen your logic is perfect, I agree entirely but went with my option as the other isn't a choice...

[andburne]

Maybe you are overthinking it?
If it was a member of a stack with no active POE usage and no internet uplink and one port STP blocked ....What would it look like? All the things they havent told you or shown you cannot be a factor in this question surely?

Answer

Spoiler

D

[CMR]

@andburne perfect point, as there is no UL then our chosen answer has to be true!

[Karsten Iwen]

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@andburne wrote:

Maybe you are overthinking it?

Yes, I heard that before .. But it really was only a flaw in my logic!

Spoiler

It has to be a stack as the uplink port has to be available. If it would not be a stack, the uplink-port had to be on this device.

[andburne]

@Karsten IwenI have not got a stack at home but wondered would the status be green on those icons if stack cables just plugged in? Orange maybe?

[CMR]

@andburne @Karsten Iwen was right that they go green just by being connected, but every non stacked switch needs an UL if is is connected to the dashboard in the ☁️

[Karsten Iwen]

When I configure remotely a stack the cables are typically already connected by the on-site technician. I do not remember it not to be green when I start with it. But I would not vouch for it. After configuring, it often turns temporary orange complaining about wrong DNS or VLAN.

[SandroNa · Accepted solution]

Correct answer: D

As always thanks for your participation and for the cryptic spoiler free answers!

Uplink port are marked with the white arrow.
https://documentation.meraki.com/MS/Monitoring_and_Reporting/Switch_Port_View