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An engineer must design a WLAN that can handle voice traffic and location-based services. Which two design features enable both services to function properly? (Choose two.)
A. Use every channel possible in 5 GHz.
B. Put APs in corners of each floor for triangulation.
C. Have a 15% overlap of cell coverage.
D. Use every channel possible in 2.4 GHz.
E. Have a 25% overlap of cell coverage.
A customer has two Cisco 5508 WLCs that manage all the access points in their network and provide N+1 redundancy and load balancing. The primary Cisco WLC has 60 licenses and the secondary Cisco WLC has 40. The customer wants to convert the N+1 model to an HA model and provide SSO. Configuration must be performed during a maintenance window. After performing all the configurations on both controllers, the config redundancy unit secondary command is issued on the secondary Cisco WLC and it fails. Which parameter needs to be in place to complete the configuration?
A. A cable in the RP port
B. The secondary Cisco WLC needs a minimum of 50 base licenses
C. The primary Cisco WLC is already set as the secondary unit
D. SSO needs to be enabled
An engineer must create data-link redundancy for the company's Cisco Wireless LAN Controller. The engineer has decided to configure LAG-based redundancy instead of port-based redundancy. Which three features of LAG-based redundancy influenced this decision? (Choose three.)
A. Packets are always sent out on the same port they are received on.
B. All interface traffic passes as long as one port is up.
C. The same port has multiple untagged dynamics interfaces.
D. Interface connection to two separate nonstacked switches is available.
E. Full bandwidth of all links is available.
F. Ports are grouped into multiple LAGs.
Why is 802.11a connectivity reduced in an X-ray room?
A. X-rays create significant non-Wi-Fi interference on the 802.11a band.
B. X-rays impact the 802.11a UNII-2 channels that cause access points to dynamically change channels.
C. X-rays within these rooms cause multipath issues.
D. X-ray rooms exhibit increased signal attenuation.
During a wireless design all APs are mapped to designated controllers in case of a failure. The controllers are located in the same data center but in different racks. An AP failed over to a controller that was not defined on its High Availability tab. The customer does not want the AP to move back to its defined Cisco WLCs until they manually intervene. What needs to be addressed in the design?
A. Set AP fallback to enabled.
B. Set AP fallback to disabled.
C. Change the HA SKU secondary unit option.
D. Change the default mobility domain.
An engineer must design and configure a wireless network for: • pervasive coverage in an oil terminal • casual web and email traffic • 5 GHz What is the best design?
A. Keep the power assignment as auto and disable 802.11n and 802.11ac MCS rate.
B. Disable all data rates below 24 Mbps and keep the power assignment on the AP as auto.
C. Keep all the data rates enabled and set the AP power assignment mode to auto.
D. Disable all data rates below 54 Mbps and assign static power level 1 on all access points.
An engineer is configuring a centralized set of controllers for separate facilities. Which two Cisco wireless architectures must be used to ensure flexible sizing of WLAN to VLAN mappings? (Choose two.)
A. interface group
B. mobility group
C. AP group
D. controller group
E. RF group
What causes the most signal attenuation, based on the wireless design tools?
A. cinder block wall
B. metal door
C. glass wall
D. office window
How are mobility groups created, excluding mobility anchors?
A. Each WLC must use the same mobility domain name and be defined as a peer in each other’s static mobility members list.
B. If WLCs with HA SSO are deployed, each WLC in the WLC HA pair is considered separately as a mobility peer.
C. The WLCs do not have to be of the same model or type to be a member of a mobility group; however, each member should be running different software versions.
D. A mobility group does not require all WLCs in the group to use the same virtual IP address.
APs in a remote office recently have been converted from local mode to FlexConnect to take advantage of the local switching. After the change, remote wireless users report voice quality issues and bad quality on wireless IP phones while roaming. A debug is performed, and it is noticed that the 802.11r Fast Transition is not working as expected, like on local mode AP, though the same WLAN configuration is in place. What is the cause of the issue regarding the FlexConnect APs?
A. They do not support 802.11r FT.
B. They must be added into AP groups along with a common RF profile.
C. They must be in a FlexConnect group to support 802.11r FT.
D. They must be added to AP groups to support fast roaming methods.
An engineer at a global enterprise organization must ensure that a mesh deployment has the highest number of channels available to the backhaul, regardless of region deployed. Which design meets this requirement?
A. redundant controllers in the least restrictive regulatory domain
B. redundant controllers in the most restrictive regulatory domain
C. one controller per continent
D. one controller per country code
A wireless network consultant must assess an existing wireless LAN controller. Which section must the consultant check before replacing the old APs with APs that are IEEE 802.11ac-capable?
A. number of AP licenses
B. controller PSU
C. throughput capacity
D. software version
An engineer has deployed a group of APs in an auditorium and notices that the APs are showing high co-channel interference. Which profile is used to adjust the parameters for these high-density APs?
A. QoS profile
B. AVC profile
C. RF profile
D. ISE profile
Which UDP port numbers are used for exchange mobility packets in an AireOS wireless deployment?
A. UDP 16666 for control plane, EoIP (IP protocol 97) for data plane
B. UDP 16668 for control plane, UDP 16667 for data plane
C. UDP 16667 for control plane, UDP 16666 for data plane
D. UDP 16666 for control plane, UDP 16667 for data plane
Multiple WLCs are implemented in a high-availability configuration in a mobility group. APs are deployed with only a primary controller assigned. By default, which mobility group member controller do the orphaned APs join in the event of a failed controller?
A. controller with the most available AP free license capacity
B. controller with the lowest percent of associated APs per license capacity
C. controller with the least CPU utilization over the last reporting period
D. controller with the least number of associated APs
Clustering Cisco WLCs into a single RF group enables the RRM algorithms to scale beyond the capabilities of a single Cisco WLC. How many WLCs and APs in an RF group can the controller software scale up to in WLC release 8.9 depending on the platform?
A. up to 20 WLCs and 1000 APs
B. up to 20 WLCs and 3000 APs
C. up to 20 WLCs and 4000 APs
D. up to 20 WLCs and 6000 APs
How does AP failover priority for access points function when configured with priority 1 or 4?
A. When configured with priority 1, the access point is assigned with the highest priority level, and it is marked as critical. This access point fails over before other access points with the lower priority when there is primary controller failure.
B. When configured with priority 4, the access point is assigned with the highest priority level, and it is marked as critical. This access point fails over before other access points with the lower priority when there is primary controller failure.
C. When configured with priority 4, the access point is assigned with the lowest priority level, and it is marked as low. This access point fails over after other access points with the higher priority when there is primary controller failure.
D. When configured with priority 1, the access point is assigned with the medium priority level, and it is marked as medium. This access point fails over after other access points with the higher priority when there is primary controller failure.
An engineer must perform an assessment of a customer LAN for a future IEEE 802.11ac Wave 2 wireless deployment. All access switches are Fast Ethernet- capable only, and the wired infrastructure between existing APs and access switches is based on the CAT 6A standard. Which two actions provide maximum support of Cisco 3800 Series access points? (Choose two.)
A. Replace the existing switches with mGig switches.
B. Ensure that cable distances between access switches and APs are not longer than 55 meters.
C. Replace the existing switches with gigabit switches with 10 G uplinks.
D. Ensure that cable distance between access switches and APs are not longer than 100 meters.
E. Replace the existing wiring infrastructure with the CAT-7E wiring standard.
The wireless team must configure a new voice SSID for optimized roaming across multiple WLCs with Cisco 8821 phones. Which two WLC settings accomplish this goal? (Choose two.)
A. Configure AVC profiles on the SSID.
B. Configure mobility groups between WLCs.
C. Use AVC to tag traffic voice traffic as best effort.
D. Configure AP groups between WLCs.
E. Use Cisco Centralized Key Management for authentication.
An engineer is designing a high-density WLAN for a 10,000-seat auditorium. The solution must take advantage of human attenuation, as well as the aesthetics of the room. Where must the APs be placed?
A. on the walls
B. under the seats
C. on the ceiling
D. above the seating areas
Refer to the exhibit. An engineer is about to establish a mobility peer connection between a Cisco Catalyst 9800-CL version 16.10.1e and Cisco AireOS 5520 version 8.8.120.0. The data path between the 9800-CL and AireOS 5520 is down, but its control path is up. Based on the configuration, what is the cause of the issue?
A. The certificate hash key is incorrect leading to data path down.
B. The data-link-encryption configuration is missing from the 9800-CL configuration.
C. Encrypted mobility is being used in the 5520 configuration leading to data path down.
D. CAPS is used to key in MAC address in the IOS_XE configuration leading to data path down.
A customer with two Cisco 5520 WLCs that work as a primary and secondary had some switching issues and the primary controller lost connectivity. Immediately all APs went to discovery and joined the secondary controller. After recovering from the issue, the primary controller is online, but no APs return to it. All APs remain in the secondary controller. Which setting advises the APs to return to their primary controller?
A. AP fallback
B. AP multicast mode
C. AP heartbeat timeout
D. broadcast forwarding
Refer to the exhibit. A WLC SSO pair is set up. Which failure scenario causes a split-brain scenario?
A. RP is down.
B. Two distribution ports on the active WLC are down.
C. VSL is down.
D. One distribution port on the active WLC is down.
An engineer must perform a pre deployment site survey for a new building in a high-security area. The design must provide a primary signal RSSI of -65 dBm for the clients. Which two requirements complete this design? (Choose two.)
A. HVAC access
B. WLC model
C. site access
D. number of clients
E. AP model
A customer has determined that aesthetics is a primary concern for their upcoming guest deployment. Which design consideration can be leveraged to address this concern?
A. Paint the access point to cover the LED from being noticeable.
B. Use enclosures to hide the wireless infrastructure in the surrounding environment.
C. Use AIR-AP-BRACKET-1 to allow for greater mounting locations
D. Deploy environmentally friendly cabling components to blend into the environment.
WLC SSO is set up between two WLCs in a service provider network serving public spaces. On WLC failover, it is noticed that only about half of the original client count is now showing on the secondary WLC, although it is currently showing the role as active. Which design side case explains the issue?
A. The secondary WLC platform does not support the required client count.
B. The WLCs had not completed database sync before the primary failure.
C. SSO is not configured correctly.
D. Some client sessions were in WebAuth-Req state before failover.
A new wireless network design has these requirements: • AireOS WLCs as guest anchors • a Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series WLC as the foreign controller • use of Wi-Fi 6 APs • inter-controller roaming for guest users Which two design approaches meet these requirements? (Choose two.)
A. Use EoIP for communication between controllers.
B. Use WLC software versions that support IRCM.
C. Use AVC on the anchor WLCs.
D. Use IPv6 across the wireless network.
E. Use secure mobility to pair controllers.
A wireless engineer is performing a post verification of a wireless network. Which two metrics does the engineer verify to ensure that the wireless network can support voice services? (Choose two.)
A. The coverage area must have a noise floor that does not exceed גˆ’87 dBm.
B. The client device must have at least an גˆ’67 dBm RSSI.
C. The rate of retransmitted packets must be 15 percent or below.
D. The rate of retransmitted packets must be 20 percent or below.
E. The client device must have at least an גˆ’65 dBm RSSI.
A network engineer is retrofitting an existing building wired with Category 5e with Cisco Aironet 3800 Series APs and mGig switches. Which cable length allows for 5G operation?
A. 70 m
B. 120 m
C. 130 m
D. 150 m
An engineer is trying to determine the most cost-effective way to deploy high availability for a campus enterprise wireless network that currently leverages three wireless LAN controllers. Which architecture should the engineer deploy?
A. N+N with SSO
B. N+1 solution without SSO
C. N+N solution without SSO
D. N+1 with SSO
An engineer needs a wireless design to provide redundancy for APs at remote sites that are connected to Cisco 3504 Wireless LAN Controllers. The central Cisco 5520 Wireless LAN Controller supports 2000 APs and has 1975 access points associated to it. The engineer decides that not all APs at the remote sites must remain functional in the event of a failure. How does the engineer ensure that the most important access points at the remote sites remain online while not impacting the main site?
A. Enable Global AP Failover Priority, set the 1975 APs to a priority of “high”, and set the 25 most important APs at the remote sites to “critical”.
B. Enable AP Fallback Mode, set the 1975 APs to a priority of “high”, and set the 25 most important APs at the remote sites to “critical”.
C. Enable Global AP Failover Priority, leave the 1975 APs at the default priority, and set the most important APs at the remote sites to “low”.
D. Enable AP Fallback Mode, leave the 1975 APs at the default priority, and set the most important APs at the remote sites to “high”.
An engineer is designing a wireless deployment for a university auditorium. Which two features can be used to help deal with the issues introduced by high AP count? (Choose two.)
A. TSPEC
B. RXSOP
C. TPC
D. LSS
E. DFS
Refer to the exhibit. Which two statements about Cisco Prime Infrastructure are true? (Choose two.)
A. It presents the recommended number of APs for the selected coverage area based on the selections made.
B. Planning mode requires a special license in Cisco Prime Infrastructure.
C. It shows the map editor feature in Cisco Prime Infrastructure.
D. Controllers must be synchronized with Cisco Prime Infrastructure for planning mode to work.
E. It shows the planning mode feature in Cisco Prime Infrastructure.
Refer to the exhibit. During a post Mesh deployment survey, an engineer notices that frame collisions occur when MAP-1 and MAP-3 talk to RAP-2. Which type of issue does the engineer need to address in the design?
A. co-channel interference
B. hidden node
C. backhaul latency
D. exposed node
When a wireless network is designed for location services, how many APs must be heard by each location-ready AP at a signal level of -75 dBm or better?
A. three APs
B. no more than three APs
C. two APs
D. at least four APs
When conducting a site survey for real-time traffic over wireless, which two design capabilities of smartphones and tablets must be considered? (Choose two.)
A. no support for 802.11ac
B. higher data rates than laptops
C. fewer antennas than laptops
D. no support for 802.11r
E. lower data rates than laptops
Where must the APs be mounted when used in a high-density wireless network to provide 6 dB to 20 dB of attenuation to a cell?
A. in the aisle
B. under the seat
C. above the stage
D. under the stage
A customer uses a Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series wireless controller to manage all of the APs for a campus network. Secure guest access is required for the guest network. A Cisco 5520 anchor controller is deployed within a DMZ. Which design approach ensures that the mobility tunnel is established successfully between the wireless controller and the anchor controller?
A. Run an Inter-Release Controller Mobility compatible software version on the wireless controller.
B. Enable control plane encryption on the wireless controller.
C. Disable data link encryption on the anchor controller.
D. Run an Inter-Release Controller Mobility compatible software version on the anchor controller.
Which CLI command does an engineer use to validate that the redundancy peer of a Stateful Switchover pair of controllers is up and connected?
A. rping
B. ping
C. eping
D. mping
A customer has a single anchor WLC named Anchor A. Anchor A is in a DMZ and provides guest access. The customer wants to deploy an additional anchor controller named Anchor B to provide redundancy if Anchor A fails. Which design approach should be taken for the guest WLAN priority on the foreign WLC for each anchor WLC?
A. Set Anchor A to priority 3 and Anchor B to priority 3.
B. Set Anchor A to priority 3 and Anchor B to priority 1.
C. Set Anchor A to priority 1 and Anchor B to priority 1.
D. Set Anchor A to priority 1 and Anchor B to priority 3.
An engineer must ensure that the new wireless LAN deployment can support seamless roaming between access points using a standard based on an amendment to the 802.11 protocol. Which protocol must the engineer select?
A. 802.11i
B. 802.11ac
C. 802.11r
D. 802.11e
An engineer is designing a new wireless network. The network needs to fulfill the following requirements: ✑ support multimedia applications ✑ support a high concentration of wireless clients ✑ support data over wireless ✑ support roaming Which approach should be used?
A. use of micro cells with reduced power levels
B. use of macro cells with reduced power levels
C. coverage for cells at maximum power levels
D. use of macro cells with maximum power levels
A customer is running a guest WLAN with a foreign/export-anchor setup. There is one anchor WLC in the US and two in Europe. Anchor WLC priorities are used to prefer local anchors. During a routine network audit, it is discovered that a large number of guest client sessions in the US are anchored to the WLCs in Europe. Which reason explains this behavior?
A. The foreign WLC failed and recovered.
B. The US anchor WLC failed and recovered.
C. The US anchor WLC is anchored to itself with a priority value of zero.
D. The anchor WLC is in the same mobility group.
An engineer is reducing the subnet size of the corporate WLAN by segmenting the VLAN into smaller subnets. Clients will be assigned a subnet by location. Which type of groups should the engineer use to map the smaller subnets to the corporate WLAN?
A. WLC port groups
B. RF groups
C. AP groups
D. interface groups
Refer to the exhibit. An engineer must design a mobility group that has these requirements: • The mobility group must consist of five WLCs. • All WLCs must run software version 8.0 or later. • The WLCs must connect via an IPv4 network. • Two of the WLCs must be in an SSO high availability pair. Which two configurations must be included in the design? (Choose two.)
A. All the WLCs must be of the same model or type.
B. Only WLCs in an SSO high availability pair must use the same virtual IP address.
C. The WLAN SSID must be consistent across all the WLCs.
D. All the WLCs must run the same software version.
E. Each WLC must use the same mobility domain name.
An engineer has designed an anchor redundancy for guest clients connecting to SSID with auto-anchor configured. After adding a second Anchor WLC under the SSID mobility anchor list, clients are load-balanced between existing and new anchors instead of having one anchor as active and the other one as standby. Which feature should be included in the design that will be configured on the WLC running 8.1 or above to ensure anchor redundancy?
A. Auto-Anchor Foreign Mapping
B. AP groups
C. Guest Anchor Priority
D. 802.11r
An enterprise is using two wireless controllers to support the wireless network. The data center is located in the head office. Each controller has a corporate WLAN configured with the name Copr-NET392267230WLC-1 and Corp-NET68371638WLC-2. The APs are installed using a round-robin approach to load balance the traffic. What should be changed on the cofiguration to optimize roaming?
A. Use the same WLAN name for the corporate network on both controllers.
B. Move all access points to one controller and use the other as N+1 HA.
C. Move the controllers to an external data center with higher internet speeds.
D. Place the access points per floor on the same controller.
An engineer is designing a new wireless network. The network needs to meet these requirements: ✑ support a high wireless client concentration ✑ support data over wireless ✑ support voice over wireless ✑ avoid interference Which design approach should be taken?
A. 5 GHz frequency band with channel bonding, to support 40 MHz channels
B. 5 GHz frequency band without channel bonding, to support 20 MHz channels
C. 2.4 GHz frequency band without channel bonding, to support 20 MHz channels
D. 5 GHz frequency band with channel bonding, to support 80 MHz channels
DRAG DROP - Drag and drop the characteristics from the left onto the correct functionalities on the right. Select and Place:
A network engineer is preparing for an office site survey with a height of 2.5 meters. Which three components are recommended to complete the survey? (Choose three.)
A. Use a battery pack to power APs.
B. Use a drawing of the office space to draw AP and client placements.
C. Use DoS attack on APs while measuring the throughput.
D. Use APs with directional antennas.
E. Use APs with external antennas.
F. Use APs with built-in antennas.
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