Question

A network administrator manages a remote branch router by opening an SSH session to the router's production LAN interface over the corporate WAN link. The connection works well during normal operations but becomes unreachable whenever the WAN circuit fails or the router's routing table is misconfigured. Which characteristic best describes this management approach?

Accepted Answer

In-band management, which relies on the production network path and is lost when that path fails

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Out-of-band management, which uses a dedicated path independent of the production network

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Console access, which requires a direct physical serial cable to the device

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A jump box, which proxies administrative sessions through a hardened host