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A customer is planning a large campus deployment with 50,000 concurrent endpoints. Which persona should be dedicated to handle the authentication load to ensure high performance?
2When configuring a load balancer for a group of PSNs, what is the best practice for handling RADIUS traffic?
3You are configuring a new ISE node for your deployment. What is the correct sequence to join a secondary node to the existing deployment?
4In a high-availability deployment, you have a Primary PAN/MnT and a Secondary PAN/MnT. If the Primary PAN fails, what is the impact on the Monitoring (MnT) services?
5Which license type is required to enable advanced profiling and posture services on Cisco ISE?
6When designing an ISE deployment across WAN links, what is the primary recommendation regarding MnT nodes?
7You are deploying a distributed ISE architecture and need to ensure that the Policy Administration Node (PAN) maintains configuration integrity. Which mechanism is used to synchronize configuration changes from the Primary PAN to all secondary nodes?
8Which menu path is used to view the status of all nodes in an ISE deployment?
9In a distributed environment, if the Primary PAN goes offline, what happens to the Secondary PAN?
10Which specific ISE process is responsible for managing the communication between the PAN and PSNs?
11When adding a secondary PAN, what is the consequence if the time synchronization (NTP) differs significantly between nodes?
12What is the default persona of a newly installed Cisco ISE appliance before any configuration changes?
13What is the function of the 'PassiveID' feature in a distributed ISE deployment?
14If a PSN loses connectivity to the PAN, what happens to existing user sessions?
15Which service is required to be enabled on a PSN to allow it to receive RADIUS requests from network access devices?
16When configuring a secondary MnT node, what is the 'Primary' versus 'Secondary' relationship regarding log collection?
17You are troubleshooting a PSN that is not receiving configuration updates. Which log file on the PSN would provide the most insight into the configuration sync process?
18When utilizing pxGrid in a distributed deployment, which node should be configured as the pxGrid controller?
19What is the purpose of the 'PAN' role in a deployment?
20How do you verify the current licensing status and consumption on your ISE deployment?
21Which of the following describes the 'Standalone' deployment model?
22When decommissioning an ISE node, what is the correct order of steps?
23Which TWO of the following are valid ISE deployment personas?
24Which TWO functions are performed by the Monitoring and Troubleshooting (MnT) persona?
25Which THREE factors influence the decision to use multiple PSNs in a deployment?
26Which THREE features are configured at the node level in the ISE Administration console?
27Which TWO items are required to register a secondary node to the Primary PAN?
28Which THREE conditions must be met for a successful ISE node upgrade?
29Which TWO are common causes for a node to fail to join a deployment?
30Which THREE resources are monitored via the ISE dashboard to ensure deployment health?
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