350-401 Network Assurance Practice Question
A network administrator is using Cisco DNA Center Assurance to monitor a campus network. The administrator wants to receive alerts when the onboarding time for wireless clients exceeds a defined threshold. Which Cisco DNA Center Assurance feature should be configured to accomplish this?
⚠ Common exam trap
Test-takers frequently confuse the monitoring dashboards and predefined issue detection with the configurable Health Rules that actually allow custom thresholds and alert generation.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Assurance Health Rules
Cisco DNA Center Assurance Health Rules enable the creation of custom thresholds for a wide range of metrics, including client onboarding time. When the defined threshold is breached, an alert is triggered. Other dashboards and issue lists are either passive or based on predefined logic and do not support user-defined thresholds for this purpose.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Assurance Issues
Why it's wrong here
Assurance Issues is another term for the built-in problem detection system in Cisco DNA Center. Like Issues and Alerts, it relies on Cisco's algorithms to identify network problems. It does not offer a user-configurable threshold for onboarding time. The administrator would not be able to set a custom value and receive alerts when that value is crossed.
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Assurance Health Rules
Why this is correct
Assurance Health Rules (also known as Health Rules) in Cisco DNA Center allow administrators to define custom thresholds and conditions for various health metrics, including onboarding time. By configuring a health rule, the administrator can specify a threshold and have Cisco DNA Center generate an alert when that threshold is exceeded. This is the correct feature for proactive, threshold-based alerting.
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Network Health Dashboard
Why it's wrong here
The Network Health Dashboard provides an overall view of network device and client health, but it does not allow the administrator to set custom thresholds for specific metrics like onboarding time. It is a monitoring and visualization tool, not an alerting engine. While it can display onboarding time trends, it will not proactively generate alerts based on a user-defined threshold.
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Issues and Alerts
Why it's wrong here
Issues and Alerts is a feature that displays detected problems and their severity, but it is primarily reactive and based on Cisco's predefined correlation rules. It does not provide a mechanism for the administrator to define custom thresholds for metrics such as onboarding time. Therefore, it cannot be used to create a tailored alert for that specific condition.
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Cisco DNA Center
A centralized network management and automation platform from Cisco that provides intent-based networking for easier configuration, monitoring, and troubleshooting of Cisco devices.
Key term
Cisco DNA Center Assurance
Cisco DNA Center Assurance is a network monitoring and analytics tool within Cisco's DNA Center platform that provides real-time visibility, proactive alerts, and historical insights into network health, performance, and user experience.
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