Cisco Exam 500-230 Topic 1 Question 34 Discussion

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Question #: 34
Topic #: 1

What does "ifmgr" represent in the output below?

LC/0/3/CPU0:Mar 23 08:04:31.644 : ifmgr[151]: %PKT_INFRA-LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN : Line protocol on Interface POS0/3/0/7, changed state to Down

AThe SYSMGR process restarted the ifmgr process as a result of this log message.

BThe WDSYSMON process is tracking this process to prevent it from bringing the interface up.

CThe ifmgr process has restarted 151 times and brought the interface down as a result.

DThe ifmgr process created this log message.

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Suggested Answer: D

by Lavonda at Oct 19, 2023, 04:52 PM

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Wei

6 months ago

Haha, I love these kinds of questions! It's like a guessing game. I'm going to go with option B. The 'WDSYSMON' process is probably some kind of system monitor that's keeping an eye on the 'ifmgr' process to make sure it doesn't bring the interface back up too quickly or something. It's all about that process management, am I right?

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Lacresha

6 months ago

I'm not so sure about that, Alyssa. I think option C might also be a possibility. The message says the 'ifmgr' process has restarted 151 times, which could mean that it's been having some stability issues and has been restarting frequently. That could be the reason for the interface going down.

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Alyssa

6 months ago

I think option D is the correct answer here. The log message clearly states that 'ifmgr[151]' created this log message, so it's likely that 'ifmgr' represents the interface manager process. It's probably responsible for managing the state of the interfaces on the device.

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Billy

6 months ago

Hmm, this is a tricky one. I'm not entirely sure what 'ifmgr' represents, but I'm guessing it's some kind of interface manager process. The log message seems to indicate that the line protocol on an interface has gone down, but I'm not sure why that would be the case.

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