You are the network administrator for your company. The network consists of a single Active Directory domain. All servers run Windows Server 2003.

When the network was designed, the design team set design specifications. After the network was implemented, the deployment team set baseline specifications. The specifications for broadcast traffic are:

The design specification requires that broadcast traffic must be 5 percent or less of total network traffic.

The baseline specification showed that the broadcast traffic is always 1 percent or less of total network traffic during normal operation.

You need to monitor the network traffic and find out if the level of broadcast traffic is within design and baseline specifications. You decide to use Network Monitor. After monitoring for 1 hour, you observe the results shown in the exhibit.

You need to report the results of your observations to management.

Which two actions should you take? (Each correct answer presents part of the solution. Choose two.)

Exhibit:

A.
Report that broadcast traffic is outside of the design specification.

B.
Report that broadcast traffic is within the baseline specification.

C.
Report that broadcast traffic is outside of the baseline specification.

D.
Report that broadcast traffic is within the design specification.

Explanation:
A baseline is a measurement derived from the collection of data over an extended period during varying workloads and user connections, representing acceptable performance under typical operating conditions. The baseline indicates how system resources are used during periods of normal activity and makes it easier to spot problems when they occur. A baseline provides a mechanism for identifying what normal operating conditions are for a server. The baseline acts as a reference for troubleshooting performance issues. If the design specifications require that broadcast traffic must be 5 percent or less of total network traffic then the graphic indicates that it is outside of the specifications as monitored over a period of one hour. Further, if the baseline specifications showed that the broadcast traffic is always 1 percent or less of the total network traffic during normal operation then you can report than the broadcast traffic is outside of the baseline specs as monitored over the period of one hour.

Reference:

Jill Spealman, Kurt Hudson & Melissa Craft, MCSE Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-294); Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure, Microsoft Press, Redmond, Washington, 2004, p. 14:42

Martin Grasdal, Laura E. Hunter, Michael Cross, Laura Hunter, Debra Littlejohn Shinder & Dr. Thomas W. Shinder, Planning and Maintaining a Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructur* Exam 70-293 Study Guide & DVD Training System, Syngress Publishing, Inc., Rockland, MA, Chapter 2, pp. 94-112