The ABC.com network consists of a single Active Directory domain named ABC.com. All servers
on the ABC.com network run Windows Server 2003.
ABC.com contains a member server named ABC-SR24. ABC-SR24 is configured as a File and
Print server and hosts shared folders for all ABC.com users.
One morning a ABC.com user named Dean Austin complains that ABC-SR24 responds poorly at
various times throughout the day. You suspect that the poor performance is caused by broadcast
traffic on the ABC.com network.
What would be the best way to monitor ABC-SR24 while minimizing administrative effort?
A.
Use System Monitor to monitor the Datagrams/sec counter in the UDPv4 object.
B.
Double click on the Local Area Connection and view the status of the network connection.
C.
Open Task Manager and monitor the Networking tab.
D.
Configure an alert in Performance Monitor to send you an alert when the Datagrams/sec
counter in the UDPv4 object is high.
Explanation:
Performance Logs And Alerts is an MMC snap-in that uses System Monitors
performance counters to capture information to log files over a long period of time. Although the
Performance console works well when systems are actively performing poorly, when you cant
wait around, you can set up triggers using the Performance console to catch bad systems in
action.
UDPv4 is one of the performance objects that provide network traffic monitoring capabilities. It
monitors the number of User Datagram Protocol (UDP) packets the computer transmits and
receives. Service applications, such as the Domain Name System (DNS) and the Dynamic Host
Configuration Protocol (DHCP), typically use UDP for clientserver communications.
Reference:
Craig Zacker, MCSE Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-293): Planning and Maintaining a Microsoft
Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure, Microsoft Press, Redmond, Washington, 2004, p. 6:
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