A XYZ company operates a large Data Center and has been plagued by downtime due to
cabling errors introduced during new hardware installation. What benefits could SDN
potentially provide to mitigate these issues?
A.
Maintenance windows could be shortened by programming the switches to eject incorrect
cable connectors.
B.
Packets could be counted to provide billing visibility for multiple tenants.
C.
Predefined application profiles could be deployed on the individual equipment to provide
higher priority to business-critical applications.
D.
Cable and neighbor device validation could mitigate human-caused cabling errors to
improve uptime and reduce the costs that are associated with outages.