SNSP Exam - Best Practices and other
Basics (Latest ) Questions &
Answers 100% Correct {Grade A}
What critical areas of a SonicWALL should be optimized for best performance and
throughput - correct answer Network Settings
Firewall Policies
Advanced Firewall Settings
Security Services
Logs & Monitoring
True or False: Network security as a whole depends solely on the configuration of the
firewall - correct answer False - network architecture and operations are also a
factor
What is Core0's responsibility - correct answer Handling specific traffic flows which
cannot be handed off to other Cores
True or False: All Sonicwalls have multiple CPU cores - correct answer True
,High usage on the control plane (Core0) can cause what issues - correct answer
Sluggishness on the GUI, inability to manage the SW, Reboots and other things
Where would one monitor the Control Plane (Core0) - correct answer Dashboard-
>Multi-Core Monitor or System->Diagnostics->Mult-Core Monitor
What are some other active configs that could cause high usage on Core0 - correct
answer Inactive IPSec VPN Policies, the amount of data been logged, reduce Global
Log Redunancy to 60 secs for AppControl
True or False: The more FQDN objects in use the more traffic is generated and stored
by the Sonicwall - correct answer True - requires DNS entries are constantly
refreshed and stored
True or False: Unused WAN interfaces should be unassigned - correct answer True
, What info is displayed on the main Dashboard - correct answer Multi-Core Usage
Connections
Bandwidth (bps)
Firewall Snapshot
Threat Prevention Summary
Applications
Traffic Consumption
Link to Live Monitors
Which interfaces cannot be configured as WAN interfaces - correct answer X0 and
MGMT
What is the default configuration of X1 - correct answer Static mode with IP of 0.0.0.0
To avoid routing issues of X1 what should you ensure - correct answer It's assigned
with a valid non-zero IP address or configuring for DHCP or PPPoE
Basics (Latest ) Questions &
Answers 100% Correct {Grade A}
What critical areas of a SonicWALL should be optimized for best performance and
throughput - correct answer Network Settings
Firewall Policies
Advanced Firewall Settings
Security Services
Logs & Monitoring
True or False: Network security as a whole depends solely on the configuration of the
firewall - correct answer False - network architecture and operations are also a
factor
What is Core0's responsibility - correct answer Handling specific traffic flows which
cannot be handed off to other Cores
True or False: All Sonicwalls have multiple CPU cores - correct answer True
,High usage on the control plane (Core0) can cause what issues - correct answer
Sluggishness on the GUI, inability to manage the SW, Reboots and other things
Where would one monitor the Control Plane (Core0) - correct answer Dashboard-
>Multi-Core Monitor or System->Diagnostics->Mult-Core Monitor
What are some other active configs that could cause high usage on Core0 - correct
answer Inactive IPSec VPN Policies, the amount of data been logged, reduce Global
Log Redunancy to 60 secs for AppControl
True or False: The more FQDN objects in use the more traffic is generated and stored
by the Sonicwall - correct answer True - requires DNS entries are constantly
refreshed and stored
True or False: Unused WAN interfaces should be unassigned - correct answer True
, What info is displayed on the main Dashboard - correct answer Multi-Core Usage
Connections
Bandwidth (bps)
Firewall Snapshot
Threat Prevention Summary
Applications
Traffic Consumption
Link to Live Monitors
Which interfaces cannot be configured as WAN interfaces - correct answer X0 and
MGMT
What is the default configuration of X1 - correct answer Static mode with IP of 0.0.0.0
To avoid routing issues of X1 what should you ensure - correct answer It's assigned
with a valid non-zero IP address or configuring for DHCP or PPPoE
