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A wireless administrator must configure detailed and comprehensive monitoring for client devices across branch locations. The team wants to streamline operations for faster response during performance degradation. To support the organization's growth, the administrator needs a centralized reporting platform that displays aggregated data. Which solution must the administrator use to monitor the clients in the network?
Cisco Catalyst Center Assurance is the correct solution because the requirement is centralized, scalable, multi-site client monitoring with aggregated health and troubleshooting data. Cisco states that Catalyst Center Assurance provides a Client health dashboard and supports both wired and wireless clients. It is specifically used to obtain a global view of all client device health and determine whether issues require action.
This directly matches the need for monitoring clients across branch locations and responding faster during performance degradation. Catalyst Center Assurance also provides location-based visibility, health scoring, client trend analysis, onboarding failure reasons such as AAA or DHCP, and Client 360 views for detailed troubleshooting. Cisco documents that Client 360 provides detailed client connectivity troubleshooting, including what problem occurred, when it occurred, why it occurred, and whether the impact is isolated or widespread. Cisco's Catalyst Center data sheet further describes Network and Client Health dashboards as giving administrators a high-level overview of every network device and client, with expansion by geographical site, device list, client list, or topology. Syslog, WLC CLI logging, and a local WLC dashboard are useful operational tools, but they do not provide enterprise-scale assurance analytics. Reference topics: Wireless Monitoring and Management --- Catalyst Center Assurance, Client Health, Client 360, centralized wireless monitoring, and operational analytics.