Installing additional Wireless Access Points (WAPs) is the best action to take to meet the requirement for the wireless badging system to cover 99.9% of the hospital with its own SSID and low power levels. By adding more WAPs, the coverage area can be expanded while maintaining low transmission power, which helps in achieving the necessary coverage without causing interference with other wireless systems.
The most likely cause of a failure for the switch not completely booting up, given that the configuration files are the same, would be a hardware issue like a bad port. Connections and hardware components need to be checked before software issues are suspected in such cases. If the port to which the fiber and SFP plug are connected is defective, it can prevent the switch from successfully completing the boot process.
Implementing VLANs (Virtual Local Area Networks) in a network helps to segment broadcast domains. In large networks with many nodes, this segmentation is beneficial because it confines broadcast traffic to smaller groups of devices. This reduces the overall broadcast traffic on the network and enhances performance and management of network traffic. Broadcast domain segmentation also enhances security and reduces collision domains by providing logical separation between different network segments.
To determine the physical location of the equipment being moved, the IT staff should reference rack diagrams. Rack diagrams visually represent how equipment is arranged within the racks in a datacenter. This helps in precisely identifying where each piece of equipment should be placed in the new site, ensuring an organized and efficient setup. Other options, such as network topology, standard operating procedures, or wiring documentation, do not provide the same level of detail regarding the exact physical location of each piece of equipment within the datacenter.
MAC address reservation allows a device to maintain the same IP address lease based on the physical address of the network card. The physical address, also known as the MAC address, is used by the DHCP server to reserve a specific IP address for that device, ensuring the device receives the same IP address each time it connects to the network.