A network administrator oversees a rapidly expanding company with a highly dynamic cloud environment where servers are frequently provisioned and de-provisioned. The administrator needs to ensure that the network management system automatically recognizes changes in the network's inventory to maintain up-to-date configurations and monitoring. Which approach should the administrator implement to achieve this requirement?
Maintain a static inventory and update it manually when changes occur
Rely solely on manual configurations for each newly provisioned server
Conduct periodic audits to update the network inventory manually
Use dynamic inventories that automatically detect and manage changes in the network assets
Implementing a system that utilizes dynamic inventories is the best approach because it automatically updates and keeps track of network devices as they are added or removed, which is essential in a dynamic environment like a rapidly expanding company. Static inventories, while requiring manual updates, may lead to outdated data and increased administrative overhead, which is not suitable for a changing environment. Similarly, relying solely on manual configurations or periodic auditing, although they can detect changes, would not provide the real-time updating and automation that dynamic inventories offer.
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