A technician is part of a change management process to upgrade a core network switch. A colleague suggests that since the change does not directly modify any application servers, the applications running on the network will not be affected. Which of the following statements BEST describes the potential impact?
Applications will only be affected if the new switch is from a different manufacturer than the old one.
The colleague is correct; only changes made directly to application servers can affect application performance.
Changes to network infrastructure, such as a switch upgrade, can impact application performance, connectivity, and availability.
Network changes only affect the speed of data transfer and have no other functional impact on applications.
Changes to underlying network infrastructure are a critical part of a change's risk and impact analysis. A core switch upgrade can introduce unforeseen issues such as latency, packet loss, misconfigurations, or downtime, all of which can directly affect the performance and availability of applications that rely on the network for communication. The purpose of identifying affected systems in change management is to understand all potential consequences of a change, not just the systems being directly modified.
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