A network administrator is analyzing traffic patterns on the corporate network. The analysis focuses on data moving from employee workstations to various software as a service (SaaS) applications on the internet. Which of the following BEST describes this type of traffic flow?
The correct answer is north-south traffic. This term describes traffic that flows into or out of a network or data center. In this scenario, traffic from internal client devices (workstations) to the external internet (SaaS applications) is a classic example of north-south traffic. East-west traffic, in contrast, refers to traffic that moves laterally within the same network or data center, such as between two servers. Spine-to-leaf and core-to-distribution are terms that describe traffic flows within specific network architectures (spine-leaf and three-tier hierarchical, respectively), not the general flow in and out of the network.
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