Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin Practice Test

Which default host field does NOT pertain to the Connection_Host configuration?

1. DNS

2. IP

3. MAC Address

4. None

The correct answer is: MAC Address

The Connection_Host configuration in Splunk primarily determines how the host field is extracted from incoming data. The default options for this configuration include using the DNS name of the host and the IP address of the machine generating the logs, as these readily provide a means of identifying the source of the data. In contrast, the MAC Address does not factor into the Connection_Host configuration. The MAC Address is specific to network hardware and does not serve the same purpose in the context of identifying data sources in Splunk’s indexing framework. It is less relevant for log management and is not typically featured in the host identification processes inherent to most logging and data collection methods. Thus, the correct choice is the MAC Address since it is not utilized by the Connection_Host configuration in Splunk.