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350-701 Practice Question: In a Cisco TrustSec deployment, after successful…
In a Cisco TrustSec deployment, after successful authentication, ISE assigns a Security Group Tag (SGT) to the user. Which protocol is used to propagate the SGT to the network devices for policy enforcement?
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SXP (SGT Exchange Protocol)
Cisco TrustSec uses SGT Exchange Protocol (SXP) to propagate SGT mappings from the policy server (ISE) to network devices that do not natively support SGT tagging in hardware.
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SXP (SGT Exchange Protocol)
Why this is correct
SXP is the protocol that transports IP-to-SGT mappings between devices.
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SNMP
Why it's wrong here
SNMP is used for monitoring and management, not for SGT propagation.
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RADIUS
Why it's wrong here
RADIUS is used for authentication and CoA but does not carry SGT information directly.
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EAP
Why it's wrong here
EAP is for authentication, not for SGT propagation.
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