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Question 1easymultiple choice
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Refer to the exhibit. The show command output displays the LDP neighbor state. What does the 'Downstream' label mode indicate about label distribution?

Exhibit

Refer to the exhibit.

Router# show mpls ldp neighbor
Peer LDP Ident: 192.168.1.2:0; Local LDP Ident: 192.168.1.1:0
TCP connection: 192.168.1.2.646 - 192.168.1.1.58370
State: Operacional; Msgs sent/rcvd: 342/341; Downstream
Up time: 02:34:21
LDP discovery sources:
  GigabitEthernet0/0/0/0; Src IP addr: 192.168.1.2, transport address: 192.168.1.2
  targeted-hello 192.168.1.2 -> 192.168.1.1
  holdtime: 15 sec; proposed local/peer: 15/15
  LDP id: 192.168.1.2:0
Question 2hardmultiple choice
Open the full BGP breakdown →

Refer to the exhibit. Which statement about this BGP configuration is true?

Exhibit

Refer to the exhibit.
! On PE router
router bgp 65000
 neighbor 10.1.1.1 remote-as 65000
 neighbor 10.1.1.1 update-source Loopback0
 !
 address-family vpnv4
  neighbor 10.1.1.1 activate
  neighbor 10.1.1.1 send-community extended
  neighbor 10.1.1.1 next-hop-self
 !
 address-family ipv4 vrf CUST_A
  redistribute ospf 1 vrf CUST_A
  no synchronization
 !
!
Question 3hardmultiple choice
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A service provider is deploying a new MPLS core with Segment Routing and requires fast convergence upon link failure. They plan to use TI-LFA (Topology Independent Loop-Free Alternate). What is a prerequisite for TI-LFA to provide protection against any single link failure?

Question 4hardmultiple choice
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Refer to the exhibit. An engineer pushes this XML configuration via NETCONF, but the device rejects it with an error stating 'invalid policy-map structure'. What is the problem?

Exhibit

<config xmlns:xc="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0">
  <native xmlns="http://cisco.com/ns/yang/Cisco-IOS-XE-native">
    <policy>
      <policy-map>
        <name>QOS-POLICY</name>
        <class>
          <name>VOICE</name>
          <priority>
            <level>1</level>
          </priority>
          <police>
            <cir>64000</cir>
            <bc>8000</bc>
            <conform-action>
              <transmit/>
            </conform-action>
            <exceed-action>
              <drop/>
            </exceed-action>
          </police>
        </class>
      </policy-map>
    </policy>
  </native>
</config>
Question 5hardmultiple choice
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Based on the exhibit, what is the purpose of the 'mpls ldp neighbor ... password cisco' commands?

Exhibit

Refer to the exhibit.

interface GigabitEthernet0/0
 ip address 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.252
 mpls ip
 mpls mtu 1500
 no shutdown

interface GigabitEthernet0/1
 ip address 192.168.2.1 255.255.255.252
 mpls ip
 mpls mtu 1500
 no shutdown

router ospf 1
 network 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.3 area 0
 network 192.168.2.0 0.0.0.3 area 0

mpls label protocol ldp
mpls ldp router-id Loopback0 force

mpls ldp neighbor 192.168.1.2 password cisco
mpls ldp neighbor 192.168.2.2 password cisco
Question 6hardmultiple choice
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Based on the exhibit, why is the route 10.10.10.0/24 from remote PE not installed in the VRF Customer-A on PE1?

Exhibit

Refer to the exhibit.

PE1#show ip bgp vpnv4 vrf Customer-A 10.10.10.0/24
BGP routing table entry for 10.10.10.0/24, version 6
Paths: (2 available, best #2, table Customer-A)
  Advertised to update-groups:
     1
  Refresh Epoch 2
  Local
    65000 65001
      10.1.1.1 (metric 20) from 10.1.1.1 (192.168.1.1)
        Origin IGP, metric 0, localpref 100, valid, internal, best
        Extended Community: RT:100:100
        mpls labels in/out vpn-label:24000
        rx pathid: 0, tx pathid: 0x0
      Path #2: (not installed because of route-target mismatch?)
  Not advertised to any peer

PE1#show run | section vrf Customer-A
vrf Customer-A
 rd 100:1
 route-target export 100:100
 route-target import 200:200
!
Question 7mediummultiple choice
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Refer to the exhibit. The router has an outgoing label of 'Pop' for prefix ***********. What does this imply?

Exhibit

Refer to the exhibit.

Router# show mpls forwarding-table
Local  Outgoing    Prefix            Bytes Label   Outgoing   Next Hop
Label  Label       or Tunnel Id      Switched      Interface
16     Pop         ***********       0             Gi0/0/0    192.168.1.2
17     18          10.1.1.0/24       1500          Gi0/0/1    192.168.2.2
18     20          10.2.2.0/24       3000          Gi0/0/1    192.168.2.2
19     Untagged    10.3.3.0/24       0             Gi0/0/2    192.168.3.2
Question 8easymultiple choice
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Refer to the exhibit. The VRF CUSTOMER is configured with route-target import 100:1. Why is this route not installed in the VRF table?

Exhibit

show bgp vpnv4 unicast vrf CUSTOMER 10.1.1.0/24
BGP routing table entry for 10.1.1.0/24, version 5
Paths: (1 available, best #1)
  Network: 10.1.1.0/24
  Path: 100
    from 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1)
      Origin IGP, metric 0, localpref 100, weight 32768, valid, external, best
      Extended Community: RT:200:1
Question 9mediummultiple choice
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Which MEF Carrier Ethernet service type is used for a rooted-multipoint topology, where a single root site communicates with multiple leaf sites but leaf sites cannot communicate directly?

Question 10mediummulti select
Open the full BGP breakdown →

An engineer is designing an iBGP route reflector topology to improve scalability. Which two statements about BGP route reflectors are correct?

Question 11mediummulti select
Open the full BGP breakdown →

A service provider is implementing BGP route reflectors to scale iBGP. Which THREE mechanisms are used to prevent routing loops in a route reflector topology? (Choose three.)

Question 12hardmultiple choice
Review the full routing breakdown →

Refer to the exhibit. An operator configures an SR-TE policy on a headend router. Which statement is true about the traffic steered into this policy?

Exhibit

segment-routing traffic-engineering
 policy POLICY1
  color 100 end-point 192.0.2.1
  candidate-path path1
   preference 50
   explicit segment-list SEG1
!
 segment-list SEG1
  index 10 mpls label 16000
  index 20 mpls label 16001
  index 30 mpls label 16002
!
Question 13easymultiple choice
Full question →

Refer to the exhibit. Which statement is true about this configuration?

Exhibit

interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0
 ip address 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0
 mpls ip
 mpls ldp autocfg
Question 14mediummultiple choice
Review the full OSPF breakdown →

Refer to the exhibit. The router cannot form a full OSPF adjacency with 10.0.0.2. Which is the most likely cause?

Exhibit

show ip ospf neighbor
Neighbor ID     Pri   State           Dead Time   Address         Interface
10.0.0.2        1    EXSTART/DR     00:00:35    10.0.1.2        GigabitEthernet0/0
Question 15hardmultiple choice
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Refer to the exhibit. The output shows an MPLS forwarding entry with FRR protection. What is the purpose of the backup path shown?

Exhibit

Refer to the exhibit.

Router# show mpls forwarding-table 192.168.10.0/24 detail
Local  Outgoing    Prefix            Bytes Label   Outgoing   Next Hop
Label  Label       or Tunnel Id      Switched      interface
200    16015       192.168.10.0/24   1000          Gi0/0/0    10.1.1.2
      MAC/Encaps: 14/18, MTU: 1500, Label Stack {16015(vcd)}
      VPN label: 1234 (L3VPN)
      Paths: 1 active
      Backup path: via Gi0/0/1, 10.1.1.6, label 16020
      Protection: FRR active, state: ready
      Time since last switch: 00:01:23

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