350-501 Networking Practice Question
Which IS-IS metric type supports values up to 2^24-1 and is used for traffic engineering?
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Why each option matters
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Wide metrics
IS-IS wide metrics use a 24-bit field, allowing values up to 16,777,215, and are required for TE.
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Extended metrics
Why it's wrong here
Extended metrics is another name for wide metrics, but the correct term is wide metrics.
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Narrow metrics
Why it's wrong here
Narrow metrics are 6-bit, max value 63.
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TE metrics
Why it's wrong here
TE metrics are a type of wide metric.
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Wide metrics
Why this is correct
Wide metrics use 24 bits and support larger values for TE.
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