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300-410 Practice Question: The default behavior of a route-map when a route…
What is the default behavior of a route-map when a route does not match any match clause in any sequence?
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The route is denied by default.
A route-map consists of sequences with permit or deny actions. If a route does not match any match clause in any sequence, it is implicitly denied. This is similar to an access-list: there is an implicit deny at the end of the route-map.
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The route is permitted by default.
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect. There is no implicit permit; unmatched routes are denied.
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The route is denied by default.
Why this is correct
Correct. If a route does not match any sequence, it is implicitly denied.
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The route is processed by the last sequence regardless of match.
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect. The route-map stops at the first match; if no match, no sequence processes the route.
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The route is forwarded to the next route-map if one exists.
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect. Route-maps are independent; there is no chaining between different route-maps.
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Variation 1. A network engineer is troubleshooting a redistribution issue between OSPF and EIGRP. Router R3 is redistributing OSPF routes into EIGRP, but some OSPF external routes are not appearing in the EIGRP topology table. The engineer checks the redistribute command under EIGRP and sees a route-map named RM-OSPF that uses a prefix-list to match specific prefixes. The missing routes are permitted by the prefix-list. What is the most likely cause?
hard- ✓ A.The route-map is missing a 'set metric' command; EIGRP requires a metric for redistributed routes.
- B.The prefix-list is using the wrong sequence number and is being overridden by a later deny statement.
- C.The OSPF routes are type-5 LSAs, which cannot be redistributed into EIGRP.
- D.The route-map is applied to the OSPF process instead of the EIGRP process.
Why A: The route-map may have a 'set metric' command that is misconfigured, or the route-map may be missing the 'set metric' command entirely, causing EIGRP to reject the route because it requires a metric for redistributed routes. Alternatively, the route-map might have a 'match route-type' that excludes external type-2 routes.
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