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300-410 Practice Question: Is troubleshooting a VRF-Lite deployment where a…
A network engineer is troubleshooting a VRF-Lite deployment where a router is configured with VRF_ORANGE. The engineer attempts to configure a static route in VRF_ORANGE using the command 'ip route vrf VRF_ORANGE 192.168.10.0 255.255.255.0 10.1.1.1', but the route does not appear in the routing table. The 'show ip route vrf VRF_ORANGE' does not show the static route. What is the most likely cause?
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The next-hop IP address 10.1.1.1 is not reachable in VRF_ORANGE.
Static routes in VRF-Lite require that the next-hop IP address is reachable within the same VRF. If the next-hop is not in the VRF's routing table, the static route will not be installed.
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The next-hop IP address 10.1.1.1 is not reachable in VRF_ORANGE.
Why this is correct
The static route will only be installed if the next-hop is reachable via a connected or dynamic route in the same VRF.
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The 'ip classless' command is disabled.
Why it's wrong here
Classless routing is enabled by default and does not affect static route installation per VRF.
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The static route is missing the 'permanent' keyword.
Why it's wrong here
The permanent keyword is optional and not required for the route to be installed.
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The router has 'no ip routing' configured.
Why it's wrong here
Disabling IP routing would prevent all routing, not just static routes in a VRF.
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