Virtualization

A network engineer is troubleshooting a Cisco SD-WAN deployment. The engineer notices that a branch site's vEdge router is not establishing control connections to the vSmart controller. The vEdge has the correct system IP and organization name. Which action should the engineer take first to verify connectivity?

Which TWO of the following are benefits of using network virtualization with VXLAN? (Choose two.)

A network administrator is configuring a Cisco Nexus 9000 switch to participate in a VXLAN EVPN fabric. The administrator needs to define the source IP address used for VXLAN tunnels. Which interface should be configured as the source for the VXLAN tunnel?

A network engineer is configuring a Cisco Catalyst 9000 switch to support a VXLAN EVPN fabric. The engineer wants to enable the switch to act as a VTEP and perform VXLAN encapsulation and decapsulation. Which command must be configured to create the VXLAN tunnel interface?

A network engineer is troubleshooting connectivity issues in a multi-tenant environment where each tenant's traffic is isolated using VRF-Lite. The engineer notices that tenants in the same VRF cannot communicate with each other across different access switches. Which design change should be implemented to enable inter-switch VRF communication?

An organization is migrating from a traditional three-tier architecture to a leaf-spine fabric using VXLAN EVPN. The design requires that virtual machines can move between racks without IP address changes. Which technology must be enabled at the leaf switches to support this mobility?

An engineer is deploying a new branch office that must run multiple isolated routing domains on a single Cisco IOS-XE router. Each department requires its own routing table and overlapping IP addressing. The engineer plans to use VRF-Lite. Which configuration step is required to ensure that routes from one VRF do not leak into another?

A network engineer is deploying a Cisco SD-Access fabric. The design requires that endpoints in the same virtual network can communicate with each other even when they attach to different fabric edge nodes, while endpoints in different virtual networks remain isolated. Which control-plane component is responsible for registering endpoint IP-to-location mappings and answering fabric edge node queries?

A network engineer is deploying a Cisco SD-Access fabric. The design requires that endpoints be authenticated and assigned to a VLAN and VRF based on their identity before any traffic is forwarded. Which Cisco SD-Access component is responsible for this function?

Which THREE of the following are components of a Cisco ACI fabric? (Choose three.)

Drag and drop the steps to configure OSPF on a Cisco router in the correct order.

A network engineer is deploying virtual switching for a hypervisor host. The requirement is that virtual machines on the same host can communicate with each other using Layer 2 frame forwarding without any traffic leaving the physical NIC, and that VLAN tags be enforced per port profile. Which Cisco technology should be used to meet these requirements?

Drag and drop the steps to configure a site-to-site IPsec VPN on a Cisco router in the correct order.

A network engineer is troubleshooting a Cisco Nexus 9000 switch configured with VXLAN EVPN. The engineer notices that the switch is not learning remote MAC addresses from the EVPN control plane. The underlay is OSPF, and BGP EVPN peering is established with the spine switches. Which command should the engineer use to verify that the switch is receiving EVPN Type-2 routes?

A network administrator is deploying a virtual switch on a Cisco UCS B-Series blade server. The administrator wants the virtual switch to be managed by Cisco UCS Manager and to support Cisco VM-FEX so that virtual machine traffic is visible to the upstream fabric interconnects. Which virtual switch technology meets these requirements?

A network engineer is deploying a Cisco SD-Access fabric using Cisco DNA Center. The design requires that wired users authenticate via 802.1X and be assigned to a specific overlay segment based on their department. Which Cisco SD-Access fabric component is responsible for authenticating the endpoint and assigning the endpoint to the correct overlay?

A network engineer is troubleshooting a Cisco Nexus 9000 switch configured for VXLAN EVPN. The engineer notices that the switch is not learning remote MAC addresses from other VTEPs. The underlay routing is working, and MP-BGP EVPN peering is established. Which configuration issue could prevent the switch from learning remote MAC addresses?

A network architect is designing a VXLAN EVPN fabric on Cisco Nexus 9000 switches to replace a traditional three-tier data center design. The architect wants to use a distributed anycast gateway so that hosts can move between leaf switches without changing their default gateway. Which two statements correctly describe the anycast gateway design? (Choose two.)

A network engineer is deploying a Cisco Nexus 9000 leaf-spine fabric with VXLAN EVPN. The design requires that all leaf switches act as VTEPs and that each leaf learn remote MAC addresses only from the fabric control plane rather than from data-plane flooding. Which configuration on the leaf switches accomplishes this requirement?

A network engineer is configuring a Cisco CSR 1000v router to support a virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) instance for a customer. The engineer wants to enable OSPFv2 within the VRF and ensure that OSPF routes are installed in the VRF's routing table. Which command is required to start the OSPF process for the VRF?

A network architect is designing a Cisco SD-Access fabric. The requirement is to provide segmentation for different user groups (employees, guests, contractors) while allowing them to share the same physical infrastructure. Which Cisco SD-Access component is responsible for enforcing group-based policies between endpoints?

A network engineer is troubleshooting a Cisco Nexus 9000 switch configured with VXLAN EVPN. The engineer notices that the switch is not advertising EVPN routes for a specific VNI. The NVE interface is up, and the VNI is configured. Which action should the engineer take to verify that the VNI is properly associated with the EVPN control plane?

A network administrator is deploying Cisco ACI in a data center. The administrator must configure a bridge domain that allows Layer 2 connectivity between endpoints in the same tenant while also providing Layer 3 gateway services. The design requires that the bridge domain support both unicast routing and unknown unicast flooding. Which two settings must be enabled on the bridge domain to meet these requirements? (Choose two.)

A network engineer is configuring a Cisco Nexus 9000 switch in VXLAN EVPN mode. The engineer wants the leaf switch to advertise the local MAC addresses and IP addresses of hosts in a VLAN to remote leaf switches so that Layer 2 and Layer 3 forwarding can occur without flooding. Which EVPN route type must the engineer ensure is advertised for this purpose?

A network engineer is configuring a Cisco IOS-XE router to support virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) for a multi-tenant environment. The engineer wants to ensure that traffic from each tenant is isolated and that overlapping IP addresses can be used. Which command is used to create a VRF instance and enter VRF configuration mode?

A network engineer deploys Cisco HyperFlex with ESXi hosts and a vSwitch. The requirement is that storage traffic for the HyperFlex distributed data platform be isolated from management and VM traffic, and that jumbo frames be used end to end. Which configuration on the ESXi host satisfies this requirement?

A network administrator is configuring a Cisco CSR 1000v router in a virtualized environment. The administrator needs to ensure that the virtual router can forward traffic between virtual machines on different VLANs. Which feature must be enabled on the CSR 1000v to support this?

An engineer configures VXLAN EVPN on a Nexus 9000 switch. The configuration is shown. The switch does not advertise any EVPN routes for VNI 10100. Which configuration change is required to fix this issue?

A network engineer is configuring a Cisco Nexus 9000 switch as a VTEP in a VXLAN EVPN fabric. The engineer wants to ensure that the switch uses the loopback0 interface as the source for VXLAN tunnels and that it can dynamically learn remote VTEPs via BGP EVPN. Which command set is required under the NVE interface?

A network engineer is configuring a Cisco Catalyst 9000 switch to support a virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) instance for a guest network. The engineer wants to ensure that traffic from the guest VRF cannot leak into the corporate VRF. Which configuration step is required to maintain isolation between VRFs?

A network engineer is deploying a Cisco Catalyst 9300 switch stack that will host several isolated tenant environments. Each tenant must have its own separate routing table and its own independent instance of a dynamic routing protocol on the same physical switch, while sharing the same physical uplinks to the core. Which technology should the engineer implement to meet these requirements?

A network engineer is deploying a virtualized branch solution using Cisco Enterprise Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure Software (NFVIS). The goal is to run multiple virtual network functions such as a virtual router and a virtual firewall on a single Cisco UCS E-Series or C-Series server at the branch. Which statement accurately describes how NFVIS supports this deployment?

A network administrator is deploying Cisco ACI in a data center. The administrator needs to ensure that a new tenant's application profile can communicate with an external Layer 2 network that is connected to a border leaf switch. Which ACI construct must be configured to extend the tenant's bridge domain to the external network?

A network engineer is configuring a Cisco Nexus 9000 switch as a VXLAN Tunnel Endpoint. The engineer needs to define the source interface used for the VXLAN tunnels and map VLANs to a VNI. Which command sequence accomplishes this?

A network architect is designing a Cisco SD-Access fabric. The requirement is to provide secure segmentation for different departments without deploying separate physical networks or traditional VRFs on every switch. Which Cisco SD-Access component provides this segmentation by using a group-based policy model?

A network engineer is deploying VXLAN EVPN on a Cisco Nexus 9000 switch. Which two statements about the configuration of the NVE interface are true? (Choose two.)

A network engineer is configuring VXLAN on a Cisco Nexus 9000 switch. The engineer wants to ensure that the VXLAN tunnel interface uses the loopback 0 interface as the source for all VXLAN traffic. Which command should be entered under the NVE interface configuration?

An engineer is configuring a Cisco Nexus 9000 switch running VXLAN EVPN. Tenant traffic must be encapsulated with a VXLAN header that includes a 24-bit VNI, and the underlay must provide loopback-based VTEP addressing with ECMP. The engineer notices that the switch is not forming VXLAN tunnels to remote leaf switches. Which configuration issue is the most likely cause?

A network engineer is troubleshooting a Cisco IOS-XE router that hosts several virtual routing and forwarding instances. A route to 10.20.30.0/24 exists in both the global routing table and in VRF CUSTOMER_A. A packet arrives on an interface assigned to VRF CUSTOMER_A with destination 10.20.30.10. How does the router determine which routing table to consult?

A network engineer is configuring a VRF on a Cisco IOS-XE router to isolate a customer's traffic. The engineer creates VRF CUST_A, assigns the customer-facing interface to it, and runs the show ip route vrf CUST_A command, which returns no routes. The interface is up and the customer router is reachable. What is the most likely cause?

A network engineer is configuring a Cisco Nexus 9000 switch as a VXLAN Tunnel Endpoint (VTEP). The switch has two loopback interfaces: Loopback0 (10.0.0.1/32) and Loopback1 (10.0.0.2/32). The engineer wants VXLAN traffic to use the loopback interface that is also used for BGP EVPN peering. Which command should be used to specify the source interface for the VXLAN tunnels?

A network administrator is configuring a Cisco IOS-XE router to support Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF). The administrator wants to ensure that traffic from different VRFs can be routed between each other using a shared service VRF. Which VRF feature allows routes to be leaked between VRFs?

A network engineer is configuring NTP authentication on a Cisco IOS-XE router. The goal is to ensure the router only synchronizes with a trusted NTP server and that the server's keys are validated. Which sequence of configuration steps correctly enforces authenticated NTP peering?

A network engineer configured VRF TENANT_A and moved the subinterfaces into the VRF. After the change, the CEF table shows the prefixes but the next-hop addresses are unreachable. What is the most likely cause?

A network architect is designing a Cisco ACI fabric for a multi-tenant data center. Tenants must be isolated at Layer 3, but some tenants require shared services such as a firewall and load balancer. Which Cisco ACI construct should the architect use to allow selective communication between tenants while maintaining isolation?

A network engineer is deploying a VXLAN EVPN fabric on Cisco Nexus 9000 switches. The underlay is a Layer 3 routed fabric using OSPF. The engineer needs to ensure that multicast replication is not used for BUM (Broadcast, Unknown Unicast, Multicast) traffic. Which VXLAN EVPN configuration is required on the leaf switches?

A network engineer is troubleshooting a Cisco ACI environment where a tenant's application is experiencing intermittent connectivity issues. The engineer suspects that the issue is related to the ACI fabric's forwarding behavior. Which tool can be used to verify the end-to-end path and policy enforcement for a specific flow within the ACI fabric?

A cloud provider uses Cisco ACI to automate provisioning of tenant networks. A new tenant requires a Layer 2 bridge domain that extends to an external Layer 2 network via a VPC. The engineer creates a bridge domain with the settings: Type: Regular, L2 Unknown Unicast: Flood, L3 Unknown Multicast Flood: Flood, and Multi-Destination Flooding: Flood. The VPC is configured as a virtual port channel. The tenant reports that broadcast traffic is not reaching the external network. What is the most likely cause?

A network architect is evaluating Cisco SD-WAN to connect branch offices to data centers and public cloud workloads. The architect wants to understand which capabilities are provided by the Cisco SD-WAN solution. (Choose two.)

A network administrator is deploying Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) and needs to allow two endpoint groups (EPGs) in different bridge domains to communicate while applying a contract that permits only TCP port 443. Which ACI construct provides the policy enforcement point where the contract is applied?

A network engineer is designing a VXLAN EVPN fabric using Cisco Nexus 9000 switches. The engineer must choose a multicast mode for BUM (Broadcast, Unknown unicast, Multicast) traffic replication. Which two statements are true regarding the use of multicast in a VXLAN EVPN fabric? (Choose two.)

Which TWO statements correctly describe characteristics of virtual device contexts (VDCs) in Cisco Nexus switches?

A network engineer is configuring a Cisco Nexus 9000 switch as a VTEP in a VXLAN EVPN fabric. The engineer needs to specify the loopback0 interface as the source for VXLAN tunnels. Which command must be entered under the NVE interface configuration?

A network engineer is deploying a VXLAN EVPN fabric on Cisco Nexus 9000 switches. The engineer must configure the NVE interface and ensure proper VXLAN data plane operation. Which two statements about VXLAN EVPN configuration on Nexus 9000 are true? (Choose two.)

A network engineer is configuring a Cisco CSR 1000v router in a virtualized environment. The engineer needs to ensure that the router can forward traffic between multiple virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) instances while maintaining isolation. Which technology should the engineer use to allow communication between specific VRFs?

Match each Cisco switch security feature to its function.

A network engineer is deploying a VXLAN EVPN fabric on Cisco Nexus 9000 switches. The design requires that all VTEPs in the fabric learn the IP addresses of remote VTEPs so that BUM traffic can be replicated using ingress replication. Which control-plane component is responsible for distributing this VTEP IP address information across the fabric?

A network engineer at a university is deploying Cisco HyperFlex to replace a legacy SAN-backed vSphere cluster. The design calls for fabric interconnects to be managed in Cisco UCS Manager, and the engineer wants the HyperFlex installer to fully configure the fabric interconnects and the UCS servers automatically. Which HyperFlex deployment model should the engineer choose?

A network architect is evaluating VXLAN as the data plane encapsulation for a new data center fabric. Which two statements accurately describe how VXLAN operates? (Choose two.)

A network engineer is deploying a new branch office that uses Cisco SD-WAN with a single transport underlay. The design requires that the branch router participate in the SD-WAN fabric and establish control connections to the controllers. Which component must the engineer configure on the branch device to allow it to register with the SD-WAN controllers and receive policy from vManage?

Refer to the exhibit. A network engineer has configured VRFs on a router. A packet arrives on Gi0/1/0 with destination IP 10.1.1.2. Which VRF is used for routing this packet?

A network engineer is troubleshooting a Cisco Nexus 9000 leaf switch in a VXLAN EVPN fabric. Hosts in VLAN 200 on one leaf cannot reach hosts in VLAN 200 on a remote leaf, although the Type 2 routes are present in the EVPN table. The engineer confirms that the local VTEP address is correct. Which action should the engineer take to verify that the VNI is properly mapped to the VLAN and that traffic is placed into the correct overlay?

A network engineer configured a Cisco IOS-XE router with VRF CUSTOMER_A and assigned Gi0/0/1 to it. The interface is up and has an IP address, but traffic sourced from the VRF cannot reach a remote prefix that is present in the global routing table. The engineer confirms the global route exists and the next hop is reachable. What is the most likely cause?

A network engineer is configuring a Cisco IOS-XE router to support virtual routing and forwarding (VRF). The engineer wants to ensure that the VRF can be used for MPLS VPN and that the router can maintain separate routing tables. Which command is used to create a VRF named CUSTOMER?

A network engineer is deploying a Cisco SD-Access fabric using Cisco DNA Center. The design requires that endpoints in the same virtual network (VN) be able to communicate even when they are attached to different fabric edge nodes. Which data plane technology does SD-Access use to carry the endpoint traffic across the fabric underlay?

A financial services company has deployed Cisco UCS servers with VMware vSphere 7.0 to host critical trading applications. The network uses Cisco Nexus 9000 switches in a VXLAN EVPN fabric with BGP as the underlay. The environment includes 50 ESXi hosts, each connected via two 40G interfaces to two different leaf switches in a VPC. The VMs are spread across multiple hosts and communicate over VXLAN. Recently, the operations team migrated a set of VMs from an old VLAN-based network to a new VXLAN segment (VNI 50000). After the migration, users report intermittent connectivity issues and packet loss. The engineering team captures traffic and notices that some VMs send ARP requests that are not being replied to, even though the target VM is active. Further analysis shows that the ARP requests are being flooded to all VTEPs, but the replies are not reaching the source. The team checks the underlay and finds no issues with BGP or routing. The NVE interfaces are up, and the VNI is configured. Which of the following is the most likely cause of the issue?

A network engineer is configuring a Cisco Nexus 9000 switch in a VXLAN EVPN fabric. The engineer wants to ensure that the switch can advertise MAC addresses learned from local hosts to other VTEPs. Which EVPN route type is used to advertise MAC address reachability information?

A network architect is designing a data center fabric that uses VXLAN with an EVPN control plane on Cisco Nexus 9000 switches. The architect must justify why EVPN is preferred over a flood-and-learn VXLAN data plane. Which two statements correctly describe advantages of using an EVPN control plane in this design? (Choose two.)

A network engineer is deploying Cisco ACI in a data center. The requirement is to allow an external Layer 3 router to dynamically learn the endpoints that reside in a specific bridge domain (BD) and to advertise the BD's subnet to the external network. The external router is connected to a border leaf switch. Which Cisco ACI construct must be configured to meet this requirement?

A network engineer is designing a new data center leaf-spine fabric using Cisco Nexus 9000 switches. The design requires that the fabric automatically discover the IP addresses of remote VTEPs participating in a VXLAN EVPN deployment. Which control-plane protocol should be enabled on the leaf switches to provide this dynamic VTEP discovery?

A network engineer is deploying Cisco ACI in a data center. The engineer needs to configure a bridge domain that allows traffic to be routed between two EPGs that are in different subnets. Which ACI object must be configured to enable inter-subnet routing within the bridge domain?

A network engineer is troubleshooting a Cisco Nexus 9000 VXLAN EVPN fabric in which a host attached to leaf-1 cannot communicate with a host in the same subnet attached to leaf-2, even though both leaf switches show the VNI as up. The engineer suspects the EVPN control plane. Which two conditions must be met for the two hosts to communicate over the VXLAN overlay? (Choose two.)

A network engineer is deploying a VXLAN EVPN fabric with Cisco Nexus 9000 switches. The design requires that when a leaf switch learns a MAC address from a local host, remote leaf switches should be able to install that MAC into their forwarding tables without flooding. Which EVPN route type is used to advertise MAC address reachability?

An engineer is configuring a Cisco Nexus 9000 switch as a VXLAN Tunnel Endpoint in a spine-leaf fabric. The requirement is that the switch must perform VXLAN encapsulation and decapsulation in hardware without relying on the supervisor CPU, and it must support distributed anycast gateway for the tenant subnets. Which feature set must be enabled to meet these requirements?

A network engineer is troubleshooting a VXLAN EVPN fabric on Cisco Nexus 9000 switches. Hosts in VLAN 100 on different leaf switches cannot communicate, even though the EVPN control plane shows the MAC addresses. The engineer suspects a problem with the VXLAN data plane. Which command should be used to verify the VXLAN tunnel endpoints (VTEPs) and their status?

A network engineer is configuring a Cisco Nexus 9000 switch as a VXLAN Tunnel Endpoint (VTEP) in a spine-leaf fabric. The engineer needs to verify that the NVE interface is operational and that the VNI-to-VLAN mapping is correct. Which command should the engineer use to display the VXLAN tunnel endpoints and their associated VNIs?

Which component of Cisco ACI is responsible for policy enforcement and forwarding decisions?

A network engineer is configuring a Cisco Nexus 9000 switch with VXLAN EVPN. The engineer wants to ensure that the switch can forward traffic between VLANs that are mapped to the same VXLAN Network Identifier (VNI) but are on different leaf switches. Which component is responsible for mapping the VLAN to the VNI on the ingress leaf switch?

A network engineer is configuring a Cisco CSR 1000v router to run multiple virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) instances. The engineer wants to ensure that traffic from VRF RED can reach the internet while traffic from VRF BLUE remains isolated. Which feature should be configured to allow VRF RED to access the global routing table?

A data center team is deploying a VXLAN EVPN fabric on Cisco Nexus 9000 switches and wants to eliminate the need for multicast underlay replication for broadcast, unknown unicast, and multicast traffic. Which mechanism should the team implement to achieve ingress replication of BUM traffic?

A data center team is designing a VXLAN EVPN fabric on Cisco Nexus 9000 switches to replace an aging three-tier topology. They want to understand which functions are performed by the VXLAN tunnel endpoints and the EVPN control plane. Which two statements accurately describe VXLAN EVPN behavior? (Choose two.)

A network engineer is deploying Cisco ACI in a data center. The engineer needs to configure a bridge domain that provides Layer 2 connectivity between endpoints in the same tenant. Which two statements about Cisco ACI bridge domains are true? (Choose two.)

A network administrator is enabling a virtual routing and forwarding instance on a Cisco IOS-XE router to separate customer traffic. The administrator issues the ip vrf forwarding CUSTOMER_A command on Gi0/0/1, and the interface immediately loses its IP address. What is the reason for this behavior?

A network engineer is troubleshooting a Cisco Nexus 9000 leaf switch that is part of a VXLAN EVPN fabric. The engineer notices that the leaf is not learning remote MAC addresses, although the underlay is operational and BGP EVPN sessions are established. Which action should the engineer take to verify that the leaf is receiving EVPN Type 2 routes?

A company is consolidating branch servers onto a single physical host running a hypervisor. The administrator needs each virtual machine to have its own virtual NIC with an independent MAC address and to be isolated at Layer 2 from other virtual machines unless explicitly connected to the same virtual switch. Which component provides this function?

A network engineer is deploying a Cisco Nexus 9000 leaf switch in a VXLAN EVPN fabric. The underlay uses OSPF for loopback reachability, and the engineer must now enable the control plane that carries MAC and IP address reachability information for the overlay. Which technology must be enabled on the leaf switch to distribute this overlay reachability information?

A network administrator is configuring a Cisco IOS-XE router to support virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) for a customer. The administrator wants to ensure that traffic from the customer's VRF can reach the internet through a global routing table. Which feature should be configured to allow communication between the VRF and the global routing table?

Which TWO statements about virtual switching in a hypervisor environment are correct?

A network engineer is configuring Cisco ACI to extend a Layer 2 bridge domain to an external Layer 2 network. The engineer must ensure that the ACI fabric can forward traffic between the bridge domain and the external network without routing. Which ACI construct should be configured to achieve this?

An engineer is configuring a VXLAN EVPN fabric on Cisco Nexus 9000 switches. VLAN 100 on leaf-1 must be mapped to VNI 10100, and the same Layer 2 segment must extend to leaf-2. The engineer creates VLAN 100 and enters the NVE interface configuration. Which configuration on leaf-1 correctly maps VLAN 100 to VNI 10100 so that the Layer 2 segment can be extended over the VXLAN overlay?

A service provider uses a Cisco ASR 1000 router to provide MPLS L3VPN services to multiple customers. Each customer has their own VRF. Recently, a new customer was added with VRF CUSTOMER_C. After configuration, the customer reports that they can reach some remote sites but not others. The network engineer checks the VRF configuration and finds that the route targets for CUSTOMER_C are correctly configured. The engineer also verifies that BGP sessions to the PE routers are up. The missing routes are from a site that uses a different PE router. Which action should the engineer take to resolve the issue?

A network engineer is configuring a Cisco Nexus 9000 switch as a VXLAN tunnel endpoint. The engineer needs to define the source IP address used for the VXLAN tunnels and ensure the switch can replicate broadcast, unknown unicast, and multicast traffic. Which configuration element must be created to source the tunnels?

A network architect is designing a Cisco SD-Access fabric. The requirement is to provide Layer 3 isolation between different departments while allowing them to share the same physical network. Which Cisco SD-Access component is responsible for providing this isolation?