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Google PCA Practice Question: Managing Implementation and Ensuring Solution and Operations Reliability

Your company plans to connect an on-premises data center to Google Cloud with a Dedicated Interconnect. You need to ensure high availability for the connection. What is the minimum configuration required to meet a 99.99% SLA for Dedicated Interconnect?

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Correct answer & explanation

Two Dedicated Interconnect circuits, each in a different edge availability domain, with a Cloud Router for each connection

Dedicated Interconnect requires two separate circuits (each 10 Gbps or 100 Gbps) to achieve a 99.99% SLA. A single circuit provides a 99.9% SLA, and Google Cloud recommends using two circuits in different edge availability domains. Cloud Router alone does not provide redundancy without multiple VLAN attachments and circuits.

Answer analysis

Option-by-option breakdown

For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.

  • Two Dedicated Interconnect circuits, each in a different edge availability domain, with a Cloud Router for each connection

    Why this is correct

    Two circuits with separate edge domains ensure 99.99% SLA.

  • A single Dedicated Interconnect circuit with a Cloud Router configured for BGP advertisements

    Why it's wrong here

    A single circuit only provides 99.9% SLA.

  • One Dedicated Interconnect circuit and one Partner Interconnect connection as a backup

    Why it's wrong here

    Partner Interconnect has a different SLA (99.9%) and does not combine to achieve 99.99%.

  • One Dedicated Interconnect circuit with two VLAN attachments on the same circuit

    Why it's wrong here

    VLAN attachments on the same circuit do not provide circuit-level redundancy.

Visual reference

Switch VLAN 10 Sales (192.168.10.0/24) PC-A PC-B VLAN 20 HR (192.168.20.0/24) PC-C PC-D Router VLANs isolate traffic — inter-VLAN routing requires a Layer 3 device

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