PCNE Practice Question: Designing, Planning, and Prototyping a GCP Network
A team is configuring a Cloud Router for a Dedicated Interconnect VLAN attachment. They need to set up BGP sessions. Which of the following is a required parameter when creating a BGP peer on the Cloud Router?
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Peer ASN
The peer ASN is required to configure the BGP session; the Cloud Router ASN is set at the router level.
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Peer ASN
Why this is correct
The BGP peer must have a peer ASN configured.
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Route priority (MED)
Why it's wrong here
MED is optional and can be set later.
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VLAN ID
Why it's wrong here
VLAN ID is configured on the VLAN attachment, not the BGP peer.
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Peer IP address
Why it's wrong here
The peer IP is automatically assigned by Google for VLAN attachments.
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