Consider the following scenario: Your Network configuration requires that you configure a single interfaces on the VSX Gateway to lead to multiple networks. A different Virtual System must protect…

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Options

• AFrame cache-redirection enabled switch
• BJumbo Frame-enabled switch
• CRouter
• DContent-intelligent switch
• EVLAN-capable switch

• A
  2% (1)
• B
  9% (4)
• C
  4% (2)
• E
  85% (40)

Explanation

A VLAN-capable switch (E) is correct because 802.1Q VLAN tagging is the standard mechanism for multiplexing multiple logical networks over a single physical interface - the switch tags each customer's traffic with a unique VLAN ID, and the VSX Gateway uses sub-interfaces (one per VLAN) to route each tagged traffic stream to its corresponding Virtual System. This is the standard VSX deployment pattern when physical interface count is limited.

Why the distractors fail:

• A (Frame cache-redirection switch): Not a real standard device category; frame caching/redirection is unrelated to multi-network segmentation.
• B (Jumbo Frame switch): Jumbo frames only increase MTU size for performance; they provide no logical network separation.
• C (Router): A router would add an unnecessary hop and doesn't solve the single-interface-to-many-networks problem - it requires separate interfaces or sub-interfaces itself, which loops back to the same challenge.
• D (Content-intelligent switch): These make Layer 7 forwarding decisions based on application content (load balancing), not Layer 2/3 network segmentation.

Memory tip: When you see "one physical interface → many networks," think VLANs - the V in VLAN literally stands for Virtual, just like Virtual Systems in VSX. One wire + VLAN tags = many logical paths, one per customer.

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