At installation, the __________ is bound to all configured physical interfaces of a VSX Gateway, UNLESS the interfaces are specifically assigned to another component.

Question

Options

• AVSX Management Server
• BSynchronization Network
• CInternal Virtual Router
• DExternal Virtual Router
• EManagement Virtual System

• B
  4% (2)
• C
  2% (1)
• D
  7% (4)
• E
  88% (49)

Explanation

Management Virtual System (MVS) is correct because it acts as the default "owner" of all physical interfaces on a VSX Gateway at installation time - any interface not explicitly assigned to a Virtual System, Virtual Router, or Virtual Switch remains bound to the MVS, which also handles management traffic for the gateway itself.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• (A) VSX Management Server is an external management platform (like Multi-Domain Server), not a component residing on the gateway that claims interfaces.
• (B) Synchronization Network is a dedicated cluster sync mechanism, not a component that binds to general physical interfaces.
• (C) Internal Virtual Router and (D) External Virtual Router are logical routing components that only receive interfaces you explicitly assign to them - they have no default claim over unassigned interfaces.

Memory tip: Think "Management grabs what nobody else claims" - the MVS is the fallback/default holder of all physical interfaces, just as management traffic is the fallback plane when no data-plane component is configured for a given interface.

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