1Y0-401 · Question #358
Scenario: The company needs to ensure that the provisioning traffic does NOT interfere with the existing PXE solution. The Provisioning Services servers will be connected to a 10 Gbps network. What…
The correct answer is B. Multi-homed Provisioning Services server on dedicated VLANs. To prevent Provisioning Services traffic from interfering with an existing PXE solution, the architect should recommend multi-homing the PVS servers on dedicated VLANs. This approach ensures traffic isolation while efficiently using the 10 Gbps network.
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- AMulti-homed Provisioning Services servers on existing server VLANs
- BMulti-homed Provisioning Services server on dedicated VLANs
- CMulti-homed Provisioning Services server on a dedicated physical switch
- DMulti-homed Provisioning Services server with NetScaler App Firewall
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(21 responses)- A5% (1)
- B71% (15)
- C14% (3)
- D10% (2)
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To prevent Provisioning Services traffic from interfering with an existing PXE solution, the architect should recommend multi-homing the PVS servers on dedicated VLANs. This approach ensures traffic isolation while efficiently using the 10 Gbps network.
Placing PVS servers on existing server VLANs risks interference with the current PXE solution, as existing VLANs might already carry conflicting traffic.
Utilizing multi-homed Provisioning Services servers on dedicated VLANs logically isolates the provisioning traffic from the existing PXE network, effectively preventing contention and interference between the two services. This network segmentation ensures stable operation for both solutions while leveraging the high-speed network.
While a dedicated physical switch provides isolation, using dedicated VLANs offers a more flexible and often more cost-effective solution for logical traffic separation.
NetScaler App Firewall focuses on application-layer security and protection, not on preventing network-level interference between provisioning and PXE traffic.
Concept tested: Provisioning Services network isolation using VLANs
Source: https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/provisioning/current-release/network-considerations.html
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