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Which feature of a Cisco Nexus 1000V Servers Switch allows you to deploy traffic steering for a virtual infrastructure?

The correct answer is D. vPath. The vPath feature on a Cisco Nexus 1000V Series Switch enables intelligent traffic steering by directing virtual machine traffic to network service appliances for processing and then back to the network.

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Question

Which feature of a Cisco Nexus 1000V Servers Switch allows you to deploy traffic steering for a virtual infrastructure?

Options

  • ASOT
  • BPVLAN
  • CACL
  • DvPath

How the community answered

(60 responses)
  • A
    7% (4)
  • B
    2% (1)
  • C
    3% (2)
  • D
    88% (53)

Why each option

The vPath feature on a Cisco Nexus 1000V Series Switch enables intelligent traffic steering by directing virtual machine traffic to network service appliances for processing and then back to the network.

ASOT

SOT (Self-Organizing Traffic) is not a recognized or standard feature of the Cisco Nexus 1000V for traffic steering.

BPVLAN

PVLAN (Private VLAN) is a security feature used for Layer 2 isolation within a VLAN, not for sophisticated traffic steering to service appliances.

CACL

ACLs (Access Control Lists) are used for packet filtering and security, not for the dynamic and intelligent traffic steering functionalities provided by vPath for service chain integration.

DvPathCorrect

vPath is a key feature of the Cisco Nexus 1000V Series Switch that provides intelligent traffic steering capabilities, allowing administrators to direct specific virtual machine traffic flows to virtual network services, such as firewalls or load balancers, for inspection or optimization.

Concept tested: Nexus 1000V vPath Traffic Steering

Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/nexus1000v/sw/4_0_4_s1_1/vsga/configuration/guide/n1000v_vsga/vsga_config.html#wp1010372

Topics

#Cisco Nexus 1000V#vPath#traffic steering#virtual infrastructure

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