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300-170 · Question #92

Refer to Exhibit. In which bridge domain does enabling hardware proxy have the greatest benefit?

The correct answer is D. BD4. Enabling hardware proxy in Cisco ACI offloads ARP and unknown unicast flooding from the APIC to the hardware, reducing CPU load and improving performance.

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Question

Refer to Exhibit. In which bridge domain does enabling hardware proxy have the greatest benefit?

Exhibit

300-170 question #92 exhibit

Options

  • ABD1
  • BBD2
  • CBD3
  • DBD4

How the community answered

(46 responses)
  • A
    7% (3)
  • B
    11% (5)
  • C
    4% (2)
  • D
    78% (36)

Why each option

Enabling hardware proxy in Cisco ACI offloads ARP and unknown unicast flooding from the APIC to the hardware, reducing CPU load and improving performance.

ABD1

BD1 would not receive the greatest benefit unless it had the largest number of endpoints or highest unknown traffic rate, which is not indicated by the problem description.

BBD2

BD2 would not receive the greatest benefit unless it had the largest number of endpoints or highest unknown traffic rate, which is not indicated by the problem description.

CBD3

BD3 would not receive the greatest benefit unless it had the largest number of endpoints or highest unknown traffic rate, which is not indicated by the problem description.

DBD4Correct

Enabling hardware proxy is most beneficial in bridge domains with a large number of endpoints, as it offloads ARP and unknown unicast flooding from the APIC to the hardware, thereby reducing CPU utilization and improving forwarding efficiency for BD4, which is implied to have many endpoints.

Concept tested: ACI hardware proxy benefit

Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/dcn/aci/apic/5x/l3-configuration/cisco-aci-layer3-configuration-guide-50x/m-config-bridge-domains.html#Cisco_Reference.dita_097e06a3-057b-40b9-873b-551793744654

Topics

#Cisco ACI#Bridge Domains#Hardware Proxy#Network optimization

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