A campus network in a switch block design requires redundant distribution switches, load sharing across uplinks, a loop-free topology, and only one gateway IP address per VLAN. Which switching…

The correct answer is B. VSS. Virtual Switching System (VSS) combines two physical Catalyst 6500/6800 switches into a single logical switch. Because both chassis share one control plane, active-active load sharing across all uplinks is native (via Multichassis EtherChannel), the topology is loop-free…

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A campus network in a switch block design requires redundant distribution switches, load sharing across uplinks, a loop-free topology, and only one gateway IP address per VLAN. Which switching technology meets all of the requirements?

Options

AHSRP
BVSS
CSpanning Tree Protocol
DEtherChannel

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A
4% (2)
B
80% (37)
C
4% (2)
D
11% (5)

Explanation

Virtual Switching System (VSS) combines two physical Catalyst 6500/6800 switches into a single logical switch. Because both chassis share one control plane, active-active load sharing across all uplinks is native (via Multichassis EtherChannel), the topology is loop-free without STP intervention between the VSS members, and only one gateway IP per VLAN is needed because the VSS appears as one device. HSRP provides a virtual gateway IP but only one router is active at a time per VLAN, preventing true active-active load sharing without additional complexity. Spanning Tree Protocol ensures a loop-free topology but blocks redundant paths, sacrificing load sharing. EtherChannel aggregates links on a single switch but does not address multi-chassis redundancy or single-gateway requirements by itself.

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#VSS#campus redundancy#gateway consolidation#load sharing

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