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An ISP provides Layer 3 VPN service over MPLS to a customer with four branches and multiple CE routers at each branch. To exchange the routes that are learned from the CE routers, which BGP address…
The correct answer is C. VPNv4 unicast. In an MPLS Layer 3 VPN service, ISP PE routers must use a specific BGP address family to exchange customer routing information, ensuring isolation and support for overlapping IP addresses.
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An ISP provides Layer 3 VPN service over MPLS to a customer with four branches and multiple CE routers at each branch. To exchange the routes that are learned from the CE routers, which BGP address family should the ISP activate among the PE routers?
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- Aaddress-family multicast
- BL2VPN EVPN
- CVPNv4 unicast
- DIPv4 unicast
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In an MPLS Layer 3 VPN service, ISP PE routers must use a specific BGP address family to exchange customer routing information, ensuring isolation and support for overlapping IP addresses.
The `address-family multicast` is used for exchanging multicast routing information, typically within Multicast VPNs (MVPNs), not for standard unicast Layer 3 VPN routes.
`L2VPN EVPN` is an address family primarily used for Layer 2 VPN services, such as extending Ethernet segments over an MPLS network, and does not handle Layer 3 IP route exchange in the same context.
The `VPNv4 unicast` BGP address family is specifically designed for MPLS Layer 3 VPNs. It allows PE routers to exchange customer IPv4 routes by prepending an 8-byte Route Distinguisher (RD) to the IPv4 prefix, creating unique 12-byte VPNv4 routes that prevent conflicts and enable overlapping IP addresses across different VPNs.
The `IPv4 unicast` address family is used for exchanging standard global IPv4 Internet routes between BGP peers and does not incorporate Route Distinguishers for VPN isolation, making it unsuitable for customer VPN routes in an MPLS L3VPN environment.
Concept tested: BGP address families in MPLS L3VPN (VPNv4)
Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/ipmulti_l3vpn/configuration/xe-16/iml-xe-16-book/iml-cfg-bgp.html
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