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Refer to the exhibit. A network administrator plans to announce the site subnets to the WAN using route summarization instead of announcing every subnet. What is the smallest summary route that…
The correct answer is B. 2001:DB8:ABCD::/60. To find the smallest summary route encompassing 2001:DB8:ABCD:0003::/64 through 2001:DB8:ABCD:0007::/64, identify the longest common prefix in their binary representation.
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Refer to the exhibit. A network administrator plans to announce the site subnets to the WAN using route summarization instead of announcing every subnet. What is the smallest summary route that should be used to encompass all subnets at the site?
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- A2001:DB8:ABCD:0003::/60
- B2001:DB8:ABCD::/60
- C2001:DB8:ABCD::/64
- D2001:DB8::/32
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- B81% (17)
- C5% (1)
- D5% (1)
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To find the smallest summary route encompassing 2001:DB8:ABCD:0003::/64 through 2001:DB8:ABCD:0007::/64, identify the longest common prefix in their binary representation.
2001:DB8:ABCD:0003::/60 is not the smallest summary because a /60 starting at '3' would exclude addresses that are logically part of the larger 2001:DB8:ABCD::/60 block (e.g., 2001:DB8:ABCD:0000::/64, 2001:DB8:ABCD:0001::/64, 2001:DB8:ABCD:0002::/64).
The subnets are 2001:DB8:ABCD:0003::/64, 2001:DB8:ABCD:0004::/64, 2001:DB8:ABCD:0005::/64, 2001:DB8:ABCD:0006::/64, and 2001:DB8:ABCD:0007::/64. Converting the varying fourth hextets (0003-0007) to binary reveals their common prefix extends to 12 bits within that hextet. The first 48 bits (2001:DB8:ABCD:) plus these 12 common bits results in a /60 prefix, specifically 2001:DB8:ABCD:0000::/60, which can be shortened to 2001:DB8:ABCD::/60.
2001:DB8:ABCD::/64 is a specific /64 subnet (covering 2001:DB8:ABCD:0000:: through 2001:DB8:ABCD:0000:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF) and does not encompass all the given subnets (0003 through 0007).
2001:DB8::/32 is a very broad summary that covers an unnecessarily large range of addresses and is not the 'smallest summary route' for the given specific subnets.
Concept tested: IPv6 route summarization calculation
Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios/ipv6/configuration/guide/ipv6_prot_routing_cg/ip6_route_sum.html
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