300-540 Exam Questions
71 real 300-540 exam questions with expert-verified answers and explanations. Page 1 of 2.
- Question #1Cloud and Virtualization
Refer to the exhibit. An engineer must design a solution that allows a user to choose which private Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN network they want to connect to AWS. The solution must aut...
SD-WANAWSTransit VPCcloud connectivity - Question #2Cloud and Virtualization
An engineer must design a cloud platform for managing IaC. The solution must be flexible, integrate with APIs, and allow for automation. What must be used?
Infrastructure as CodeTerraformcloud automationAPI integration - Question #3Managing and Operating Cisco SP Network
Refer to the exhibit. An engineer must configure multihoming between router R1 and service provider SP-2. Locally generated routes must be advertised to service provider SP-2. Whic...
BGPmultihomingroute-mapneighbor policy - Question #4Managing and Operating Cisco SP Network
Refer to the exhibit. An engineer must configure an IPsec VPN connection between site 1 and site 2. The indicated configuration was applied to router R1; however, the tunnel fails...
IPsec VPNcrypto mapset peertunnel troubleshooting - Question #5Managing and Operating Cisco SP Network
Refer to the exhibit. An engineer must configure an IPsec VPN connection between site 1 and site 2. The ISAKMP policy for the phase 1 negotiations of the tunnel must use AES and SH...
IPsecISAKMPAES encryptionSHA-256 - Question #6Managing and Operating Cisco SP Network
What does Cisco Always-On Cloud DDoS use to protect against DDoS attacks?
DDoS protectionscrubbing centerscloud securityAlways-On - Question #7Managing and Operating Cisco SP Network
Refer to the exhibit. An engineer must configure an IPsec VPN connection between site 1 and site 2. The indicated configuration was applied to router R1; however, the tunnel fails...
IPsecISAKMP pre-shared keypeer addresscrypto configuration - Question #8Cloud and Virtualization
Refer to the exhibit. An engineer must deploy a standalone Cisco NFVIS. These configurations were performed already: Deployed the virtual machine Configured the hostname and IP add...
NFVISAPI authentication401 Unauthorizeddefault credentials - Question #9Cloud and Virtualization
Refer to the exhibit. An engineer is troubleshooting a physical configuration issue in Cisco NFVI. Which two observations should be made? (Choose two.)
NFVIRAIDdisk failurehardware fault tolerance - Question #10Cloud and Virtualization
An engineer must design a cloud platform for event-driven applications. The solution must allow micro-sized atomic components to be built, deployed, and run code on demand. Which s...
FaaSserverlessevent-drivenmicroservices - Question #11Managing and Operating Cisco SP Network
Refer to the exhibit. An engineer must configure multihoming between router R1 and service providers SP-1 and SP-2. Locally generated routes must be advertised to the service provi...
BGPmultihomingfilter-listtransit AS prevention - Question #12Managing and Operating Cisco SP Network
An engineer must design a solution to provide safe channels between peer-to-peer devices, ensure that unauthorized users cannot break into the network, and ensure that listening de...
IPsec VPNencryptionsecure channelspeer-to-peer security - Question #13Network Functions Virtualization (NFV)
How does SR-IOV move data directly to and from the network adapter?
SR-IOVhypervisor bypassI/O virtualizationNFV - Question #14Cloud Infrastructure Design
An engineer must implement a public cloud solution that enables a company to place all its infrastructure and its end-user applications in the cloud, eliminating the need for softw...
SaaScloud service modelsapplication management - Question #15Data Center Interconnect (DCI)
Refer to the exhibit. An engineer must deploy a Layer 3 EVPN over segment routing MPLS in the data center core; however, Cisco switch Spine_A fails to join the OSPF network. Which...
EVPNsegment routing MPLSOSPFdata center core - Question #16Service Provider Network Security
What should be used to protect against lateral movements during a Cisco NFVI security breach?
NFVI securitynetwork segmentationlateral movement - Question #17Network Functions Virtualization (NFV)
An engineer must enable the highest level of logging when troubleshooting Cisco NFVIS. Which command must be run?
NFVISdebug loggingtroubleshootinglog levels - Question #18Data Center Interconnect (DCI)
What is a valid connection method between carrier-neutral facilities that are more than 20 miles away from each other?
carrier-neutrallong-haul connectivityEthernet ringDCI - Question #19Service Provider Network Security
What is used to protect a web server against a DDoS attack?
DDoS protectionWAFweb server security - Question #20Service Provider Network Security
What is used to protect against an API logic flaw?
API securityvulnerability remediationAPI logic flaw - Question #21Service Provider Network Security
An engineer must implement a solution on a Cisco ASR 1000 Series router to protect against DDoS attacks. DDoS traffic must be dropped by transmitting Flowspec attributes to edge ro...
BGP FlowspecDDoS mitigationACLASR 1000 - Question #22Data Center Interconnect (DCI)
Refer to the exhibit. An engineer must configure iBGP multipath load sharing across three paths. Which two commands must be run on router R2? (Choose two.)
iBGPmultipath load sharingBGP configuration - Question #23Network Functions Virtualization (NFV)
Refer to the exhibit. An engineer is troubleshooting a Cisco NFVI issue where the management node fails to start. Which service must be restarted to resolve the issue?
NFVIdockermanagement nodetroubleshooting - Question #24Network Functions Virtualization (NFV)
What is a capability of a Cisco NFVIS SNMP trap?
NFVISSNMP trapunsolicited notificationmonitoring - Question #25Service Provider Network Security
Refer to the exhibit. An engineer must stop DDoS attacks on web and mail servers by using an ACL. Which two commands must be run on router R17? (Choose two.)
ACLDDoS mitigationIP access listtraffic filtering - Question #26Data Center Interconnect (DCI)
What is a benefit of a carrier-neutral data center?
carrier-neutralpath diversitydata centermulti-carrier - Question #27Service Provider Network Security
Which type of cyberattack does Cisco Umbrella DNS-layer security effectively help mitigate?
Cisco UmbrellaDNS securityphishingmalware - Question #28Automation and Orchestration
An engineer attempts to kill a NETCONF session. The session ID is equal to the current session. What is the effect of this action?
NETCONFsession managementerror handlinginvalid-value - Question #29Cloud Infrastructure Design
Direct Connect offers which of the following advantages over traditional internet connections?
Direct Connectcloud connectivitynetwork performanceWAN - Question #30Automation and Orchestration
SNMP traps are utilized for which of the following purposes?
SNMP trapsnetwork monitoringmanagement stationunsolicited alerts - Question #31Data Center Interconnect (DCI)
EVPN over SR/MPLS can solve which of the following issues?
EVPNsegment routingMPLSroute automation - Question #32Cloud Infrastructure Design
What is a benefit of using VXLANs in a cloud-scale environment?
VXLANLayer 2 extensionoverlay networkcloud networking - Question #33Network Functions Virtualization (NFV)
An engineer must configure NTP servers in Cisco Enterprise NFVIS. The primary NTP server has an IP address of 192.168.1.1 and the backup NTP server has an IP address of 192.168.2.1...
NTP configurationNFVIStime synchronizationCLI commands - Question #34Data Center Interconnect (DCI)
Refer to the exhibit. An engineer must connect switch TOR1 and switch TOR2 to switch LEAF1 and switch LEAF2 by using double-sided vPCs. LEAF1 and LEAF2 are already configured as vP...
vPCdouble-sided vPCLEAF-SPINE topologyTOR switches - Question #35Data Center Interconnect (DCI)
What is a valid connection method between carrier-neutral facilities within the same metro area?
carrier-neutral facilitiesDWDMmetro connectivitycolocation - Question #36Data Center Interconnect (DCI)
Refer to the exhibit. The indicated configuration was applied to a Cisco switch Switch_A located in the Los Angeles DC data center; however, Switch_A fails to establish OTV connect...
OTVVLAN extensionoverlay configurationDCI troubleshooting - Question #37Network Functions Virtualization (NFV)
An engineer must add VNF implementation definitions and VNF service definitions to an OpenStack deployment data model to deploy virtual routers and firewalls to an enterprise netwo...
VNF deploymentOpenStackNFV data modelnetwork definition - Question #38Automation and Orchestration
A large company's legacy network is set up with equipment from multiple vendors. The company engaged a network architect to optimize the network for virtualization. The architect m...
service modelingnetwork automationlifecycle managementmulti-vendor integration - Question #39Cloud Infrastructure Design
Which cloud provider connection permits BGP peering?
AWS Direct ConnectBGP peeringcloud connectivityhybrid cloud - Question #40Automation and Orchestration
A network architect must design a solution for implementing virtualization functions. The main goal is to ensure network reliability and reduce downtime by considering the network...
NSOservice lifecycle automationautomated rollbacknetwork state visibility - Question #41Cloud Infrastructure Design
Refer to the exhibit. An engineer must configure Cisco IOS SLB for DNS on router R1 to meet these requirements: must be redirected to the DNS server at 10.1.1.1; must be redirected...
IOS SLBDNS load balancinground-robinCLI troubleshooting - Question #42Data Center Interconnect (DCI)
Carrier-neutral facilities offer connectivity options to cloud providers through which of the following? (Choose two)
carrier-neutral facilitiesdirect connectdedicated leased linescloud connectivity - Question #43Network Functions Virtualization (NFV)
Virtual Machines and Containers are both used to virtualize resources. Which statement is true?
virtualizationcontainersvirtual machinesOS virtualization - Question #44Cloud Infrastructure Design
Load balancers are recommended in high availability designs to distribute traffic across multiple __________.
load balancinghigh availabilitytraffic distributionserver farm - Question #45Automation and Orchestration
Which of the following technologies are used for NFV orchestration? (Choose three)
NFV orchestrationNETCONFRESTCONFREST APIs - Question #46Service Provider Network Security
An engineer recently deployed a Secure Endpoint VPC in AirGap mode. Which command must be run in the Secure Endpoint Private Cloud portal to update the package to the latest versio...
Secure EndpointAirGap modeVPCsoftware update - Question #47Cloud Infrastructure Design
An engineer must create a new VPC and deploy several Amazon EC2 instances in AWS. Only SSH connections originating from IP address 20.20.20.20 must be allowed to reach the EC2 inst...
AWS security groupsVPCSSH access controlcloud security - Question #48Network Functions Virtualization (NFV)
Which format is used by Cisco Container Platform for configuration files?
Cisco Container PlatformYAMLconfiguration formatcontainers - Question #49Cloud Infrastructure Design
An engineer must design a pay-as-you-go solution for their partners. The solution must allow for rapid deployments, be flexible, and scale resources up or down in a hybrid workplac...
Cisco+ Hybrid CloudVDIhybrid workplacepay-as-you-go - Question #50Data Center Interconnect (DCI)
Refer to the exhibit. An engineer working for a private service provider with an employee ID 5207:22:409 must configure iBGP multipath load sharing across the three paths. Which tw...
iBGPmultipath load sharingPE routerBGP configuration