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A customer wants to deploy a Layer 2 extension over a transport infrastructure for multiple data centers. The data center technology should support a localized Layer 3 gateway, a separate flooding dom
The correct answer is B. VXLAN EVPN. The customer needs a DCI technology for Layer 2 extension across multiple data centers, supporting a localized Layer 3 gateway, separate flooding domains, and STP isolation per data center.
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A customer wants to deploy a Layer 2 extension over a transport infrastructure for multiple data centers. The data center technology should support a localized Layer 3 gateway, a separate flooding domain, and STP isolation per data center. Which DCI technology meets these requirements?
Options
- APseudowire
- BVXLAN EVPN
- CE-Line
- DE-LAN
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(51 responses)- A4% (2)
- B78% (40)
- C6% (3)
- D12% (6)
Why each option
The customer needs a DCI technology for Layer 2 extension across multiple data centers, supporting a localized Layer 3 gateway, separate flooding domains, and STP isolation per data center.
Pseudowire is a point-to-point Layer 2 circuit emulation technology that typically does not offer advanced features like localized L3 gateways or separate flooding domains across multiple data centers.
VXLAN EVPN (Virtual Extensible LAN Ethernet VPN) is a scalable DCI technology that supports Layer 2 extension with localized Layer 3 gateways (Anycast Gateway), separate flooding domains per VXLAN Network Identifier (VNI), and provides STP isolation through its BGP EVPN control plane.
E-Line is a point-to-point Ethernet service from a service provider and lacks the features for a localized Layer 3 gateway, separate flooding domains, and STP isolation across multiple data centers.
E-LAN is a multipoint-to-multipoint Ethernet service, but it typically extends a single Layer 2 domain across sites, which would not provide separate flooding domains or STP isolation per data center.
Concept tested: VXLAN EVPN features for DCI
Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/nexus9000/sw/7-x/vxlan/configuration/guide/b_Cisco-Nexus-9000-Series-NX-OS-VXLAN-Configuration-Guide-7x/b_Cisco-Nexus-9000-Series-NX-OS-VXLAN-Configuration-Guide-7x_chapter_0100.html
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