Refer to the exhibit. A Cisco engineer is configuring a PBR in a Cisco ACI data center scenario and plans to insert a transparent firewall. The APIC release is 4.1, the Cisco ACI fabric is…

While PBR can integrate with Multi-Pod, it is not a direct requirement for the basic functional connectivity of the consumer and provider connectors of an L1/L2 device in this scenario.

IP-SLA tracking is used for health monitoring and failover of service devices in PBR, but it is not a fundamental requirement for the basic connectivity of the L1/L2 device's connectors.

Active/active symmetric PBR is a common deployment model, but the question specifically asks about the requirement for the *connectors* of a single L1/L2 device to function, which relates to their BD placement.

In Cisco ACI, for a Layer 1/Layer 2 mode transparent firewall inserted via a service graph for Policy-Based Redirect (PBR), the consumer and provider interfaces (and their associated EPGs) for the L1/L2 device must be placed in different Bridge Domains. This enables traffic to flow into one BD, be redirected to the firewall, and then exit the firewall into a distinct BD, facilitating transparent inspection.