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300-730 Question #126: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

The correct answer is B: Enable IKEv1 on the outside interface.. On Cisco ASA, IKEv1 must be explicitly activated on a specific interface before the device will process any incoming IKE packets; without this step, tunnel negotiation cannot begin.

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Question

Refer to the exhibit. An engineer is building an IKEv1 tunnel to a peer Cisco ASA, but the tunnel is failing. Based on the configuration in the exhibit, which action must be taken to allow the VPN tunnel to come up?

Options

  • AAdd a route for the 10.7.7.0/24 network to egress the outside interface.
  • BEnable IKEv1 on the outside interface.
  • CChange the IKEv1 policy number to be at least 256.
  • DChange the transform set mode to transport.

Explanation

On Cisco ASA, IKEv1 must be explicitly activated on a specific interface before the device will process any incoming IKE packets; without this step, tunnel negotiation cannot begin.

Common mistakes.

  • A. A static route for the remote network affects post-tunnel traffic forwarding but has no bearing on whether IKE negotiation can succeed or fail.
  • C. IKEv1 policy numbers are user-defined values from 1 to 65535 with lower numbers having higher priority; there is no technical requirement that the number be at least 256.
  • D. Transport mode is intended for host-to-host IPsec and would break the tunnel entirely for a site-to-site scenario; tunnel mode is the correct and default mode for gateway-to-gateway VPNs.

Concept tested. Enabling IKEv1 on Cisco ASA interface

Reference. https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/asa/asa914/configuration/vpn/asa-914-vpn-config/vpn-ike.html

Topics

#IKEv1#ASA configuration#interface activation#VPN tunnel

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