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What are two characteristics of MPLS TE turrets? (Choose two)

The correct answer is B. They use RSVP to provide bandwidth for the tunnel. E. They are unidirectional.. MPLS TE tunnels utilize RSVP-TE for bandwidth reservation along their explicitly routed paths, and by design, these tunnels are unidirectional, requiring a separate tunnel for return traffic.

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Question

What are two characteristics of MPLS TE turrets? (Choose two)

Options

  • AThey require EIGRP to be running in the core.
  • BThey use RSVP to provide bandwidth for the tunnel.
  • CThey are run over Ethernet cores only.
  • DThe headend and tailend routes of the tunnel must have a BGP relationship.
  • EThey are unidirectional.

How the community answered

(39 responses)
  • A
    8% (3)
  • B
    87% (34)
  • C
    3% (1)
  • D
    3% (1)

Why each option

MPLS TE tunnels utilize RSVP-TE for bandwidth reservation along their explicitly routed paths, and by design, these tunnels are unidirectional, requiring a separate tunnel for return traffic.

AThey require EIGRP to be running in the core.

MPLS TE can operate independently of the Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) type (e.g., OSPF, ISIS, or EIGRP) running in the core, as long as the IGP provides IP reachability and TE extensions are enabled to distribute link-state information.

BThey use RSVP to provide bandwidth for the tunnel.Correct

MPLS Traffic Engineering (TE) tunnels leverage the Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) with TE extensions (RSVP-TE) to signal and reserve bandwidth along the explicit path they traverse, ensuring Quality of Service (QoS) for engineered traffic.

CThey are run over Ethernet cores only.

MPLS TE can be deployed over various core network technologies, including SONET/SDH, Fibre Channel, and Ethernet, not exclusively limited to Ethernet cores.

DThe headend and tailend routes of the tunnel must have a BGP relationship.

The head-end and tail-end routers of an MPLS TE tunnel primarily rely on an Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) for underlying IP reachability and topology information, not necessarily a BGP relationship between them, although BGP might be used for services running over the tunnels.

EThey are unidirectional.Correct

MPLS TE tunnels are inherently unidirectional; for bidirectional traffic flow between two points, two separate TE tunnels must be configured, one for each direction.

Concept tested: MPLS TE tunnel characteristics

Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/mp_te/configuration/15-mt/mp-te-15-mt-book/mp-te-mpls.html

Topics

#MPLS TE#RSVP#Traffic Engineering#Unidirectional Tunnels

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