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350-501 · Question #317

Which benefit is provided by FRR?

The correct answer is D. It protects Cisco MPLS TE LSPs from link and node failures. Fast Reroute (FRR) provides a critical benefit by protecting MPLS Traffic Engineering (TE) Label Switched Paths (LSPs) from link and node failures, ensuring rapid recovery.

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Question

Which benefit is provided by FRR?

Options

  • AIt provides fast forwarding path failure detection times for all media.
  • BIt provides rapid failure detection between forwarding engines.
  • CIt provides performance data for the service provider network.
  • DIt protects Cisco MPLS TE LSPs from link and node failures.

How the community answered

(53 responses)
  • A
    4% (2)
  • B
    6% (3)
  • C
    2% (1)
  • D
    89% (47)

Why each option

Fast Reroute (FRR) provides a critical benefit by protecting MPLS Traffic Engineering (TE) Label Switched Paths (LSPs) from link and node failures, ensuring rapid recovery.

AIt provides fast forwarding path failure detection times for all media.

FRR provides fast *recovery* (rerouting) from failures, but not necessarily fast *detection* across all media, which is typically handled by other mechanisms like BFD.

BIt provides rapid failure detection between forwarding engines.

FRR's primary benefit is fast rerouting of traffic around network failures, rather than rapid failure detection between forwarding engines.

CIt provides performance data for the service provider network.

FRR is a resiliency mechanism for traffic forwarding, not a tool for gathering performance data within a service provider network.

DIt protects Cisco MPLS TE LSPs from link and node failures.Correct

FRR (Fast Reroute) is an MPLS TE feature designed to provide local protection for LSPs against link or node failures along their primary path. It achieves this by pre-computing backup paths, allowing traffic to be quickly diverted around a failure point without waiting for global IGP or MPLS control plane reconvergence. This rapid rerouting minimizes packet loss and service disruption for critical MPLS TE LSPs.

Concept tested: MPLS TE Fast Reroute (FRR)

Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/mp_te_path_prot/configuration/xe-3s/mp-te-path-prot-xe-3s-book/mp-te-frr.html

Topics

#FRR#MPLS TE#LSP Protection#Network Resilience

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