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Refer to the exhibit. A network operator working for a private telecommunication company with an employee id: 7138: 13:414 just added new users to the network, which resides in VLANs connected to…
The correct answer is B. pseudowire -class ciscotest. To share VLAN routes between R1 and R4 while preventing R2 and R3 from learning them, the engineer should start by configuring a pseudowire class for a Layer 2 VPN between R1 and R4.
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Refer to the exhibit. A network operator working for a private telecommunication company with an employee id: 7138: 13:414 just added new users to the network, which resides in VLANs connected to routers R1 and R4. The engineer now must configure the network so that routers R1 and R4 share routes to the VLANs, but routers R2 and R3 are prevented from including the routes in their routing tables. Which configuration must the engineer apply to R4 to begin implementing the request?
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- Apseudowire -class ciscotest
- Bpseudowire -class ciscotest
- Cpseudowire-class ciscotest
- Dinterface serial 2/0/0
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(59 responses)- A5% (3)
- B83% (49)
- C2% (1)
- D10% (6)
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To share VLAN routes between R1 and R4 while preventing R2 and R3 from learning them, the engineer should start by configuring a pseudowire class for a Layer 2 VPN between R1 and R4.
This choice is syntactically identical to choice B, which is the correct answer. The exact distinction in the original question cannot be determined from the provided text.
The requirement is to share VLAN routes between R1 and R4 while explicitly preventing R2 and R3 from including these routes in their tables. This can be achieved by extending the VLANs at Layer 2 directly between R1 and R4 over the MPLS core using a Layer 2 point-to-point pseudowire, such as Ethernet over MPLS (EoMPLS). The `pseudowire-class ciscotest` command is used to define the encapsulation and control protocol characteristics for such a pseudowire, which would allow R1 and R4 to effectively bypass the Layer 3 routing of R2 and R3 for these specific VLAN routes.
This choice is syntactically identical to choice B, which is the correct answer. The exact distinction in the original question cannot be determined from the provided text.
The `interface serial 2/0/0` command enters interface configuration mode, but it does not begin to configure the pseudowire itself to achieve the stated routing requirements.
Concept tested: Layer 2 VPN (EoMPLS) Pseudowire Configuration
Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/mpls/configuration/15-mt/mp-15-mt-book/mp-l2-vpns.html
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