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How does Cisco MPLS TE use OSPF extensions to allow for optimized transit between a headend router and a destination router?
The correct answer is D. Opaque LSAs calculate and establish unidirectional tunnels that are set according to the network. Cisco MPLS Traffic Engineering leverages OSPF Opaque LSAs to distribute critical traffic engineering attributes, enabling headend routers to calculate and establish explicit, unidirectional tunnels based on network constraints.
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How does Cisco MPLS TE use OSPF extensions to allow for optimized transit between a headend router and a destination router?
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- ARouter LSAs share router link advertisements to each router within the MPLS environment so that
- BASBR Summary LSAs share OSPF domain information so that the two routers know how to
- CNetwork LSAs share RSVP information to build the tunnel between the two routers.
- DOpaque LSAs calculate and establish unidirectional tunnels that are set according to the network
How the community answered
(24 responses)- A13% (3)
- B4% (1)
- C8% (2)
- D75% (18)
Why each option
Cisco MPLS Traffic Engineering leverages OSPF Opaque LSAs to distribute critical traffic engineering attributes, enabling headend routers to calculate and establish explicit, unidirectional tunnels based on network constraints.
Router LSAs (Type 1) advertise directly connected links and their metrics but do not carry the extended attributes required for MPLS Traffic Engineering.
ASBR Summary LSAs (Type 4) are used to advertise the location of an Autonomous System Boundary Router to other areas, not for MPLS TE path computation.
Network LSAs (Type 2) are generated by the Designated Router to describe the multiaccess segment and the routers connected to it, not to share RSVP information for tunnel building.
MPLS TE uses OSPF Opaque LSAs (Type 9, 10, and 11) to carry link-state information like bandwidth, administrative groups, and extended metrics. This information is then used by the headend router's Constraint-Based Shortest Path First (CSPF) algorithm to calculate the optimal path for a unidirectional tunnel, which is subsequently established using RSVP-TE.
Concept tested: MPLS TE OSPF extensions
Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios_xr_sw/iosxr_r4-0/mpls/command/reference/cr-mpls/mplste.html
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