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Which statement about the BFD-BGP Multihop Client Support and cBit feature is true?
The correct answer is B. The cBit in BFD determines if the BFD session failure is independent or dependent of the control. The cBit (Control Plane Independent) in BFD indicates whether a BFD session failure is due to a data plane issue or a control plane event, allowing client protocols like BGP to react accordingly.
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Which statement about the BFD-BGP Multihop Client Support and cBit feature is true?
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- ABFD cBit feature replaces the BGP graceful restart and the BGP fast-failover features by keeping
- BThe cBit in BFD determines if the BFD session failure is independent or dependent of the control
- CBFD cBit improves the BGP convergence and response time to adjacency changes with BGP
- DBFD cBit identifies VPNv4 and VPVn6 in a multihomed to avoid purging prefixes in an event of
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(24 responses)- B88% (21)
- C4% (1)
- D8% (2)
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The cBit (Control Plane Independent) in BFD indicates whether a BFD session failure is due to a data plane issue or a control plane event, allowing client protocols like BGP to react accordingly.
The BFD cBit provides contextual information for failures; it does not replace BGP graceful restart or fast-failover, but rather helps BGP clients leverage these features more effectively.
The cBit is a flag in BFD that signals if a BFD session failure is caused by an underlying control plane event, such as a router processor switchover, or if it is independent, indicating a data plane failure. This information allows client protocols to implement more intelligent recovery mechanisms.
While BFD generally improves convergence, the cBit specifically provides context about the failure's cause rather than directly improving raw convergence speed or response time to adjacency changes.
The BFD cBit feature is not designed to identify VPNv4/VPNv6 traffic or prevent prefix purging in multihomed VPN scenarios; its role is limited to indicating control plane independence for BFD session failures.
Concept tested: BFD cBit function
Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/ipapp/configuration/xe-3s/bfd-bgp-multihop-client-support-and-cbit-xe-3s-book.html
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