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350-501 · Question #585

Refer to the exhibit. OSPF is configured in the network, with areas segmented as shown. MPLS also runs in the network. A network engineer with an employee ID: 5117:47:450 must implement an MPLS VPN…

The correct answer is A. Implement LDP sync to monitor IGP connectivity between LDP peers. To ensure MPLS VPN traffic only flows when LDP is operational, the engineer must implement LDP synchronization, which links IGP route advertisement to the active status of LDP peers.

MPLS and Segment Routing

Question

Refer to the exhibit. OSPF is configured in the network, with areas segmented as shown. MPLS also runs in the network. A network engineer with an employee ID: 5117:47:450 must implement an MPLS VPN between R1 and R5. Traffic must pass on the new VPN only when LDP is up. Which action must the engineer take to begin the implementation?

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Options

  • AImplement LDP sync to monitor IGP connectivity between LDP peers.
  • BImplement BGP with confederations to maintain OSPF area segmentation.
  • CImplement NetFlow to monitor packet flow between all OSPF neighbors.
  • DImplement a targeted LDP session between R1 and R2.

How the community answered

(38 responses)
  • A
    71% (27)
  • B
    8% (3)
  • C
    5% (2)
  • D
    16% (6)

Why each option

To ensure MPLS VPN traffic only flows when LDP is operational, the engineer must implement LDP synchronization, which links IGP route advertisement to the active status of LDP peers.

AImplement LDP sync to monitor IGP connectivity between LDP peers.Correct

Implementing LDP synchronization (LDP sync) is crucial to prevent traffic blackholing in MPLS VPNs; it ensures that the IGP (OSPF) advertises routes only when LDP adjacencies are fully established and labels have been exchanged for those routes, meeting the requirement that traffic passes only when LDP is up.

BImplement BGP with confederations to maintain OSPF area segmentation.

BGP confederations are a scaling technique for large BGP autonomous systems and are unrelated to ensuring the operational status of LDP for MPLS VPN traffic flow.

CImplement NetFlow to monitor packet flow between all OSPF neighbors.

NetFlow is a feature used for monitoring and accounting network traffic, not for enforcing operational dependencies between an IGP and LDP for MPLS VPN services.

DImplement a targeted LDP session between R1 and R2.

A targeted LDP session establishes LDP peering between non-directly connected routers but does not inherently link IGP route advertisement to the general operational status of LDP on a physical link.

Concept tested: MPLS LDP synchronization

Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/mp_ldp/configuration/xe-3s/mp-ldp-xe-3s-book/mp-ldp-sync.html

Topics

#MPLS VPN#LDP#IGP-LDP Synchronization#OSPF

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