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350-501 · Question #588

Refer to the exhibit. An ISP is providing online registration services for a new social program. OSPF is being used as an interior routing protocol with TE capabilities. A network engineer with an…

The correct answer is B. Implement MPLS TE fast reroute node protection on all MPLS-enabled routers. To achieve faster MPLS-enabled convergence during failures in an OSPF TE network, the engineer must implement MPLS TE Fast Reroute (FRR) with node protection on all MPLS-enabled routers.

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Question

Refer to the exhibit. An ISP is providing online registration services for a new social program. OSPF is being used as an interior routing protocol with TE capabilities. A network engineer with an employee ID: 5209:82:636 must provide faster MPLS-enabled convergence in case of failure. The ip cef distributed command has already been configured on all MPLS-enabled routers, and connectivity between the core routers has been verified following IETF RFC 4379. Which additional task must the engineer perform to complete the implementation?

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Options

  • AImplement LDP session protection on all PE routers.
  • BImplement MPLS TE fast reroute node protection on all MPLS-enabled routers.
  • CImplement MPLS TE fast reroute link protection on routers R2 and R3.
  • DImplement OSPF loop-free alternate fast reroute on core routers only.

How the community answered

(25 responses)
  • A
    16% (4)
  • B
    72% (18)
  • C
    4% (1)
  • D
    8% (2)

Why each option

To achieve faster MPLS-enabled convergence during failures in an OSPF TE network, the engineer must implement MPLS TE Fast Reroute (FRR) with node protection on all MPLS-enabled routers.

AImplement LDP session protection on all PE routers.

LDP session protection helps maintain LDP adjacencies but does not provide the explicit, pre-calculated fast reroute capabilities for MPLS TE tunnels necessary for sub-50ms convergence in case of link or node failures.

BImplement MPLS TE fast reroute node protection on all MPLS-enabled routers.Correct

MPLS TE Fast Reroute (FRR) with node protection provides rapid local convergence by pre-establishing backup LSPs that completely bypass a failed node (and its attached links), thus delivering faster MPLS-enabled convergence, which is ideal in an OSPF TE environment for high availability.

CImplement MPLS TE fast reroute link protection on routers R2 and R3.

While MPLS TE Fast Reroute link protection is a valid FRR method, node protection offers more comprehensive failure coverage by protecting against an entire node failure, which implicitly includes its attached links, making it a generally more robust solution for overall network resilience.

DImplement OSPF loop-free alternate fast reroute on core routers only.

OSPF Loop-Free Alternate (LFA) Fast Reroute is an IGP-based rapid convergence mechanism, but the question specifically asks for 'MPLS-enabled convergence,' which points to MPLS TE FRR when TE capabilities are present.

Concept tested: MPLS TE Fast Reroute node protection

Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios/mpls/configuration/guide/mp_frr_te_cg/mp_frr_te_cg_chapter01.html

Topics

#MPLS TE#Fast Reroute#Node Protection#Convergence

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