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350-501 · Question #87

Refer to the exhibit. Which statement about the status of the neighbor relationship between R1 and R2 is true?

The correct answer is D. The neighbor relationship is down because R2 is operating as a Level 1 router and the two. The IS-IS neighbor relationship between R1 and R2 is down because R2 is configured as a Level 1 only router, while R1 is configured as Level 2 only, preventing adjacency formation between different IS-IS levels.

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Question

Refer to the exhibit. Which statement about the status of the neighbor relationship between R1 and R2 is true?

Exhibit

350-501 question #87 exhibit

Options

  • AThe neighbor relationship is down because the two routers are configured with different area
  • BThe neighbor relationship is down because the two routers are in the same subnet.
  • CThe neighbor relationship is up because R2 is level 1 and level 2 router.
  • DThe neighbor relationship is down because R2 is operating as a Level 1 router and the two

How the community answered

(30 responses)
  • A
    7% (2)
  • B
    10% (3)
  • C
    3% (1)
  • D
    80% (24)

Why each option

The IS-IS neighbor relationship between R1 and R2 is down because R2 is configured as a Level 1 only router, while R1 is configured as Level 2 only, preventing adjacency formation between different IS-IS levels.

AThe neighbor relationship is down because the two routers are configured with different area

IS-IS does not use "areas" in the same way OSPF does; it uses "areas" for Level 1 routing within a single area and Level 2 routing between areas. The provided configuration indicates an IS-type mismatch, not an "area" mismatch in the OSPF sense.

BThe neighbor relationship is down because the two routers are in the same subnet.

Being in the same subnet is a prerequisite for forming a neighbor relationship, not a reason for it to be down. The exhibit implies they are in the same subnet as they are attempting to be neighbors.

CThe neighbor relationship is up because R2 is level 1 and level 2 router.

The neighbor relationship is clearly down due to the IS-type mismatch; R2 being both Level 1 and Level 2 (if it were the case, which it isn't, it's Level 1 only) would allow it to form adjacencies with both level types, but R1 is strictly Level 2.

DThe neighbor relationship is down because R2 is operating as a Level 1 router and the twoCorrect

R1 is configured as "is-type level-2-only," meaning it only forms adjacencies with Level 2 routers, while R2 is configured as "is-type level-1," meaning it only forms adjacencies with Level 1 routers. Since their IS-IS levels are incompatible, the neighbor relationship is down.

Concept tested: IS-IS IS-type mismatch

Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/iproute_isis/configuration/15-mt/irs-15-mt-book/irs-config-isis.html

Topics

#IS-IS#Routing Protocol Adjacency#IS-IS Levels#Network Troubleshooting

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