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352-001 · Question #138

A network design includes a long signaling delay in notifying the Layer 3 control plane that an interface has failed. Which two of these actions would reduce that delay? (Choose two.)

The correct answer is A. Enable lower data link layer recovery systems to have an opportunity to restore the interface. D. Increase network stability. Allowing lower data link layer recovery to restore an interface before the L3 control plane is notified, and improving overall network stability, both reduce unnecessary or premature L3 failure signaling.

Design Considerations

Question

A network design includes a long signaling delay in notifying the Layer 3 control plane that an interface has failed. Which two of these actions would reduce that delay? (Choose two.)

Options

  • AEnable lower data link layer recovery systems to have an opportunity to restore the interface.
  • BIncrease the notification of interface flaps.
  • CReduce the time for the network to reconverge.
  • DIncrease network stability.

How the community answered

(42 responses)
  • A
    64% (27)
  • B
    14% (6)
  • C
    21% (9)

Why each option

Allowing lower data link layer recovery to restore an interface before the L3 control plane is notified, and improving overall network stability, both reduce unnecessary or premature L3 failure signaling.

AEnable lower data link layer recovery systems to have an opportunity to restore the interface.Correct

Enabling data link layer recovery mechanisms such as LACP fast timers or L2 redundancy protocols gives the physical or link layer an opportunity to restore the interface before the L3 control plane receives a failure notification, preventing reconvergence triggered by transient, self-healing failures.

BIncrease the notification of interface flaps.

Increasing notification of interface flaps would amplify instability signals sent to the L3 control plane, worsening the delay problem rather than reducing it.

CReduce the time for the network to reconverge.

Reducing reconvergence time is an outcome that results from receiving faster notifications; it does not address the root cause of the long signaling delay itself.

DIncrease network stability.Correct

Increasing network stability reduces interface flapping and transient errors, ensuring that L3 failure notifications reflect genuine, persistent failures rather than noise - this lowers the frequency of delayed or spurious signaling events that contribute to slow L3 notification.

Concept tested: Reducing L3 control plane failure notification delay

Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/iproute_bfd/configuration/xe-16/irb-xe-16-book/bfd.html

Topics

#L3 convergence#failure detection delay#data link recovery#network stability

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