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352-001 · Question #260

Refer to the exhibit. Which technology could be used in this design to provide link recovery and high traffic capacity?

The correct answer is C. PAgP. PAgP is Cisco's EtherChannel negotiation protocol that bundles multiple parallel physical links into one logical channel, delivering both automatic link failover and aggregated traffic capacity.

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Question

Refer to the exhibit. Which technology could be used in this design to provide link recovery and high traffic capacity?

Exhibit

352-001 question #260 exhibit

Options

  • ARapid PVST
  • BMST
  • CPAgP
  • DFlex Links

How the community answered

(52 responses)
  • A
    2% (1)
  • B
    2% (1)
  • C
    92% (48)
  • D
    4% (2)

Why each option

PAgP is Cisco's EtherChannel negotiation protocol that bundles multiple parallel physical links into one logical channel, delivering both automatic link failover and aggregated traffic capacity.

ARapid PVST

Rapid PVST accelerates Spanning Tree convergence and prevents bridging loops but does not aggregate links or increase total forwarding bandwidth.

BMST

MST maps multiple VLANs to fewer spanning tree instances to reduce overhead, but it provides no link aggregation or per-path capacity increase.

CPAgPCorrect

PAgP negotiates EtherChannel formation between Cisco switches, combining multiple member links to provide load-balanced high throughput and automatic recovery when an individual link fails - directly addressing both link recovery and high traffic capacity requirements.

DFlex Links

Flex Links provide active/standby failover between two uplinks, but only one link carries traffic at a time, offering redundancy without any bandwidth aggregation.

Concept tested: EtherChannel link aggregation negotiated via PAgP

Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/lan/catalyst6500/ios/12-2SX/configuration/guide/book/channel.html

Topics

#EtherChannel#PAgP#link aggregation#Layer 2 redundancy

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