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352-001 · Question #264

Refer to the exhibit. You must ensure that both core A and core B devices have only the minimum information required for reaching the spoke routers yet maintain full reachability during network…

The correct answer is B. Route summarization, with GRE tunnel on hubs A and B. Route summarization minimizes routing table size in the core, while GRE tunnels between hubs provide a backup forwarding path that maintains full reachability during network failures.

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Question

Refer to the exhibit. You must ensure that both core A and core B devices have only the minimum information required for reaching the spoke routers yet maintain full reachability during network failures. Which of the following design solutions accomplishes these requirements?

Exhibit

352-001 question #264 exhibit

Options

  • ARoute summarization, with specific route leaking on hubs A and B
  • BRoute summarization, with GRE tunnel on hubs A and B
  • CImplement PfR enhancements on hubs A and B
  • DImplement ODR for hub-to-spoke routing

How the community answered

(45 responses)
  • A
    18% (8)
  • B
    64% (29)
  • C
    11% (5)
  • D
    7% (3)

Why each option

Route summarization minimizes routing table size in the core, while GRE tunnels between hubs provide a backup forwarding path that maintains full reachability during network failures.

ARoute summarization, with specific route leaking on hubs A and B

Route summarization with specific route leaking reintroduces detailed spoke routes into the core, which directly violates the requirement for minimum routing information on core A and core B.

BRoute summarization, with GRE tunnel on hubs A and BCorrect

Route summarization at the hub devices ensures that core A and core B only hold aggregate prefixes rather than every individual spoke route, satisfying the minimum routing information requirement. GRE tunnels between hub A and hub B create a redundant forwarding path so that if one hub loses upstream connectivity, traffic destined for its spoke routers can traverse the inter-hub tunnel and reach the spokes via the other hub, maintaining full reachability during failures.

CImplement PfR enhancements on hubs A and B

Performance Routing (PfR) optimizes path selection based on traffic metrics and does not address the goals of minimizing core routing table size or ensuring reachability through a redundant hub path.

DImplement ODR for hub-to-spoke routing

On-Demand Routing (ODR) is a simple Cisco-proprietary protocol for hub-and-spoke topologies but does not reduce the routing information visible to the core or guarantee full reachability during hub or link failures.

Concept tested: Route summarization and GRE tunnels for hub-spoke redundancy

Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/iproute_ospf/configuration/xe-16/iro-xe-16-book/iro-cfg.html

Topics

#route summarization#GRE tunnel#route leaking#hub-and-spoke redundancy

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