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You are evaluating convergence characteristics of various interior gateway protocols for a new network design. Which technology allows link-state routing protocols to calculate paths to destination pr
The correct answer is C. Loop-Free Alternate Fast Reroute. Loop-Free Alternate (LFA) FRR pre-computes backup next-hops for link-state protocols that are guaranteed loop-free, providing functionality analogous to EIGRP feasible successors. Both mechanisms enable immediate failover without waiting for a full SPF recalculation.
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You are evaluating convergence characteristics of various interior gateway protocols for a new network design. Which technology allows link-state routing protocols to calculate paths to destination prefixes that are functionally similar to feasible successors in Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol?
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- AIncremental Shortest Path First
- BCisco Multiprotocol Label Switching Traffic Engineering Fast Reroute
- CLoop-Free Alternate Fast Reroute
- Dpartial route calculation
- EFast-Flooding
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(34 responses)- B12% (4)
- C79% (27)
- D3% (1)
- E6% (2)
Why each option
Loop-Free Alternate (LFA) FRR pre-computes backup next-hops for link-state protocols that are guaranteed loop-free, providing functionality analogous to EIGRP feasible successors. Both mechanisms enable immediate failover without waiting for a full SPF recalculation.
Incremental Shortest Path First (iSPF) speeds up SPF recalculation after a topology change by recomputing only affected portions of the tree, but it does not pre-compute backup paths.
Cisco MPLS-TE FRR provides fast reroute using pre-signaled RSVP-TE backup tunnels in an MPLS environment; it is not a native link-state IGP mechanism analogous to feasible successors.
Loop-Free Alternate Fast Reroute uses existing SPF results to pre-compute alternate next-hops satisfying a loop-free condition - the neighbor's distance to the destination must be less than the local distance plus the link cost - which is functionally equivalent to EIGRP's feasibility condition used to qualify feasible successors, enabling immediate pre-computed failover in link-state protocols.
Partial route calculation (PRC) optimizes SPF by recalculating only routes affected by a prefix change rather than the full tree, reducing CPU load but not providing pre-computed loop-free alternate paths.
Fast-Flooding accelerates the distribution of LSAs or LSPs after a topology change, which speeds up convergence indirectly but does not pre-compute loop-free alternate backup paths.
Concept tested: Loop-Free Alternate FRR as link-state feasible successor equivalent
Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/iproute_ospf/configuration/xe-16/iro-xe-16-book/iro-lfa-frr.html
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