352-001 · Question #383
In an MPLS-based network, there is a link that constantly flaps. This flapping makes the network constantly reconverge and causes it to become unstable. Which two technologies can be deployed to resol
The correct answer is A. IP Event Dampening C. Carrier Delay. IP Event Dampening and Carrier Delay prevent link flapping from causing repeated routing reconvergence by suppressing or delaying the propagation of interface state changes.
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In an MPLS-based network, there is a link that constantly flaps. This flapping makes the network constantly reconverge and causes it to become unstable. Which two technologies can be deployed to resolve the design failure? (Choose two.)
Options
- AIP Event Dampening
- BBFD
- CCarrier Delay
- DIP Routing Protocol Route Purge
How the community answered
(25 responses)- A84% (21)
- B4% (1)
- D12% (3)
Why each option
IP Event Dampening and Carrier Delay prevent link flapping from causing repeated routing reconvergence by suppressing or delaying the propagation of interface state changes.
IP Event Dampening applies an increasing penalty each time an interface flaps and suppresses route advertisements until the penalty decays below a reuse threshold, preventing the routing protocol from reconverging on every flap.
BFD accelerates failure detection by sending rapid hello packets, which causes faster reconvergence on link failures - the opposite of what is needed when the goal is to suppress the effect of flapping.
Carrier Delay introduces a configurable timer that must expire before an interface down or up event is reported to the routing processes, absorbing short-duration flaps and preventing unnecessary SPF or DUAL recalculations.
IP Routing Protocol Route Purge removes stale route entries from the routing table after a hold-down timer expires but does nothing to dampen or delay the reporting of interface state changes that trigger reconvergence.
Concept tested: Link flap stabilization with IP Event Dampening and Carrier Delay
Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/iproute_eigrp/configuration/xe-16/ire-xe-16-book/ire-event-dampening.html
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