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352-001 · Question #490

Which technology, implemented on aggregation-edge nodes at the aggregation layer, provides per-tenant isolation at Layer 3, with separate dedicated per-tenant routing and forwarding tables on the insi

The correct answer is C. VRF-lite. VRF-lite provides per-tenant Layer 3 isolation by maintaining separate routing and forwarding table instances on a single device without requiring MPLS.

Network Virtualization

Question

Which technology, implemented on aggregation-edge nodes at the aggregation layer, provides per-tenant isolation at Layer 3, with separate dedicated per-tenant routing and forwarding tables on the inside interfaces of firewall contexts?

Options

  • AVLAN
  • BVXLAN
  • CVRF-lite
  • DVDC

How the community answered

(34 responses)
  • A
    6% (2)
  • B
    3% (1)
  • C
    88% (30)
  • D
    3% (1)

Why each option

VRF-lite provides per-tenant Layer 3 isolation by maintaining separate routing and forwarding table instances on a single device without requiring MPLS.

AVLAN

VLANs operate at Layer 2 and provide traffic segmentation only within the switching domain; they do not create separate per-tenant Layer 3 routing and forwarding tables.

BVXLAN

VXLAN is a Layer 2 overlay encapsulation protocol used to extend Ethernet segments across Layer 3 boundaries and does not itself provide dedicated per-tenant Layer 3 routing table separation.

CVRF-liteCorrect

VRF-lite creates independent virtual routing and forwarding table instances on aggregation-edge nodes, giving each tenant its own dedicated Layer 3 routing domain on the inside interfaces of firewall contexts - this achieves per-tenant isolation at Layer 3 without requiring a full MPLS control plane, making it the correct technology for this aggregation-layer design.

DVDC

VDC (Virtual Device Context) is a Cisco Nexus-specific feature that partitions one physical chassis into multiple logical devices, representing device-level virtualization rather than per-tenant Layer 3 routing isolation.

Concept tested: VRF-lite for per-tenant Layer 3 routing isolation

Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/iproute_pi/configuration/xe-3s/iri-xe-3s-book/ip-vrf-lite.html

Topics

#VRF-lite#per-tenant isolation#Layer 3#aggregation layer

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