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352-001 · Question #53

Refer to the exhibit.You are designing a loop-free hierarchical VPLS service. Which two design considerations should be implemented for the pseudowires between the N-PE and U-PE routers? (Choose two.)

The correct answer is B. Disable split horizon toward the U-PE router. D. Enable split horizon toward the N-PE routers. In hierarchical VPLS, split horizon must be carefully tuned on pseudowires to prevent Layer 2 loops while still allowing inter-site communication through the N-PE hub.

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Question

Refer to the exhibit.You are designing a loop-free hierarchical VPLS service. Which two design considerations should be implemented for the pseudowires between the N-PE and U-PE routers? (Choose two.)

Exhibit

352-001 question #53 exhibit

Options

  • ADisable split horizon toward the N-PE routers.
  • BDisable split horizon toward the U-PE router.
  • CEnable split horizon toward the U-PE router.
  • DEnable split horizon toward the N-PE routers.
  • EDisable MAC learning on the U-PE route.
  • FDisable MAC learning on the N-PE routers.

How the community answered

(31 responses)
  • A
    6% (2)
  • B
    68% (21)
  • C
    3% (1)
  • E
    3% (1)
  • F
    19% (6)

Why each option

In hierarchical VPLS, split horizon must be carefully tuned on pseudowires to prevent Layer 2 loops while still allowing inter-site communication through the N-PE hub.

ADisable split horizon toward the N-PE routers.

Disabling split horizon toward N-PE routers would allow traffic received from one N-PE to be forwarded to another N-PE, creating loops in the core mesh.

BDisable split horizon toward the U-PE router.Correct

Disabling split horizon toward the U-PE spoke pseudowires on the N-PE allows traffic received from one U-PE to be forwarded to another U-PE through the hub, which is required for spoke-to-spoke communication in H-VPLS.

CEnable split horizon toward the U-PE router.

Enabling split horizon toward U-PE pseudowires would block the N-PE from forwarding traffic between different U-PE spokes, breaking communication between sites attached to different U-PEs.

DEnable split horizon toward the N-PE routers.Correct

Enabling split horizon toward N-PE pseudowires ensures that traffic received from one N-PE in the core full-mesh is not re-forwarded to another N-PE, preventing broadcast loops in the hierarchical VPLS core.

EDisable MAC learning on the U-PE route.

Disabling MAC learning on the U-PE would force all traffic to flood rather than be forwarded based on learned MAC addresses, undermining VPLS scalability.

FDisable MAC learning on the N-PE routers.

Disabling MAC learning on N-PE routers would eliminate intelligent MAC-based forwarding at the hub, causing excessive flooding throughout the VPLS domain.

Concept tested: H-VPLS split horizon configuration for loop prevention

Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/mp_l2_vpns/configuration/xe-16/mp-l2-vpns-xe-16-book/mp-vpls-config.html

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#hierarchical VPLS#split horizon#N-PE U-PE#loop-free VPLS

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