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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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
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.
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(31 responses)- A6% (2)
- B68% (21)
- C3% (1)
- E3% (1)
- F19% (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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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