352-001 · Question #554
An enterprise customer A with provider-independent address space is dual-homed to two ISP. Which two options , when combined, allow for customer A to efficiently achieve out-bond traffic load…
The correct answer is C. Accept a default route from both ISPs E. Accept the routes originated on both ISPs and their direct peers. Outbound BGP load balancing for a dual-homed customer requires reachability via both ISPs combined with sufficient routing granularity to distribute traffic across both uplinks on a per-prefix basis.
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An enterprise customer A with provider-independent address space is dual-homed to two ISP. Which two options , when combined, allow for customer A to efficiently achieve out-bond traffic load- balancing? ( Choose two)
Options
- AAdvertise Customer A subnets with a shorter AS path prepend to one of the ISPs than to the
- BAdvertise Customer A subnets with different MED values to the two ISPs
- CAccept a default route from both ISPs
- DMake the CE connected to both ISPs route reflector
- EAccept the routes originated on both ISPs and their direct peers
How the community answered
(60 responses)- A32% (19)
- B12% (7)
- C50% (30)
- D7% (4)
Why each option
Outbound BGP load balancing for a dual-homed customer requires reachability via both ISPs combined with sufficient routing granularity to distribute traffic across both uplinks on a per-prefix basis.
AS path prepending is an inbound traffic engineering tool that influences how remote autonomous systems prefer one ISP path to reach the customer's prefixes, not which exit the customer uses for outbound traffic.
MED is used to influence inbound path selection from a single ISP with multiple entry points; it does not control which ISP the customer chooses for outbound traffic.
Accepting a default route from both ISPs gives the customer router a viable next-hop exit path through each ISP, which is the baseline requirement for distributing outbound traffic.
Route reflectors are an iBGP scalability mechanism that eliminates full-mesh iBGP requirements within a single AS and have no effect on outbound traffic distribution across upstream ISPs.
Accepting more specific routes from both ISPs and their direct peers provides richer BGP RIB information, enabling the customer's BGP decision process to select different exits for different destination prefixes and achieve granular outbound load sharing.
Concept tested: BGP outbound load balancing for dual-homed enterprise
Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/ip/border-gateway-protocol-bgp/13762-40.html
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