352-001 · Question #773
You designed a network with dual data centers that are connected to each other using a MPLS Layer 3 VPN service. These data centers require a Layer 2 connection between two application servers, one…
The correct answer is A. Purchase an Ethernet Virtual Private Line from the service provider D. Configure an L2TPv3 tunnel between the CE routers. Providing Layer 2 connectivity between servers across an MPLS L3 VPN backbone requires an overlay L2 transport mechanism - either a provider-supplied EVPL service or a CE-to-CE L2TPv3 pseudowire tunnel.
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You designed a network with dual data centers that are connected to each other using a MPLS Layer 3 VPN service. These data centers require a Layer 2 connection between two application servers, one located at each data center. Which two solutions meet these design requirements? (Choose two)
Options
- APurchase an Ethernet Virtual Private Line from the service provider
- BConfigure Ethernet over MPLS between the CE routers
- CCreate a VLAN between CE and PE
- DConfigure an L2TPv3 tunnel between the CE routers
- EConfigure Multi-VRF on the CE routers
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(28 responses)- A86% (24)
- B4% (1)
- C7% (2)
- E4% (1)
Why each option
Providing Layer 2 connectivity between servers across an MPLS L3 VPN backbone requires an overlay L2 transport mechanism - either a provider-supplied EVPL service or a CE-to-CE L2TPv3 pseudowire tunnel.
An Ethernet Virtual Private Line (EVPL) is a MEF-defined Layer 2 WAN service that transparently extends an Ethernet segment between two sites, directly satisfying the requirement for server-to-server L2 adjacency across geographically separated data centers.
Ethernet over MPLS (EoMPLS) is provisioned between PE routers within the provider network, not between CE routers, so it does not represent a CE-to-CE overlay solution within an existing L3 VPN topology.
A VLAN between CE and PE creates a local L2 segment on the CE-PE access link only and does not extend Layer 2 connectivity end-to-end between the two data centers.
L2TPv3 creates a pseudowire tunnel between CE routers over the existing IP/MPLS backbone, encapsulating Layer 2 Ethernet frames end-to-end and providing the required L2 connectivity between servers at different data centers without modifying the underlying L3 VPN infrastructure.
Multi-VRF on CE routers is a Layer 3 VPN segmentation technique for traffic isolation and does not provide the Layer 2 adjacency required between the application servers.
Concept tested: Layer 2 extension solutions over MPLS L3 VPN backbone
Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/l2tun/configuration/xe-16/l2tun-xe-16-book/l2tun-l2tpv3.html
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