Which statement is correct about an MP-BGP route target?

Question

Options

• AThe route target is used to identify neighboring BGP routers that support the EVPN family.
• BIt is used by BGP to notify other BGP routers that it is EVPN enabled.
• CIt is used to identify the source and destination VRFs of MP-BGP routes.
• DThe route target is automatically created and must be unique for each VRF.

• A
  3% (1)
• B
  11% (4)
• C
  77% (27)
• D
  9% (3)

Explanation

Route targets (RTs) are extended BGP communities used in Multiprotocol BGP (MP-BGP) for EVPN- VXLAN to control route import/export between VRFs. "A route target identifies the VRF instances that should import or export specific MP-BGP routes. It enables the association of EVPN routes with particular VRFs in multi-tenant environments." Option A: Incorrect -- EVPN family support is identified through BGP capabilities, not RTs. Option B: Incorrect -- that's handled by BGP EVPN negotiation, not route targets. Option C: Correct -- route targets define which VRFs import/export BGP routes. Option D: Incorrect -- RTs can be manually configured and reused where necessary.

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