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HP HPE7-A08 Practice Test 29

Question 280

A VSX pair has no working ISL, causing peer state updates to stop. What link is central to normal synchronization?

  1. VSX configuration synchronization
  2. VSX status and peer health check
  3. Independent keepalive path
  4. Inter-switch link (ISL)

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

The inter-switch link carries VSX coordination traffic. The VSX ISL carries peer communication and synchronization and can forward traffic where required.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Selected compatible features are synchronized or coordinated across VSX peers, not automatically every possible setting. But this does not address the case requirement to restore peer synchronization and traffic handling.

B:

Operational outputs show ISL, keepalive, synchronization and multi-chassis LAG states. But this does not address the case requirement to restore peer synchronization and traffic handling.

C:

VSX keepalive checks peer liveness over an appropriately designed routed path to help discriminate failures. But this does not address the case requirement to restore peer synchronization and traffic handling.

Question 281

An ISL fails and the pair must distinguish a dead peer from a disconnected inter-switch link. What independent mechanism helps?

  1. VSX configuration synchronization
  2. Independent keepalive path
  3. VSX status and peer health check
  4. Independent peer control planes

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

The keepalive path provides a separate peer-liveness signal. VSX keepalive checks peer liveness over an appropriately designed routed path to help discriminate failures.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Selected compatible features are synchronized or coordinated across VSX peers, not automatically every possible setting. But this does not address the case requirement to discriminate peer outage from ISL outage.

C:

Operational outputs show ISL, keepalive, synchronization and multi-chassis LAG states. But this does not address the case requirement to discriminate peer outage from ISL outage.

D:

Each VSX peer maintains its own management and control processes rather than becoming a single VSF switch. But this does not address the case requirement to discriminate peer outage from ISL outage.

Question 282

One access switch connects via a logical LAG split across two VSX cores. Which feature handles its dual-homed bundle?

  1. VSX status and peer health check
  2. VSX LAG to downstream device
  3. Inter-switch link (ISL)
  4. VSX configuration synchronization

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

VSX LAG supports a logical downstream connection to two peers. A multi-chassis LAG can use links toward both VSX peers while appearing as a logical aggregate to the downstream device.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Operational outputs show ISL, keepalive, synchronization and multi-chassis LAG states. But this does not address the case requirement to provide resilient multi-chassis link aggregation.

C:

The VSX ISL carries peer communication and synchronization and can forward traffic where required. But this does not address the case requirement to provide resilient multi-chassis link aggregation.

D:

Selected compatible features are synchronized or coordinated across VSX peers, not automatically every possible setting. But this does not address the case requirement to provide resilient multi-chassis link aggregation.

Question 283

Some configuration categories differ between VSX peers despite sync being enabled. What should the admin verify?

  1. VSX status and peer health check
  2. VSX configuration synchronization
  3. Independent keepalive path
  4. Inter-switch link (ISL)

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

VSX synchronization covers selected supported feature classes. Selected compatible features are synchronized or coordinated across VSX peers, not automatically every possible setting.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Operational outputs show ISL, keepalive, synchronization and multi-chassis LAG states. But this does not address the case requirement to know the scope of config synchronization.

C:

VSX keepalive checks peer liveness over an appropriately designed routed path to help discriminate failures. But this does not address the case requirement to know the scope of config synchronization.

D:

The VSX ISL carries peer communication and synchronization and can forward traffic where required. But this does not address the case requirement to know the scope of config synchronization.

Question 284

An engineer expects both VSX members to share one process and configuration CLI identity. Which architecture fact corrects this?

  1. VSX status and peer health check
  2. Inter-switch link (ISL)
  3. VSX LAG to downstream device
  4. Independent peer control planes

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

VSX retains independent peer control planes. Each VSX peer maintains its own management and control processes rather than becoming a single VSF switch.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Operational outputs show ISL, keepalive, synchronization and multi-chassis LAG states. But this does not address the case requirement to distinguish VSX from unified VSF stacking.

B:

The VSX ISL carries peer communication and synchronization and can forward traffic where required. But this does not address the case requirement to distinguish VSX from unified VSF stacking.

C:

A multi-chassis LAG can use links toward both VSX peers while appearing as a logical aggregate to the downstream device. But this does not address the case requirement to distinguish VSX from unified VSF stacking.

Question 285

After a change the multi-chassis LAG is down although peer links look healthy. Which evidence should be gathered first?

  1. VSX LAG to downstream device
  2. VSX configuration synchronization
  3. Independent keepalive path
  4. VSX status and peer health check

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

VSX operational status exposes ISL, keepalive and synchronization issues. Operational outputs show ISL, keepalive, synchronization and multi-chassis LAG states.

Incorrect Answers

A:

A multi-chassis LAG can use links toward both VSX peers while appearing as a logical aggregate to the downstream device. But this does not address the case requirement to inspect actual VSX peer and LAG health.

B:

Selected compatible features are synchronized or coordinated across VSX peers, not automatically every possible setting. But this does not address the case requirement to inspect actual VSX peer and LAG health.

C:

VSX keepalive checks peer liveness over an appropriately designed routed path to help discriminate failures. But this does not address the case requirement to inspect actual VSX peer and LAG health.

Question 286

Keepalive packets traverse the ISL-only failure domain, undermining fault discrimination. What design should be revised?

  1. VSX configuration synchronization
  2. VSX LAG to downstream device
  3. Independent peer control planes
  4. Independent keepalive path

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

An independent routed keepalive path helps classify peer failures. VSX keepalive checks peer liveness over an appropriately designed routed path to help discriminate failures.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Selected compatible features are synchronized or coordinated across VSX peers, not automatically every possible setting. But this does not address the case requirement to separate health probes from primary peer interconnect.

B:

A multi-chassis LAG can use links toward both VSX peers while appearing as a logical aggregate to the downstream device. But this does not address the case requirement to separate health probes from primary peer interconnect.

C:

Each VSX peer maintains its own management and control processes rather than becoming a single VSF switch. But this does not address the case requirement to separate health probes from primary peer interconnect.

Question 287

A server has one LAG member on each of two VSX switches and survives one peer loss. Which function enables this?

  1. VSX LAG to downstream device
  2. VSX configuration synchronization
  3. Inter-switch link (ISL)
  4. Independent peer control planes

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

VSX LAG spans the logical aggregation across physical peers. A multi-chassis LAG can use links toward both VSX peers while appearing as a logical aggregate to the downstream device.

Incorrect Answers

B:

Selected compatible features are synchronized or coordinated across VSX peers, not automatically every possible setting. But this does not address the case requirement to support active uplinks on two switches.

C:

The VSX ISL carries peer communication and synchronization and can forward traffic where required. But this does not address the case requirement to support active uplinks on two switches.

D:

Each VSX peer maintains its own management and control processes rather than becoming a single VSF switch. But this does not address the case requirement to support active uplinks on two switches.

Question 288

A VSX peer reports out-of-sync and ISL link down. Which dependency should be investigated?

  1. Inter-switch link (ISL)
  2. VSX status and peer health check
  3. Independent peer control planes
  4. Independent keepalive path

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

ISL connectivity is fundamental to expected peer synchronization. The VSX ISL carries peer communication and synchronization and can forward traffic where required.

Incorrect Answers

B:

Operational outputs show ISL, keepalive, synchronization and multi-chassis LAG states. But this does not address the case requirement to restore the inter-switch coordination channel.

C:

Each VSX peer maintains its own management and control processes rather than becoming a single VSF switch. But this does not address the case requirement to restore the inter-switch coordination channel.

D:

VSX keepalive checks peer liveness over an appropriately designed routed path to help discriminate failures. But this does not address the case requirement to restore the inter-switch coordination channel.

Question 289

An access VLAN exists but clients lack any Layer 3 gateway on their local switch block. What interface construct is required?

  1. Enable routing between subnet interfaces
  2. Add a next-hop static route
  3. Configure VLAN SVI with valid address
  4. Apply prefix filtering at routing boundary

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

A correctly addressed SVI provides the subnet default gateway. A switched virtual interface supplies a routed gateway for the associated VLAN subnet.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Layer 3 forwarding must be available between interfaces to cross IP subnet boundaries. But this does not address the case requirement to give VLAN endpoints an IPv4 gateway.

B:

A static route sends a destination prefix to an explicit reachable next-hop router. But this does not address the case requirement to give VLAN endpoints an IPv4 gateway.

D:

Route policy determines which networks may be learned or advertised beyond the campus. But this does not address the case requirement to give VLAN endpoints an IPv4 gateway.

Question 290

A core switch knows 10.2.0.0/16 but not a remote 172.20.5.0/24 behind 10.2.0.2. What route may be added?

  1. Inspect ARP neighbor resolution
  2. Enable routing between subnet interfaces
  3. Configure a default route
  4. Add a next-hop static route

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

A static route points the remote prefix at a reachable peer. A static route sends a destination prefix to an explicit reachable next-hop router.

Incorrect Answers

A:

ARP maps local IPv4 next-hop addresses to MAC addresses on the directly connected segment. But this does not address the case requirement to forward packets toward a known next hop.

B:

Layer 3 forwarding must be available between interfaces to cross IP subnet boundaries. But this does not address the case requirement to forward packets toward a known next hop.

C:

A default prefix handles destinations for which more-specific routes are absent. But this does not address the case requirement to forward packets toward a known next hop.

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