Question 370
The acceptance test for regional routed services at a bank network operations team in London must confirm a fix for: A router learns an eBGP route through iBGP but its NEXT_HOP points at an unreachable border address. Which outcome shows that the precise problem was corrected?
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Correct Answer
This is the observable outcome for ibgp next-hop preservation. It tests whether the targeted change, 'Apply appropriate next-hop-self behavior on the advertising border router and provide IGP reachability', actually resolved the reported issue at a bank network operations team in London. The original failure was: A router learns an eBGP route through iBGP but its NEXT_HOP points at an unreachable border address.
Incorrect Answers
That observation verifies route reflector ibgp split horizon in a different situation, such as when an iBGP speaker learns a route from another iBGP peer but does not advertise it to a third peer because normal iBGP split-horizon rules apply. For the reported ibgp next-hop preservation incident at a bank network operations team in London, the required acceptance evidence is: The iBGP route has a reachable next hop and is eligible for RIB installation. This other result does not test that condition directly.
That observation verifies ibgp loopback update-source in a different situation, such as when an iBGP session configured to peer loopback-to-loopback remains Idle because the local source defaults to the physical interface. For the reported ibgp next-hop preservation incident at a bank network operations team in London, the required acceptance evidence is: The iBGP route has a reachable next hop and is eligible for RIB installation. This other result does not test that condition directly.
That observation verifies bgp address family activation in a different situation, such as when an IPv6 BGP peer is Established for IPv4 but does not exchange IPv6 unicast routes because the IPv6 address family is inactive. For the reported ibgp next-hop preservation incident at a bank network operations team in London, the required acceptance evidence is: The iBGP route has a reachable next hop and is eligible for RIB installation. This other result does not test that condition directly.