Question 520
The acceptance test for branch VPN access at an airline WAN in London must confirm a fix for: UDP-based LDP link discovery is observed, but the engineer assumes label exchange is healthy without verifying the TCP session. Which outcome shows that the precise problem was corrected?
Explanation
Correct Answer
This is the observable outcome for ldp discovery versus adjacency. It tests whether the targeted change, 'Check LDP neighbor/session status and learned bindings after discovery rather than relying only on Hello reception', actually resolved the reported issue at an airline WAN in London. The original failure was: UDP-based LDP link discovery is observed, but the engineer assumes label exchange is healthy without verifying the TCP session.
Incorrect Answers
That observation verifies provider core label loss in a different situation, such as when core IGP routes are stable but the ingress PE has no remote label for the required egress PE FEC. For the reported ldp discovery versus adjacency incident at an airline WAN in London, the required acceptance evidence is: The TCP LDP session is operational and expected label mappings have been received. This other result does not test that condition directly.
That observation verifies ldp session transport reachability in a different situation, such as when two MPLS core routers discover LDP neighbors yet cannot maintain the TCP session because their chosen LDP transport addresses are unreachable. For the reported ldp discovery versus adjacency incident at an airline WAN in London, the required acceptance evidence is: The TCP LDP session is operational and expected label mappings have been received. This other result does not test that condition directly.
That observation verifies lsp versus ip reachability in a different situation, such as when iCMP works between provider loopbacks but a customer VPN is unreachable; the engineer concludes this proves MPLS label switching works. For the reported ldp discovery versus adjacency incident at an airline WAN in London, the required acceptance evidence is: The TCP LDP session is operational and expected label mappings have been received. This other result does not test that condition directly.