Question 850
At a government WAN in Ottawa, a post-change check targets this documented issue: An IPv6 BGP peer is Established for IPv4 but does not exchange IPv6 unicast routes because the IPv6 address family is inactive. Which observation is the strongest evidence that the repair worked?
Explanation
Correct Answer
This is the observable outcome for bgp address family activation. It tests whether the targeted change, 'Activate the intended neighbor in address-family ipv6 unicast with correct policies', actually resolved the reported issue at a government WAN in Ottawa. The original failure was: An IPv6 BGP peer is Established for IPv4 but does not exchange IPv6 unicast routes because the IPv6 address family is inactive.
Incorrect Answers
That observation verifies bgp rib failure in a different situation, such as when a prefix is visible as valid and best in BGP but cannot install into the RIB because another protocol has a preferable route. For the reported bgp address family activation incident at a government WAN in Ottawa, the required acceptance evidence is: IPv6 route counters increase and approved IPv6 NLRI is learned. This other result does not test that condition directly.
That observation verifies ibgp next-hop preservation in a different situation, such as when a router learns an eBGP route through iBGP but its NEXT_HOP points at an unreachable border address. For the reported bgp address family activation incident at a government WAN in Ottawa, the required acceptance evidence is: IPv6 route counters increase and approved IPv6 NLRI is learned. This other result does not test that condition directly.
That observation verifies ebgp nonconnected loopback in a different situation, such as when bGP TCP connectivity over loopbacks fails because a multihop eBGP peer relies on a default one-hop TTL. For the reported bgp address family activation incident at a government WAN in Ottawa, the required acceptance evidence is: IPv6 route counters increase and approved IPv6 NLRI is learned. This other result does not test that condition directly.