Question 340
At Keystone Research, the laboratory platform group is preparing a research campus upgrade. The operational constraint is evidence-based change approval. After a proposed fix, the team needs observable evidence that it resolved: A switch hosts VLAN 320 endpoints but reports its routed VLAN interface down with no active member ports. Which result BEST demonstrates that this specific issue was resolved?
Explanation
Correct Answer
The VLAN interface becomes operational with the intended member-link state. This is the relevant acceptance observation for the reported issue: A switch hosts VLAN 320 endpoints but reports its routed VLAN interface down with no active member ports. The intended corrective choice is: Inspect SVI operational prerequisites including active VLAN membership and correct L3 configuration. At Keystone Research, this outcome verifies actual operation under evidence-based change approval, rather than only a ticket marked complete.
Incorrect Answers
The phone obtains its intended voice subnet lease and connects to the controller. Such an observation would verify a separate issue: A phone receives an address from the user data subnet and cannot reach its voice controller. It would follow the distinct action: Check whether the port's supported voice VLAN configuration and endpoint tagging agree. Here the reported failure is A switch hosts VLAN 320 endpoints but reports its routed VLAN interface down with no active member ports. The decisive result for Keystone Research must instead be: The VLAN interface becomes operational with the intended member-link state.
The duplicate is removed and gateway IP-to-MAC resolution remains stable. Such an observation would verify a separate issue: Two endpoints intermittently lose access and ARP tables alternate between different MACs for one gateway IP. It would follow the distinct action: Investigate duplicate IP or incorrect gateway assignments using ARP and address inventory evidence. Here the reported failure is A switch hosts VLAN 320 endpoints but reports its routed VLAN interface down with no active member ports. The decisive result for Keystone Research must instead be: The VLAN interface becomes operational with the intended member-link state.
The guest VRF contains an approved route and traffic stays within the intended tenant isolation. Such an observation would verify a separate issue: An application works in the default VRF but not a guest VRF although the route is visible elsewhere on the switch. It would follow the distinct action: Check interface VRF assignment and per-VRF route tables rather than assuming global-route visibility. Here the reported failure is A switch hosts VLAN 320 endpoints but reports its routed VLAN interface down with no active member ports. The decisive result for Keystone Research must instead be: The VLAN interface becomes operational with the intended member-link state.