Question 20
A core changes its OSPF backbone topology during ring restoration. Observed: One nonbackbone area becomes unreachable although all its local neighbors remain Full. What operational check best guards against this problem returning?
Explanation
Correct Answer
This control asks for the same recovery evidence (Interarea destinations return without introducing disconnected backbone islands) and flags recurrence of the same failure (One nonbackbone area becomes unreachable although all its local neighbors remain Full). It targets the underlying issue, the area no longer has a continuous logical attachment to area 0, rather than a different service problem. The exact cadence must be agreed with operations.
Incorrect Answers
It is valid for another service scenario but checks one exception prefix within a summarized block disappears after consolidation. This case instead needs a gate for one nonbackbone area becomes unreachable although all its local neighbors remain full and evidence that interarea destinations return without introducing disconnected backbone islands.
This gate monitors a different failure, traffic keeps using a longer-delay path after a higher-speed circuit is installed. It would not detect the current problem: One nonbackbone area becomes unreachable although all its local neighbors remain Full. The appropriate check requires interarea destinations return without introducing disconnected backbone islands.
The proposed control is tied to duplicate ospf router ids prevent unambiguous lsa ownership, typically observed when two nodes advertise the same router ID and neighbor behavior becomes unstable. Here the target is the area no longer has a continuous logical attachment to area 0; monitor interarea destinations return without introducing disconnected backbone islands.