Exam 4A0-D03 Topic 1 Question 12 Discussion
Actual exam question for Nokia's 4A0-D03 exam
Question #: 12
Topic #: 1
Question #: 12
Topic #: 1
Which of the following statements about the Layer 2 EVPN configuration/operation in a Nokia SR Linux is FALSE?
Suggested Answer: B Vote an answer
Comprehensive and Detailed 150 to 250 words of Explanation From [SR Linux EVPN and Data Center Interconnect/Course Guide/topics]:
In SR Linux, a Layer 2 EVPN service is implemented using a MAC-VRF network instance. The MAC-VRF represents the tenant bridge domain and is associated with access subinterfaces and a VXLAN data-plane mapping. Local hosts are learned through the data plane when Ethernet frames arrive on local interfaces. Remote hosts, however, are not learned by flooding or by configuring static per-peer VXLAN interfaces. They are learned through MP-BGP EVPN updates, especially EVPN route type 2 MAC/IP Advertisement routes. Option B is false because SR Linux does not require a separate manually configured VXLAN interface toward each remote VTEP for the MAC-VRF. Instead, the MAC-VRF is bound to VXLAN encapsulation and a VNI, while remote VTEPs and their MAC reachability are discovered dynamically through the EVPN control plane. This is one of the central advantages of EVPN compared with static VXLAN flood-and-learn models: the overlay endpoints and endpoint reachability are signaled through BGP, reducing manual configuration and improving scale. Reference: SR Linux L2 EVPN MAC-VRF configuration, MP-BGP EVPN learning, VXLAN data-plane mapping.
In SR Linux, a Layer 2 EVPN service is implemented using a MAC-VRF network instance. The MAC-VRF represents the tenant bridge domain and is associated with access subinterfaces and a VXLAN data-plane mapping. Local hosts are learned through the data plane when Ethernet frames arrive on local interfaces. Remote hosts, however, are not learned by flooding or by configuring static per-peer VXLAN interfaces. They are learned through MP-BGP EVPN updates, especially EVPN route type 2 MAC/IP Advertisement routes. Option B is false because SR Linux does not require a separate manually configured VXLAN interface toward each remote VTEP for the MAC-VRF. Instead, the MAC-VRF is bound to VXLAN encapsulation and a VNI, while remote VTEPs and their MAC reachability are discovered dynamically through the EVPN control plane. This is one of the central advantages of EVPN compared with static VXLAN flood-and-learn models: the overlay endpoints and endpoint reachability are signaled through BGP, reducing manual configuration and improving scale. Reference: SR Linux L2 EVPN MAC-VRF configuration, MP-BGP EVPN learning, VXLAN data-plane mapping.
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