Question 110
For this Cisco ENSLD design case: During a predeployment review for a distributed retail network, the team discovers this design gap: a branch introduces a manual EIGRP summary that also covers an unconnected address range. An approval gate requires both a measurable acceptance check and a durable prevention control. Which technical principle BEST explains the design decision?
Explanation
Correct Answer
EIGRP summarization can hide detailed routes; an overbroad aggregate may attract traffic to nonexistent destinations. The correct engineering response is: Narrow the summary or correct allocation so the aggregate represents reachable subordinate networks. The observable check is: Traffic to each intended component prefix succeeds and unused portions of the summary are not inadvertently advertised. The distributed retail network acceptance record also captures this result.
Incorrect Answers
EIGRP summarization can hide detailed routes; an overbroad aggregate may attract traffic to nonexistent destinations. The offered choice instead concerns a different principle: EIGRP stub signaling discourages neighbors from querying the spoke as a transit path for remote routes. Those technical conditions are not interchangeable.
EIGRP summarization can hide detailed routes; an overbroad aggregate may attract traffic to nonexistent destinations. The offered choice instead concerns a different principle: a feasible successor must meet DUAL’s feasibility condition to provide a loop-free immediate backup. Those technical conditions are not interchangeable.
EIGRP summarization can hide detailed routes; an overbroad aggregate may attract traffic to nonexistent destinations. The offered choice instead concerns a different principle: a mismatch in EIGRP K-values prevents neighbor compatibility for route exchange. Those technical conditions are not interchangeable.