Question 320
Operations wants to avoid recurrence of this design flaw: During a predeployment review for a large research campus, the team discovers this design gap: a fiber pair has one-way transmission that is invisible to an ordinary link-up indicator. An approval gate requires both a measurable acceptance check and a durable prevention control. Which preventive design control MOST DIRECTLY addresses this specific risk?
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Correct Answer
Audit optical connections and align UDLD mode on critical peer links. Apply the same control to the large research campus rollout checklist. This control targets the underlying design risk. UDLD can detect certain unidirectional Layer 2 link conditions that simple physical carrier status misses. The follow-up acceptance check remains: A simulated unidirectional failure raises a UDLD event and the protection action matches the approved mode. The large research campus acceptance record also captures this result.
Incorrect Answers
Root Guard prevents a designated switch port from accepting a downstream superior-root claim. The repeat risk here is different: UDLD can detect certain unidirectional Layer 2 link conditions that simple physical carrier status misses. A directly relevant preventive control is: Audit optical connections and align UDLD mode on critical peer links. Apply the same control to the large research campus rollout checklist.
DAI checks ARP packet bindings to reduce ARP spoofing within the Layer 2 broadcast domain. The repeat risk here is different: UDLD can detect certain unidirectional Layer 2 link conditions that simple physical carrier status misses. A directly relevant preventive control is: Audit optical connections and align UDLD mode on critical peer links. Apply the same control to the large research campus rollout checklist.
BPDU Guard protects an edge port from participating in an unintended bridge topology when BPDUs appear. The repeat risk here is different: UDLD can detect certain unidirectional Layer 2 link conditions that simple physical carrier status misses. A directly relevant preventive control is: Audit optical connections and align UDLD mode on critical peer links. Apply the same control to the large research campus rollout checklist.