Question 350
For this Cisco ENSLD design case: During a predeployment review for a new headquarters building, the team discovers this design gap: an employee connects a rogue device that replies with DHCP offers before the legitimate server. 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
DHCP snooping separates trusted DHCP sources from untrusted access ports and can block rogue server messages. The correct engineering response is: Enable DHCP snooping and trust only the approved server-facing paths. The observable check is: Clients receive leases only from approved DHCP servers and rogue offers are dropped. The new headquarters building acceptance record also captures this result.
Incorrect Answers
DHCP snooping separates trusted DHCP sources from untrusted access ports and can block rogue server messages. The offered choice instead concerns a different principle: Per-port support does not guarantee the chassis can supply simultaneous power across all endpoints. Those technical conditions are not interchangeable.
DHCP snooping separates trusted DHCP sources from untrusted access ports and can block rogue server messages. The offered choice instead concerns a different principle: a VACL can filter traffic within a VLAN independent of ordinary routed interface ACL enforcement. Those technical conditions are not interchangeable.
DHCP snooping separates trusted DHCP sources from untrusted access ports and can block rogue server messages. The offered choice instead concerns a different principle: RSTP enables faster convergence than legacy 802.1D in supported topologies when port roles are correctly configured. Those technical conditions are not interchangeable.