Question 470
In a technical design review: During a predeployment review for a coastal branch network, the team discovers this design gap: a small metro campus wants cost-effective point-to-point Ethernet connectivity between nearby facilities. 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
Metro Ethernet can present an Ethernet service to customer edges without requiring a private optical system. The correct engineering response is: Evaluate a Metro Ethernet E-Line style service with measured bandwidth and service-level requirements. The observable check is: Frames cross the subscribed point-to-point EVC within the agreed throughput and loss profile. The coastal branch network acceptance record also captures this result.
Incorrect Answers
Metro Ethernet can present an Ethernet service to customer edges without requiring a private optical system. The offered choice instead concerns a different principle: a Layer 2 VPN transports customer Layer 2 frames without making the carrier manage customer Layer 3 routes. Those technical conditions are not interchangeable.
Metro Ethernet can present an Ethernet service to customer edges without requiring a private optical system. The offered choice instead concerns a different principle: a carrier MPLS L3VPN separates customer routing via provider VRFs and distributes eligible customer prefixes. Those technical conditions are not interchangeable.
Metro Ethernet can present an Ethernet service to customer edges without requiring a private optical system. The offered choice instead concerns a different principle: Secure SD-WAN onboarding depends on authenticated controllers and connectivity to the orchestration services. Those technical conditions are not interchangeable.