Question 620
A preventive architecture review covers this situation: An SD-WAN deployment needs multicast application delivery across sites but the plan only validates unicast tunnels. Which preventive design control MOST DIRECTLY addresses this specific risk?
Explanation
Correct Answer
Include multicast join, leave and recovery exercises in overlay acceptance tests. This control targets the underlying design risk. Unicast overlay reachability does not guarantee multicast replication, membership or underlay support. The follow-up acceptance check remains: Joined receivers at two sites receive correct multicast streams without excessive unwanted replication.
Incorrect Answers
SLA-based policy selects eligible paths using active performance measurements rather than only static next-hop reachability. The repeat risk here is different: Unicast overlay reachability does not guarantee multicast replication, membership or underlay support. A directly relevant preventive control is: Include multicast join, leave and recovery exercises in overlay acceptance tests.
SD-WAN path choice does not replace queuing and traffic treatment at physical congestion points. The repeat risk here is different: Unicast overlay reachability does not guarantee multicast replication, membership or underlay support. A directly relevant preventive control is: Include multicast join, leave and recovery exercises in overlay acceptance tests.
GETVPN can encrypt group traffic on a trusted routed core without requiring pairwise tunnel overlays between every site. The repeat risk here is different: Unicast overlay reachability does not guarantee multicast replication, membership or underlay support. A directly relevant preventive control is: Include multicast join, leave and recovery exercises in overlay acceptance tests.