Question 80
At fictional Fairway Telecom, during a multi-tenant service turn-up, engineers report: Large customer Ethernet frames are dropped only after an outer provider VLAN tag is added during Q-in-Q transport. Which focused engineering action would best correct the fault?
Explanation
Correct Answer
Set an end-to-end MTU that accounts for required additional Ethernet tags and verify supported hardware limits. This treats the fault shown by Fairway Telecom: provider tag stacking adds frame overhead; an unchanged link MTU may reject frames that previously fitted untagged. Confirm success when tagged test frames of the required service size traverse each handoff without oversize or discard counters rising.
Incorrect Answers
Bind the correct VLAN bridge domain to its intended IRB routed interface and verify gateway addressing and routing. This addresses integrated routing and bridging, but the reported symptoms arise from provider bridging MTU overhead. For this case, verify instead that tagged test frames of the required service size traverse each handoff without oversize or discard counters rising.
Set and verify the suitable point-to-point OSPF network type on both intended endpoints. Its normal acceptance signal would be the two peers form a Full point-to-point adjacency without a broadcast-segment DR election. Here the deciding check is different: tagged test frames of the required service size traverse each handoff without oversize or discard counters rising.
The proposal changes MAC address learning and moves; that is not the failure isolated by the facts. It could leave provider bridging MTU overhead unresolved even if its own test passed. Provider tag stacking adds frame overhead; an unchanged link MTU may reject frames that previously fitted untagged.