Free Practice Questions for Ericsson ECP-206 Exam

Answer : B, D

A P router is a provider router that is part of the service provider's core network in an MPLS environment. A P router does not have any customer routes or VPN information, but only has information about how to reach other P routers and PE routers in the same MPLS domain. A P router performs label switching, which means that it forwards labeled packets based on their top label in the label stack. A P router can perform two possible label actions:

Swap: The P router replaces the incoming label with a new label that corresponds to the next hop along the label-switched path (LSP). The new label is determined by looking up the label forwarding information base (LFIB) based on the incoming label and interface.

PHP: The P router removes the top label from the packet at the penultimate hop before reaching the egress PE router. This is done to avoid an extra lookup on the egress PE router, which can forward the packet based on its IP header or another label in the stack.

A P router does not perform push or drop actions on labels. A push action means adding one or more labels to the packet, which is done by an ingress PE router when initiating an LSP. A drop action means discarding a packet, which is done by any router when there is no matching entry in its LFIB or routing table.Reference:Provider (P) Router in IP MPLS Network - Cisco Community,MPLS Fundamentals: Forwarding Labeled Packets - Cisco Press,MPLS Label Switching | MPLS Operation | Push, Swap,Push IPCisco

Answer : B

A BGP session is established between two routers by sending a unicast OPEN message. BGP uses TCP as its transport protocol, which means that before exchanging any BGP information, a TCP connection must be established between the routers. The TCP connection uses port 179 as both source and destination port. After establishing a TCP connection, each router sends an OPEN message to its neighbor, containing parameters such as BGP version number, AS number, hold time, BGP identifier, and optional capabilities. The OPEN message also serves as a keepalive message for BGP. If both routers agree on these parameters, they proceed to exchange UPDATE messages containing routing information and establish a BGP session.

A BGP router does not send a NOTIFICATION message to establish a session, but rather to terminate a session due to an error or a manual shutdown. A BGP router does not send a CONNECT message, as this is a TCP state, not a BGP message. A BGP router does not send a multicast HELLO packet, as this is an OSPF message, not a BGP message.Reference:BGP Neighbor States > BGP Fundamentals | Cisco Press,Demystifying BGP Session Establishments - Packet Pushers,The TCP/IP Guide - BGP Connection Establishment: Open Messages

Answer : A

Penultimate hop popping (PHP) is a function performed by certain routers in an MPLS enabled network. It refers to the process whereby the outermost label of an MPLS tagged packet is removed by a label switch router (LSR) before the packet is passed to an adjacent label edge router (LER). The purpose of PHP is to reduce the load on the LER, as it saves one cycle of label lookup. The LER can forward the packet based on its IP header or another label in the stack, without having to process the outer label. PHP functionality is achieved by the LER advertising a label with a value of 3 to its neighbors.This label is defined as 'implicit-null' and informs the neighboring LSRs to perform PHP12.

Answer : A

MTU mismatch would cause an IS-IS adjacency between two routers to fail. MTU stands for maximum transmission unit, which is the maximum size of a packet that can be transmitted on a link. IS-IS hellos are padded to the full MTU size, partly to allow a router to implicitly communicate its MTU to its neighbors.If two routers have different MTUs on their interfaces, they will not be able to exchange hellos properly, and their adjacency will not form or will be dropped34. To solve this problem, the MTUs on both interfaces must be configured to match.

SEL, context, and SysID are not fields that would cause an IS-IS adjacency failure. SEL stands for selector, which is a one-octet field that identifies the network layer service to which a packet should be sent.For IS-IS routers, the SEL must always be 005.Context is not a field in IS-IS packets, but rather a term used to describe the scope of routing information in different levels or areas6. SysID stands for system identifier, which is a six-octet field that uniquely identifies a router within an area.SysID does not have to match between two routers for them to form an adjacency7.

Answer : A, C

Regarding the BGP decision algorithm, two statements that are correct are:

A higher local-preference attribute will be favored over a lower local-preference attribute. The local-preference attribute is used by BGP routers within an AS to indicate their preference for an exit point from the AS. A higher value means a more preferred path.The local-preference attribute is exchanged only between iBGP peers and does not leave the AS boundary89.

A path cannot be considered if the next-hop is inaccessible. The next-hop attribute is used by BGP routers to determine where to forward packets for a given destination prefix. The next-hop attribute is usually set to the IP address of the eBGP neighbor that advertises the prefix.If there is no IGP route to reach the next-hop address, the path is marked as invalid and ignored by BGP1011.

The other two statements are incorrect because:

The most important criteria is not the administrative distance, but rather the weight attribute. The administrative distance is used by routers to choose between routes from different routing protocols, not within BGP. The weight attribute is a Cisco-specific attribute that is used by BGP routers to prefer one path over another within the same router.The weight attribute is local to the router and not advertised to any peers1213.

A lower local-preference attribute will not be favored over a higher local-preference attribute, as explained above.