Cisco Updated 350-501 Exam Questions and Answers by alyssia

To ensure that critical, time-sensitive data from the server on R1 to the host on R3 is always prioritized, especially during congestion, the network engineer should implement a Quality of Service (QoS) strategy that uses strict priority queuing. This QoS mechanism ensures that traffic marked as high priority is transmitted first, while other traffic may be queued or dropped if necessary. Strict priority queuing is designed for scenarios exactly like this, where certain traffic must be guaranteed bandwidth to meet time-sensitive requirements. References := For more detailed information on QoS strategies and classification, refer to the Implementing and Operating Cisco Service Provider Network Core Technologies (SPCOR) course materials, specifically the sections discussing QoS mechanisms and their implementation in service provider networks. Additionally, Cisco’s official documentation on QoS provides comprehensive guidelines on configuring and applying strict priority queuing to ensure bandwidth for critical traffic.

The configuration in Option C correctly sets up the interfaces for VLAN tag translation. On interface GigabitEthernet2, the command rewrite ingress tag translate 1-to-1 dot1q 21 changes the incoming VLAN tag from 12 to 21. Conversely, on interface GigabitEthernet3, the command rewrite egress tag translate 1-to-1 dot1q 12 changes the outgoing VLAN tag from 21 to 12. This setup ensures that traffic flowing from R1 to R2 and vice versa has the correct VLAN tags as required.

References: This explanation is based on the concepts outlined in the Implementing and Operating Cisco Service Provider Network Core Technologies (SPCOR v1.0) course

The issue here is that R1 and R2 cannot yet establish an LDP TCP connection. From the exhibit, it’s clear that the password is not required as it states “Password: not required, none, in use”. So, option C “Configure the no mpls Idp password option 1 command on R2” would be the correct answer to allow the establishment of an LDP TCP connection without requiring a password. This aligns with Cisco’s guidelines on configuring MPLS LDP where passwords might not be necessary for establishing connections between routers.

References: Implementing and Operating Cisco Service Provider Network Core Technologies (SPCOR) - Cisco SPCOR

The OSPF neighbor relationship is not establishing due to a mismatch in MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) settings on the interfaces of PE-A and PE-B routers. On PE-A, there is no MTU configuration under the interface FastEthernet0/0, which means it is using the default MTU setting. However, on PE-B, the MTU is explicitly set to 1400 bytes with “ip mtu 1400” command under interface FastEthernet0/0. OSPF requires that both ends of a point-to-point link have matching MTU sizes to form a neighbor relationship; otherwise, OSPF adjacency will not be established.

References:

• Implementing and Operating Cisco Service Provider Network Core Technologies (SPCOR) - Cisco SPCOR Resources