Nokia 4A0-112 Nokia IS-IS Routing Protocol Exam Practice Test

In IPv6, the Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP) replaces the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) used in IPv4. NDP is responsible for several functions, including resolving IP addresses to MAC addresses (similar to ARP), detecting duplicate IP addresses, and discovering other devices on the network.

In IPv6, consecutive sections of zeros can be abbreviated with a double colon (::) once in an address. Also, leading zeros in each hextet (group of four hexadecimal digits) can be removed.

The original address is2001:0da8:0000:0000:0024:0000:4ab9:0300.

Removing leading zeros and applying the abbreviation:

0da8becomesda8.

0000becomes0(and multiple consecutive 0000 sections can be represented by ::).

The final result becomes2001:da8::24:0:4ab9:300, which matches option A when properly formatted.

Router R1 is the one that performs the summarization of the two subnets (20.20.1.0/24 and 20.20.2.0/24) into the summarized route 20.20.0.0/16. However, R1 itself will not see any change in its routing table because it is directly connected to both subnets and already knows about them.

Router R2, which is in Area 49.0002, will benefit from this summarization because it previously had separate routes for both 20.20.1.0/24 and 20.20.2.0/24. After the summarization, R2 will only need to maintain a single route to 20.20.0.0/16, reducing the size of its routing table.

Router R4 does not directly benefit from the summarization because it is only connected to the Level 1 network and has no need for the summarized routes from R1. Thus, the summarization does not affect R4's routing table.

Typically, interfaces on a Nokia 7750 SR router are not configured in pairs on the same subnet for redundancy. Instead, redundancy is achieved through mechanisms like Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) or other high availability protocols, not by simply using interfaces in pairs on the same subnet.

Based on theIPv6 route tableoutput forR3andR4, we can see that the routers have remote routes listed as"Remote ISIS", indicating that the route is being advertised from a different area (area 49.01 or 49.02). This is a sign ofroute leaking, where routes from one area are being shared across areas.

TheroutesfromR3(level-1 router) are being advertised toR4(level-1 router), and vice versa, withISISas the protocol. This implies that there is route leaking configured to allow information to pass between areas.

The Input/Output Module (IOM) is responsible for performing the longest prefix match (LPM) lookup on packets that arrive at the physical interfaces. The IOM performs this function by examining the destination IP address of incoming packets and using the routing table to determine the best match.

ARP for IPv4 and Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP) for IPv6 are both used to map a device's IP address to its MAC address. This is essential for communication within a local network.

ARP is used in IPv4 networks, and NDP performs a similar function in IPv6 networks, ensuring devices can communicate effectively on the same network segment.

Therouting table manager (RTM)is responsible for selecting the best route when multiple routing protocols provide a route for the same destination prefix. It makes the decision on which route to add to therouting tablebased on the administrative distance, metric, and other criteria.

Theadjacency databasecontains information about the state of the router’s adjacencies (i.e., the routers that it is directly connected to and has established a neighbor relationship with). It does not store information about all links in the domain; that information is stored in thelink-state database.

In the configuration on router R1, the static route is defined with the next-hop IP address of139.120.121.1.

However, the next-hop IP address139.120.121.1does not belong to the same subnet as the directly connected interface on R1, which is172.31.1.1/30. For the static route to work properly, the next-hop IP address must be reachable via a directly connected interface, meaning it must be within the same subnet.

Therefore, this mismatch in subnet adjacency is likely causing the failure to reach the destination (139.120.121.2).

The output shows two levels of IS-IS databases: Level 1 (L1) and Level 2 (L2). This indicates that the domain is multi-area, as L1 routers are confined to a single area, while L2 routers can route between different areas. The presence of Level 1/Level 2 (L1/L2) routers also suggests that the domain spans multiple areas.

The LSP (Link-State PDU) entries show L1/L2 ATT attributes, which typically indicate that these routers are capable of routing both within their own area (Level 1) and across areas (Level 2), suggesting a multi-area design.

The IS-IS domain likely includes broadcast interfaces, as indicated by the "ATT" attribute (typically referring to the type of interface) and common IS-IS configuration practices on broadcast networks like Ethernet.

In IS-IS, the Designated Intermediate System (DIS) is responsible for certain tasks on broadcast networks, such as generating link-state advertisements and acting as the central point for flooding information.