4A0-D01 Exam Dumps : Nokia Data Center Fabric Fundamentals Exam

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In a leaf-spine Clos network:

Option A is TRUE: Each leaf connects to every spine for full redundancy and non-blocking fabric.

"In a Clos topology, every leaf node connects to every spine node, ensuring any-to-any connectivity."

— Nokia Data Center Fabric Design Guide, "Leaf-Spine Architecture"

Option B is TRUE: East-west traffic flows predictably via spines.

"Leaf-spine provides deterministic paths for east-west traffic, minimizing latency and jitter."

— Nokia SR Linux EVPN Configuration Guide, "Traffic Flow in Clos Networks"

Option C is FALSE: Clos networks do not use STP. They rely on Layer 3 ECMP and routing protocols for loop avoidance.

"Clos fabrics eliminate STP by design. Forwarding loops are avoided through ECMP and routing protocols (e.g., BGP), not Layer 2 STP."

— Nokia Data Center Fabric Best Practices, "Loop Avoidance"

Option D is TRUE: ECMP load-balances traffic across multiple spine paths.

"ECMP is fundamental to leaf-spine, distributing traffic across all available spine links."

— Nokia SR Linux Routing Guide, "ECMP in Clos Fabrics"

The "baseline diff" command is used to compare the candidate configuration against the baseline datastore to see changes or conflicts, especially when multiple users are involved or to verify differences. It does not indicate that the user is unable to commit changes.

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Option A & B are FALSE: While recursive lookups are required for both next-hops (10.1.1.0 and 10.2.1.0), there is no dependency between them. Each next-hop must be resolved independently via a separate recursive lookup in the routing table. Neither next-hop is resolved "using" the other.

Extract from Nokia SR Linux Configuration Guide (Section: Static Routes):

"An indirect next-hop is not directly connected. The system must perform a recursive lookup in the routing table to find a route that matches the indirect next-hop IP address and resolve it to a directly attached next-hop and egress interface. Each indirect next-hop in a route is resolved independently."

Extract from Nokia SR Linux Fundamentals Guide (Section: Route Resolution):

"Routes with indirect next-hops require recursive route lookup. The router searches its routing table for a path to the indirect next-hop IP address itself. Multiple indirect next-hops in a single route entry are resolved in parallel, not sequentially."

Option C is TRUE: The exhibit shows a single static route (192.168.20.0/30) with two indirect next-hops (10.1.1.0 and 10.2.1.0). This configuration defines a next-hop group with two members for this route, enabling Equal-Cost Multi-Path (ECMP) load balancing or redundancy.

Extract from Nokia SR Linux Configuration Guide (Section: Static Routes):

"Multiple next-hop addresses can be specified for a static route. This creates a next-hop group. Traffic matching the route prefix is load-balanced across all active next-hops in the group using ECMP."

Extract from Nokia SR Linux Fundamentals Guide (Section: Static Routing):

"A static route entry listing multiple next-hops implies a next-hop group. The number of next-hops listed in the show route-table output for a single route ID directly indicates the number of next-hops configured in the group."

Option D is FALSE: The preference value (Pref) is configured per route, not per next-hop within the route. Both next-hops (10.1.1.0 and 10.2.1.0) share the same preference value (5), as they belong to the same route entry (ID 0). Next-hop selection within the group is based on the ECMP hashing algorithm, not preference. Preference is used to choose between different routes (from different protocols) to the same prefix.

Extract from Nokia SR Linux Configuration Guide (Section: Static Routes):

"The preference value is a property of the static route itself, not individual next-hops within it. All next-hops in a static route's next-hop group inherit the same preference value."

Extract from Nokia SR Linux Fundamentals Guide (Section: Route Selection):

"When multiple next-hops exist for a route (ECMP), the active next-hop for a specific flow is determined by a hash of packet header fields (e.g., 5-tuple). Preference values are only compared when selecting between different routes (e.g., static vs. BGP) to the same prefix."