JN0-363 Exam Dumps : Service Provider Routing and Switching, Specialist (JNCIS-SP)

In MPLS (Multiprotocol Label Switching) networks, routers use label switching to forward packets. The first router at the edge of the MPLS network (R1) will perform a lookup in the mpls.0 table to determine the label to attach to the packet as it enters the MPLS network. This label informs the next routers in the MPLS network (like R2) on how to forward the packet. Internal MPLS routers, like R2, also perform lookups in their mpls.0 table to determine how to switch the packet toward its destination (label swapping). The inet.3 table is used for resolving next-hop information for labeled routes, but it's the mpls.0 table that is used for label switching decisions.

References:

• Juniper Networks documentation on MPLS: MPLS Applications User Guide for Routing Devices

To verify the status of the tunnel from R1, you would issue a ping from the source address that is assigned to R1's end of the tunnel. In the exhibit, we can see that the tunnel interface (gre-0/0/0.0) has the IP address 198.51.100.1 on R1. Therefore, to test the tunnel's status, you should ping the IP address at the other end of the tunnel (which is likely the address on User B's interface or another interface on R2) from R1's tunnel source address.

References:

• Juniper Networks documentation on GRE: GRE Interface Configuration

The root bridge in a spanning-tree network is the bridge with the smallest or the lowest bridge ID.

In the absence of a manually configured priority, the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) elects the root bridge based on the lowest bridge ID, which is a combination of the priority and the MAC address. The device with the lowest MAC address will have the lowest bridge ID and thus be elected as the root bridge.

References

• Juniper Networks Technical Documentation on STP