QuestionQ72

Layer 3 Fabrics

You are deploying an IP fabric with EBGP and observe that leaf devices advertise and receive all routes. However, the routes are marked hidden and are not installed in the routing table.

Which two statements describe how to resolve the issue?

Choose two
  • A You need to configure a next-hop self policy.
  • B You need to configure multipath multiple-as.
  • C You need to configure loops 2.
  • D You need to configure as-override.
Explanation

This is the classic EBGP IP-fabric problem where all leaf devices share the same autonomous system number. When a route originated by one leaf is relayed through the spine to another leaf, the receiving leaf sees its own AS in the AS_PATH and treats it as a loop, so the route is received but marked hidden and never installed. Two valid fixes are: on the receiving side, raise the permitted loop count with 'set routing-options autonomous-system <as> loops 2' (option C); or on the advertising/spine side, use 'as-override' so the neighbor's AS is replaced before advertisement, eliminating the perceived loop (option D). Option B (multipath multiple-as) only affects load balancing and does not un-hide the routes, and option A (next-hop self) addresses a different next-hop-reachability symptom.

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