Question 110
At Learning Commons, a third-party tenant switch advertises a superior STP root on a downstream handoff. Which diagnostic comparison would distinguish this fault from nearby mechanisms?
Explanation
Correct Answer
For Learning Commons, the decisive mechanism is Root guard downstream. Root guard prevents a protected port from accepting a superior root advertisement. Inspect root-inconsistent state and received superior BPDUs is the most direct way to isolate this particular failure before making a change.
Incorrect Answers
This is relevant to Voice VLAN LLDP-MED, where lLDP-MED can advertise voice-network attributes while the switch enforces separate VLAN policies In the Learning Commons case, Those observations could be normal while the stated fault persists. The specific mechanism is root guard prevents a protected port from accepting a superior root advertisement
This is relevant to ACL direction and interface, where stateless ACL effectiveness depends on interface attachment direction and rule order In the Learning Commons case, Those observations could be normal while the stated fault persists. The specific mechanism is root guard prevents a protected port from accepting a superior root advertisement
This is relevant to End-to-end MTU and frames, where a path's effective MTU is limited by the smallest supported segment and encapsulation overhead In the Learning Commons case, Those observations could be normal while the stated fault persists. The specific mechanism is root guard prevents a protected port from accepting a superior root advertisement