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The Virtual Switching Extension (VSX) fabric is a high availability solution that provides industry-leading performance and simplicity for campus and data center networks1. When the ISL goes down, and after a few seconds, the keepalive link goes down too, the VSX fabric reacts differently depending on the split-recovery mode setting. If the split-recovery mode is enabled, the secondary switch shuts down all its SVIs and waits for the ISL to come back up2. If the split-recovery mode is disabled, both switches keep their SVIs up and continue to forward traffic2. Therefore, this does not correctly describe how the VSX fabric reacts to various component failure scenarios. Reference: https://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/tg/TB_VSX.pdf

The exhibit shows a network topology where Switch-1 and Switch-2 are ArubaOS-CX switches that implement VXLAN without Ethernet VPN (EVPN). Switch-2 uses the same VNI-to-VLAN mappings as Switch-1. The question asks how the specified servers communicate, which means Server 1 and Server 4. Server 1 and Server 4 are in different VLANs and different VNIs, which means they are in different layer 2 segments. To communicate with each other, they require routing services between the VXLANs. However, using Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF) to tunnel iSCSI traffic through the network spine on the same links that data traffic uses is not the correct way to provide routing services. VRF is a technology that creates multiple isolated Layer 3 domains on a physical network, each with its own routing table. VRF does not provide any benefits for iSCSI traffic, as it does not guarantee bandwidth, priority, or quality of service. VRF also adds overhead and complexity to the network configuration1. To provide routing services between the VXLANs, the correct way is to use VXLAN routing with EVPN or distributed anycast gateway (DAG). VXLAN routing with EVPN allows the switches to exchange MAC and IP information using BGP EVPN control plane, and to perform routing between different VNIs using a centralized or distributed model2. DAG allows the switches to act as anycast gateways for their local hosts, and to route traffic between different VNIs using a symmetric or asymmetric model3. Therefore, this does not correctly describe how the specified servers communicate.

A layer 2 VLAN is a single broadcast domain that works on the data link layer1. It cannot be assigned an IP address or attached to a VRF. A VRF requires a layer 3 interface that works on the network layer and can perform routing between different VLANs2. A layer 2 VLAN can only communicate within itself, not with other VLANs or routing domains1.

The Virtual Switching Extension (VSX) is a high availability solution that provides industry-leading performance and simplicity for campus and data center networks1. VSX does not implement a single control plane for the core fabric, but rather a dual control plane that allows independent software upgrades and configuration changes on each switch2. VSX also provides active-active forwarding and load balancing across both switches, eliminating the need for Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) or other loop prevention mechanisms2. Therefore, this is not a use case for implementing VSX at the core. Reference: https://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/tg/TB_VSX.pdf

ERPS is a feature of ArubaOS-CX that prevents loops at layer 2 on ring networks1. ERPS uses a protocol called Ring Auto Protection Switching (RAPS) to detect link failures and perform fast traffic switchover1. ERPS has two timers that control the protection switching mechanism: guard timer and hold off timer1. The guard timer prevents false switching caused by delayed or lost RAPS PDUs1. The guard interval is set in units of 10 ms and should exceed the maximum expected delay for forwarding a frame around the complete ring1. This ensures that all switches on the ring receive the RAPS PDUs before the guard timer expires1. Therefore, this is a guideline for configuring timers for ERPS, and the correct answer is yes. For more information on ERPS and timers, refer to the Aruba Data Center Network Specialist (ADCNS) certification datasheet2 and the ERPS Guide for your switch model1.

Switch-2 waits a period called the link-up delay before it enables Switched Virtual Interfaces (SVIs) on its VSX LAGs is a true statement about what happens when Switch-2 experiences a power failure while Switch-1 remains up and then recovers. Switch-1 and Switch-2 are ArubaOS-CX switches, which are part of a Virtual Switching Extension (VSX) fabric. VSX is a feature that provides active-active forwarding and redundancy for ArubaOS-CX switches. The link-up delay timer defines how long a VSX node waits before advertising link state changes to its peer node. This allows the node to synchronize its MAC forwarding, ARP, and routing tables with its peer node before sending or receiving traffic on the newly activated link1.

The IPv6 and IPv4 overlay networks can be encapsulated with VXLAN and transmitted through the underlay network is a true statement about EVPN and IPv6 for configuring an EVPN solution for a dual-stack IPv4 and IPv6 protocol in the overlay networks. VXLAN is a feature that provides Layer 2 extension over Layer 3 networks using UDP encapsulation. VXLAN can support both IPv4 and IPv6 overlay networks over an IPv4 or IPv6 underlay network2.

Configuring trust of CoS on the interface is a requirement for implementing Priority Flow Control (PFC) on an ArubaOS-CX switch interface. PFC is a feature that allows a switch to pause traffic on a per-class basis using IEEE 802.1Qbb frames. To use PFC, the switch must trust the CoS values in the incoming frames and map them to priority groups and queues1.

Automated provisioning of LAGs between AHV and VSX is an operation supported when Aruba Fabric Composer (AFC) is integrated with Nutanix. AFC is a tool that provides automation and orchestration for managing data center networks composed of ArubaOS-CX switches. AFC can integrate with various data center software such as VMware vSphere, Nutanix AHV, Microsoft Hyper-V, etc. AFC can discover, monitor, and configure Nutanix AHV clusters and hosts using REST APIs. AFC can also automate the provisioning of LAGs between AHV and VSX by creating VSX LAGs or MC-LAGs on the ArubaOS-CX switches and configuring the corresponding LAGs on the AHV hosts1.

The status is Idle, which means that the ring is up and fully connected with the RPL port blocked is not what the specified status means for Ethernet Ring Protection Switching (ERPS) on an ArubaOS-CX switch. Idle is one of the possible statuses for an ERPS ring instance, but it indicates that the ring is not operational and no port is blocked. This can happen when the ring is not configured properly or when there is a miscommunication between the nodes1.