Discuss Fortinet NSE8_812 Exam Topic 6 Question 48

Which feature must you enable on the BGP neighbors to accomplish this goal?

AGraceful-restart

BDeterministic-med

CSynchronization

DSoft-reconfiguration

Suggested Answer: A

Graceful-restart is a feature that allows BGP neighbors to maintain their routing information during a BGP restart or failover event, without disrupting traffic forwarding or causing route flaps. Graceful-restart works by allowing a BGP speaker (the restarting router) to notify its neighbors (the helper routers) that it is about to restart or failover, and request them to preserve their routing information and forwarding state for a certain period of time (the restart time). The helper routers then mark the routes learned from the restarting router as stale, but keep them in their routing table and continue forwarding traffic based on them until they receive an end-of-RIB marker from the restarting router or until the restart time expires. This way, graceful-restart can minimize traffic disruption and routing instability during a BGP restart or failover event. Reference: https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortigate/7.0.0/cookbook/19662/bgp-graceful-restart

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27 comments · newest first

Kent 10 months ago

Wait, does anyone actually use Deterministic-med? Sounds weird.

Cherri 10 months ago

Synchronization is outdated, right?

Latia 10 months ago

Definitely need to enable Graceful-restart for BGP neighbors.

Halina 10 months ago

Yeah, Graceful-restart is the best option here.

Linwood 10 months ago

I thought Soft-reconfiguration was the way to go?

Lashawnda 11 months ago

I feel like Deterministic-med was covered in our study sessions, but I can't remember if it relates to enabling features on neighbors. This is tricky!

Temeka 11 months ago

Soft-reconfiguration sounds familiar, but I’m not confident about how it fits into the context of BGP neighbors. I might be mixing it up with something else.

Bo 11 months ago

I practiced a similar question where Synchronization was mentioned, but I can't recall its exact role in BGP. Could it be relevant to this question?

Elke 11 months ago

I think I remember something about Graceful-restart being important for maintaining BGP sessions during restarts, but I'm not entirely sure if that's the right answer here.

Nohemi 12 months ago

Soft-reconfiguration might be useful in some BGP scenarios, but I don't think it's the right feature for this particular goal. I'll need to think this through step-by-step.

Erasmo 12 months ago

Deterministic-med could be an interesting choice, but I'm not confident that's the right answer. I'll make sure to read the question carefully before selecting an option.

Merilyn 12 months ago

Synchronization? I'm not sure how that would be relevant here. I'll have to review my BGP notes to refresh my memory on the different features.

Quiana 1 year ago

Okay, let me see... Graceful-restart seems like the most likely option to accomplish the goal, but I'll double-check the other choices just to be sure.

Ashley 1 year ago

Hmm, this looks like a tricky BGP question. I'll need to think through the different BGP features and how they might apply here.

Cristy 1 year ago

I'm not sure, but I think C) Synchronization could also be a valid option.

Mari 1 year ago

I disagree, I believe the correct answer is D) Soft-reconfiguration.

Santos 1 year ago

I think the answer is A) Graceful-restart.

Sanda 1 year ago

Deterministic-med, really? What is this, a beauty pageant? I'm just going to go with Graceful-restart and hope I'm right.

Aracelis 1 year ago

Definitely not Synchronization. That's for making sure routes are exchanged before being used, which doesn't seem relevant here.

Ivette 1 year ago

Hmm, I'm leaning towards Soft-reconfiguration. That allows you to apply new policies without fully resetting the session, right? Seems like the best option here.

Reynalda 1 year ago

↳ replying to Ivette

Soft-reconfiguration sounds like the right feature to enable. It's helpful for making changes without causing a full reset.

Ardella 1 year ago

↳ replying to Ivette

I agree, Soft-reconfiguration is a good choice for that. It helps with applying new policies smoothly.

Minna 1 year ago

↳ replying to Ivette

I think Soft-reconfiguration is the way to go. It lets you make changes without disrupting the session.

Cecil 1 year ago

I think it's gotta be Graceful-restart. That's the one that ensures the BGP session can be maintained during a restart, right?

Nan 1 year ago

↳ replying to Cecil

C) Synchronization

Shaniqua 1 year ago

↳ replying to Cecil

Yes, you're right. Graceful-restart allows the BGP session to be maintained during a restart.

Cristy 1 year ago

↳ replying to Cecil

A) Graceful-restart

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