Question 1
IntermediateContrail Architecture · Control Plane Signaling
You are designing a Contrail Networking deployment for a large-scale telecommunications provider. The customer requires strict separation of control plane traffic from management traffic. Which specific interface on the Contrail Control Node is utilized to establish XMPP sessions with the vRouter agents running on compute nodes?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D
The Contrail Control Node uses its control interface (often an IP on the management or a dedicated control network) to establish XMPP sessions with vRouters. While it can physically share a NIC with management, logically the XMPP connection targets the Control Node's IP defined in the configuration, distinct from the forwarding plane which handles encapsulated traffic.
