Question 1
AdvancedCore Technologies · Segment routing
You are the Senior Network Architect for a Service Provider designing a new Segment Routing over MPLS (SR-MPLS) core network. The network uses IS-IS as the IGP. You require a mechanism to steer traffic through a specific sequence of nodes that does not follow the shortest path calculated by the IGP, but you want to avoid maintaining per-flow state on transit routers. Which architectural component and corresponding configuration strategy best satisfies these requirements?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D
Segment Routing Traffic Engineering (SR-TE) allows source routing by pushing a stack of labels at the ingress. Using Adjacency-SIDs allows strict path control by specifying the exact links (adjacencies) to traverse. Unlike RSVP-TE, SR-TE does not require signaling or per-flow state on transit routers (mid-point state), satisfying the requirement.
