300-415 Question 63
Single answerAn enterprise is deploying Cisco SD-WAN and plans to host its control and data plane components in a colocation facility to enhance reliability and reduce latency for branch locations. Which key consideration must be prioritized when deploying the SD-WAN components in a colocation environment?
- A
Ensuring sufficient physical security for the hosted SD-WAN components
- B
Configuring application-aware routing policies for branch devices
- C
Implementing redundant transport links at the colocation facility
- D
Deploying firewalls at each branch to inspect traffic before reaching the colocation
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
When deploying SD-WAN components in a colocation facility, ensuring redundancy in transport links is crucial to maintaining high availability of the control and data plane elements. This setup helps prevent connectivity issues that could disrupt branch operations. While other considerations like physical security and application policies are important, they are not as directly tied to the colocation environment as transport link redundancy.
- A. Incorrect.
While physical security is important, it is typically a standard feature of colocation facilities. This is not the primary consideration specific to SD-WAN deployment.
- B. Incorrect.
Application-aware routing policies are configured on SD-WAN devices and are not directly tied to the colocation deployment itself.
- C. Correct.
Redundant transport links ensure high availability and connectivity reliability, which are critical for SD-WAN control and data plane components hosted in a colocation facility.
- D. Incorrect.
Deploying firewalls at each branch is a security measure but is unrelated to hosting SD-WAN components in a colocation facility.