300-420 Question 317
Single answerAn enterprise is planning to move critical applications to a public cloud provider while ensuring low latency and high reliability. The enterprise also wants to maintain existing MPLS connections to its on-premises data centers. Which cloud connectivity option would best address these requirements?
- A
Cloud on Ramp
- B
Direct Connect
- C
MPLS Direct Connect
- D
WAN Integration
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
MPLS Direct Connect is the most suitable option in this scenario because it allows the enterprise to extend its existing MPLS network to the public cloud provider. This ensures low latency, high reliability, and seamless integration with the enterprise's on-premises MPLS infrastructure. Other options, while useful in different contexts, do not fully meet the specific requirements of MPLS integration and public cloud access.
- A. Incorrect.
Cloud on Ramp is a feature often associated with SD-WAN solutions to optimize cloud application performance but does not specifically address direct MPLS connections to the cloud.
- B. Incorrect.
Direct Connect is a private connection between the enterprise and the cloud provider, offering low latency and high reliability, but it does not natively integrate with existing MPLS networks.
- C. Correct.
MPLS Direct Connect allows enterprises to extend their existing MPLS network to a public cloud provider, ensuring low latency, high reliability, and seamless integration with on-premises MPLS-based networks.
- D. Incorrect.
WAN Integration refers to connecting WAN services to cloud providers but is a broader term and does not specify the use of MPLS to directly connect to the cloud.