Free Practice Questions for Cisco 300-440 Exam

The connectivity model that meets the requirements of high availability, redundancy, and low latency for the company’s business applications is ExpressRoute with private peering using SDCI.

ExpressRoute is a service that provides a dedicated, private, and high-bandwidth connection between the customer’s on-premises network and Microsoft Azure cloud network1.

Private peering is a type of ExpressRoute circuit that allows the customer to access Azure services that are hosted in a virtual network, such as virtual machines, storage, and databases2.

SDCI (Secure Data Center Interconnect) is a Cisco solution that enables secure and scalable connectivity between multiple data centers and cloud providers, using technologies such as MPLS, IPsec, and SD-WAN3.

By using ExpressRoute with private peering and SDCI, the company can achieve the following benefits:

High availability: ExpressRoute circuits are redundant and resilient, and can be configured with multiple service providers and locations for failover and load balancing1. SDCI also provides high availability by using dynamic routing protocols and encryption mechanisms to ensure optimal and secure path selection3.

Redundancy: ExpressRoute circuits can be paired together to form a redundant connection between the customer’s network and Azure4. SDCI also supports redundancy by allowing multiple connections between data centers and cloud providers, using different transport technologies and service levels3.

Low latency: ExpressRoute circuits offer lower latency than public internet connections, as they bypass the congestion and variability of the internet1. SDCI also reduces latency by using MPLS and SD-WAN to optimize the performance and quality of service for the traffic between data centers and cloud providers3.

References:

What is Azure ExpressRoute?

Azure ExpressRoute peering

Cisco Secure Data Center Interconnect

ExpressRoute circuit and routing domain

 Option C is the correct answer because it configures the IKEv2 profile with the correct match identity, authentication, and keyring parameters. It also configures the IPsecprofile with the correct transform set and lifetime parameters. Option A is incorrect because it does not specify the match identity remote address in the IKEv2 profile, which is required to match the AWS virtual private gateway IP address. Option B is incorrect because it does not specify the authentication pre-share in the IKEv2 profile, which is required to authenticate the IKEv2 peers using a pre-shared key. Option C also matches the configuration example provided by AWS1 and Cisco2 for setting up an IKEv2 IPsec site-to-site VPN between a Cisco IOS-XE router and an AWS virtual private gateway. References :=

1: AWS VPN Configuration Guide for Cisco IOS-XE

2: Configure IOS-XE Site-to-Site VPN Connection to Amazon Web Services

To send traffic into an IPsec tunnel to the cloud VPN gateway, the engineer must configure two actions:

Configure access lists that match the interesting user traffic. This is the traffic that needs to be encrypted and sent over the IPsec tunnel. The access lists are applied to the crypto map that defines the IPsec parameters for the tunnel.

Configure policy-based routing (PBR). This is a technique that allows the engineer to override the routing table and forward packets based on a defined policy. PBR can be used to send specific traffic to the IPsec tunnel interface, regardless of the destination IP address. This is useful when the cloud VPN gateway has a dynamic IP address or when multiple cloud VPN gateways are available for load balancing or redundancy. References:

Designing and Implementing Cloud Connectivity (ENCC) v1.0, Module 3: Implementing Cloud Connectivity, Lesson 3: Implementing IPsec VPNs to the Cloud, Topic: Configuring IPsec VPNs on Cisco IOS XE Routers

Security for VPNs with IPsec Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS XE, Chapter: Configuring IPsec VPNs, Topic: Configuring Crypto Maps

[Cisco IOS XE Gibraltar 16.12.x Feature Guide], Chapter: Policy-Based Routing, Topic: Policy-Based Routing Overview

To enable the OMP advertisement of BGP routes for a specific VRF instance on a Cisco IOS XE SD-WAN device, the engineer must first configure the global address-family ipv4 and then enable bgp advertisement under the vrf definition. This will allow the device to advertise the BGP routes learned from the cloud provider to the OMP control plane, which will then distribute them to the other SD-WAN devices in the overlay network1

References := 1: Designing and Implementing Cloud Connectivity (ENCC) v1.0, Module 3: Implementing Cloud Connectivity, Lesson 3: Configuring IPsec VPN from Cisco IOS XE to AWS, Topic: Configuring BGP on the Cisco IOS XE Device, Page 3-24.

Step 1 = Navigate to Configuration, select Templates, and then select Device Templates. Step 2 = Click Create Template, select From Feature Template, and then select the device model. Step 3 = Select Device, select Service Node, and then set Template Name and Description. Step 4 = Attach the device template to the device.

The process of configuring an AppGoE service node for WAN optimization for applications that are hosted in the cloud using Cisco vManage for C8000V or C8500L-8S4X devices involves several steps12.

Navigate to Configuration, select Templates, and then select Device Templates: This is the first step where you navigate to the Templates section in the Configuration menu of Cisco vManage1.

Click Create Template, select From Feature Template, and then select the device model: In this step, you create a new template for the device model from the feature template1.

Select Device, select Service Node, and then set Template Name and Description: After setting up the template, you select the device and the service node, and then set the template name and description1.

Attach the device template to the device: Finally, you attach the created device template to the device1.

References :=

AppQoE - Step-by-Step Configuration - Cisco Community

Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN AppQoE Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS XE Catalyst SD-WAN Release 17.x

Step 1 = Click Configuration, select Templates, and then select Feature Templates. Step 2 = Click Add Template, select the device, and then click Basic Configuration. Step 3 = Shut down the tunnel and then remove the ISAKMP profile. Step 4 = Attach the IKEv2 profile and then run the no shutdown command on the tunnel.

The process of configuring a site-to-site IPsec VPN connection between an on-premises Cisco IOS XE router in Controller mode and AWS, and changing the IKE version from IKEv1 to IKEv2 in Cisco vManage involves several steps123.

Click Configuration, select Templates, and then select Feature Templates: This is the first step where you navigate to the Templates section in the Configuration menu of Cisco vManage1.

Click Add Template, select the device, and then click Basic Configuration: In this step, you add a new template for the device and proceed with the basic configuration1.

Shut down the tunnel and then remove the ISAKMP profile: Before changing the IKE version, you need to shut down the existing tunnel and remove the ISAKMP profile that is configured for IKEv12.

Attach the IKEv2 profile and then run the no shutdown command on the tunnel: Finally, you attach the newly created IKEv2 profile to the tunnel and bring the tunnel back up2.

References :=

Configuring Internet Key Exchange Version 2 (IKEv2) - Cisco

Switch from IKEv1 to IKEv2 on Cisco Routers - Cisco Community

Configure IOS-XE Site-to-Site VPN Connection to Amazon Web Services - Cisco Community

 Cisco SD-WAN IPsec tunnels are different from native IPsec VPN tunnels in several ways. One of the unique features of Cisco SD-WAN IPsec tunnels is that they support real-time dynamic path selection, which means that they can automatically choose the best path for each application based on the network conditions and policies. This feature improves the performance, reliability, and efficiency of the network traffic. Native IPsec VPN tunnels, on the other hand, do not have this capability and rely on static routing or manual configuration to select the path for each tunnel. This can result in suboptimal performance, increased latency, and higher costs. References := Traditional IPsec Versus Cisco SD-WAN IPsec, SD-WAN vs IPsec VPN’s - What’s the difference?, SD-WAN vs. VPN: How Do They Compare?, Traditional IPSEC Versus SD-WAN IPSEC

The bgp advertise-best-external command is used to enable the advertisement of the best external path to internal BGP peers. This command is useful when there are multiple exit points from the local AS to other ASes, and the local AS wants to use the closest exit point for each destination. By default, BGP only advertises the best path to its peers, and the best path is usually the one with the lowest IGP metric to the next hop. However, this may not be the optimal path for traffic leaving the local AS, as it may result in suboptimal hot-potato routing or MED oscillations. The bgp advertise-best-external command allows BGP to advertise the best external path, which is the path with the lowest MED among the paths from different neighboring ASes, in addition to the best path. This way, the internal BGP peers can choose the best exit point based on the MED value, rather than the IGP metric. In this scenario, ASBR1 is configured to receive additional paths from ASBR2, which is a route reflector. ASBR2 receivestwo paths for the same prefix from AS6500, one from ASBR3 and one from ASBR4. ASBR2 selects the best path based on the IGP metric to the next hop, and advertises it to ASBR1. However, this path may not be the best external path, as it may have a higher MED value than the other path. If the connection between ASBR1 and ASBR2 goes down, ASBR1 will not have any backup path to reach AS6500, as it does not know the other path from ASBR4. To prevent this situation, ASBR1 should be configured with the bgp advertise-best-external command, so that it can receive the best external path from ASBR2, along with the best path. This way, ASBR1 will have a backup path to reach AS6500, in case the primary path fails. References := IP Routing: BGP Configuration Guide - BGP Additional Paths … - Cisco, BGP Additional Paths

The process of configuring a Cisco SD-WAN Cloud Interconnect with Equinix involves several steps.

Ensure that you have UUIDs for the required number of Cisco SD WAN Virtual Edge instances that you want to deploy as Interconnect Gateways: This is the first step where you ensure that you have the necessary UUIDs for the Cisco SD-WAN Virtual Edge instances that you want to deploy.

Create the necessary network segments: After ensuring the availability of UUIDs, you create the necessary network segments.

Attach Cisco SD-WAN Virtual Edge to the Equinix device template: After setting up the network segments, you attach the Cisco SD-WAN Virtual Edge to the Equinix device template.

Create the Interconnect Gateway at the Equinix location that is closest to your SD-WAN branch location: Finally, you create the Interconnect Gateway at the Equinix location that is closest to your SD-WAN branch location.

References :=

[Cisco SD-WAN Cloud Interconnect with Equinix]

[Cisco SD-WAN Cloud OnRamp for CoLocation Deployment Guide]