300-630 practice question 24 of 25

How does Cisco ACI manage the STP BPDUs between two pods?

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Answer options
A: Cisco ACI spines perform ingress replication for STP BPDUs
B: Cisco ACI spines suppress STP BPDUs to be forwarded to other pods Correct answer
C: BPDUs are forwarded over IPN using the bridge domain GIPo multicast address
D: Special multicast group 239.255.255.255 is used to forward STP BPDUs
Correct Answer:
B. Cisco ACI spines suppress STP BPDUs to be forwarded to other pods
Explanation

In Cisco ACI, the spines suppress STP BPDUs to prevent them from being forwarded to other pods. This behavior ensures that the ACI fabric operates efficiently without relying on STP for loop prevention. Reference := Cisco APIC Layer 2 Networking Configuration Guide, Release 5.2(x)

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