H12-893_V1-0 practice question 1 of 15

Which of the following statements are false about heartbeat link faults in an M-LAG? (Select All that Apply)

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Answer options
A: The fault that two master devices exist cannot be detected in the case of a peer-link fault.
B: An alarm is triggered.
C: The fault protection mechanism is triggered. Correct answer
D: Services are affected. Correct answer
Correct Answer:
C. The fault protection mechanism is triggered.; D. Services are affected.
Explanation

When only the heartbeat link in an M-LAG setup fails, but the peer-link remains active, the two member switches can still communicate and synchronize state information over the peer-link. Therefore, services are not affected, and no special fault protection mechanism (like shutting down interfaces on the secondary device) is triggered. An alarm is generated to notify the administrator of the link failure, but the M-LAG system continues to operate normally.

Why Incorrect

A. This is a true statement. The heartbeat link's primary role is dual-active detection when the peer-link fails. If the heartbeat link has a fault, this detection mechanism is lost.
B. This is a true statement. The failure of any critical link, including the heartbeat link, will trigger a system alarm to alert network administrators to the degraded redundancy.

References

- Huawei HedEx Documentation for CloudEngine Switches, "M-LAG Fault Scenarios". The documentation specifies that in the case of a heartbeat link failure while the peer-link is normal, "services are not affected, but an alarm is generated to prompt the administrator to repair the heartbeat link." This directly supports that statements C and D are false.

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