Arista Certified Engineer – Associate (ACE-A) — Question 23

When using Monitor Sessions with a destination of the CPU, it is impossible to forward an entire 10Gbps worth of traffic due to internal COPP policies. How might you successfully use this feature given these constraints?

Answer options

• A. You just have to live with it.
• B. Use packet truncation.
• C. Use ACL filters applied to the mirror session.
• D. Buy a switch with a larger TCAM.

Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is C, as applying ACL filters to the mirror session allows for selective traffic monitoring, thus adhering to COPP policies. Options A and D do not provide a viable solution to the problem, and option B may reduce the size of packets but does not address the need for effective monitoring under the given constraints.