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Question 29 Discussion

Which three factors about SLA targets and SD-WAN rules should you consider when configuring SD-WAN rules? (Choose three answers)

  • A. When configuring an SD-WAN rule, you can select multiple SLA targets from different performance SLAs.
  • B. SLA targets are used only by SD-WAN rules that are configured with a Lowest Cost (SLA) strategy.
  • C. Member metrics are measured only if a rule uses the SLA target.
  • D. SD-WAN rules can use SLA targets to check whether the preferred members meet the SLA requirements.
  • E. When configuring an SD-WAN rule, you can select multiple SLA targets if they are from the same performance SLA.
Correct Answer: B,D,E

Brave-Dump Clients Votes

BDE 66.67%
ABD 33.33%

Comments



Karim 2025-11-26 00:23:12

Selected Answers: A, B, D


Answer A should be as right answer instead of E. In the course, page 160 it's type : "Note that even though you can select one or more SLA targets in a rule, each selected SLA target must be from a different performance SLA." Maybe I am wrong or misunderstanding this, please double check.
  • Karim 2025-11-27 00:03:55
    I confirm and tested in my lab. ABD is correct answer. E is wrong we cannot do this. (tested in v7.4.9)
  • Miguel 2025-12-12 00:17:50
    Why A is NOT correct In current SD-WAN (7.4/7.6), one SD-WAN rule can only use SLA targets that belong to the same Performance SLA. You cannot mix SLA targets from different Performance SLAs in a single rule. The GUI/CLI ties the rule to one health-check and then lets you pick one or more targets inside that same health-check. That is exactly what option E says, so E is correct, A is not. Karim you are wrong (and why his lab “works”) Karim is reading an old / badly worded note in the study guide that says “each selected SLA target must be from a different performance SLA”. In the new implementation this is no longer true (and the wording is basically a typo). In his lab on 7.4.9 he is most likely: Creating several Performance SLAs, each with only one target, and Assigning several Performance SLAs to a rule. Because each Performance SLA has only one target, he thinks he is “selecting multiple SLA targets from different SLAs”, but in reality the system is just using one target per health-check – he never actually tests the case of multiple targets inside the same Performance SLA, which is what the exam is talking about. So his configuration “works”, but his interpretation of what a “target” is does not match the newer exam terminology. The exam uses the new model: multiple SLA targets from the same Performance SLA per rule → E. Karim is mixing old wording + a limited lab setup, so he concludes A, but that doesn’t reflect how targets are handled in the current SD-WAN design.

Miguel 2025-12-12 00:19:54

Selected Answers: B, D, E


B – Because SLA targets are only used by SLA-based strategies (like Lowest Cost (SLA)). Manual / non-SLA strategies don’t look at SLA targets at all.

D – Because the main job of an SLA target is to let the SD-WAN rule check if preferred members still meet latency/jitter/loss thresholds and drop them if they don’t.

E – Because one SD-WAN rule can select several SLA targets, but all of them must come from the same Performance SLA (health-check).

Osmarmarthynz 2026-01-16 22:03:27

Selected Answers: B, D, E


B,D,E is correct.

B because SLA targets are primarily utilized by the Lowest Cost (SLA) and Maximize Bandwidth (SLA) strategies. In contrast, the Best Quality strategy does not require an SLA target; it simply compares the raw metrics between members and picks the one with the best performance.

D because the SD-WAN rule checks the real-time health data of each member against the defined SLA target. If a preferred member fails to meet the target, the rule will move to the next member in the preference list or fall back to a secondary path.

E because when you are building an SD-WAN rule in the GUI or CLI, you can reference multiple targets as long as they all belong to the same Performance SLA (health check). You cannot mix and match targets from a "Google Health Check" and an "Office 365 Health Check" within a single rule's SLA requirement section.