An engineer configured policy-based routing for a destination IP address that does not exist in the routing table.
How is the packet treated through the policy for configuring the set ip default next-hop command?
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A. B. C. D.A.
Policy-based routing (PBR) is a feature in Cisco routers that allows you to selectively route packets based on policies defined by the network administrator. With PBR, you can control the path that packets take based on criteria other than just the destination IP address, such as the source IP address, the protocol, the port number, or the type of service.
When an engineer configures PBR for a destination IP address that does not exist in the routing table, the router will not know how to forward the packet based on the destination IP address alone. Instead, the router will apply the policy defined by the set ip default next-hop command.
The set ip default next-hop command is used in PBR to specify a default next-hop IP address for packets that match the defined criteria. This command tells the router to forward packets that match the policy to a specific next-hop IP address, regardless of whether that address is in the routing table or not.
Therefore, the correct answer is D. Packets are forwarded to the specific next hop. When the router applies the PBR policy for a packet with a destination IP address that is not in the routing table, it will follow the policy defined by the set ip default next-hop command and forward the packet to the specified next-hop IP address. If the next-hop IP address is not reachable, the packet will be dropped.