Question
Your network contains an Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) forest. The forest contains the sites and site links shown in the following exhibit.
The sites contain the bridgehead domain controllers shown in the following table.
| Name | Site |
|------|------|
| DC1 | Site1 |
| DC2 | Site2 |
| DC3 | Site3 |
| DC4 | Site4 |
The IP intersite transport container is configured as shown in the following exhibit.
For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select No.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.
Explanation
Statement 1 (Yes): No site link connects Site1 and Site3 directly; Site1 reaches Site3 through SiteLink1 and SiteLink2. However, Bridge all site links is selected on the IP intersite transport, so all site links are transitive. The Intersite Topology Generator can therefore create a connection object directly between the bridgeheads DC1 and DC3, with a path cost of 10 + 20 = 30, and DC1 replicates directly with DC3 over the routed IP network.
Statement 2 (No): Active Directory does not load balance intersite replication across parallel site links. The KCC uses the least-cost path, so replication between Site1 and Site4 uses SiteLink4 (cost 20). SiteLink3 (cost 60) is used only if SiteLink4 becomes unavailable.
Statement 3 (Yes): Because Bridge all site links is enabled, the ISTG can build a direct connection between DC4 in Site4 and DC2 in Site2 (SiteLink4 + SiteLink1), so the changes do not pass through DC1. To make replication store-and-forward through DC1 in Site1, you must clear Bridge all site links on the IP intersite transport container. Site links then become nontransitive, and Site4 can replicate only with Site1, which in turn replicates with Site2.
