CCNP Drill: What does CoPP actually protect?
CoPP is critical for keeping your router's CPU alive under heavy load. Drop your answer in the comments before the timer expires!
The question
CoPP is applied to which traffic flow to protect the Route Processor from CPU exhaustion?
The answer
A Punted and control plane traffic
CoPP strictly polices packets destined for or punted to the control plane, not ASIC-forwarded transit traffic. Don't fall for B—hardware-switched data never hits the CPU anyway. Follow for tomorrow's rep.
Exam tip
Read what the question is actually asking before looking at the options. The wrong answers here are ones candidates genuinely pick — each is true of something adjacent, just not of what was asked.