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Objectives
Describe the background and basic features of OSPF
Identify and apply the basic OSPF configuration commands
Describe, modify and calculate the metric used by OSPF
Describe the Designated Router/Backup Designated Router
(DR/BDR) election process in multiaccess networks
Describe the uses of additional configuration commands in
OSPF
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Introduction
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Introduction to OSPF
Background of OSPF
Began in 1987
1989 OSPFv1 released in RFC 1131
This version was experimental & never deployed
1991 OSPFv2 released in RFC 1247
1998 OSPFv2 updated in RFC 2328
1999 OSPFv3 published in RFC 2740
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Introduction to OSPF
OSPF Message Encapsulation
OSPF packet type
There exist 5 types
OSPF packet header
Contains - Router ID and
area ID and Type code for
OSPF packet type
IP packet header
Contains - Source IP
address, Destination IP
address, & Protocol field
set to 89
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Introduction to OSPF
OSPF Packet Types
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Introduction to OSPF
Hello Protocol
OSPF Hello Packet
–Purpose of Hello Packet
Discover OSPF neighbors & establish adjacencies
Advertise guidelines on which routers must agree to become
neighbors
Used by multi-access networks to elect a Designated Router and
a Backup Designated Router
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Hello Packets continued
Contents of a Hello Packet
router ID of transmitting router
OSPF Hello Intervals
–Usually multicast (224.0.0.5)
–Sent every 30 seconds for NBMA segments and every 10 on
multi-access segments
OSPF Dead Intervals
–This is the time that must transpire
before the neighbor is considered
down
–Default time is 4 times
the hello interval
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Introduction to OSPF
Hello protocol packets contain information that is used
in electing
-Designated Router (DR)
DR is responsible for updating all other OSPF routers
-Backup Designated Router (BDR)
This router takes over DR’s responsibilities if DR fails
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Introduction to OSPF
OSPF Link-state Updates
Purpose of a Link State Update (LSU)
Used to deliver link state advertisements
Purpose of a Link State Advertisement (LSA)
Contains information about neighbors & path costs
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Introduction to OSPF
OSPF Algorithm
OSPF routers build &
maintain link-state
database containing LSA
received from other routers
–Information found in
database is utilized upon
execution of Dijkstra SPF
algorithm
–SPF algorithm used to
create SPF tree
–SPF tree used to populate
routing table
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Introduction to OSPF
Administrative Distance
Default Administrative Distance for OSPF is 110
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OSPF Authentication
–Purpose is to encrypt & authenticate routing
information
–This is an interface specific configuration
–Routers will only accept routing information from
other routers that have been configured with the
same password or authentication information
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Basic OSPF Configuration
The router ospf command
To enable OSPF on a router use the following
command
R1(config)#router ospf process-id
Process id
A locally significant number between 1 and 65535
-this means it does not have to match other OSPF
routers
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Basic OSPF Configuration
OSPF network command
-Requires entering: network address
wildcard mask - the inverse of the subnet
mask
area-id - area-id refers to the OSPF area.
OSPF area is a group of routers that
share link state information
-Example: Router(config-router)#network network-address
wildcard-ask area area-id
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Router ID
–This is an IP address used to identify a router
–3 criteria for deriving the router ID
Use IP address configured with OSPF router-id command
-Takes precedence over loopback and physical interface
addresses
If router-id command not used then router chooses highest
IP address of any loopback interfaces
If no loopback interfaces are configured then the highest IP
address on any active interface is used
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Basic OSPF Configuration
OSPF Router ID
Commands used to verify current router ID
–Show ip protocols
–Show ip ospf
–Show ip ospf interface
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OSPF Router ID
Router ID & Loopback addresses
-Highest loopback address will be used as router ID if router-id command
isn’t used
-Advantage of using loopback address
the loopback interface cannot fail OSPF stability
The OSPF router-id command
–Introduced in IOS 12.0
–Command syntax
Router(config)#router ospf process-id
Router(config-router)#router-id ip-address
Modifying the Router ID
–After that you should use the command Router#clear ip ospf process
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Basic OSPF Configuration
Verifying OSPF
Use the show ip ospf command to verify & troubleshoot
OSPF networks
Command will display the following:
Neighbor adjacency
-No adjacency indicated by -
Neighboring router’s Router ID is not displayed
A state of full is not displayed
-Consequence of no adjacency-
No link state information exchanged
Inaccurate SPF trees & routing tables
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Basic OSPF Configuration
Verifying OSPF - Additional Commands
Command Description
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Basic OSPF Configuration
Examining the routing table
Use the show ip route command to display the routing
table
-An “O’ at the beginning of a route indicates that the router
source is OSPF
-Note OSPF does not automatically summarize at major
network boundaries
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OSPF Metric
OSPF uses cost as the metric for determining the best route
-The best route will have the lowest cost
-Cost is based on bandwidth of an interface
Cost is calculated using the formula
108 / bandwidth
-Reference bandwidth
defaults to 100Mbps
can be modified using
Router(config-router)#auto-cost reference-bandwidth
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OSPF Metric
Cost of an OSPF route
Is the accumulated value from one router to the next
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OSPF Metric
Usually the actual speed of a link is different than the
default bandwidth
–This makes it imperative that the bandwidth value reflects
link’s actual speed
Reason: so routing table has best path information
The show interface command will display interface’s
bandwidth
-Most serial link default to 1.544Mbps
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Basic OSPF Configuration
Modifying the Cost of a link
Both sides of a serial link should be configured with the
same bandwidth
–Commands used to modify bandwidth value
Bandwidth command
–Example: Router(config-if)#bandwidthbandwidth-kbps
ip ospf cost command – allows you to directly specify
interface cost
-Example:R1(config)#interface serial 0/0/0
R1(config-if)#ip ospf cost 1562
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OSPF and Multiaccess Networks
Challenges in Multiaccess Networks
OSPF defines five network types:
–Point-to-point
–Broadcast Multiaccess
–Nonbroadcast Multiaccess (NBMA)
–Point-to-multipoint
–Virtual links
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OSPF in Multiaccess Networks
2 challenges presented by multiaccess networks
–Multiple adjacencies
–Extensive LSA flooding
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OSPF in Multiaccess Networks
Extensive flooding of LSAs
For every LSA sent out there must be an acknowledgement of
receipt sent back to transmitting router.
consequence: lots of bandwidth consumed and chaotic traffic
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OSPF in Multiaccess Networks
Solution to LSA flooding issue
is the use of
–Designated router (DR)
–Backup designated router (BDR)
–DRothers
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OSPF in Multiaccess Networks
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OSPF in Multiaccess Networks
Criteria for getting elected DR/BDR
1. DR: Router with the highest OSPF
interface priority.
2. BDR: Router with the second highest
OSPF interface priority.
3. If OSPF interface priorities are equal, the
highest router ID is used to break the tie.
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OSPF in Multiaccess Networks
Timing of DR/BDR Election
–Occurs as soon as 1st router has its interface enabled on multiaccess
network
When a DR is elected it remains as the DR until one of the
following occurs
-The DR fails.
-The OSPF process on the DR fails.
-The multiaccess interface on the DR fails.
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OSPF Interface Priority
Manipulating the DR/BDR election process continued
–Use the ip ospf priority interface command.
–Example:Router(config-if)#ip ospf priority {0 - 255}
Priority number range 0 to 255
–0 means the router cannot become the DR or BDR
–1 is the default priority value
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More OSPF Configuration
Redistributing an OSPF Default Route
Topology includes a link to ISP
–Router connected to ISP
Called an autonomous system border router
Used to propagate a default route
–Example of static default route
R1(config)#ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 loopback 1
–Requires the use of the default-information originate command
–Example of default-information originate command
R1(config-router)#default-information originate
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More OSPF Configuration
Fine-Tuning OSPF
Modifying OSPF timers
–Reason to modify timers
Faster detection of network failures
–Manually modifying Hello & Dead intervals
Router(config-if)#ip ospf hello-interval seconds
Router(config-if)#ip ospf dead-interval seconds
–Point to be made
Hello & Dead intervals must be the same between
neighbors
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