2.1 Open Shortest Path First Protocol.pptVIP

OSPF (Open Shortest Path First) Agenda Technical Overview Background and Features Neighbor Discovery/Adjacency LSA Construction and Distribution Design Principles Hierarchy Addressing/Summarization Redundancy OSPF 7x50 TroubleShooting OSPF Backgound Runs directly over IP (protocol 89) Each router maintains an identical database (within areas) and constructs a tree (SPF) to each known destination Multicast protocol packets All routers = DR/BDR routers = unicast used on point-to-point links Fast Convergence Detection plus LSA/SPF Routing changesare propagated instantaneously Fault Detection I