Chapter 4. Advanced OSPF and Integrated Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System

This chapter focuses on a number of objectives falling under the CCNP routing principles. Understanding advanced OSPF routing principles not only applies to the CCNP Routing certification but to all Cisco-based certifications, and it lays the foundations for future certifications in any field of networking.

Chapter 3, “Basic Open Shortest Path First,” started by covering some of the basic Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) concepts. This chapter covers some of the ways OSPF deals with large Internet Protocol (IP) routing environments and how you can configure OSPF to reduce IP routing tables and the CPU and memory requirements of access or edge routers. OSPF is a ...

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