Book description
The comprehensive reference for OSPF network design and deployment
Understand the full dynamics of OSPF network components, how they interact with one another, and how to configure them
Increase the efficiency of your OSPF network through a variety of performance tuning techniques
Apply load balancing to enhance OSPF's capability to adapt to network topology changes
Ensure seamless communication between OSPF and other Interior Gateway Protocols (IGPs) and OSPF and BGP through redistribution
Optimize network stability and efficiency with OSPF summarization
Maximize your ability to properly manage an ever-changing OSPF network landscape through Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and Management Information Bases (MIBs)
Develop a practiced, tested security plan to protect your OSPF network
Optimize the efficiency and bandwidth of your OSPF network through the integration of MPLS
Complete your basic OSPF knowledge gaps with a boiled down summary of the OSPF RFCs
One of the most prevalent Interior Gateway Protocols (IGPs), OSPF is in use in numerous networks across the globe. Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) is also one of the most widely tested protocols if you choose to pursue a networking certification. From a technical perspective, the overwhelming presence of OSPF ensures that you will encounter it at some point in your career. As a result, every networking professional should understand how OSPF operates, how to configure and troubleshoot this important protocol, and most importantly how to design a network that uses OSPF.
OSPF Network Design Solutions, Second Edition provides comprehensive coverage of OSPF network design, deployment, management, and troubleshooting. The book begins in Part I by providing you with a common-sense understanding of the primary building blocks of internetworking, and follows up with a detailed examination of how OSPF fits into the big picture. You will also learn how OSPF neighboring routers communicate with one another via link-state advertisements (LSAs) and how to optimize this communication for network efficiency. Part II begins with a detailed explanation of how to apply the "golden rules of design" to create an optimal OSPF network and follows up with a logical approach to configuring OSPF routers and areas. Part II concludes with hard-to-find information about how to redistribute RIP into OSPF and OSPF into BGP as well as how to make your OSPF network more efficient through summarization. Part III provides you with detailed information about how to keep pace with network growth through tested network management tools and techniques. Furthermore, you will learn how to secure your OSPF network from inside and outside attackers and how to troubleshoot your network should problems arise. Part III concludes with timely information about how to accommodate BGP and MPLS in an OSPF network.
Table of contents
- Copyright
- About the Author
- About the Technical Reviewers
- Acknowledgments
- Icons Used in This Book
- Introduction
- OSPF Fundamentals and Communication
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OSPF Routing and Network Design
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Design Fundamentals
- OSPF Design Guidelines
- OSPF Design Goals
- OSPF Network Design Methodology
- OSPF Network Scalability
- OSPF Network Topology
- Area Design Considerations
- Area Design Overview
- Standard Area Design
- Backbone Area Design
- Stub Area Design
- OSPF Virtual Links: Bane or Benefit?
- OSPF Design Tools
- Summary
- Case Studies
- Case Study: Understanding Subinterfaces
- Case Study: Point-to-Multipoint Link Networks
- Case Study: Designing an OSPF Network
- Routing Concepts and Configuration
- Redistribution
- Summarization with OSPF
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Design Fundamentals
- OSPF Implementation, Troubleshooting, and Management
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Additional OSPF Resources
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Overview of the OSPF RFCs
- Overview of OSPF-Related RFCs
- RFC 1131: OSPF Specification
- RFC 1245: OSPF Protocol Analysis
- RFC 1246: Experience with the OSPF Protocol
- RFC 1247: OSPF Version 2
- RFC 1248: OSPF Version 2 Management Information Base
- RFC 1252: OSPF Version 2 Management Information Base
- RFC 1253: OSPF Version 2 Management Information Base
- RFC 1364: BGP OSPF Interaction
- RFC 1370: Applicability Statement for OSPF
- RFC 1371: Choosing a “Common IGP” for the IP Internet
- RFC 1403: BGP OSPF Interaction
- RFC 1583: OSPF Version 2
- RFC 1584: Multicast Extensions to OSPF
- RFC 1585: MOSPF: Analysis and Experience
- RFC 1586: Guidelines for Running OSPF over Frame Relay Networks
- RFC 1587: The OSPF NSSA Option
- RFC 1745: BGP4/IDRP for IP-OSPF Interaction
- RFC 1765: OSPF Database Overflow
- RFC 1793: Extending OSPF to Support Demand Circuits
- RFC 1850: OSPF Version 2 Management Information Base
- RFC 2178: OSPF Version 2
- RFC 2328: OSPF Version 2
- RFC 2370: Opaque LSA Option
- RFC 2676: QoS Routing Mechanisms and OSPF Extensions
- RFC 2740: OSPF for IPv6
- RFC 2844: OSPF over ATM and Proxy PAR
- Summary
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Overview of the OSPF RFCs
Product information
- Title: OSPF Network Design Solutions, Second Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: April 2003
- Publisher(s): Cisco Press
- ISBN: 9781587140846
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