OSPF Configuration Guidelines

This chapter describes the following tasks for configuring OSPF:

• Configuring OSPF
• Minimum OSPF Configuration
• Configuring OSPF Areas
• Disabling Export of LSAs into NSSAs Attached to ASBR ABRs
• Disabling OSPFv2 Compatibility with RFC 1583
• Configuring OSPF on Interfaces
• Configuring Multiarea Adjacency in OSPFv2
• Configuring Multiple Address Families for OSPFv3
• Configuring Authentication for OSPFv2
• Configuring Authentication for OSPFv3
• Limiting the Number of Prefixes Exported to OSPF
• Configuring the Designated Router Priority for OSPF
• Summarizing Ranges of Routes in OSPF Link-State Advertisements
• Configuring the Metric Value for OSPF Interfaces
• Dynamically Adjusting OSPF Interface Metrics Based on Bandwidth
• Configuring Preference Values for OSPF Routes
• Configuring OSPF Timers
• Configuring OSPF Refresh and Flooding Reduction in Stable Topologies
• Configuring BFD for OSPF
• Overview of BFD Authentication for OSPF
• Configuring BFD Authentication for OSPF
• Configuring Synchronization Between LDP and IGPs
• Configuring Graceful Restart for OSPF and OSPFv3
• Configuring SPF Options for OSPF
• Advertising Interface Addresses Without Running OSPF
• Configuring OSPF Passive Traffic Engineering Mode
• Advertising Label-Switched Paths into OSPF
• Configuring OSPF to Make Routing Devices Appear Overloaded
• Enabling OSPF Traffic Engineering Support
• Configuring the OSPF Metric Value Used for Traffic Engineering
• Applying Policies to OSPF Routes
• Configuring OSPF Routing Table Groups
• Configuring OSPF Sham Links
• Configuring OSPF Peer Interfaces
• Loop-Free Alternate Routes for OSPF Overview
• Configuring Link Protection for OSPF
• Configuring Node-Link Protection for OSPF
• Excluding an OSPF Interface as a Backup for a Protected Interface
• Configuring Backup SPF Options for Protected OSPF Interfaces
• Configuring RSVP Label-Switched Paths as Backup Paths for OSPF
• Tracing OSPF Protocol Traffic
• Configuring OSPF Database Protection