Chapter6
OSPFv3Configuration
TableofContents
OSPFv3Overview..............................................................33
OSPFv3BasicConguration................................................36
ConguringOSPFv3MaintenanceandDiagnosis....................39
OSPFv3CongurationExample............................................40
OSPFv3Overview
IntroductiontoOSPFv3
IPv6OpenShortestPathFirst(OSPF)protocolreservesmostof
IPv4algorithms,thatis,fromIPv4toIPv6,theessentialOSPF
mechanismremainsunchanged.OSPFprotocolforIPv6isOSPFv3
andthatforIPv4isOSPFv2.BothIPv6andIPv4containlinkstate
database.TheLinkStateAdvertisement(LSA)iscontainedinlink
statedatabaseandlinkstatedatabasesofroutersinthesame
area.
Databasesynchronizationisimplementedthroughthedatabase
exchangeprocess,whichincludesexchangingdatabasedescrip-
tionpackets,linkstaterequestpacketsandlinkstateupdate
packets.Thesubsequentdatabasesynchronizationismaintained
throughoodingwithlinkstateupdatepacketsandlinkstate
acknowledgmentpackets.
InthebroadcastandNon-BroadcastMulticastAccess(NBMA)net-
works,bothIPv6andIPv4usetheOSPFhellopackettodiscover
andmaintainneighborhoodrelation,electDRandBDR.IPv6and
IPv4alsokeepconsistentwitheachotherinsuchaspectsasneigh-
bordetermination,basicconceptofinter-arearoutes,redistribu-
tionofAutonomousSystem(AS)externalroutesandsoon.
DifferencesbetweenOSPFv3and
OSPFv2
TherearedifferencesbetweenOSPFv3andOSPFv2because
OSPFv3isbasedonIPv6.
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