Cisco IOS IP Routing Protocols Configuration Guide, Release 12.4T - OSPF Mechanism to Exclude Connected IP Prefixes from LSA Advertisements [Cisco IOS Software Releases 12.4 T]

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OSPF Mechanism to Exclude Connected IP Prefixes from LSA Advertisements

Contents

Prerequisites for the OSPF Mechanism to Exclude Connected IP Prefixes from LSA Advertisements

Information About the OSPF Mechanism to Exclude Connected IP Prefixes from LSA Advertisements

Previous Methods to Limit the Number of IP Prefixes Carried in LSAs

Feature Overview of the OSPF Mechanism to Exclude Connected IP Prefixes from LSA Advertisements

How to Exclude Connected IP Prefixes from OSPF LSAs

Excluding IP Prefixes per OSPF Process

Examples

Excluding IP Prefixes on a Per-Interface Basis

Examples

Troubleshooting IP Prefix Suppression

Examples

Configuration Examples for the OSPF Mechanism to Exclude Connected IP Prefixes from LSA Advertisements

Excluding IP Prefixes from LSA Advertisements for an OSPF Process: Example

Excluding IP Prefixes from LSA Advertisements for a Specified Interface: Example

Additional References

Related Documents

Standards

MIBs

RFCs

Technical Assistance

Command Reference

Glossary

OSPF Mechanism to Exclude Connected IP Prefixes from LSA Advertisements

First Published: June 28, 2007

Last Updated: June 28, 2007

This document describes the Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) mechanism to exclude IP prefixes of connected networks from link-state advertisements (LSAs). When OSPF is deployed in large networks, limiting the number of IP prefixes that are carried in the OSPF LSAs can speed up OSPF convergence.

This feature can also be utilized to enhance the security of an OSPF network by allowing the network administrator to prevent IP routing toward internal nodes.

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Contents

•Prerequisites for the OSPF Mechanism to Exclude Connected IP Prefixes from LSA Advertisements

•Information About the OSPF Mechanism to Exclude Connected IP Prefixes from LSA Advertisements

•How to Exclude Connected IP Prefixes from OSPF LSAs

•Configuration Examples for the OSPF Mechanism to Exclude Connected IP Prefixes from LSA Advertisements

•Additional References

•Command Reference

•Feature Information for the OSPF Mechanism to Exclude Connected IP Prefixes from LSA Advertisements, page 15

•Glossary

Prerequisites for the OSPF Mechanism to Exclude Connected IP Prefixes from LSA Advertisements

Before you can use the mechanism to exclude IP prefixes from LSAs, the OSPF routing protocol must be configured.

Information About the OSPF Mechanism to Exclude Connected IP Prefixes from LSA Advertisements

One way to improve OSPF network convergence is to limit the number of IP prefixes carried in LSAs.

•Previous Methods to Limit the Number of IP Prefixes Carried in LSAs

•Feature Overview of the OSPF Mechanism to Exclude Connected IP Prefixes from LSA Advertisements

Previous Methods to Limit the Number of IP Prefixes Carried in LSAs

Configuring interfaces as unnumbered limits IP prefixes. However, for network management and the ease of identifying and troubleshooting numbered interfaces, you might want to have numbered interfaces and also want to limit the number of IP advertisements.

Feature Overview of the OSPF Mechanism to Exclude Connected IP Prefixes from LSA Advertisements

The OSPF mechanism to exclude connected IP prefixes from LSAs allows network administrators to control what IP prefixes are installed into LSAs. This functionality is implemented for router and network LSAs in the following manner:

•For the router LSA, to exclude prefixes, the feature excludes link type 3 (stub link).

•For the network LSA, the OSPF Designated Router (DR) generates LSAs with a special /32 network mask (0xFFFFFFFF).

Note Previous versions of Cisco IOS software that do not have this feature will install the /32 prefix into the routing table.

Globally Suppressing IP Prefix Advertisements per OSPF Process

You can reduce OSPF convergence time by configuring the OSPF process on a router to prevent the advertisement of all IP prefixes by using the prefix-suppression command in router configuration mode.

Note Prefixes that are associated with loopbacks, secondary IP addresses, and passive interfaces are excluded because typical network designs require those to remain reachable.

Suppressing IP Prefix Advertisements on a Per-Interface Basis

You can explicitly configure an OSPF interface not to advertise its IP network to its neighbors by using the ip ospf prefix-suppression command in interface configuration mode.

Note If you have globally suppressed IP prefixes from connected IP networks by configuring the prefix-suppression router configuration command, the interface configuration command takes precedence over the router configuration mode command.

How to Exclude Connected IP Prefixes from OSPF LSAs

This section describes how to configure two alternative methods to suppress IP prefix advertisements. You can suppress IP prefix advertisements per OSPF process or per interface. This section also explains how you can troubleshoot IP prefix suppression.

•Excluding IP Prefixes per OSPF Process

•Excluding IP Prefixes on a Per-Interface Basis

•Troubleshooting IP Prefix Suppression

Excluding IP Prefixes per OSPF Process

This section provides the necessary steps to exclude IP prefixes from connected networks for all interface types except for loopbacks, secondary IP addresses, and passive interfaces for an OSPF process.

SUMMARY STEPS

1. enable

2. configure terminal

3. router ospf [process-id] [vrf vpn-name]

4. prefix-suppression

5. end

6. show ip ospf

DETAILED STEPS

Command or Action

Purpose

Step 1

enable
Example:

Router> enable

Enables privileged EXEC mode.

•Enter your password if prompted.

Step 2

configure terminal
Example:

Router# configure terminal

Enters global configuration mode.

Step 3

router ospf process-id [vrf vpn-name]
Example:

Router(config)# router ospf 23

Configures an OSPFv2 routing process and enters router configuration mode.

Step 4

prefix-suppression
Example:

Router(config-router)# prefix-suppression

Prevents OSPF from advertising all IP prefixes except prefixes that are associated with loopbacks, secondary IP addresses, and passive interfaces.

Step 5

end
Example:

Router(config-router)# end

Returns to privileged EXEC mode.

Step 6

show ip ospf
Example:

Router# show ip ospf

Displays general information about OSPF routing processes.

Note Use this command to verify that IP prefix suppression has been enabled.

Examples

In the following example, output from the show ip ospf command shows that IP prefix advertisement has been suppressed for OSPF process 1.
Router# show ip ospf 
Routing Process "ospf 1" with ID 10.0.0.6
Start time: 00:00:04.912, Time elapsed: 00:02:35.184
Supports only single TOS(TOS0) routes
Supports opaque LSA
Supports Link-local Signaling (LLS)
Supports area transit capability
It is an area border router
Router is not originating router-LSAs with maximum metric
Initial SPF schedule delay 5000 msecs
Minimum hold time between two consecutive SPFs 10000 msecs
Maximum wait time between two consecutive SPFs 10000 msecs
Incremental-SPF disabled
Minimum LSA interval 5 secs
Minimum LSA arrival 1000 msecs
LSA group pacing timer 240 secs
Interface flood pacing timer 33 msecs
Retransmission pacing timer 66 msecs
Number of external LSA 2. Checksum Sum 0x0132C8
Number of opaque AS LSA 0. Checksum Sum 0x000000
Number of DCbitless external and opaque AS LSA 0
Number of DoNotAge external and opaque AS LSA 0
Number of areas in this router is 3. 3 normal 0 stub 0 nssa
Number of areas transit capable is 1
External flood list length 0
IETF NSF helper support enabled
Cisco NSF helper support enabled
Prefix-suppression is enabled
.
.
.
Excluding IP Prefixes on a Per-Interface Basis

This section provides the steps necessary to prevent OSPF routers from advertising all IP prefixes that are associated with a specific interface. When you enter the ip ospf prefix suppression command in interface configuration mode, it takes precedence over the prefix-suppression command that is entered in router configuration mode.

SUMMARY STEPS

1. enable

2. configure terminal

3. interface type number

4. ip ospf prefix-suppression [disable]

5. end

6. show ip ospf interface

DETAILED STEPS

Command or Action

Purpose

Step 1

enable
Example:

Router> enable

Enables privileged EXEC mode.

•Enter your password if prompted.

Step 2

configure terminal
Example:

Router# configure terminal

Enters global configuration mode.

Step 3

interface type number
Example:

Router(config)# interface serial 0/0

Configures an interface type and enters interface configuration mode.

Step 4

ip ospf prefix-suppression [disable]
Example:

Router(config-if)# ip ospf prefix-suppression

Prevents OSPF from advertising IP prefixes that belong to a specific interface, except those that are associated with secondary IP addresses.

Step 5

end
Example:

Router(config-if)# end

Returns to privileged EXEC mode.

Step 6

show ip ospf interface
Example:

Router# show ip ospf interface

Displays OSPF-related interface information.

Note Use this command to verify that IP prefix suppression has been enabled for a specific interface.

Examples

In the following example, the output from the show ip ospf interface command verifies that prefix suppression has been enabled for Ethernet interface 0/0.
Router# show ip ospf interface 
Ethernet0/0 is up, line protocol is up 
  Internet Address 192.168.130.2/24, Area 2 
  Process ID 1, Router ID 10.0.0.6, Network Type BROADCAST, Cost: 10
  Prefix-suppression is enabled
.
.
.
Troubleshooting IP Prefix Suppression

This section describes how to troubleshoot IP prefix suppression by using the debug ip ospf lsa-generation command.

SUMMARY STEPS

1. enable

2. debug ip ospf lsa-generation

3. debug condition interface interface-type interface-number [dlci dlci] [vc {vci | vpi | vci}]

4.

5. show debugging

6. show logging

DETAILED STEPS

Command or Action

Purpose

Step 1

enable
Example:

Router> enable

Enables privileged EXEC mode.

•Enter your password if prompted.

Step 2

debug ip ospf lsa-generation
Example:

Router# debug ip ospf lsa-generation

Displays informations about each OSPF LSA generated.

Step 3

debug condition interface interface-type interface-number [dlci dlci] [vc {vci | vpi | vci}]
Example:

Router# debug interface serial 0/0

Limits output for some debug commands on the basis of the interface or virtual circuit.

Step 4

show debugging
Example:

Router# show debugging

Displays information about the types of debugging that are enabled for your router.

Step 5

show logging [slot slot-number | summary]
Example:

Router# show logging

Displays the state of syslog and the contents of the standard system logging buffer.

Examples

The following sample output from the debug ip ospf lsa-generation command verifies that for the Ethernet interface 0/0, IP prefixes from the connected network 192.168.131.0 are excluded.
Router# debug ip ospf lsa-generation 
OSPF summary lsa generation debugging is on
Router# debug condition interface e0/0
Condition 1 set
Router# show debugging 
IP routing:
   OSPF summary lsa generation debugging is on
Condition 1: interface Et0/0 (1 flags triggered)
        Flags: Et0/0
Router# show logging
*Jun  5 21:54:47.295: OSPF: Suppressing 192.168.131.0/24 on Ethernet1/0 from router LSA
*Jun  5 21:54:52.355: OSPF: Suppressing 192.168.131.0/24 on Ethernet1/0 from router LSA
.
.
.
Configuration Examples for the OSPF Mechanism to Exclude Connected IP Prefixes from LSA Advertisements

This section contains the following examples:

•Excluding IP Prefixes from LSA Advertisements for an OSPF Process: Example

•Excluding IP Prefixes from LSA Advertisements for a Specified Interface: Example

Excluding IP Prefixes from LSA Advertisements for an OSPF Process: Example

The following example configures IP prefix suppression for OSPF routing process 23.
router ospf 23
 prefix-suppression
 end
When the show ip ospf command is entered, the displayed output verifies that IP prefix suppression has been enabled for OSPF process 23.
Router# show ip ospf
outing Process "ospf 23" with ID 10.0.0.6
Start time: 00:00:04.912, Time elapsed: 00:02:35.184
Supports only single TOS(TOS0) routes
Supports opaque LSA
Supports Link-local Signaling (LLS)
Supports area transit capability
It is an area border router
Router is not originating router-LSAs with maximum metric
Initial SPF schedule delay 5000 msecs
Minimum hold time between two consecutive SPFs 10000 msecs
Maximum wait time between two consecutive SPFs 10000 msecs
Incremental-SPF disabled
Minimum LSA interval 5 secs
Minimum LSA arrival 1000 msecs
LSA group pacing timer 240 secs
Interface flood pacing timer 33 msecs
Retransmission pacing timer 66 msecs
Number of external LSA 2. Checksum Sum 0x0132C8
Number of opaque AS LSA 0. Checksum Sum 0x000000
Number of DCbitless external and opaque AS LSA 0
Number of DoNotAge external and opaque AS LSA 0
Number of areas in this router is 3. 3 normal 0 stub 0 nssa
Number of areas transit capable is 1
External flood list length 0
IETF NSF helper support enabled
Cisco NSF helper support enabled
Prefix-suppression is enabled
.
.
.
Excluding IP Prefixes from LSA Advertisements for a Specified Interface: Example

The following example configures the suppression of all IP prefixes that are associated with Ethernet interface 0/0:
interface Ethernet 0/0
 ip ospf prefix-suppression
 end
When the show ip ospf interface command is entered, the displayed output verifies that IP prefix suppression is enabled for Ethernet interface 0/0.
Router# show ip ospf interface 
Ethernet0/0 is up, line protocol is up 
  Internet Address 192.168.130.2/24, Area 2 
  Process ID 1, Router ID 10.0.0.6, Network Type BROADCAST, Cost: 10
  Prefix-suppression is enabled
.
.
.
Additional References

The following sections provide references related to the OSPF Mechanism to Exclude Connected IP Prefixes from LSA Advertisements feature.

Related Documents

Related Topic

Document Title

OSPF commands: complete command syntax, command mode, command history, command defaults, usage guidelines, and examples

Cisco IOS IP Routing Protocols Command Reference

Standards

Standard

Title

None

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MIBs

MIB

MIBs Link

There are no new MIBs that are associated with this feature.

To locate and download MIBs for selected platforms, Cisco IOS releases, and feature sets, use Cisco MIB Locator found at the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/go/mibs

RFCs

RFC

Title

None

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Technical Assistance

Description

Link

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http://www.cisco.com/techsupport

Command Reference

The following commands are introduced or modified in the feature or features documented in this module. For information about these commands, see the Cisco IOS IP Routing Protocols Command Reference at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/iproute/command/reference/irp_book.html. For information about all Cisco IOS commands, go to the Command Lookup Tool at http://tools.cisco.com/Support/CLILookup or to the Cisco IOS Master Commands List.

•ip ospf prefix-suppression

•prefix-suppression

Glossary

network LSA—The link-state advertisement created by the designated router (DR) or pseudonode that represents a group of routers on the same interface. The network LSA advertises summary information to represent the group of routers on the network.

router LSA—The link-state advertisement that is generated by a router. The router LSA advertises routing information (connected routes) for the router.

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