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Detailed Information

In this module, you will learn the basic concepts behind OSPF. You will also do hands-on Configuration Labs to reinforce your understanding of OSPF, and two Challenge Labs to test your troubleshooting knowledge.

Objectives:

At the end of this tutorial, you will be able to:

• Describe the differences between link-state and distance-vector routing protocols
• Visualize how OSPF operates
• Understand the hello protocol and its role in forming neighbors and adjacencies
• Display an OSPF link-state database and interpret its contents
• Understand various OSPF extensions, such as stub areas, totally stubby areas, not-so stubby areas, and on-demand circuits
• Configure OSPF
• Redistribute external routes into OSPF, and configure an ASBR to advertise a default route into an OSPF domain
• Monitor OSPF processes with show commands
• Use debugging commands to monitor and debug OSPF processes
• Configure OSPF over NBMA networks
• Configure stub, totally stubby, and not-so stubby areas
• Configure virtual links
• Propagate multiple routes into external areas

Labs(10):

• Configuration and Monitoring OSPF
• Neighbors and Establishing Adjacency
• Point-to-Point Links
• Configuring OSPF Over NBMA Networks
• Configuring Stub, Totally Stub, and Not-So-Stubby Networks
• Understanding the OSPF Database
• Configuring OSPF Virtual Links
• Propagating Multiple Routes into External Areas
• OSPF 1
• OSPF 2