OSPFv3 Address Families

The Open Shortest Path First version 3 (OSPFv3) address families feature enables both IPv4 and IPv6 unicast traffic to be supported. With this feature, users may have two processes per interface, but only one process per address family (AF).

Prerequisites for OSPFv3 Address Families

  • To use the IPv4 unicast address families (AF) in OSPFv3, you must enable IPv6 on a link, although the link may not be participating in IPv6 unicast AF.

  • With the OSPFv3 Address Families feature, users may have two processes per interface, but only one process per AF. If the AF is IPv4, an IPv4 address must first be configured on the interface, but IPv6 must be enabled on the interface.

Information About OSPFv3 Address Families

OSPFv3 Address Families

The OSPFv3 address families feature enables both IPv4 and IPv6 unicast traffic to be supported. With this feature, users may have two processes per interface, but only one process per AF. If the IPv4 AF is used, an IPv4 address must first be configured on the interface, but IPv6 must be enabled on the interface. A single IPv4 or IPv6 OSPFv3 process running multiple instances on the same interface is not supported.

Users with an IPv6 network that uses OSPFv3 as its IGP may want to use the same IGP to help carry and install IPv4 routes. All devices on this network have an IPv6 forwarding stack. Some (or all) of the links on this network may be allowed to do IPv4 forwarding and be configured with IPv4 addresses. Pockets of IPv4-only devices exist around the edges running an IPv4 static or dynamic routing protocol. In this scenario, users need the ability to forward IPv4 traffic between these pockets without tunneling overhead, which means that any IPv4 transit device has both IPv4 and IPv6 forwarding stacks (e.g., is dual stack).

This feature allows a separate (possibly incongruent) topology to be constructed for the IPv4 AF. It installs IPv4 routes in IPv4 RIB, and then the forwarding occurs natively. The OSPFv3 process fully supports an IPv4 AF topology and can redistribute routes from and into any other IPv4 routing protocol.

An OSPFv3 process can be configured to be either IPv4 or IPv6. The address-family command is used to determine which AF will run in the OSPFv3 process, and only one address family can be configured per instance. Once the AF is selected, users can enable multiple instances on a link and enable address-family-specific commands.

Different instance ID ranges are used for each AF. Each AF establishes different adjacencies, has a different link state database, and computes a different shortest path tree. The AF then installs the routes in AF-specific RIB. LSAs that carry IPv6 unicast prefixes are used without any modification in different instances to carry each AFs’ prefixes.

The IPv4 subnets configured on OSPFv3-enabled interfaces are advertised through intra-area prefix LSAs, just as any IPv6 prefixes. External LSAs are used to advertise IPv4 routes redistributed from any IPv4 routing protocol, including connected and static. The IPv4 OSPFv3 process runs the SPF calculations and finds the shortest path to those IPv4 destinations. These computed routes are then inserted in the IPv4 RIB (computed routes are inserted into an IPv6 RIB for an IPv6 AF).

Because the IPv4 OSPFv3 process allocates a unique pdbindex in the IPv4 RIB, all other IPv4 routing protocols can redistribute routes from it. The parse chain for all protocols is same, so the ospfv3 keyword added to the list of IPv4 routing protocols causes OSPFv3 to appear in the redistribute command from any IPv4 routing protocol. With the ospfv3 keyword, IPv4 OSPFv3 routes can be redistributed into any other IPv4 routing protocol as defined in the redistribute ospfv3 command.

Third-party devices will not neighbor with devices running the AF feature for the IPv4 AF because they do not set the AF bit. Therefore, those devices will not participate in the IPv4 AF SPF calculations and will not install the IPv4 OSPFv3 routes in the IPv6 RIB.

How to Configure OSPFv3 Address Families

Configuring the OSPFv3 Router Process

Once you have completed step 3 and entered OSPFv3 router configuration mode, you can perform any of the subsequent steps in this task as needed to perform OSPFv3 device configuration.

SUMMARY STEPS

  1. enable
  2. configure terminal
  3. router ospfv3 [process-id ]
  4. area area-ID [default-cost | nssa | stub ]
  5. auto-cost reference-bandwidth Mbps
  6. bfd all-interfaces [strict-mode]
  7. default {area area-ID [range ipv6-prefix | virtual-link router-id ]} [default-information originate [always | metric | metric-type | route-map ] | distance | distribute-list prefix-list prefix-list-name {in | out } [interface ] | maximum-paths paths | redistribute protocol | summary-prefix ipv6-prefix ]
  8. ignore lsa mospf
  9. interface-id snmp-if-index
  10. log-adjacency-changes [detail ]
  11. passive-interface [default | interface-type interface-number ]
  12. queue-depth {hello | update } {queue-size | unlimited }
  13. router-id {router-id }

DETAILED STEPS

  Command or Action Purpose

Step 1

enable

Example:


Device> enable

Enables privileged EXEC mode.

  • Enter your password if prompted.

Step 2

configure terminal

Example:


Device# configure terminal

Enters global configuration mode.

Step 3

router ospfv3 [process-id ]

Example:


Device(config)# router ospfv3 1

Enables OSPFv3 router configuration mode for the IPv4 or IPv6 address family.

Step 4

area area-ID [default-cost | nssa | stub ]

Example:


Device(config-router)# area 1

Configures the OSPFv3 area.

Step 5

auto-cost reference-bandwidth Mbps

Example:


Device(config-router)# auto-cost reference-bandwidth 1000

Controls the reference value OSPFv3 uses when calculating metrics for interfaces in an IPv4 OSPFv3 process.

Step 6

bfd all-interfaces [strict-mode]

Example:


Device(config-router)# bfd all-interfaces

Enables BFD for an OSPFv3 routing process

[strict-mode] - BFD session is established in the strict-mode. In the strict-mode, the OSPF session is not established till the BFD session is established.

Step 7

default {area area-ID [range ipv6-prefix | virtual-link router-id ]} [default-information originate [always | metric | metric-type | route-map ] | distance | distribute-list prefix-list prefix-list-name {in | out } [interface ] | maximum-paths paths | redistribute protocol | summary-prefix ipv6-prefix ]

Example:


Device(config-router)# default area 1

Returns an OSPFv3 parameter to its default value.

Step 8

ignore lsa mospf

Example:


Device(config-router)# ignore lsa mospf

Suppresses the sending of syslog messages when the device receives LSA Type 6 multicast OSPFv3 packets, which are unsupported.

Step 9

interface-id snmp-if-index

Example:


Device(config-router)# interface-id snmp-if-index

Configures OSPFv3 interfaces with Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) MIB-II interface Index (ifIndex) identification numbers in IPv4 and IPv6.

Step 10

log-adjacency-changes [detail ]

Example:


Device(config-router)# log-adjacency-changes

Configures the router to send a syslog message when an OSPFv3 neighbor goes up or down.

Step 11

passive-interface [default | interface-type interface-number ]

Example:


Device(config-router)# passive-interface default

Suppresses sending routing updates on an interface when using an IPv4 OSPFv3 process.

Step 12

queue-depth {hello | update } {queue-size | unlimited }

Example:


Device(config-router)# queue-depth update 1500

Configures the number of incoming packets that the IPv4 OSPFv3 process can keep in its queue.

Step 13

router-id {router-id }

Example:


Device(config-router)# router-id 10.1.1.1

Use a fixed device ID.

Configuring the IPv6 Address Family in OSPFv3

Perform this task to configure the IPv6 address family in OSPFv3. Once you have completed step 4 and entered IPv6 address-family configuration mode, you can perform any of the subsequent steps in this task as needed to configure the IPv6 AF.

SUMMARY STEPS

  1. enable
  2. configure terminal
  3. router ospfv3 [process-id ]
  4. address-family ipv6 unicast
  5. area area-ID range ipv6-prefix / prefix-length
  6. default {area area-ID [range ipv6-prefix | virtual-link router-id ]} [default-information originate [always | metric | metric-type | route-map ] | distance | distribute-list prefix-list prefix-list-name {in | out } [interface ] | maximum-paths paths | redistribute protocol | summary-prefix ipv6-prefix ]
  7. default-information originate [always | metric metric-value | metric-type type-value | route-map map-name ]
  8. default-metric metric-value
  9. distance distance
  10. distribute-list prefix-list list-name {in [interface-type interface-number ] | out routing-process [as-number ]}
  11. maximum-paths number-paths
  12. summary-prefix prefix [not-advertise | tag tag-value ]

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 ospfv3 [process-id ]

Example:


Router(config)# router ospfv3 1

Enables OSPFv3 router configuration mode for the IPv4 or IPv6 address family.

Step 4

address-family ipv6 unicast

Example:

Example:


or

Example:


            
              address-family ipv4  
            
              unicast

Example:


Router(config-router)# address-family ipv6 unicast

Example:

Example:


or

Example:


Router(config-router)# address-family ipv4 unicast

Enters IPv6 address family configuration mode for OSPFv3.

or

Enters IPv4 address family configuration mode for OSPFv3.

Step 5

area area-ID range ipv6-prefix / prefix-length

Example:


Router(config-router-af)# area 1 range 2001:DB8:0:0::0/128

Configures OSPFv3 area parameters.

Step 6

default {area area-ID [range ipv6-prefix | virtual-link router-id ]} [default-information originate [always | metric | metric-type | route-map ] | distance | distribute-list prefix-list prefix-list-name {in | out } [interface ] | maximum-paths paths | redistribute protocol | summary-prefix ipv6-prefix ]

Example:


Router(config-router-af)# default area 1

Returns an OSPFv3 parameter to its default value.

Step 7

default-information originate [always | metric metric-value | metric-type type-value | route-map map-name ]

Example:


Router(config-router-af)# default-information originate always metric 100 metric-type 2

Generates a default external route into an OSPFv3 for a routing domain.

Step 8

default-metric metric-value

Example:


Router(config-router-af)# default-metric 10

Sets default metric values for IPv4 and IPv6 routes redistributed into the OSPFv3 routing protocol.

Step 9

distance distance

Example:


Router(config-router-af)# distance 200

Configures an administrative distance for OSPFv3 routes inserted into the routing table.

Step 10

distribute-list prefix-list list-name {in [interface-type interface-number ] | out routing-process [as-number ]}

Example:


Router(config-router-af)# distribute-list prefix-list PL1 in Ethernet0/0

Applies a prefix list to OSPFv3 routing updates that are received or sent on an interface.

Step 11

maximum-paths number-paths

Example:


Router(config-router-af)# maximum-paths 4

Controls the maximum number of equal-cost routes that a process for OSPFv3 routing can support.

Step 12

summary-prefix prefix [not-advertise | tag tag-value ]

Example:


Router(config-router-af)# summary-prefix FEC0::/24

Configures an IPv6 summary prefix in OSPFv3.

Configuring the IPv4 Address Family in OSPFv3

Perform this task to configure the IPv4 address family in OSPFv3. Once you have completed step 4 and entered IPv4 address-family configuration mode, you can perform any of the subsequent steps in this task as needed to configure the IPv4 AF.

SUMMARY STEPS

  1. enable
  2. configure terminal
  3. router ospfv3 [process-id ]
  4. address-family ipv4 unicast
  5. area area-id range ip-address ip-address-mask [advertise | not-advertise ] [cost cost ]
  6. default {area area-ID [range ipv6-prefix | virtual-link router-id ]} [default-information originate [always | metric | metric-type | route-map ] | distance | distribute-list prefix-list prefix-list-name {in | out } [interface ] | maximum-paths paths | redistribute protocol | summary-prefix ipv6-prefix ]
  7. default-information originate [always | metric metric-value | metric-type type-value | route-map map-name ]
  8. default-metric metric-value
  9. distance distance
  10. distribute-list prefix-list list-name {in [interface-type interface-number ] | out routing-process [as-number ]}
  11. maximum-paths number-paths
  12. summary-prefix prefix [not-advertise | tag tag-value ]

DETAILED STEPS

  Command or Action Purpose

Step 1

enable

Example:


Device> enable

Enables privileged EXEC mode.

  • Enter your password if prompted.

Step 2

configure terminal

Example:


Device# configure terminal

Enters global configuration mode.

Step 3

router ospfv3 [process-id ]

Example:


Device(config)# router ospfv3 1

Enables OSPFv3 router configuration mode for the IPv4 or IPv6 address family.

Step 4

address-family ipv4 unicast

Example:


Device(config-router)# address-family ipv4 unicast

Enters IPv4 address family configuration mode for OSPFv3.

Step 5

area area-id range ip-address ip-address-mask [advertise | not-advertise ] [cost cost ]

Example:


Device(config-router-af)# area 0 range 209.165.201.1 255.255.255.224

Consolidates and summarizes routes at an area boundary.

Step 6

default {area area-ID [range ipv6-prefix | virtual-link router-id ]} [default-information originate [always | metric | metric-type | route-map ] | distance | distribute-list prefix-list prefix-list-name {in | out } [interface ] | maximum-paths paths | redistribute protocol | summary-prefix ipv6-prefix ]

Example:


Device(config-router-af)# default area 1

Returns an OSPFv3 parameter to its default value.

Step 7

default-information originate [always | metric metric-value | metric-type type-value | route-map map-name ]

Example:


Device(config-router-af)# default-information originate always metric 100 metric-type 2

Generates a default external route into an OSPFv3 for a routing domain.

Step 8

default-metric metric-value

Example:


Device(config-router-af)# default-metric 10

Sets default metric values for IPv4 and IPv6 routes redistributed into the OSPFv3 routing protocol.

Step 9

distance distance

Example:


Device(config-router-af)# distance 200

Configures an administrative distance for OSPFv3 routes inserted into the routing table.

Step 10

distribute-list prefix-list list-name {in [interface-type interface-number ] | out routing-process [as-number ]}

Example:


Device(config-router-af)# distribute-list prefix-list PL1 in Ethernet0/0

Applies a prefix list to OSPFv3 routing updates that are received or sent on an interface.

Step 11

maximum-paths number-paths

Example:


Device(config-router-af)# maximum-paths 4

Controls the maximum number of equal-cost routes that a process for OSPFv3 routing can support.

Step 12

summary-prefix prefix [not-advertise | tag tag-value ]

Example:


Device(config-router-af)# summary-prefix FEC0::/24

Configures an IPv6 summary prefix in OSPFv3.

Configuring Route Redistribution in OSPFv3

SUMMARY STEPS

  1. enable
  2. configure terminal
  3. router ospfv3 [process-id ]
  4. address-family ipv6 unicast
  5. redistribute source-protocol [process-id ] [options ]

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 ospfv3 [process-id ]

Example:


Router(config)# router ospfv3 1

Enables OSPFv3 router configuration mode for the IPv4 or IPv6 address family.

Step 4

address-family ipv6 unicast

Example:

Example:


or

Example:


            
              address-family ipv4  
            
              unicast

Example:


Router(config-router)# address-family ipv6 unicast

Example:

Example:


or

Example:


Router(config-router)# address-family ipv4 unicast

Enters IPv6 address family configuration mode for OSPFv3.

or

Enters IPv4 address family configuration mode for OSPFv3.

Step 5

redistribute source-protocol [process-id ] [options ]

Example:

Redistributes IPv6 and IPv4 routes from one routing domain into another routing domain.

Enabling OSPFv3 on an Interface

SUMMARY STEPS

  1. enable
  2. configure terminal
  3. interface type number
  4. Do one of the following:
    • ospfv3 process-id area area-ID {ipv4 | ipv6 } [instance instance-id ]
    • ipv6 ospf process-id area area-id [instance instance-id ]

DETAILED STEPS

  Command or Action Purpose

Step 1

enable

Example:


Device> enable

Enables privileged EXEC mode.

  • Enter your password if prompted.

Step 2

configure terminal

Example:


Device# configure terminal

Enters global configuration mode.

Step 3

interface type number

Example:


Device(config)# interface ethernet 0/0

Specifies an interface type and number, and places the device in interface configuration mode.

Step 4

Do one of the following:

  • ospfv3 process-id area area-ID {ipv4 | ipv6 } [instance instance-id ]
  • ipv6 ospf process-id area area-id [instance instance-id ]

Example:


Device(config-if)# ospfv3 1 area 1 ipv4

Example:


Device(config-if)# ipv6 ospf 1 area 0

Enables OSPFv3 on an interface with the IPv4 or IPv6 AF.

or

Enables OSPFv3 on an interface.

Defining an OSPFv3 Area Range for the IPv6 or IPv4 Address Family

The cost of the summarized routes will be the highest cost of the routes being summarized. For example, if the following routes are summarized: 


OI  2001:DB8:0:7::/64 [110/20]
     via FE80::A8BB:CCFF:FE00:6F00, GigabitEthernet0/0/0
OI  2001:DB8:0:8::/64 [110/100]
     via FE80::A8BB:CCFF:FE00:6F00, GigabitEthernet0/0/0
OI  2001:DB8:0:9::/64 [110/20]
     via FE80::A8BB:CCFF:FE00:6F00, GigabitEthernet0/0/0

They become one summarized route, as follows: 


OI  2001:DB8::/48 [110/100]
     via FE80::A8BB:CCFF:FE00:6F00, GigabitEthernet0/0/0

Before you begin

OSPFv3 routing must be enabled.

SUMMARY STEPS

  1. enable
  2. configure terminal
  3. router ospfv3 [process-id ]
  4. address-family ipv6 unicast
  5. area area-ID range ipv6-prefix

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 ospfv3 [process-id ]

Example:


Router(config)# router ospfv3 1

Enables OSPFv3 router configuration mode for the IPv4 or IPv6 address family.

Step 4

address-family ipv6 unicast

Example:

Example:


or

Example:


            
              address-family ipv4  
            
              unicast

Example:


Router(config-router)# address-family ipv6 unicast

Example:

Example:


or

Example:


Router(config-router)# address-family ipv4 unicast

Enters IPv6 address family configuration mode for OSPFv3.

or

Enters IPv4 address family configuration mode for OSPFv3.

Step 5

area area-ID range ipv6-prefix

Example:


Router(config-router-af)# area 1 range 2001:DB8:0:0::0/128

Configures OSPFv3 area parameters.

Defining an OSPFv3 Area Range

This task can be performed in releases prior to Cisco IOS XE Release 3.4S.

SUMMARY STEPS

  1. enable
  2. configure terminal
  3. ipv6 router ospf process-id
  4. area area-id range ipv6-prefix / prefix-length advertise | not-advertise ] [cost cost ]

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

ipv6 router ospf process-id

Example:

Router(config)# ipv6 router ospf 1

Enables OSPFv3 router configuration mode.

Step 4

area area-id range ipv6-prefix / prefix-length advertise | not-advertise ] [cost cost ]

Example:

Router(config-rtr)# area 1 range 2001:DB8::/48

Consolidates and summarizes routes at an area boundary.

Configuration Examples for OSPFv3 Address Families

Example: Configuring OSPFv3 Address Families

Device# show ospfv3                 
 Routing Process "ospfv3 1" with ID 10.0.0.1
 Supports IPv6 Address Family
 Event-log enabled, Maximum number of events: 1000, Mode: cyclic
 Initial SPF schedule delay 5000 msecs
 Minimum hold time between two consecutive SPFs 10000 msecs
 Maximum wait time between two consecutive SPFs 10000 msecs
 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 0. Checksum Sum 0x000000
 Number of areas in this router is 0. 0 normal 0 stub 0 nssa
 Graceful restart helper support enabled
 Reference bandwidth unit is 100 mbps
 Relay willingness value is 128
 Pushback timer value is 2000 msecs
 Relay acknowledgement timer value is 1000 msecs
 LSA cache Disabled : current count 0, maximum 1000
 ACK cache Disabled : current count 0, maximum 1000
 Selective Peering is not enabled
 Hello requests and responses will be sent multicast

Additional References

Related Documents

Related Topic

Document Title

IPv6 addressing and connectivity

IPv6 Configuration Guide

Cisco IOS commands

Cisco IOS Master Commands List, All Releases

IPv6 commands

Cisco IOS IPv6 Command Reference

Cisco IOS IPv6 features

Cisco IOS IPv6 Feature Mapping

OSPFv3 Address Families

“ OSPF Forwarding Address Suppression in Translated Type-5 LSAs ” module

Standards and RFCs

Standard/RFC

Title

RFCs for IPv6

IPv6 RFCs

MIBs

MIB

MIBs Link

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

Technical Assistance

Description

Link

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http://www.cisco.com/cisco/web/support/index.html

Feature Information for OSPFv3 Address Families

The following table provides release information about the feature or features described in this module. This table lists only the software release that introduced support for a given feature in a given software release train. Unless noted otherwise, subsequent releases of that software release train also support that feature.

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