Configuring OSPFv3 Max-Metric Router LSA

OSPFv3 Max-Metric Router LSA

The Open Shortest Path First version 3 (OSPFv3) max-metric router link-state advertisement (LSA) feature enables OSPFv3 to advertise its locally generated router LSAs with a maximum metric. The feature allows OSPFv3 processes to converge but not attract transit traffic through the device if there are better alternate paths.

Information About OSPFv3 Max-Metric Router LSA

OSPFv3 Max-Metric Router LSA

The OSPFv3 max-metric router LSA feature enables OSPFv3 to advertise its locally generated router LSAs with a maximum metric. The feature allows OSPFv3 processes to converge but not attract transit traffic through the device if there are better alternate paths. After a specified timeout or a notification from Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), OSPFv3 advertises the LSAs with normal metrics.

The max-metric LSA control places the OSPFv3 router into the stub router role using its LSA advertisement. A stub router only forwards packets destined to go to its directly connected links. In OSPFv3 networks, a device could become a stub router by advertising large metrics for its connected links, so that the cost of a path through this device becomes larger than that of an alternative path. OSPFv3 stub router advertisement allows a device to advertise the infinity metric (0xFFFF) for its connected links in router LSAs and advertise the normal interface cost if the link is a stub network.

How to Configure OSPFv3 Max-Metric Router LSA

Configuring the OSPFv3 Max-Metric Router LSA

SUMMARY STEPS

  1. enable
  2. configure terminal
  3. router ospfv3 process-id
  4. address-family ipv6 unicast
  5. max-metric router-lsa [external-lsa [max-metric-value ]] [include-stub ] [inter-area-lsas [max-metric-value ]] [on-startup {seconds | wait-for-bgp }] [prefix-lsa ] [stub-prefix-lsa [max-metric-value ]] [summary-lsa [max-metric-value ]]
  6. end
  7. show ospfv3 [process-id ] max-metric

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.

Step 4

address-family ipv6 unicast

Example:

Device(config)# address-family ipv6 unicast

Configures an instance of the OSPFv3 process in the IPv6 address family.

Step 5

max-metric router-lsa [external-lsa [max-metric-value ]] [include-stub ] [inter-area-lsas [max-metric-value ]] [on-startup {seconds | wait-for-bgp }] [prefix-lsa ] [stub-prefix-lsa [max-metric-value ]] [summary-lsa [max-metric-value ]]

Example:

Device(config-router-af)# max-metric router-lsa on-startup wait-for-bgp

Configures a device that is running the OSPFv3 protocol to advertise a maximum metric so that other devices do not prefer the device as an intermediate hop in their SPF calculations.

Step 6

end

Example:

Device(config-router-af)# end

Exits address family configuration mode and returns to privileged EXEC mode.

Step 7

show ospfv3 [process-id ] max-metric

Example:

Device# show ospfv3 1 max-metric

Displays OSPFv3 maximum metric origination information.

Configuration Examples for OSPFv3 Max-Metric Router LSA

Example: Verifying the OSPFv3 Max-Metric Router LSA

Device#show ipv6 ospf max-metric 

OSPFv3 Router with ID (192.1.1.1) (Process ID 1)

Start time: 00:00:05.886, Time elapsed: 3d02h
Originating router-LSAs with maximum metric
Condition: always, State: active

Additional References

Related Documents

Related Topic

Document Title

IPv6 addressing and connectivity

IPv6 Configuration Guide

OSPFv3 Max-Metric Router LSA

“OSPF Link-State Advertisement Throttling ” module

Standards and RFCs

Standard/RFC

Title

RFCs for IPv6

IPv6 RFCs

Feature Information for OSPFv3 Max-Metric Router LSA

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.

Table 1. Feature Information for OSPFv3 Max-Metric Router LSA

Releases

Feature Information

Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.8.1a

The feature was introduced.