Overview
The OSPF protocol is the most widely used routing protocol in Cisco® based Intranets. Learn the design principles for developing an efficient and stable network infrastructure.
The course takes an in-depth look at the OSPF protocol as implemented by Cisco. Detailed explanations of protocol handshakes and backbone designed issues are covered. All OSPF Cisco configuration commands are covered with examples in the course book.
Pre-Requisites
- Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices or its equivalent is required.
- Several years of network design and administration is a plus.
- ICND2 - Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices 2
Content
Title 1: OSPF Overview and Operation
- History of OSPF
- OSPF Concepts
- Autonomous System Areas
- Internal Routers
- Area Border Routers
- Backbone Routers
- Autonomous System Boundary Routers
- Neighbors and Adjacency
- Designated and Backup Designated Routers
- OSPF Networks
- Link State Protocols
Title 2: OSPF Backbone Design and Wide Area Networking
- OSPF Operation
- Identifying Routers
- Building Adjacencies
- Generating the PF Tree
- Diagnosing Network Problems
- Authenticating LSAs
- Troubleshooting
- OSPF backbone Design
- Route Summarization
- Stub Areas
- Totally Stubby Areas
- Not-so Stubby Areas
- Redistribution
- OSPF and WANs
- Non Broadcast Multi-access
- OSPF over On-Demand Links
Target Audience
This course is intended for networking professionals who have a need to integrate Cisco’s OSPF protocol into their network. This course is critical to anyone currently running or considering running OSPF.
