Owners Manual
IPv4 Multicast Policies................................................................................................................ 625
35 Open Shortest Path First (OSPFv2 and OSPFv3).......................................633
Protocol Overview............................................................................................................................633
Autonomous System (AS) Areas................................................................................................. 633
Area Types...................................................................................................................................634
Networks and Neighbors............................................................................................................635
Router Types............................................................................................................................... 635
Designated and Backup Designated Routers.............................................................................637
Link-State Advertisements (LSAs)............................................................................................... 637
Router Priority and Cost............................................................................................................. 639
OSPF with Dell Networking OS........................................................................................................639
Graceful Restart.......................................................................................................................... 640
Fast Convergence (OSPFv2, IPv4 Only)......................................................................................641
Multi-Process OSPFv2 (IPv4 only).............................................................................................. 641
RFC-2328 Compliant OSPF Flooding........................................................................................ 642
OSPF ACK Packing......................................................................................................................643
Setting OSPF Adjacency with Cisco Routers............................................................................. 643
Configuration Information............................................................................................................... 644
Configuration Task List for OSPFv2 (OSPF for IPv4)................................................................. 644
Sample Configurations for OSPFv2................................................................................................. 659
Basic OSPFv2 Router Topology................................................................................................. 659
OSPF Area 0 — Gl 1/1 and 1/2.................................................................................................... 659
OSPF Area 0 — Gl 3/1 and 3/2................................................................................................... 660
OSPF Area 0 — Gl 2/1 and 2/2................................................................................................... 660
Configuration Task List for OSPFv3 (OSPF for IPv6)....................................................................... 660
Enabling IPv6 Unicast Routing....................................................................................................661
Assigning IPv6 Addresses on an Interface..................................................................................661
Assigning Area ID on an Interface.............................................................................................. 661
Assigning OSPFv3 Process ID and Router ID Globally.............................................................. 662
Configuring Stub Areas...............................................................................................................662
Configuring Passive-Interface....................................................................................................663
Redistributing Routes..................................................................................................................663
Configuring a Default Route...................................................................................................... 664
Enabling OSPFv3 Graceful Restart............................................................................................. 664
OSPFv3 Authentication Using IPsec...........................................................................................666
Troubleshooting OSPFv3............................................................................................................674
36 Policy-based Routing (PBR)......................................................................... 676
Overview........................................................................................................................................... 676
Implementing Policy-based Routing with Dell Networking OS..................................................... 678
Configuration Task List for Policy-based Routing...........................................................................678










