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This course covers advanced concepts of the Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) protocol, and how to link multiple areas and OSPF addressing in multiple areas. This course also explains the different types of areas, routers, and link-state advertisements. Configuring and verifying a Cisco router for OSPF multi-area operations is covered in detail.
Objectives:
After completing this course, students will be able to:
- Design your area network properly
- Configure virtual links and loopback interfaces
- Master the various link-state advertisement (LSA) types
- Understand how multicasting works for internal routers
- Deploy route summarization in OSPF NBMA environments
- Configure and verify multi-area OSPF operations
Topics:
- OSPF Areas, Routers, and LSAs
- OSPF Router Types
- OSPF Link-State Types
- OSPF Support for VLSM and Route Summarization
- OSPF Operation in a Multiple-Area NBMA Environment
- Configuring and Verifying a Multi-Area OSPF Network
- Summary Route Costs and Default Routes
- The showip ospf command
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