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Chapter38 Configuring IP Unicast Routing
Configuring EIGRP

EIGRP NSF Capability

The IP-services feature set also supports EIGRP NSF-capable rou ting f or IPv 4 fo r be tter co nvergence
and lower traffic loss following a stack master change. When an EIGRP NSF-capable stack master
restarts or a new stack master starts up and NSF restarts, the switch has no neighbor s, and the topology
table is empty. The switch must bring up the interfaces, reacquire neighbors, and rebuild the topology
and routing tables without interrupting the traffic directed toward the switch stack. EIGRP peer routers
maintain the routes learned from the new stack master and continue forwarding traffic through the NSF
restart process.
To prevent an adjacency reset by the neighbors, the new stack master uses a new Restart (RS) bit in the
EIGRP packet header to show the restart. When the neighbor receives this, it sync hr oniz es t he st ac k in
its peer list and maintains the adjacency with the stack. The neighbor then sends its topology table to the
stack master with the RS bit set to show that it is NSF-aware and is aidi ng the new sta ck mas ter.
If at least one of the stack peer neighbors is NSF-aware, the stack master receives updates and rebuilds
its database. Each NSF-aware neighbor sends an end of table (E OT) marker in the last update packet to
mark the end of the table content. The stack master recognizes the con ver gence wh en it recei ve s the EO T
marker, and it then begins sending updates. When the stack master has rec eived all EOT markers f ro m
its neighbors or when the NSF converge timer expires, EIGRP notifies the routing information database
(RIB) of convergence and floods its topology table to all NSF-aware peers.
Note NSF is not supported on interfaces configured for Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP).
Use the nsf EIGRP routing configuration command to enable EIGRP NSF routing. Use the show ip
protocols privileged EXEC command to verify that NSF is enabled on the device. See the command
reference for this release for information about the nsf command.
Configuring Basic EIGRP Parameters
Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to configure EIGRP. Configuring the routing
process is required; other steps are optional:
Command Purpose
Step1 configure terminal Enter global configuration mode.
Step2 router eigrp autonomous-system Enable an EIGRP routing process, and enter router configuration
mode. The AS number identifies the routes to other EIGRP routers
and is used to tag routing information.
Step3 nsf (Optional) Enable EIGRP NSF. Enter this command on the stack
master and on all of its peers.
Step4 network network-number Associate networks with an EIGRP routing process. EIGRP sends
updates to the interfaces in the specified networks.
Step5 eigrp log-neighbor-changes (Optional) Enable logging of EIGRP neighbor changes to monitor
routing system stability.