Implementing OSPF on Cisco IOS XR Software
Information About Implementing OSPF on CiscoIOS XR Software
RC-173
Cisco IOS XR Routing Configuration Guide
OL-14356-01
Information About Implementing OSPF on Cisco IOS XR
Software
To implement OSPF you need to understand the following concepts:
OSPF Functional Overview, pageRC-173
Key Features Supported in the CiscoIOS XR OSPF Implementation, page RC-175
Comparison of Cisco IOS XR OSPFv3 and OSPFv2, page RC-175
OSPF Hierarchical CLI and CLI Inheritance, page RC-176
OSPF Routing Components, pageRC-176
OSPF Process and Router ID, page RC-179
Supported OSPF Network Types, pageRC-179
Route Authentication Methods for OSPF, pageRC-180
Neighbors and Adjacency for OSPF, pageRC-181
Designated Router (DR) for OSPF, pageRC-181
Default Route for OSPF, pageRC-181
Link-State Advertisement Types for OSPF Version 2, pageRC-181
Link-State Advertisement Types for OSPFv3, pageRC-182
Virtual Link and Transit Area for OSPF, pageRC-183
OSPFv2 Shamlink Support for MPLS VPN, pageRC-184
Route Redistribution for OSPF, pageRC-186
OSPF Shortest Path First Throttling, pageRC-186
Nonstop Forwarding for OSPF Version 2, pageRC-187
Graceful Restart for OSPFv3, page RC-188
Warm Standby and Nonstop Routing for OSPF Version 2, pageRC-190
Multicast-Intact Support for OSPF, pageRC-190
Load Balancing in OSPF Version 2 and OSPFv3, pageRC-191
Multi-Area Adjacency for OSPF Version 2, pageRC-191
Label Distribution Protocol IGP Auto-configuration for OSPF, pageRC-192
OSPF Authentication Message Digest Management, pageRC-193
GTSM TTL Security Mechanism for OSPF, pageRC-193
Path Computation Element for OSPFv2, pageRC-193

OSPF Functional Overview

OSPF is a routing protocol for IP. It is a link-state protocol, as opposed to a distance-vector protocol. A
link-state protocol makes its routing decisions based on the states of the links that connect source and
destination machines. The state of the link is a description of that interface and its relationship to its