DES-3326 Layer 3 Fast Ethernet Switch User’s Guide

Table 5-14. Hello Packet

The Database Description Packet

Database Description packets are OSPF packet type 2. These packets are exchanged when an adjacency is being initialized. They describe the contents of the topological database. Multiple packets may be used to describe the database. For this purpose a poll-response procedure is used. One of the routers is designated to be master, the other a slave. The master seconds Database Description packets (polls) that are acknowledged by Database Description packets sent by the slave (responses). The responses are linked to the polls via the packets’ DD sequence numbers.

Database Description Packet

Version No.

2

Packet Length

Router ID

Area ID

 

Checksum

Authentication Type

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Authentication

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Authentication

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reserved I M MS

Reserved

Options

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DD Sequence No.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Link-State Advertisement Header ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 5-27. Database Description Packet

 

 

 

 

 

 

Field

Description

 

 

 

 

Options

The optional capabilities supported by the router.

I – bit

The Initial bit. When set to 1, this packet is the

 

 

first in the sequence of Database Description

 

 

packets.

 

 

M – bit

The More bit. When set to 1, this indicates that

 

 

more Database Description packets will follow.

MS – bit

The Master Slave bit. When set to 1, this indicates

 

 

that the router is the master during the Database

 

 

Exchange process. A zero indicates the opposite.

DD Sequence Number

User to sequence the collection of Database

 

 

Description Packets. The initial value (indicated by

 

 

the Initial bit being set) should be unique. The DD

 

 

sequence number then increments until the

 

 

complete database description has been sent.

Table 5-15. Database Description Packet

The rest of the packet consists of a list of the topological database’s pieces. Each link state advertisement in the database is described by its link state advertisement header.

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