The OSPF Routing Protocol

This course provides a detailed presentation of OSPF Routing Protocol and the concepts related to link-state routing. Also, the OSPF for IPv6 (or OSPFv3) is presented focusing on the similarities and differences between the two protocols.
Aspects related to OSPF troubleshooting and a few OSPF network design considerations are also presented.
Lab sessions are used to verify and reinforce the theory.

1. Identify the features of OSPFv2 and OSPFv3
2. Describe OSPF packets
3. Configure OSPF
4. Identify OSPF network types
5. Recognize how adjacencies are formed in OSPF networks
6. Recognize how information flows between routers to establish and maintain OSPF links
7. Describe OSPFv2 and OSPFv3 LSAs
8. Interpret the OSPF LSDB and routing table
9. Configure OSPF special area types
10. Describe the differences between OSPFv2 and OSPFv3
11. Describe the OSPF Grace Restart feature
12. Troubleshoot OSPF networks
13. Present some general OSPF network design guidelines

1. Introduction (OSPF’s place in IP Routing)
2. Dijkstra’s Algorithm
3. OSPF Overview
4. OSPF Operations
5. OSPFv3
6. OSPF Graceful Restart
7. Multiple OSPF Instances
8. OSPF Troubleshooting
9. OSPF Network Design Considerations
10. Exercises and lab activities