Chapter 6. Multiarea OSPF
In larger network implementations, single-area OSPF can require a significant amount of CPU and memory resources. As the number of routers grows, network administrators often implement multiarea OSPF to control the size of link-state databases, routing table entries, and the number of SPF calculations. This chapter reviews the concepts and configurations for multiarea OSPFv2 and OSPFv3.
Multiarea OSPF Operation
Multiarea OSPF was specifically designed to address several issues that result from single-area OSPF growing beyond its constraints.
Multiarea OSPF Terminology and Concepts
Briefly describe three issues that arise if an OSPF area becomes too big.
Briefly describe the role of each of the following ...
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