Chapter 10

OSPFv3

This chapter covers the following subjects:

  • OSPFv3 Fundamentals: This section provides an overview of the OSPFv3 routing protocol and the similarities to OSPFv2.

  • OSPFv3 Configuration: This section demonstrates the configuration and verification of an OSPFv3 environment.

  • IPv4 Support in OSPFv3: This section explains and demonstrates how OSPFv3 can be used for exchanging IPv4 routes.

OSPF Version 3 (OSPFv3), which is the latest version of the OSPF protocol, includes support for both the IPv4 and IPv6 address families. The OSPFv3 protocol is not backward compatible with OSPFv2, but the protocol mechanisms described in Chapters 8, “OSPF,” and 9, “Advanced OSPF,” are essentially the same for OSPFv3. This chapter expands on Chapter ...

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