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Configuring OSPF Areas

Understanding OSPF Areas

In OSPF, a single autonomous system (AS) can be divided into smaller groups called areas. This reduces the number of link-state advertisements (LSAs) and other OSPF overhead traffic sent on the network, and it reduces the size of the topology database that each router must maintain. The routing devices that participate in OSPF routing perform one or more functions based on their location in the network.

This topic describes the following OSPF area types and routing device functions:

Areas

An area is a set of networks and hosts within an AS that have been administratively grouped together. We recommend that you configure an area as a collection of contiguous IP subnetted networks. Routing devices that are wholly within an area are called internal routers. All interfaces on internal routers are directly connected to networks within the area.

The topology of an area is hidden from the rest of the AS, thus significantly reducing routing traffic in the AS. Also, routing within the area is determined only by the area’s topology, providing the area with some protection from bad routing data.

All routing devices within an area have identical topology databases.

Area Border Routers

Routing devices that belong to more than one area and connect one or more OSPF areas to the backbone area are called area border routers (ABRs). At least one interface is within the backbone while another interface is in another area. ABRs also maintain a separate topological database for each area to which they are connected.

Backbone Areas

An OSPF backbone area consists of all networks in area ID 0.0.0.0, their attached routing devices, and all ABRs. The backbone itself does not have any ABRs. The backbone distributes routing information between areas. The backbone is simply another area, so the terminology and rules of areas apply: a routing device that is directly connected to the backbone is an internal router on the backbone, and the backbone’s topology is hidden from the other areas in the AS.

The routing devices that make up the backbone must be physically contiguous. If they are not, you must configure virtual links to create the appearance of backbone connectivity. You can create virtual links between any two ABRs that have an interface to a common nonbackbone area. OSPF treats two routing devices joined by a virtual link as if they were connected to an unnumbered point-to-point network.

AS Boundary Routers

Routing devices that exchange routing information with routing devices in non-OSPF networks are called AS boundary routers. They advertise externally learned routes throughout the OSPF AS. Depending on the location of the AS boundary router in the network, it can be an ABR, a backbone router, or an internal router (with the exception of stub areas). Internal routers within a stub area cannot be an AS boundary router because stub areas cannot contain any Type 5 LSAs.

Routing devices within the area where the AS boundary router resides know the path to that AS boundary router. Any routing device outside the area only knows the path to the nearest ABR that is in the same area where the AS boundary router resides.

Backbone Router

Backbone routers are routing devices that have one or more interfaces connected to the OSPF backbone area (area ID 0.0.0.0).

Internal Router

Routing devices that connect to only one OSPF area are called internal routers. All interfaces on internal routers are directly connected to networks within a single area.

Stub Areas

Stub areas are areas through which or into which AS external advertisements are not flooded. You might want to create stub areas when much of the topological database consists of AS external advertisements. Doing so reduces the size of the topological databases and therefore the amount of memory required on the internal routers in the stub area.

Routing devices within a stub area rely on the default routes originated by the area’s ABR to reach external AS destinations. You must configure the default-metric option on the ABR before it advertises a default route. Once configured, the ABR advertises a default route in place of the external routes that are not being advertised within the stub area, so that routing devices in the stub area can reach destinations outside the area.

The following restrictions apply to stub areas: you cannot create a virtual link through a stub area, a stub area cannot contain an AS boundary router, the backbone cannot be a stub area, and you cannot configure an area as both a stub area and a not-so-stubby area.

Not-So-Stubby Areas

An OSPF stub area has no external routes in it, so you cannot redistribute from another protocol into a stub area. A not-so-stubby area (NSSA) allows external routes to be flooded within the area. These routes are then leaked into other areas. However, external routes from other areas still do not enter the NSSA.

The following restriction applies to NSSAs: you cannot configure an area as both a stub area and an NSSA.

Transit Areas

Transit areas are used to pass traffic from one adjacent area to the backbone (or to another area if the backbone is more than two hops away from an area). The traffic does not originate in, nor is it destined for, the transit area.

OSPF Area Types and Accepted LSAs

The following table gives details about OSPF area types and accepted LSAs:

OSPF Designated Router Overview

Large LANs that have many routing devices and therefore many OSPF adjacencies can produce heavy control-packet traffic as link-state advertisements (LSAs) are flooded across the network. To alleviate the potential traffic problem, OSPF uses designated routers on all multiaccess networks (broadcast and nonbroadcast multiaccess [NBMA] networks types). Rather than broadcasting LSAs to all their OSPF neighbors, the routing devices send their LSAs to the designated router. Each multiaccess network has a designated router, which performs two main functions:

  • Originate network link advertisements on behalf of the network.

  • Establish adjacencies with all routing devices on the network, thus participating in the synchronizing of the link-state databases.

In LANs, the election of the designated router takes place when the OSPF network is initially established. When the first OSPF links are active, the routing device with the highest router identifier (defined by the router-id configuration value, which is typically the IP address of the routing device, or the loopback address) is elected the designated router. The routing device with the second highest router identifier is elected the backup designated router. If the designated router fails or loses connectivity, the backup designated router assumes its role and a new backup designated router election takes place between all the routers in the OSPF network.

OSPF uses the router identifier for two main purposes: to elect a designated router, unless you manually specify a priority value, and to identify the routing device from which a packet is originated. At designated router election, the router priorities are evaluated first, and the routing device with the highest priority is elected designated router. If router priorities tie, the routing device with the highest router identifier, which is typically the routing device’s IP address, is chosen as the designated router. If you do not configure a router identifier, the IP address of the first interface to come online is used. This is usually the loopback interface. Otherwise, the first hardware interface with an IP address is used.

At least one routing device on each logical IP network or subnet must be eligible to be the designated router for OSPFv2. At least one routing device on each logical link must be eligible to be the designated router for OSPFv3.

By default, routing devices have a priority of 128. A priority of 0 marks the routing device as ineligible to become the designated router. A priority of 1 means the routing device has the least chance of becoming a designated router. A priority of 255 means the routing device is always the designated router.

Example: Configuring an OSPF Router Identifier

This example shows how to configure an OSPF router identifier.

Requirements

Before you begin:

  • Identify the interfaces on the routing device that will participate in OSPF. You must enable OSPF on all interfaces within the network on which OSPF traffic is to travel.

  • Configure the device interfaces. See the Interfaces User Guide for Security Devices

Overview

The router identifier is used by OSPF to identify the routing device from which a packet originated. Junos OS selects a router identifier according to the following set of rules:

  1. By default, Junos OS selects the lowest configured physical IP address of an interface as the router identifier.

  2. If a loopback interface is configured, the IP address of the loopback interface becomes the router identifier.

  3. If multiple loopback interfaces are configured, the lowest loopback address becomes the router identifier.

  4. If a router identifier is explicitly configured using the router-id address statement under the [edit routing-options] hierarchy level, the above three rules are ignored.

Note:

1. The router identifier behavior described here holds good even when configured under [edit routing-instances routing-instance-name routing-options] and [edit logical-systems logical-system-name routing-instances routing-instance-name routing-options] hierarchy levels.

2. If the router identifier is modified in a network, the link-state advertisements (LSAs) advertised by the previous router identifier are retained in the OSPF database until the LSA retransmit interval has timed out. Hence, it is strongly recommended that you explicitly configure the router identifier under the [edit routing-options] hierarchy level to avoid unpredictable behavior if the interface address on a loopback interface changes.

In this example, you configure the OSPF router identifier by setting its router ID value to the IP address of the device, which is 192.0.2.24.

Configuration

CLI Quick Configuration

To quickly configure an OSPF router identifier, copy the following commands, paste them into a text file, remove any line breaks, change any details necessary to match your network configuration, copy and paste the commands into the CLI at the [edit] hierarchy level, and then enter commit from configuration mode.

Procedure

Step-by-Step Procedure

To configure an OSPF router identifier:

  1. Configure the OSPF router identifier by entering the [router-id] configuration value.

  2. If you are done configuring the device, commit the configuration.

Results

Confirm your configuration by entering the show routing-options router-id command. If the output does not display the intended configuration, repeat the instructions in this example to correct the configuration.

Verification

After you configure the router ID and activate OSPF on the routing device, the router ID is referenced by multiple OSPF operational mode commands that you can use to monitor and troubleshoot the OSPF protocol. The router ID fields are clearly marked in the output.

Example: Controlling OSPF Designated Router Election

This example shows how to control OSPF designated router election.

Requirements

Before you begin:

Overview

This example shows how to control OSPF designated router election. Within the example, you set the OSPF interface to ge-/0/0/1 and the device priority to 200. The higher the priority value, the greater likelihood the routing device will become the designated router.

By default, routing devices have a priority of 128. A priority of 0 marks the routing device as ineligible to become the designated router. A priority of 1 means the routing device has the least chance of becoming a designated router.

Configuration

CLI Quick Configuration

To quickly configure an OSPF designated router election, copy the following commands, paste them into a text file, remove any line breaks, change any details necessary to match your network configuration, copy and paste the commands into the CLI at the [edit] hierarchy level, and then enter commit from configuration mode.

Procedure

Step-by-Step Procedure

To control OSPF designated router election:

  1. Configure an OSPF interface and specify the device priority.

    Note:

    To specify an OSPFv3 interface, include the ospf3 statement at the [edit protocols] hierarchy level.

  2. If you are done configuring the device, commit the configuration.

Results

Confirm your configuration by entering the show protocols ospf command. If the output does not display the intended configuration, repeat the instructions in this example to correct the configuration.

To confirm your OSPFv3 configuration, enter the show protocols ospf3 command.

Verification

Confirm that the configuration is working properly.

Verifying the Designated Router Election

Purpose

Based on the priority you configured for a specific OSPF interface, you can confirm the address of the area’s designated router. The DR ID, DR, or DR-ID field displays the address of the area’s designated router. The BDR ID, BDR, or BDR-ID field displays the address of the backup designated router.

Action

From operational mode, enter the show ospf interface and the show ospf neighbor commands for OSPFv2, and enter the show ospf3 interface and the show ospf3 neighbor commands for OSPFv3.

Understanding OSPF Areas and Backbone Areas

OSPF networks in an autonomous system (AS) are administratively grouped into areas. Each area within an AS operates like an independent network and has a unique 32-bit area ID, which functions similar to a network address. Within an area, the topology database contains only information about the area, link-state advertisements (LSAs) are flooded only to nodes within the area, and routes are computed only within the area. The topology of an area is hidden from the rest of the AS, thus significantly reducing routing traffic in the AS. Subnetworks are divided into other areas, which are connected to form the whole of the main network. Routing devices that are wholly within an area are called internal routers. All interfaces on internal routers are directly connected to networks within the area.

The central area of an AS, called the backbone area, has a special function and is always assigned the area ID 0.0.0.0. (Within a simple, single-area network, this is also the ID of the area.) Area IDs are unique numeric identifiers, in dotted decimal notation, but they are not IP addresses. Area IDs need only be unique within an AS. All other networks or areas in the AS must be directly connected to the backbone area by a routing device that has interfaces in more than one area. These connecting routing devices are called border area routers (ABRs). Figure 1 shows an OSPF topology of three areas connected by two ABRs.

Figure 1: Multiarea OSPF TopologyMultiarea OSPF Topology

Because all areas are adjacent to the backbone area, OSPF routers send all traffic not destined for their own area through the backbone area. The ABRs in the backbone area are then responsible for transmitting the traffic through the appropriate ABR to the destination area. The ABRs summarize the link-state records of each area and advertise destination address summaries to neighboring areas. The advertisements contain the ID of the area in which each destination lies, so that packets are routed to the appropriate ABR. For example, in the OSPF areas shown in Figure 1, packets sent from Router A to Router C are automatically routed through ABR B.

Junos OS supports active backbone detection. Active backbone detection is implemented to verify that ABRs are connected to the backbone. If the connection to the backbone area is lost, then the routing device’s default metric is not advertised, effectively rerouting traffic through another ABR with a valid connection to the backbone. Active backbone detection enables transit through an ABR with no active backbone connection. An ABR advertises to other routing devices that it is an ABR even if the connection to the backbone is down, so that the neighbors can consider it for interarea routes.

An OSPF restriction requires all areas to be directly connected to the backbone area so that packets can be properly routed. All packets are routed first to the backbone area by default. Packets that are destined for an area other than the backbone area are then routed to the appropriate ABR and on to the remote host within the destination area.

In large networks with many areas, in which direct connectivity between all areas and the backbone area is physically difficult or impossible, you can configure virtual links to connect noncontiguous areas. Virtual links use a transit area that contains two or more ABRs to pass network traffic from one adjacent area to another. For example, Figure 2 shows a virtual link between a noncontiguous area and the backbone area through an area connected to both.

Figure 2: OSPF Topology with a Virtual LinkOSPF Topology with a Virtual Link

In the topology shown in Figure 2, a virtual link is established between area 0.0.0.3 and the backbone area through area 0.0.0.2. All outbound traffic destined for other areas is routed through area 0.0.0.2  to the backbone area and then to the appropriate ABR. All inbound traffic destined for area 0.0.0.3 is routed to the backbone area and then through area 0.0.0.2.

Example: Configuring a Single-Area OSPF Network

This example shows how to configure a single-area OSPF network.

Requirements

Before you begin:

Overview

To activate OSPF on a network, you must enable the OSPF protocol on all interfaces within the network on which OSPF traffic is to travel. To enable OSPF, you must configure one or more interfaces on the device within an OSPF area. Once the interfaces are configured, OSPF LSAs are transmitted on all OSPF-enabled interfaces, and the network topology is shared throughout the network.

In an autonomous system (AS), the backbone area is always assigned area ID 0.0.0.0 (within a simple, single-area network, this is also the ID of the area). Area IDs are unique numeric identifiers, in dotted decimal notation. Area IDs need only be unique within an AS. All other networks or areas in the AS must be directly connected to the backbone area by area border routers that have interfaces in more than one area. You must also create a backbone area if your network consists of multiple areas. In this example, you create the backbone area and add interfaces, such as ge-0/0/0, as needed to the OSPF area.

To use OSPF on the device, you must configure at least one OSPF area, such as the one shown in Figure 3.

Figure 3: Typical Single-Area OSPF Network TopologyTypical Single-Area OSPF Network Topology

Topology

Configuration

CLI Quick Configuration

To quickly configure a single-area OSPF network, copy the following commands, paste them into a text file, remove any line breaks, change any details necessary to match your network configuration, copy and paste the commands into the CLI at the [edit] hierarchy level, and then enter commit from configuration mode.

Procedure

Step-by-Step Procedure

To configure a single-area OSPF network:

  1. Configure the single-area OSPF network by specifying the area ID and associated interface.

    Note:

    For a single-area OSPFv3 network, include the ospf3 statement at the [edit protocols] hierarchy level.

  2. If you are done configuring the device, commit the configuration.

Results

Confirm your configuration by entering the show protocols ospf command. If the output does not display the intended configuration, repeat the instructions in this example to correct the configuration.

To confirm your OSPFv3 configuration, enter the show protocols ospf3 command.

Verification

Confirm that the configuration is working properly.

Verifying the Interfaces in the Area

Purpose

Verify that the interface for OSPF or OSPFv3 has been configured for the appropriate area. Confirm that the Area field displays the value that you configured.

Action

From operational mode, enter the show ospf interface command for OSPFv2, and enter the show ospf3 interface command for OSPFv3.

Example: Configuring a Multiarea OSPF Network

This example shows how to configure a multiarea OSPF network. To reduce traffic and topology maintenance for the devices in an OSPF autonomous system (AS), you can group the OSPF-enabled routing devices into multiple areas.

Requirements

Before you begin:

Overview

To activate OSPF on a network, you must enable the OSPF protocol on all interfaces within the network on which OSPF traffic is to travel. To enable OSPF, you must configure one or more interfaces on the device within an OSPF area. Once the interfaces are configured, OSPF LSAs are transmitted on all OSPF-enabled interfaces, and the network topology is shared throughout the network.

Each OSPF area consists of routing devices configured with the same area number. In Figure 4, Router B resides in the backbone area of the AS. The backbone area is always assigned area ID 0.0.0.0. (All area IDs must be unique within an AS.) All other networks or areas in the AS must be directly connected to the backbone area by a router that has interfaces in more than one area. In this example, these area border routers are A, C, D, and E. You create an additional area (area 2) and assign it unique area ID 0.0.0.2, and then add interface ge-0/0/0 to the OSPF area.

To reduce traffic and topology maintenance for the devices in an OSPF AS, you can group them into multiple areas as shown in Figure 4. In this example, you create the backbone area, create an additional area (area 2) and assign it unique area ID 0.0.0.2, and you configure Device B as the area border router, where interface ge-0/0/0 participates in OSPF area 0 and interface ge-0/0/2 participates in OSPF area 2.

Figure 4: Typical Multiarea OSPF Network TopologyTypical Multiarea OSPF Network Topology

Topology

Configuration

Procedure

CLI Quick Configuration

To quickly configure a multiarea OSPF network, copy the following commands, paste them into a text file, remove any line breaks, change any details necessary to match your network configuration, copy and paste the commands into the CLI at the [edit] hierarchy level, and then enter commit from configuration mode.

Device A

Device C

Device B

Device D

Device E

Step-by-Step Procedure

To configure a multiarea OSPF network:

  1. Configure the backbone area.

    Note:

    For an OSPFv3 network, include the ospf3 statement at the [edit protocols] hierarchy level.

  2. Configure an additional area for your OSPF network.

    Note:

    For a multiarea OSPFv3 network, include the ospf3 statement at the [edit protocols] hierarchy level.

  3. If you are done configuring the device, commit the configuration.

Results

Confirm your configuration by entering the show protocols ospf command. If the output does not display the intended configuration, repeat the instructions in this example to correct the configuration.

To confirm your OSPFv3 configuration, enter the show protocols ospf3 command.

Verification

Confirm that the configuration is working properly.

Verifying the Interfaces in the Area

Purpose

Verify that the interface for OSPF or OSPFv3 has been configured for the appropriate area. Confirm that the Area field displays the value that you configured.

Action

From operational mode, enter the show ospf interface command for OSPFv2, and enter the show ospf3 interface command for OSPFv3.

Understanding Multiarea Adjacency for OSPF

By default, a single interface can belong to only one OSPF area. However, in some situations, you might want to configure an interface to belong to more than one area. Doing so allows the corresponding link to be considered an intra-area link in multiple areas and to be preferred over other higher-cost intra-area paths. For example, you can configure an interface to belong to multiple areas with a high-speed backbone link between two area border routers (ABRs) so you can create multiarea adjacencies that belong to different areas.

In Junos OS Release 9.2 and later, you can configure a logical interface to belong to more than one OSPFv2 area. Support for OSPFv3 was introduced in Junos OS Release 9.4. As defined in RFC 5185, OSPF Multi-Area Adjacency, the ABRs establish multiple adjacencies belonging to different areas over the same logical interface. Each multiarea adjacency is announced as a point-to-point unnumbered link in the configured area by the routers connected to the link. For each area, one of the logical interfaces is treated as primary, and the remaining interfaces that are configured for the area are designated as secondary.

Any logical interface not configured as a secondary interface for an area is treated as the primary interface for that area. A logical interface can be configured as primary interface only for one area. For any other area for which you configure the interface, you must configure it as a secondary interface.

Example: Configuring Multiarea Adjacency for OSPF

This example shows how to configure multiarea adjacency for OSPF.

Requirements

Before you begin, plan your multiarea OSPF network. See Example: Configuring a Multiarea OSPF Network.

Overview

By default, a single interface can belong to only one OSPF area. You can configure a single interface to belong in multiple OSPF areas. Doing so allows the corresponding link to be considered an intra-area link in multiple areas and to be preferred over other higher-cost intra-area paths. When configuring a secondary interface, consider the following:

  • For OSPFv2, you cannot configure point-to-multipoint and nonbroadcast multiaccess (NBMA) network interfaces as a secondary interface because secondary interfaces are treated as a point-to-point unnumbered link.

  • Secondary interfaces are supported for LAN interfaces (the primary interface can be a LAN interface, but any secondary interfaces are treated as point-to-point unnumbered links over the LAN). In this scenario, you must ensure that there are only two routing devices on the LAN or that there are only two routing devices on the LAN that have secondary interfaces configured for a specific OSPF area.

  • Since the purpose of a secondary interface is to advertise a topological path through an OSPF area, you cannot configure a secondary interface or a primary interface with one or more secondary interfaces to be passive. Passive interfaces advertise their address, but do not run the OSPF protocol (adjacencies are not formed and hello packets are not generated).

  • Any logical interface not configured as a secondary interface for an area is treated as a primary interface for that area. A logical interface can be configured as the primary interface only for one area. For any other area for which you configure the interface, you must configure it as a secondary interface.

  • You cannot configure the secondary statement with the interface all statement.

  • You cannot configure a secondary interface by its IP address.

Figure 5: Multiarea Adjacency in OSPFMultiarea Adjacency in OSPF

In this example, you configure an interface to be in two areas, creating a multiarea adjacency with a link between two ABRs: ABR R1 and ABR R2. On each ABR, area 0.0.0.1 contains the primary interface and is the primary link between the ABRs, and area 0.0.0.2 contains the secondary logical interface, which you configure by including the secondary statement. You configure interface so-0/0/0 on ABR R1 and interface so-1/0/0 on ABR R2.

Configuration

CLI Quick Configuration

To quickly configure a secondary logical interface for an OSPF area, copy the following commands, paste them into a text file, remove any line breaks, change any details necessary to match your network configuration, copy and paste the commands into the CLI at the [edit] hierarchy level, and then enter commit from configuration mode.

Configuration on ABR R1:

Configuration on ABR R2:

Procedure

Step-by-Step Procedure

To configure a secondary logical interface:

  1. Configure the device interfaces.

    Note:

    For OSPFv3, on each interface specify the inet6 address family and include the IPv6 address.

  2. Configure the router identifier.

  3. On each ABR, configure the primary interface for the OSPF area.

    Note:

    For OSPFv3, include the ospf3 statement at the [edit protocols] hierarchy level.

  4. On each ABR, configure the secondary interface for the OSPF area.

  5. If you are done configuring the devices, commit the configuration.

Results

Confirm your configuration by entering the show interfaces, show routing-options, and the show protocols ospf commands. If the output does not display the intended configuration, repeat the instructions in this example to correct the configuration.

Configuration on ABR R1:

Configuration on ABR R2:

Verification

Confirm that the configuration is working properly.

Verifying the Secondary Interface

Purpose

Verify that the secondary interface appears for the configured area. The Secondary field is displayed if the interface is configured as a secondary interface. The output might also show the same interface listed in multiple areas.

Action

From operational mode, enter the show ospf interface detail command for OSPFv2, and enter the show ospf3 interface detail command for OSPFv3.

Verifying the Interfaces in the Area

Purpose

Verify the interfaces configured for the specified area.

Action

From operational mode, enter the show ospf interface area area-id command for OSPFv2, and enter the show ospf3 interface area area-id command for OSPFv3..

Verifying Neighbor Adjacencies

Purpose

Verify the primary and secondary neighbor adjacencies. The Secondary field displays if the neighbor is on a secondary interface.

Action

From operational mode, enter the show ospf neighbor detail command for OSPFv2, and enter the show ospf3 neighbor detail command for OSPFv3.

Understanding Multiarea Adjacencies for OSPFv3

An area is a set of networks and hosts within an OSPFv3 domain that have been administratively grouped together. By default, a single interface can belong to only one OSPFv3 area. However, in some situations, you might want to configure an interface to belong to more than one area to avoid suboptimal routing. Doing so allows the corresponding link to be considered an intra-area link in multiple areas and to be preferred over higher-cost intra-area links.

In Junos OS Release 9.2 and later, you can configure an interface to belong to more than one OSPFv2 area. Support for OSPFv3 was introduced in Junos OS Release 9.4. As defined in RFC 5185, OSPF Multi-Area Adjacency, the ABRs establish multiple adjacencies belonging to different areas over the same logical interface. Each multiarea adjacency is announced as a point-to-point unnumbered link in the configured area by the routers connected to the link.

An interface is considered to be primarily in one area. When you configure the same interface in another area, it is considered to be secondarily in the other area. You designate the secondary area by including the secondary statement at the [edit protocols ospf3 area area-number interface interface-name] hierarchy level.

Example: Configuring a Multiarea Adjacency for OSPFv3

This example shows how to configure a multiarea adjacency for OSPFv3.

Requirements

No special configuration beyond device initialization is required before configuring this example.

Overview

OSPFv3 intra-area paths are preferred over inter-area paths. In this example, Device R1 and Device R2 are area border routers (ABRs) with interfaces in both area 0 and in area 1. The link between Device R1 and R2 is in area 0 and is a high-speed link. The links in area 1 are lower speed.

If you want to forward some of area 1’s traffic between Device R1 and Device R2 over the high-speed link, one method to accomplish this goal is to make the high-speed link a multiarea adjacency so that the link is part of both area 0 and area 1.

If the high-speed link between Device R1 and Device R2 remains in area 0 only, Device R1 always routes traffic to Device R4 and Device R5 through area 1 over the lower-speed links. Device R1 also uses the intra-area area 1 path through Device R3 to get to area 1 destinations downstream of Device R2.

Clearly, this scenario results in suboptimal routing.

An OSPF virtual link cannot be used to resolve this issue without moving the link between Device R1 and Device R2 to area 1. You might not want to do this if the physical link belongs to the network's backbone topology.

The OSPF/OSPFv3 protocol extension described in RFC 5185, OSPF Multi-Area Adjacency resolves the issue, by allowing the link between Device R1 and Device R2 to be part of both the backbone area and area 1.

To create a multiarea adjacency, you configure an interface to be in two areas, with ge-1/2/0 on Device R1 configured in both area 0 and area 1, and ge-1/2/0 on Device R2 configured in both area 0 and area 1. On both Device R1 and Device R2, area 0 contains the primary interface and is the primary link between the devices. Area 1 contains the secondary logical interface, which you configure by including the secondary statement.

Figure 6: OSPFv3 Multiarea AdjacencyOSPFv3 Multiarea Adjacency

CLI Quick Configuration shows the configuration for all of the devices in Figure 6. The section #d19e77__d19e379 describes the steps on Device R1 and Device R2.

Configuration

Procedure

CLI Quick Configuration

To quickly configure this example, copy the following commands, paste them into a text file, remove any line breaks, change any details necessary to match your network configuration, and then copy and paste the commands into the CLI at the [edit] hierarchy level.

Device R1

Device R2

Device R3

Device R4

Device R5

Device R6

Step-by-Step Procedure

The following example requires you to navigate various levels in the configuration hierarchy. For information about navigating the CLI, see Using the CLI Editor in Configuration Mode in the CLI User Guide.

To configure Device R1:

  1. Configure the interfaces.

  2. Enable OSPFv3 on the interfaces that are in area 0.

  3. Enable OSPFv3 on the interface that is in area 1.

Step-by-Step Procedure

The following example requires you to navigate various levels in the configuration hierarchy. For information about navigating the CLI, see Using the CLI Editor in Configuration Mode in the CLI User Guide.

To configure Device R2:

  1. Configure the interfaces.

  2. Enable OSPFv3 on the interfaces that are in area 0.

  3. Enable OSPFv3 on the interface that is in area 1.

Results

From configuration mode, confirm your configuration by entering the show interfaces and show protocols commands. If the output does not display the intended configuration, repeat the instructions in this example to correct the configuration.

Device R1

Device R2

If you are done configuring the device, enter commit from configuration mode.

Verification

Confirm that the configuration is working properly.

Verifying the Flow of Traffic

Purpose

Verify that traffic uses the high-speed link between Device R1 and Device R2 to reach destinations in area 1.

Action

From operational mode on Device R1, use the traceroute command check the traffic flow to Device R5 and Device R6.

Meaning

The traceroute output shows that traffic uses the 9009:1:: link between Device R1 and Device R2.

Verifying That the Traffic Flow Changes When You Remove the Multiarea Adjacency

Purpose

Verify the results without the multiarea adjacency configured.

Action
  1. Deactivate the backbone link interfaces in area 1 on both R1 and R2.

  2. From operational mode on Device R1, use the traceroute command check the traffic flow to Device R5 and Device R6.

Meaning

Without the multiarea adjacency, the output shows suboptimal routing with traffic taking the path through the area 1 low-speed-links.

Understanding OSPF Stub Areas, Totally Stubby Areas, and Not-So-Stubby Areas

Figure 7 shows an autonomous system (AS) across which many external routes are advertised. If external routes make up a significant portion of a topology database, you can suppress the advertisements in areas that do not have links outside the network. By doing so, you can reduce the amount of memory the nodes use to maintain the topology database and free it for other uses.

Figure 7: OSPF AS Network with Stub Areas and NSSAs OSPF AS Network with Stub Areas and NSSAs

To control the advertisement of external routes into an area, OSPF uses stub areas. By designating an area border router (ABR) interface to the area as a stub interface, you suppress external route advertisements through the ABR. Instead, the ABR advertises a default route (through itself) in place of the external routes and generates network summary (Type 3) link-state advertisements (LSAs). Packets destined for external routes are automatically sent to the ABR, which acts as a gateway for outbound traffic and routes the traffic appropriately.

Note:

You must explicitly configure the ABR to generate a default route when attached to a stub or not-so-stubby-area (NSSA). To inject a default route with a specified metric value into the area, you must configure the default-metric option and specify a metric value.

For example, area 0.0.0.3 in Figure 7 is not directly connected to the outside network. All outbound traffic is routed through the ABR to the backbone and then to the destination addresses. By designating area 0.0.0.3 as a stub area, you reduce the size of the topology database for that area by limiting the route entries to only those routes internal to the area.

A stub area that only allows routes internal to the area and restricts Type 3 LSAs from entering the stub area is often called a totally stubby area. You can convert area 0.0.0.3 to a totally stubby area by configuring the ABR to only advertise and allow the default route to enter into the area. External routes and destinations to other areas are no longer summarized or allowed into a totally stubby area.

Note:

If you incorrectly configure a totally stubby area, you might encounter network connectivity issues. You should have advanced knowledge of OSPF and understand your network environment before configuring totally stubby areas.

Similar to area 0.0.0.3 in Figure 7, area 0.0.0.4 has no external connections. However, area 0.0.0.4 has static customer routes that are not internal OSPF routes. You can limit the external route advertisements to the area and advertise the static customer routes by designating the area an NSSA. In an NSSA, the AS boundary router generates NSSA external (Type 7) LSAs and floods them into the NSSA, where they are contained. Type 7 LSAs allow an NSSA to support the presence of AS boundary routers and their corresponding external routing information. The ABR converts Type 7 LSAs into AS external (Type 5 ) LSAs and leaks them to the other areas, but external routes from other areas are not advertised within the NSSA.

Example: Configuring OSPF Stub and Totally Stubby Areas

This example shows how to configure an OSPF stub area and a totally stubby area to control the advertisement of external routes into an area.

Requirements

Before you begin:

Overview

The backbone area, which is 0 in Figure 8, has a special function and is always assigned the area ID 0.0.0.0. Area IDs are unique numeric identifiers, in dotted decimal notation. Area IDs need only be unique within an autonomous system (AS). All other networks or areas (such as 3, 7, and 9) in the AS must be directly connected to the backbone area by area border routers (ABRs) that have interfaces in more than one area.

Stub areas are areas through which or into which OSPF does not flood AS external link-state advertisements (Type 5 LSAs). You might create stub areas when much of the topology database consists of AS external advertisements and you want to minimize the size of the topology databases on the internal routers in the stub area.

The following restrictions apply to stub areas:

  • You cannot create a virtual link through a stub area.

  • A stub area cannot contain an AS boundary router.

  • You cannot configure the backbone as a stub area.

  • You cannot configure an area as both a stub area and an not-so-stubby area (NSSA).

In this example, you configure each routing device in area 7 (area ID 0.0.0.7) as a stub router and some additional settings on the ABR:

  • stub—Specifies that this area become a stub area and not be flooded with Type 5 LSAs. You must include the stub statement on all routing devices that are in area 7 because this area has no external connections.

  • default-metric—Configures the ABR to generate a default route with a specified metric into the stub area. This default route enables packet forwarding from the stub area to external destinations. You configure this option only on the ABR. The ABR does not automatically generate a default route when attached to a stub. You must explicitly configure this option to generate a default route.

  • no-summaries—(Optional) Prevents the ABR from advertising summary routes into the stub area by converting the stub area into a totally stubby area. If configured in combination with the default-metric statement, a totally stubby area only allows routes internal to the area and advertises the default route into the area. External routes and destinations to other areas are no longer summarized or allowed into a totally stubby area. Only the ABR requires this additional configuration because it is the only routing device within the totally stubby area that creates Type 3 LSAs used to receive and send traffic from outside of the area.

Note:

In Junos OS Release 8.5 and later, the following applies:

  • A router-identifier interface that is not configured to run OSPF is no longer advertised as a stub network in OSPF LSAs.

  • OSPF advertises a local route with a prefix length of 32 as a stub link if the loopback interface is configured with a prefix length other than 32. OSPF also advertises the direct route with the configured mask length, as in earlier releases.

Figure 8: OSPF Network Topology with Stub Areas and NSSAsOSPF Network Topology with Stub Areas and NSSAs

Topology

Configuration

CLI Quick Configuration

  • To quickly configure an OSPF stub area, copy the following command and paste it into the CLI. You must configure all routing devices that are part of the stub area.

  • To quickly configure the ABR to inject a default route into the area, copy the following command and paste it into the CLI. You apply this configuration only on the ABR.

  • (Optional) To quickly configure the ABR to restrict all summary advertisements and allow only internal routes and default route advertisements into the area, copy the following command and paste it into the CLI. You apply this configuration only on the ABR.

Procedure

Step-by-Step Procedure

To configure OSPF stub areas:

  1. On all routing devices in the area, configure an OSPF stub area.

    Note:

    To specify an OSPFv3 stub area, include the ospf3 statement at the [edit protocols] hierarchy level.

  2. On the ABR, inject a default route into the area.

  3. (Optional) On the ABR, restrict summary LSAs from entering the area. This step converts the stub area into a totally stubby area.

  4. If you are done configuring the devices, commit the configuration.

Results

Confirm your configuration by entering the show protocols ospf command. If the output does not display the intended configuration, repeat the instructions in this example to correct the configuration.

Configuration on all routing devices:

Configuration on the ABR (the output also includes the optional setting):

To confirm your OSPFv3 configuration, enter the show protocols ospf3 command.

Verification

Confirm that the configuration is working properly.

Verifying the Interfaces in the Area

Purpose

Verify that the interface for OSPF has been configured for the appropriate area. Confirm that the output includes Stub as the type of OSPF area.

Action

From operational mode, enter the show ospf interface detail command for OSPFv2, and enter the show ospf3 interface detail command for OSPFv3.

Verifying the Type of OSPF Area

Purpose

Verify that the OSPF area is a stub area. Confirm that the output displays Normal Stub as the Stub type.

Action

From operational mode, enter the show ospf overview command for OSPFv2, and enter the show ospf3 overview command for OSPFv3.

Example: Configuring OSPF Not-So-Stubby Areas

This example shows how to configure an OSPF not-so-stubby area (NSSA) to control the advertisement of external routes into an area.

Requirements

Before you begin:

Overview

The backbone area, which is 0 in Figure 9, has a special function and is always assigned the area ID 0.0.0.0. Area IDs are unique numeric identifiers, in dotted decimal notation. Area IDs need only be unique within an AS. All other networks or areas (such as 3, 7, and 9) in the AS must be directly connected to the backbone area by ABRs that have interfaces in more than one area.

An OSPF stub area has no external routes, so you cannot redistribute routes from another protocol into a stub area. OSPF NSSAs allow external routes to be flooded within the area.

In addition, you might have a situation when exporting Type 7 LSAs into the NSSA is unnecessary. When an AS boundary router is also an ABR with an NSSA attached, Type 7 LSAs are exported into the NSSA by default. If the ABR is attached to multiple NSSAs, a separate Type 7 LSA is exported into each NSSA by default. During route redistribution, this routing device generates both Type 5 LSAs and Type 7 LSAs. You can disable exporting Type 7 LSAs into the NSSA.

Note:

The following restriction applies to NSSAs: You cannot configure an area as both a stub area and an NSSA.

You configure each routing device in area 9 (area ID 0.0.0.9) with the following setting:

  • nssa—Specifies an OSPF NSSA. You must include the nssa statement on all routing devices in area 9 because this area only has external connections to static routes.

You also configure the ABR in area 9 with the following additional settings:

  • no-summaries—Prevents the ABR from advertising summary routes into the NSSA. If configured in combination with the default-metric statement, the NSSA only allows routes internal to the area and advertises the default route into the area. External routes and destinations to other areas are no longer summarized or allowed into the NSSA. Only the ABR requires this additional configuration because it is the only routing device within the NSSA that creates Type 3 LSAs used to receive and send traffic from outside the area.

  • default-lsa—Configures the ABR to generate a default route into the NSSA. In this example, you configure the following:

    • default-metric—Specifies that the ABR generate a default route with a specified metric into the NSSA. This default route enables packet forwarding from the NSSA to external destinations. You configure this option only on the ABR. The ABR does not automatically generate a default route when attached to an NSSA. You must explicitly configure this option for the ABR to generate a default route.

    • metric-type—(Optional) Specifies the external metric type for the default LSA, which can be either Type 1 or Type 2. When OSPF exports route information from external ASs, it includes a cost, or external metric, in the route. The difference between the two metrics is how OSPF calculates the cost of the route. Type 1 external metrics are equivalent to the link-state metric, where the cost is equal to the sum of the internal costs plus the external cost. Type 2 external metrics use only the external cost assigned by the AS boundary router. By default, OSPF uses the Type 2 external metric.

    • type-7—(Optional) Floods Type 7 default LSAs into the NSSA if the no-summaries statement is configured. By default, when the no-summaries statement is configured, a Type 3 LSA is injected into NSSAs for Junos OS release 5.0 and later. To support backward compatibility with earlier Junos OS releases, include the type-7 statement.

The second example also shows the optional configuration required to disable exporting Type 7 LSAs into the NSSA by including the no-nssa-abr statement on the routing device that performs the functions of both an ABR and an AS boundary router.

Figure 9: OSPF Network Topology with Stub Areas and NSSAsOSPF Network Topology with Stub Areas and NSSAs

Topology

Configuration

Configuring Routing Devices to Participate in a Not-So-Stubby-Area

CLI Quick Configuration

To quickly configure an OSPF NSSA, copy the following command and paste it into the CLI. You must configure all routing devices that are part of the NSSA.

To quickly configure an ABR that participates in an OSPF NSSA, copy the following commands and paste them into the CLI.

Step-by-Step Procedure

To configure OSPF NSSAs:

  1. On all routing devices in the area, configure an OSPF NSSA.

    Note:

    To specify an OSPFv3 NSSA area, include the ospf3 statement at the [edit protocols] hierarchy level.

  2. On the ABR, enter OSPF configuration mode and specify the NSSA area 0.0.0.9 that you already created.

  3. On the ABR, inject a default route into the area.

  4. (Optional) On the ABR, specify the external metric type for the default route.

  5. (Optional) On the ABR, specify the flooding of Type 7 LSAs.

  6. On the ABR, restrict summary LSAs from entering the area.

  7. If you are done configuring the devices, commit the configuration.

Results

Confirm your configuration by entering the show protocols ospf command. If the output does not display the intended configuration, repeat the instructions in this example to correct the configuration.

Configuration on all routing devices in the area:

Configuration on the ABR. The output also includes the optional metric-type and type-7 statements.

To confirm your OSPFv3 configuration, enter the show protocols ospf3 command.

Disabling the Export of Type 7 Link State Advertisements into Not-So-Stubby Areas

CLI Quick Configuration

To quickly disable exporting Type 7 LSAs into the NSSA, copy the following commands, paste them into a text file, remove any line breaks, change any details necessary to match your network configuration, copy and paste the commands into the CLI at the [edit] hierarchy level, and then enter commit from configuration mode. You configure this setting on an AS boundary router that is also an ABR with an NSSA area attached.

Step-by-Step Procedure

You can configure this setting if you have an AS boundary router that is also an ABR with an NSSA area attached.

  1. Disable exporting Type 7 LSAs into the NSSA.

    Note:

    To specify OSPFv3, include the ospf3 statement at the [edit protocols] hierarchy level.

  2. If you are done configuring the device, commit the configuration.

Results

Confirm your configuration by entering the show protocols ospf command. If the output does not display the intended configuration, repeat the instructions in this example to correct the configuration.

To confirm your OSPFv3 configuration, enter the show protocols ospf3 command.

Verification

Confirm that the configuration is working properly.

Verifying the Interfaces in the Area

Purpose

Verify that the interface for OSPF has been configured for the appropriate area. Confirm that the output includes Stub NSSA as the type of OSPF area.

Action

From operational mode, enter the show ospf interface detail command for OSPFv2, and enter the show ospf3 interface detail command for OSPFv3.

Verifying the Type of OSPF Area

Purpose

Verify that the OSPF area is a stub area. Confirm that the output displays Not so Stubby Stub as the Stub type.

Action

From operational mode, enter the show ospf overview command for OSPFv2, and enter the show ospf3 overview command for OSPFv3.

Verifying the Type of LSAs

Purpose

Verify the type of LSAs that are in the area. If you disabled exporting Type 7 LSAs into an NSSA, confirm that the Type field does not include NSSA as a type of LSA.

Action

From operational mode, enter the show ospf overview command for OSPFv2, and enter the show ospf3 overview command for OSPFv3.

Understanding OSPFv3 Stub and Totally Stubby Areas

Junos OS OSPFv3 configuration for IPv6 networks is identical to OSPFv2 configuration. You configure the protocol with set ospf3 commands instead of set ospf commands and use show ospf3 commands instead of show ospf commands to check the OSPF status. Also, make sure to set IPv6 addresses on the interfaces running OSPFv3.

Stub areas are areas through which or into which OSPF does not flood AS external link-state advertisements (Type 5 LSAs). You might create stub areas when much of the topology database consists of AS external advertisements and you want to minimize the size of the topology databases on the internal routers in the stub area.

The following restrictions apply to stub areas:

  • You cannot create a virtual link through a stub area.

  • A stub area cannot contain an AS boundary router.

  • You cannot configure the backbone as a stub area.

  • You cannot configure an area as both a stub area and an not-so-stubby area (NSSA).

Example: Configuring OSPFv3 Stub and Totally Stubby Areas

This example shows how to configure an OSPFv3 stub area and a totally stubby area to control the advertisement of external routes into an area.

Requirements

No special configuration beyond device initialization is required before configuring this example.

Overview

Figure 10 shows the topology used in this example.

Figure 10: OSPFv3 Network Topology with Stub AreasOSPFv3 Network Topology with Stub Areas

In this example, you configure each routing device in area 7 (area ID 0.0.0.7) as a stub router and some additional settings on the ABR:

  • stub—Specifies that this area become a stub area and not be flooded with Type 5 LSAs. You must include the stub statement on all routing devices that are in area 7 because this area has no external connections.

  • default-metric—Configures the ABR to generate a default route with a specified metric into the stub area. This default route enables packet forwarding from the stub area to external destinations. You configure this option only on the ABR. The ABR does not automatically generate a default route when attached to a stub. You must explicitly configure this option to generate a default route.

  • no-summaries—(Optional) Prevents the ABR from advertising summary routes into the stub area by converting the stub area into a totally stubby area. If configured in combination with the default-metric statement, a totally stubby area only allows routes internal to the area and advertises the default route into the area. External routes and destinations to other areas are no longer summarized or allowed into a totally stubby area. Only the ABR requires this additional configuration because it is the only routing device within the totally stubby area that creates Type 3 LSAs used to receive and send traffic from outside of the area.

Note:

In Junos OS Release 8.5 and later, the following applies:

  • A router-identifier interface that is not configured to run OSPF is no longer advertised as a stub network in OSPF LSAs.

  • OSPF advertises a local route with a prefix length of 32 as a stub link if the loopback interface is configured with a prefix length other than 32. OSPF also advertises the direct route with the configured mask length, as in earlier releases.

CLI Quick Configuration shows the configuration for all of the devices in Figure 10. The section #d24e102__d24e441 describes the steps on Device 2, Device 6, Device 7, and Device 8.

Configuration

Procedure

CLI Quick Configuration

To quickly configure this example, copy the following commands, paste them into a text file, remove any line breaks, change any details necessary to match your network configuration, and then copy and paste the commands into the CLI at the [edit] hierarchy level.

Device 1

Device 2

Device 3

Device 4

Device 5

Device 6

Device 7

Device 8

Step-by-Step Procedure

The following example requires you to navigate various levels in the configuration hierarchy. For information about navigating the CLI, see Using the CLI Editor in Configuration Mode in the CLI User Guide.

To configure Device 2:

  1. Configure the interfaces.

  2. Enable OSPFv3 on the interfaces that are in area 0.

  3. Enable OSPFv3 on the interface that is in area 7.

  4. Specify area 7 as an OSPFv3 stub area.

    The stub statement is required on all routing devices in the area.

  5. On the ABR, inject a default route into the area.

  6. (Optional) On the ABR, restrict summary LSAs from entering the area.

    This step converts the stub area into a totally stubby area.

Step-by-Step Procedure

The following example requires you to navigate various levels in the configuration hierarchy. For information about navigating the CLI, see Using the CLI Editor in Configuration Mode in the CLI User Guide.

To configure Device 6:

  1. Configure the interfaces.

  2. Enable OSPFv3 on the interface that is in area 7.

  3. Specify area 7 as an OSPFv3 stub area.

    The stub statement is required on all routing devices in the area.

Step-by-Step Procedure

The following example requires you to navigate various levels in the configuration hierarchy. For information about navigating the CLI, see Using the CLI Editor in Configuration Mode in the CLI User Guide.

To configure Device 7:

  1. Configure the interfaces.

  2. Enable OSPFv3 on the interface that is in area 9.

  3. Configure static routes that enable connectivity to the customer routes.

  4. Configure a routing policy to redistribute the static routes.

  5. Apply the routing policy to the OSPFv3 instance.

Step-by-Step Procedure

The following example requires you to navigate various levels in the configuration hierarchy. For information about navigating the CLI, see Using the CLI Editor in Configuration Mode in the CLI User Guide.

To configure Device 8:

  1. Configure the interfaces.

  2. Configure two loopback interface addresses to simulate customer routes.

Results

From configuration mode, confirm your configuration by entering the show interfaces, show protocols, show policy-options, and show routing-options commands. If the output does not display the intended configuration, repeat the instructions in this example to correct the configuration.

Device 2

Device 6

Device 7

Device 8

If you are done configuring the device, enter commit from configuration mode.

Verification

Confirm that the configuration is working properly.

Verifying the Type of OSPFv3 Area

Purpose

Verify that the OSPFv3 area is a stub area. Confirm that the output displays Stub as the Stub type.

Action

From operational mode on Device 2 and on Device 6, enter the show ospf3 overview command.

Meaning

On Device 2, the stub type of area 0 is Not Stub. The stub type of area 7 is Stub. The stub default metric is 10.

On Device 6, the stub type of area 7 is Stub.

Verifying the Routes in the OSPFv3 Stub Area

Purpose

Make sure that the expected routes are present in the routing tables.

Action

From operational mode on Device 6 and Device 2, enter the show route command.

Meaning

On Device 6, the default route has been learned because of the default-metric statement on the ABR, Device 2. Otherwise, the only OSPFv3 routes in Device 6’s routing table are the network address 2001:db8:9009:4::/64 and the OSPFv3 multicast address ff02::5/128 for all SPF link-state routers, also known as AllSPFRouters.

On Device 2, all of the OSPFv3 routes have been learned, including the external customer routes, 2001:db8:1010::1/128 and 2001:db8:2020::1/128.

Understanding OSPFv3 Not-So-Stubby Areas

Like an OSPF stub area, an OSPFv3 stub area has no external routes, so you cannot redistribute routes from another protocol into a stub area. Not-so-stubby-areas (NSSAs) allow external routes to be flooded within the area. Routers in an NSSA do not receive external link-state advertisements (LSAs) from area border routers (ABRs), but are allowed to send external routing information for redistribution. They use type 7 LSAs to tell the ABRs about these external routes, which the ABR then translates to type 5 external LSAs and floods as normal to the rest of the OSPF network.

Example: Configuring OSPFv3 Not-So-Stubby Areas

This example shows how to configure an OSPFv3 not-so-stubby area (NSSA) to control the advertisement of external routes into the area.

Requirements

No special configuration beyond device initialization is required before configuring this example.

Overview

In this example, Device 7 redistributes static Customer 1 routes into OSPFv3. Device 7 is in area 9, which is configured as an NSSA. Device 3 is the ABR attached to the NSSA. An NSSA is a type of stub area that can import autonomous system external routes and send them to other areas, but still cannot receive AS-external routes from other areas. Because area 9 is defined as an NSSA, Device 7 uses type 7 LSAs to tell the ABR (Device 3) about these external routes. Device 3 then translates the type 7 routes to type 5 external LSAs and floods them as normal to the rest of the OSPF network.

In area 3, Device 5 redistributes static Customer 2 routes into OSPFv3. These routes are learned on Device 3, but not on Device 7 or 10. Device 3 injects a default static route into area 9 so that Device 7 and 10 can still reach the Customer 2 routes.

You configure each routing device in area 9 (area ID 0.0.0.9) with the following setting:

  • nssa—Specifies an OSPFv3 NSSA. You must include the nssa statement on all routing devices in area 9.

You also configure the ABR in area 9 with the following additional settings:

  • no-summaries—Prevents the ABR from advertising summary routes into the NSSA. If configured in combination with the default-metric statement, the NSSA only allows routes internal to the area and advertises the default route into the area. External routes and destinations to other areas are no longer summarized or allowed into the NSSA. Only the ABR requires this additional configuration because it is the only routing device within the NSSA that creates Type 3 summary LSAs used to receive and send traffic from outside the area.

  • default-lsa—Configures the ABR to generate a default route into the NSSA. In this example, you configure the following:

    • default-metric—Specifies that the ABR generate a default route with a specified metric into the NSSA. This default route enables packet forwarding from the NSSA to external destinations. You configure this option only on the ABR. The ABR does not automatically generate a default route when attached to an NSSA. You must explicitly configure this option for the ABR to generate a default route.

    • metric-type—(Optional) Specifies the external metric type for the default LSA, which can be either Type 1 or Type 2. When OSPFv3 exports route information from external ASs, it includes a cost, or external metric, in the route. The difference between the two metrics is how OSPFv3 calculates the cost of the route. Type 1 external metrics are equivalent to the link-state metric, where the cost is equal to the sum of the internal costs plus the external cost. Type 2 external metrics use only the external cost assigned by the AS boundary router. By default, OSPFv3 uses the Type 2 external metric.

    • type-7—(Optional) Floods Type 7 default LSAs into the NSSA if the no-summaries statement is configured. By default, when the no-summaries statement is configured, a Type 3 LSA is injected into NSSAs for Junos OS release 5.0 and later. To support backward compatibility with earlier Junos OS releases, include the type-7 statement.

Figure 11: OSPFv3 Network Topology with an NSSAOSPFv3 Network Topology with an NSSA

CLI Quick Configuration shows the configuration for all of the devices in Figure 11. The section #d26e121__d26e505 describes the steps on Device 3, Device 7, and Device 9.

Configuration

Procedure

CLI Quick Configuration

To quickly configure this example, copy the following commands, paste them into a text file, remove any line breaks, change any details necessary to match your network configuration, and then copy and paste the commands into the CLI at the [edit] hierarchy level.

Device 1

Device 3

Device 4

Device 5

Device 7

Device 8

Device 9

Device 10

Step-by-Step Procedure

The following example requires you to navigate various levels in the configuration hierarchy. For information about navigating the CLI, see Using the CLI Editor in Configuration Mode in the CLI User Guide.

To configure Device 3:

  1. Configure the interfaces.

  2. Enable OSPFv3 on the interfaces that are in area 0.

  3. Enable OSPFv3 on the interface that is in area 9.

  4. Configure an OSPFv3 NSSA.

    The nssa statement is required on all routing devices in the area.

  5. On the ABR, inject a default route into the area.

  6. (Optional) On the ABR, specify the external metric type for the default route.

  7. (Optional) On the ABR, specify the flooding of Type 7 LSAs.

  8. On the ABR, restrict summary LSAs from entering the area.

Step-by-Step Procedure

The following example requires you to navigate various levels in the configuration hierarchy. For information about navigating the CLI, see Using the CLI Editor in Configuration Mode in the CLI User Guide.

To configure Device 5:

  1. Configure the interfaces.

  2. Enable OSPFv3 on the interface that is in area 3.

  3. Configure static routes that enable connectivity to the customer routes.

  4. Configure a routing policy to redistribute the static routes.

  5. Apply the routing policy to the OSPFv3 instance.

Step-by-Step Procedure

The following example requires you to navigate various levels in the configuration hierarchy. For information about navigating the CLI, see Using the CLI Editor in Configuration Mode in the CLI User Guide.

To configure Device 7:

  1. Configure the interfaces.

  2. Enable OSPFv3 on the interface that is in area 9.

  3. Configure an OSPFv3 NSSA.

    The nssa statement is required on all routing devices in the area.

Step-by-Step Procedure

The following example requires you to navigate various levels in the configuration hierarchy. For information about navigating the CLI, see Using the CLI Editor in Configuration Mode in the CLI User Guide.

To configure Device 8:

  1. Configure the interfaces.

  2. Configure two loopback interface addresses to simulate customer routes.

Results

From configuration mode, confirm your configuration by entering the show interfaces, show protocols, show policy-options, and show routing-options commands. If the output does not display the intended configuration, repeat the instructions in this example to correct the configuration.

Device 3

Device 5

Device 7

Device 8

If you are done configuring the device, enter commit from configuration mode.

Verification

Confirm that the configuration is working properly.

Verifying the Type of OSPFv3 Area

Purpose

Verify that the OSPFv3 area is an NSSA area. Confirm that the output displays Stub NSSA as the Stub type.

Action

From operational mode on Device 3, Device 7, and Device 10 enter the show ospf3 overview command.

Meaning

On Device 3, the stub type of area 0 is Not Stub. The stub type of area 9 is Stub NSSA. The stub default metric is 10.

On Device 7 and Device 10, the stub type of area 9 is Stub NSSA.

Verifying the Routes in the OSPFv3 Stub Area

Purpose

Make sure that the expected routes are present in the routing tables.

Action

From operational mode on Device 7 and Device 3, enter the show route command.

Meaning

On Device 7, the default route has been learned because of the default-metric statement on the ABR, Device 3. Otherwise, the only OSPFv3 routes in Device 7’s routing table are those local to area 9 and the OSPFv3 multicast address ff02::5/128 for all SPF link-state routers, also known as AllSPFRouters.

Device 10 has the default route injected by Device 3 and also the OSPF external routes injected by Device 7.

Neither Device 7 nor Device 10 has the external customer routes that were injected into OSPFv3 by Device 5.

On Device 3, all of the OSPFv3 routes have been learned, including the external customer routes, 2001:db8:1010::1/128 and 2001:db8:2020::1/128.

Verifying the Type of LSAs

Purpose

Verify the type of LSAs that are in the area.

Action

From operational mode on Device 7, enter the show ospf3 database nssa detail command.

Meaning

On Device 7, the NSSA LSAs are the type 1 external default route, learned from Device 3, and the type 2 external static routes to the Customer 1 network.

Understanding Not-So-Stubby Areas Filtering

You might have a situation when exporting Type 7 LSAs into a not-so-stubby area (NSSA) is unnecessary. When an autonomous system boundary router (ASBR) is also an area border router (ABR) with an NSSA attached, Type 7 LSAs are exported into the NSSA by default.

Also, when the ASBR (also an ABR) is attached to multiple NSSAs, a separate Type 7 LSA is exported into each NSSA by default. During route redistribution, this routing device generates both Type 5 LSAs and Type 7 LSAs. Hence, to avoid the same route getting redistributed twice (from Type 5 LSAs and Type 7 LSAs), you can disable exporting Type 7 LSAs into the NSSA by including the no-nssa-abr statement on the routing device.

Example: Configuring OSPFv3 Not-So-Stubby Areas with Filtering

This example shows how to configure an OSPFv3 not-so-stubby area (NSSA) when there is no need to inject external routes into the NSSA as Type 7 link-state advertisements (LSAs).

Requirements

No special configuration beyond device initialization is required before configuring this example.

Overview

When an autonomous system border router (ASBR) is also an NSSA area border router (ABR), the routing device generates Type 5 as well as Type 7 LSAs. You can prevent the router from creating Type 7 LSAs for the NSSA with the no-nssa-abr statement.

In this example, Device 5 and Device 3 are in customer networks. Device 4 and Device 2 are both injecting the customer routes into OSPFv3. Area 1 is an NSSA. Because Device 4 is both an NSSA ABR and an ASBR, it generates both type 7 and type 5 LSAs and injects type 7 LSAs into area 1 and type 5 LSAs into area 0. To stop type 7 LSAs from being injected into area 1, the no-nssa-abr statement in included in the Device 4 configuration.

Figure 12: OSPFv3 Network Topology with an NSSA ABR That Is Also an ASBROSPFv3 Network Topology with an NSSA ABR That Is Also an ASBR

CLI Quick Configuration shows the configuration for all of the devices in Figure 12. The section #d28e62__d28e384 describes the steps on Device 4.

Configuration

Procedure

CLI Quick Configuration

To quickly configure this example, copy the following commands, paste them into a text file, remove any line breaks, change any details necessary to match your network configuration, and then copy and paste the commands into the CLI at the [edit] hierarchy level.

Device 1

Device 2

Device 3

Device 4

Device 5

Device 6

Step-by-Step Procedure

The following example requires you to navigate various levels in the configuration hierarchy. For information about navigating the CLI, see “Using the CLI Editor in Configuration Mode” in the CLI User Guide.

To configure Device 4:

  1. Configure the interfaces.

  2. Enable OSPFv3 on the interfaces that are in area 0.

  3. Enable OSPFv3 on the interface that is in area 1.

  4. Configure an OSPFv3 NSSA.

    The nssa statement is required on all routing devices in the area.

  5. On the ABR, inject a default route into the area.

  6. (Optional) On the ABR, specify the external metric type for the default route.

  7. (Optional) On the ABR, specify the flooding of Type 7 LSAs.

  8. On the ABR, restrict summary LSAs from entering the area.

  9. Disable exporting Type 7 LSAs into the NSSA.

    This setting is useful if you have an AS boundary router that is also an ABR with an NSSA area attached.

  10. Configure static routes to the customer network.

  11. Configure a policy to inject the static routes into OSPFv3.

  12. Apply the policy to OSPFv3.

Results

From configuration mode, confirm your configuration by entering the show interfaces, show protocols, show policy-options, and show routing-options commands. If the output does not display the intended configuration, repeat the instructions in this example to correct the configuration.

Device 4

If you are done configuring the device, enter commit from configuration mode.

Verification

Confirm that the configuration is working properly.

Verifying the Routes in the OSPFv3 Stub Area

Purpose

Make sure that the expected routes are present in the routing tables.

Action

From operational mode on Device 1 and Device 6, enter the show route command.

Meaning

On Device 1, the default route (::/0) has been learned because of the default-metric statement on the ABR, Device 4. The customer routes 2001:db8:3030::1 and 2001:db8:4040::1 have been learned from Device 2. The 2001:db8:1010::1 and 2001:db8:2020::1 routes have been suppressed. They are not needed because the default route can be used instead.

On Device 6 in area 0, all of the customer routes have been learned.

Verifying the Type of LSAs

Purpose

Verify the type of LSAs that are in the area.

Action

From operational mode on Device 1, enter the show ospf3 database nssa detail command.

Meaning

Device 4 is not sending Type 7 (NSSA) LSAs for customer routes 2001:db8:1010::1/128 and 2001:db8:2020::1/128. If you were to delete or deactivate the no-nssa-abr statement and then rerun the show ospf3 database nssa detail command, you would see that Device 4 is sending Type 7 LSAs for 2001:db8:1010::1/128 and 2001:db8:2020::1/128.