Graceful Restart and Not-So-Stubby Area (NSSA) Supported for Open Shortest Path First (OSPFv3)

This feature upgrades Open Shortest Path First (OSPFv3) to support graceful restart and Not-So-Stubby Area (NSSA):

Supported Platforms

Summit X450-G2, X460-G2, X670-G2, X770, and ExtremeSwitching X620, X440-G2 series switches

New CLI Commands

configure ospfv3 lsa-batch-interval seconds

configure ospfv3 area area-identifier nssa [nosummary | summary] stub-defaultcost cost {translate}

configure ospfv3 restart [none | planned | unplanned | both]

configure ospfv3 restart grace-period seconds

configure ospfv3 [[vlan | tunnel] all | {vlan} vlan-name | {tunnel} tunnel-name | area area-identifier] restart-helper [none | planned | unplanned | both]

enable ospfv3 [[vlan | tunnel] all | {vlan} vlan-name | {tunnel} tunnel-name | area area-identifier] restart-helper-lsa-check

disable ospfv3 [[vlan | tunnel] all | {vlan} vlan-name | {tunnel} tunnel-name | area area-identifier] restart-helper-lsa-check

enable ospfv3 virtual-link {routerid} router-identifier {area} area-identifier restart-helper-lsa-check

disable ospfv3 virtual-link {routerid} router-identifier {area} area-identifier restart-helper-lsa-check

Changed CLI Commands

Changes are underlined.

configure ospfv3 area area_identifier add range ipv6netmask [advertise | noadvertise] [inter-prefix | nssa]

configure ospfv3 area area-identifier delete range ipv6Netmask [inter-prefix | nssa]

configure ospfv3 virtual-link {routerid} router-identifier {area} area-identifier restart-helper [none | planned | unplanned | both]

The following show commands now display additional information (shown in bold):

show ospfv3 

OSPFv3              : Enabled            RouterId            : 10.1.1.1 
RouterId Selection  : Configured         ASBR                : No 
ABR                 : No                 ExtLSAs             : 0 
ExtLSAChecksum      : 0x0                OriginateNewLSAs    : 3 
ReceivedNewLSAs     : 0                  SpfHoldTime         : 10s      
Num of Areas        : 1                  10M Cost            : 100          
100M Cost           : 50                                     1000M Cost (1G)     : 40           
10000M Cost (10G)   : 20                 40000M Cost (40G)   : 20           
100000M Cost (100G) : 10 
Num of Areas        : 1                  LSA Batch Interval  : 30s 
10M Cost            : 100                100M Cost           : 50 
1000M Cost (1G)     : 40                 10000M Cost (10G)   : 20 
40000M Cost (40G)   : 20                 100000M Cost (100G) : 10 
Router Alert        : Disabled 
ASExternal LSALimit : Disabled           Timeout (Count)     : Disabled (0) 
Originate Default   : Disabled 
Graceful Restart    : Both               Grace Period        : 120s 
Restart Status      : None 
Last Restart Exit Reason: None 
Import Policy File  : none 
Redistribute: 
  Protocol               Status    Cost      Type  Tag    Policy 
  direct                 Disabled  20        2     ---    none 
  e-bgp                  Disabled  20        2     ---    none 
  i-bgp                  Disabled  20        2     ---    none 
  ripng                  Disabled  20        2     ---    none 
  static                 Disabled  20        2     ---    none 
  isis-level-1           Disabled  20        2     ---    none 
  isis-level-2           Disabled  20        2     ---    none 
  isis-level-1-external  Disabled  20        2     ---    none 
  isis-level-2-external  Disabled  20        2     ---    none 
show ospfv3 interfaces detail 

Interface           : v100               Enabled             : ENABLED 
Router              : ENABLED            AreaID              : 0.0.0.0 
RouterID            : 10.1.1.2           Link Type           : point-to-point 
Passive             : No                 Cost                : 40/A 
Priority            : 1                  Transit Delay       : 1s 
Hello Interval      : 10s                Rtr Dead Time       : 40s 
Retransmit Interval : 5s                 Wait Timer          : 40s 
Interface ID        : 19                 Instance ID         : 0 
State               : P2P                Number of state chg : 1 
Hello due in        : 7s                 Number of events    : 2 
Total Num of Nbrs   : 1                  Nbrs in FULL State  : 1 
Hellos Rxed         : 127733             Hellos Txed         : 127739 
DB Description Rxed : 4                  DB Description Txed : 3 
LSA Request Rxed    : 1                  LSA Request Txed    : 1 
LSA Update Rxed     : 2121               LSA Update Txed     : 6156 
LSA Ack Rxed        : 5962               LSA Ack Txed        : 2121 
In Discards         : 0 
DR RtId             : 0.0.0.0            BDR RtId            : 0.0.0.0 
Restart Helper      : Both 
Restart Helper Strict LSA Checking: Enabled      
BFD Protection      : Off 
show ospfv3 area detail 

Area Identifier     : 1.0.0.0            Type                : NORM 
Router ID           : 10.1.1.2           Num of Interfaces   : 1 
Spf Runs            : 7                  Num ABRs            : 1 
Num ASBRs           : 0                  Num DC-Bit LSAs     : 0 
Num Indication LSAs : 0                  Num of DoNotAge LSAs: 0 
Num LSAs            : 8                  LSA Chksum          : 0x4d0f7 
Num ASBRs           : 1                  Num LSAs            : 2 
Num Rtr LSAs        : 1                  Num Net LSAs        : 0 
Num Inter-pref LSAs : 0                  Num Inter-rtr LSAs  : 0 
Num Intra-pref LSAs : 1                  Num NSSA LSAs       : 0 
LSA Chksum          : 0xbe09 
Num of Nbrs         : 1                  Num of Virtual Nbrs : 1 
Interfaces: 
Interface Name                  Ospf State    DR ID           BDR ID 
vlan101                         E    BDR      3.0.0.0         2.0.0.0 
Inter-Area route Filter: none 
External route Filter  : none 
Configured Address Ranges: 
Area: 0.0.0.1 Addr: 3100::/64 Type: 3 Advt: Yes 
Addr: 3100::/64 Type: inter-prefix Advt: Yes 
Addr: 3200::/64 Type: nssa         Advt: No 
show ospfv3 area detail 

Area Identifier     : 2.0.0.0            Type                : NSSA 
Summary             : Yes                Default Metric      : 10 
Translate           : Candidate (Elected) 
Router ID           : 10.1.4.1           Num of Interfaces   : 1 
Spf Runs            : 14                 Num ABRs            : 1 
Num ASBRs           : 2                  Num LSAs            : 10 
Num Rtr LSAs        : 2                  Num Net LSAs        : 1 
Num Inter-pref LSAs : 4                  Num Inter-rtr LSAs  : 0 
Num Intra-pref LSAs : 1                  Num NSSA LSAs       : 2 
LSA Chksum          : 0x3b142 
Num of Nbrs         : 1                  Num of Virtual Nbrs : 0 
Interfaces: 
Interface Name                  Ospf State    DR ID           BDR ID 
vlan400                         E    BDR      0.0.0.4         0.0.0.3 
Inter-Area route Filter: none 
External route Filter  : none 
show ospfv3 lsdb area 0.0.0.2 
                Router LSA for Area 0.0.0.2 
Link State ID    ADV Router       Seq#        Age   Checksum  #Links 
-------------------------------------------------------------------- 
0.0.0.0          0.0.0.3          0x80000004  835   0x9b19    1 
0.0.0.0          0.0.0.4          0x80000004  837   0x8431    1 

                Network LSA for Area 0.0.0.2 

Link State ID    ADV Router       Seq#        Age   Checksum 
------------------------------------------------------------ 
0.15.66.70       0.0.0.4          0x80000003  837   0x423c 

                Inter Area Prefix LSA for Area 0.0.0.2 

Link State ID    ADV Router       Seq#        Age   Checksum 
----------------------------------------------------------- 
0.0.0.2          0.0.0.3          0x80000003  829   0x734d 
0.0.0.3          0.0.0.3          0x80000003  829   0x5521 
0.0.0.4          0.0.0.3          0x80000003  829   0x543 
0.0.0.5          0.0.0.3          0x80000003  808   0x4560 

                NSSA LSA for Area 0.0.0.2 

Link State ID    ADV Router       Seq#        Age   Checksum  MetricType 
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
0.0.0.2          0.0.0.3          0x80000003  839   0x728f    type-1 
0.0.0.8          0.0.0.4          0x80000003  898   0x5d7f    type-1 

                Intra Area Prefix LSA for Area 0.0.0.2 

Link State ID    ADV Router       Seq#        Age   Checksum  #Prefix  Reference 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
0.1.0.0          0.0.0.4          0x80000005  838   0x6c9d    1        Network-LSA 
show ospfv3 lsdb stats 
Interface vlan100 
------------------------ 
LSA Type           Count 
------------------------ 
Link               2 
Unknown            0 

Interface v1 
------------------------ 
LSA Type           Count 
------------------------ 
Link               0 
Unknown            0 

Area ID 0.0.0.0 
------------------------ 
LSA Type           Count 
------------------------ 
Router             3 
Network            1 
Inter-Area-Prefix  7 
Inter-Area-Router  1 
NSSA               0 
Intra-Area-Prefix  1 
Unknown            0 

Global 
------------------------ 
LSA Type           Count 
------------------------ 
AS External        1 
Unknown            0 
show ospfv3 lsdb stats lstype router 

Area ID 0.0.0.0 
------------------------ 
LSA Type           Count 
------------------------ 
Router             3 
Network            0 
Inter-Area-Prefix  0 
Inter-Area-Router  0 
Intra-Area-Prefix  0 
Unknown            0 

Deleted CLI Commands

show ospfv3 memory {detail | memoryType}