LSA types for OSPFv3

Communication among OSPFv3 areas is provided by means of link-state advertisements (LSAs). OSPFv3 supports a number of types of LSAs:

• Router LSAs (Type 1)
• Network LSAs (Type 2)
• Interarea-prefix LSAs for ABRs (Type 3)
• Interarea-router LSAs for ASBRs (Type 4)
• Autonomous system External LSAs (Type 5)
• NSSA External LSAs (Type 7)
• Link LSAs (Type 8)
• Intra-area-prefix LSAs (Type 9)

For more information about these LSAs, refer to RFC 5340.