OSPF Protocol

Link State-protocol: #each router adv about the state of his links / interface's subnet
Hierarchical Area ( group of routers),  Area type: backbone, std , Stub, NSSA
All routers share the same database when in the same Area
Route redistribution ( from/to other protocol ) + summarization 
OSPF-TE:  carry BW,

1- place the source router at the root of the tree
2- calculate the cost ( Ref BW/link BW) to the destination
3- pick the one with the lowest cost
4- if same cost lowest RID ( def= system Mac@)

OSPF-TE: build a separate tree with all other constrate: BW, ...

| LL |  IP header ( protocol id= 89 ) | OSPF packet type | LT | 
  14B          20B                         20B + Data       

Link Layer / Link Trailer 

OSPF Header:  
       Ver , Packet Type/Length , RID/AreaID, Checksum, Auth type/key
Checksum: complement(1>0 and 0>1) 16bit at the time, + all together

Multicast @ ( + unicast)

L3 Multicast address:
        All OSPF speaker: 224.0.0.5
        All DR/BDR: 224.0.0.6
L2 Multicast address:   
       01-00-5E-00-00-05 & 01-00-5E-00-00-06

Unicast in case of repeat: LSR could be drop, 

1- Hello
2- Database Descriptor
3- Link State Request
4- Link State Update
5- Acknowledge  ( All LS messages are acknowledge )

Network mask: ( the src IP is in the IP@ header! )
hello Interval: 10sec Router Dead interval: 40sec
Options:
Router Priority:
( Bcst link: DRID and BDRID )
Neighbor: IP@ ( Bcst list of Neighbor)

https://lpmazariegos.com/2015/12/28/ospf-hello-packets/

 OSPF DR election is non-preemptive

election takes place by exchange of Hello packets

1- set the new priorities and
2- trigger re-election by clearing the adjacency
3- convergence time depend on number of routes

Priority: Highest preferred ( Link )

In case of a tie, the router with highest router-id is elected the DR.

Contain multiple LSAs  ( up to maximum packet size / MTU )

1- response to Request ( OSPF packet Limk state request type 3 )

2- After a new adjacency is formed 

Mcst to all OSPF routers ( 224.0.0.5) and all DRs ( 224.0.0.6)

Created by ABR ( created from LSA1? or LSA5? or LSA7??)

Include:    the metric to reach the ASBR, and the route information being summarized.

From ASBR ( any to OSPF )

E1 includes – "Total cost"  internal cost to ASBR added to external cost,

E2 does not include – internal cost. it is same as external cost.

for external routes that are redistributed into OSPF from other routing domains.

Origin: ASBR

= Type 5 ( but NSSA does not allow Type 5 ) 

= ABR will translate Type 7 to Type 5 ( to go into Backbone )

LSA Type 7 includes information such as the Advertising Router (ASBR), the network mask, and the external route information.

issue with MTU

negotiate: the Master / Slave ( define the seq number) and in charge of  dB sync

master: highest RID