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Non-broadcast multi-access (NBMA): If Frame Relay, ATM, or X.25 is adopted,
OSPF defaults the network type to NBMA. In an NBMA network, protocol
packets are sent in unicast.
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Point-to-multipoint (P2MP): OSPF will not default the network type of any link
layer protocol to P2MP. A P2MP network must be compulsorily changed from
another network type. The common practice is to change an NBMA network
into a P2MP network. In a P2MP network, protocol packets are sent in
multicast (224.0.0.5).
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Point-to-point (P2P): If PPP or HDLC is adopted, OSPF defaults the network type
to P2P. In a P2P network, protocol packets are sent in multicast (224.0.0.5).
Principles for configuring an NBMA network
An NBMA network is a non-broadcast and multi-accessible network. ATM and
frame relay networks are typical NBMA networks.
Some special configurations need to be done on an NBMA network. In an NBMA
network, an OSPF router cannot discover an adjacent router by broadcasting Hello
packets. Therefore, you must manually specify an IP address for the adjacent
router and whether the adjacent router has the right to vote for a DR.
An NBMA network must be fully connected. That is, any two routers in the
network must be directly reachable to each other through a virtual circuit. If two
routers in the network are not directly reachable to each other, you must configure
the corresponding interface type to P2MP. If a router in the network has only one
peer, you can change the corresponding interface type to P2P.
The differences between NBMA and P2MP are as follows:
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An NBMA network is fully connected, non-broadcast, and multi-accessible,
whereas a P2MP network is not necessarily fully connected.
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DR and BDR are required to be elected on an NBMA network but not on a
P2MP network.
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NBMA is a default network type. A P2MP network, however, must be
compulsorily changed from another network type. The more common practice
is to change an NBMA network into a P2MP network.
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NBMA sends protocol packets in unicast and neighbors should be configured
manually, while P2MP sends protocol packets in multicast.
DR and BDR
In a broadcast network or an NBMA network, routing information needs to be
transmitted between any two routers. If there are n routers in the network, n x
(n-1)/2 adjacencies need to be established. In this case, the route changes on any
router will result in multiple transmissions, which waste bandwidth. To solve this
problem, DR is defined in OSPF so that all routers send information to the DR only
and the DR broadcasts the network link states in the network.
If the DR fails, a new DR must be elected and synchronized with the other routers
on the network. The process takes quite a long time; in the process, route
calculation is incorrect. To shorten the process, BDR is introduced in OSPF.
Summary of Contents for Switch 7754
Page 32: ...32 CHAPTER 1 CLI OVERVIEW ...
Page 70: ...70 CHAPTER 5 LOGGING IN USING MODEM ...
Page 76: ...76 CHAPTER 7 LOGGING IN THROUGH NMS ...
Page 86: ...86 CHAPTER 9 CONFIGURATION FILE MANAGEMENT ...
Page 120: ...120 CHAPTER 13 ISOLATE USER VLAN CONFIGURATION ...
Page 126: ...126 CHAPTER 14 SUPER VLAN ...
Page 136: ...136 CHAPTER 16 IP PERFORMANCE CONFIGURATION ...
Page 152: ...152 CHAPTER 17 IPX CONFIGURATION ...
Page 164: ...164 CHAPTER 19 QINQ CONFIGURATION ...
Page 172: ...172 CHAPTER 21 SHARED VLAN CONFIGURATION ...
Page 182: ...182 CHAPTER 22 PORT BASIC CONFIGURATION ...
Page 198: ...198 CHAPTER 24 PORT ISOLATION CONFIGURATION ...
Page 208: ...208 CHAPTER 25 PORT SECURITY CONFIGURATION ...
Page 224: ...224 CHAPTER 27 DLDP CONFIGURATION ...
Page 232: ...232 CHAPTER 28 MAC ADDRESS TABLE MANAGEMENT ...
Page 240: ...240 CHAPTER 29 CENTRALIZED MAC ADDRESS AUTHENTICATION CONFIGURATION ...
Page 280: ...280 CHAPTER 30 MSTP CONFIGURATION ...
Page 348: ...348 CHAPTER 35 IS IS CONFIGURATION ...
Page 408: ...408 CHAPTER 39 802 1X CONFIGURATION ...
Page 412: ...412 CHAPTER 40 HABP CONFIGURATION ...
Page 422: ...422 CHAPTER 41 MULTICAST OVERVIEW ...
Page 426: ...426 CHAPTER 42 GMRP CONFIGURATION ...
Page 480: ...480 CHAPTER 47 PIM CONFIGURATION ...
Page 506: ...506 CHAPTER 48 MSDP CONFIGURATION ...
Page 552: ...552 CHAPTER 51 TRAFFIC ACCOUNTING CONFIGURATION ...
Page 570: ...570 CHAPTER 53 HA CONFIGURATION ...
Page 582: ...582 CHAPTER 54 ARP CONFIGURATION SwitchA arp protective down recover interval 200 ...
Page 622: ...622 CHAPTER 58 DHCP RELAY AGENT CONFIGURATION ...
Page 684: ...684 CHAPTER 61 QOS CONFIGURATION ...
Page 718: ...718 CHAPTER 63 CLUSTER ...
Page 738: ...738 CHAPTER 67 UDP HELPER CONFIGURATION ...
Page 752: ...752 CHAPTER 69 RMON CONFIGURATION ...
Page 772: ...772 CHAPTER 70 NTP CONFIGURATION ...
Page 796: ...796 CHAPTER 72 FILE SYSTEM MANAGEMENT ...
Page 802: ...802 CHAPTER 73 BIMS CONFIGURATION ...
Page 814: ...814 CHAPTER 74 FTP AND TFTP CONFIGURATION ...
Page 830: ...830 CHAPTER 75 INFORMATION CENTER ...
Page 836: ...836 CHAPTER 76 DNS CONFIGURATION ...
Page 852: ...852 CHAPTER 77 BOOTROM AND HOST SOFTWARE LOADING ...
Page 858: ...858 CHAPTER 78 BASIC SYSTEM CONFIGURATION DEBUGGING ...