Configuring Eigrp - Cisco ONS 15454 Software Feature And Configuration Manual
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Chapter 10
Configuring Networking Protocols
Table 10-3 Show IP OSPF Statistics Commands (continued)
Command
Router(config)# show ip ospf interface [ interface-name ]
Router(config)# show ip ospf neighbor [ interface-name ]
[ neighbor-id ] detail
Router(config)# show ip ospf virtual-links
Configuring EIGRP
Enhanced IGRP (EIGRP) is a Cisco proprietary enhanced version of the IGRP. Enhanced IGRP uses the
same distance vector algorithm and distance information as IGRP; however, the convergence properties
and the operating efficiency of Enhanced IGRP are significantly improved.
The convergence technology employs an algorithm referred to as the Diffusing Update Algorithm
(DUAL), which guarantees loop-free operation at every instant throughout a route computation and
allows all devices involved in a topology change to synchronize at the same time. Routers that are not
affected by topology changes are not involved in recomputations.
IP EIGRP provides increased network width. With RIP, the largest possible width of your network is
15 hops. When IGRP is enabled, the largest possible width is 224 hops. Because the EIGRP metric is
large enough to support thousands of hops, the only barrier to expanding the network is the
transport-layer hop counter. EIGRP increments the transport control field only when an IP packet has
traversed 15 routers and the next hop to the destination was learned through EIGRP. When a RIP route
is used as the next hop to the destination, the transport control field is incremented as usual.
EIGRP offers these features:
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EIGRP has these four basic components:
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Fast convergence.
Incremental updates when the state of a destination changes, instead of sending the entire contents
of the routing table, minimizing the bandwidth required for EIGRP packets.
Less CPU usage than IGRP because full update packets need not be processed each time they are
received.
Protocol-independent neighbor discovery mechanism to learn about neighboring routers.
Variable-length subnet masks (VLSMs).
Arbitrary route summarization.
EIGRP scales to large networks.
Neighbor discovery and recovery is the process that routers use to dynamically learn of other routers
on their directly attached networks. Routers must also discover when their neighbors become
unreachable or inoperative. Neighbor discovery and recovery is achieved with low overhead by
periodically sending small hello packets. As long as hello packets are received, the Cisco IOS
software can determine that a neighbor is alive and functioning. When this status is determined, the
neighboring routers can exchange routing information.
The reliable transport protocol is responsible for guaranteed, ordered delivery of EIGRP packets to
all neighbors. It supports intermixed transmission of multicast and unicast packets. Some EIGRP
packets must be sent reliably, and others need not be. For efficiency, reliability is provided only
when necessary. For example, on a multiaccess network that has multicast capabilities (such as
Ethernet), it is not necessary to send hellos reliably to all neighbors individually. Therefore, EIGRP
sends a single multicast hello with an indication in the packet informing the receivers that the packet
Purpose
Displays OSPF-related interface information.
Displays OSPF interface neighbor information.
Displays OSPF-related virtual links information.
Configuring IP Routing
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