OSPFv2 and OSPFv3 for CCIEv5 Lab Exam

I’m currently working towards the CCIE Routing and Switching Lab Exam version 5.0 and I’m following on from the Cisco provided blueprint. Below are a portion of OSPFv2 and OSPFv3 sub topics I’m currently studying that align with the Cisco blueprint. I’ve also linked to the relevant page in the documentation. This is the same documentation available to exam candidates in the exam.

I’m often trying to find where each of the topics from the CCIE R&S Blueprint is within the Cisco documentation (aka Cisco DocCD) so I can quickly find what I need in the Lab Exam, some topics are pretty straightforward and some take me a while to find. I’ll outline more topics as I work through the Blueprint. I also plan to add my own studynotes to go along with the official documentation. Let me know if you see any errors or omissions.

Next up, OSPFv2 and OSPFv3

2.6 OSPF (v2 and v3)

2.6.a Describe packet types
2.6.a (i) LSA types (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9) (Doc Link)
2.6.a (ii) Route types (N1, N2, E1, E2)
2.6.b Implement and troubleshoot neighbor relationship (Doc Link)
2.6.c Implement and troubleshoot OSPFv3 address-family support
2.6.c (i) IPv4 address-family (Doc Link)
2.6.c (ii) IPv6 address-family (Doc Link)
2.6.d Implement and troubleshoot network types, area types and router types
2.6.d (i) Point-to-point, multipoint, broadcast, non-broadcast (Doc Link)
2.6.d (ii) LSA types, area type: backbone, normal, transit, stub, NSSA, totally stub (Doc Link)
2.6.d (iii) Internal router, ABR, ASBR (Doc Link)
2.6.d (iv) Virtual link (Doc Link)
2.6.e Implement and troubleshoot path preference (Doc Link)
2.6.f Implement and troubleshoot operations
2.6.f (i) General operations (Doc Link)
2.6.f (ii) Graceful shutdown (Doc Link)
2.6.f (iii) GTSM (generic TTL security mechanism) (Doc Link)
2.6.g Implement, troubleshoot and optimize OSPF convergence and scalability
2.6.g (i) Metrics (Doc Link)
2.6.g (ii) LSA throttling, SPF tuning, fast hello (Doc Link)
2.6.g (iii) LSA propagation control (area types, ISPF) (Doc Link)
2.6.g (iv) IP FR/fast reroute (single hop) (Doc Link)
2.6.g (v) LFA/loop-free alternative (multi hop) (Doc Link)
2.6.g (vi) OSPFv3 prefix suppression (Doc Link)