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Chapter 6 - IS-IS - Deployment in IP Networks

Chapter 6 discusses the deployment of IS-IS in IP networks, focusing on its interaction with RPR rings and the challenges of handling ring wraps. It also covers the utility of nonstop forwarding, the differences in carrying IPv6 reachability information, and the advantages of incremental SPF over full SPF runs. Additionally, it explains the limitation of originating only 256 fragments per LSP due to the size of the fragment number field.

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Chapter 6 - IS-IS - Deployment in IP Networks

Chapter 6 discusses the deployment of IS-IS in IP networks, focusing on its interaction with RPR rings and the challenges of handling ring wraps. It also covers the utility of nonstop forwarding, the differences in carrying IPv6 reachability information, and the advantages of incremental SPF over full SPF runs. Additionally, it explains the limitation of originating only 256 fragments per LSP due to the size of the fragment number field.

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Chapter 6 | IS-IS: Deployment in IP Networks

Chapter 6

1:What aspect of RPR rings does IS-IS take advantage of by


interacting with the data link layer protocols?
A1:IS-IS takes advantage of the ability of RPR rings to direct traffic
along the most optimal path on the ring, and to choose the best
entry point into the ring.
2:What is the major difficulty with handling RPR ring wraps for
IS-IS?
A2:The major difficulty is that the state of the neighbors on the ring
doesn't change; although the RPR ring has wrapped,
connnectivity from a layer 3 perspective doesn't change.
3:Under what conditions is nonstop forwarding useful in IS-IS?
A3:When there is an unexpected software event or the operator
would like to modify the IS-IS process on one device without
affecting the network.
4:What is the difference between the two methods of carrying
IPv6 reachability information?
A4:One method carries the IPv6 reachability information within the
same topology as the IPv4 topology information, while the other
method carries the IPv6 information as a separate topology.
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5:In a multi-topology environment, what are the effects of a


discontinuous topology? How is it different from a
discontinuous or partitioned topology in a network not using the
multi-topology enhancements?
A5:Some destinations will not be reachable if some topologies are
discontiguous; this is the same effect as a partitioned topology
with no partition repair.
6:What is the advantage of using incremental SPF over a full SPF
run? Are there topology changes in which the use of
incremental SPF may not really present any advantages?
A6:SPF is run over a much smaller part of the tree for topology
changes; with full SPF, each topology change results in a
complete calculation of the SPF tree. If a change is close to the
root of the tree, there will be little difference in the time
required to run a partial SPF versus running a full SPF.
7:Why can only 256 fragments per LSP be originated?
A7:An LSP can originate only 256 fragments because the size of the
fragment number field is only 8 bits wide.

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