The original question (as I understood) was about a single LSA that is larger than 1500 bytes (think Type 1 LSA for a router with 200 interfaces). I can't see how such an LSA could be divided into multiple OSPF messages so the only logical (implementation independent) solution seems to be to fragment the packet at the IP layer. Am I missing something?
If you are asking about how LSAs that are individually smaller than 1500 byte are grouped together, then my (moderately educated :) answer is this: IOS defines a constant called MAXOSPFPACKETSIZE to be 1500 bytes and another constant called MAX_OSPF_DATA to be MAXOSPFPACKETSIZE - IPHEADERBYTES - OSPF_HDR_SIZE. The code that transmits the LSAs keeps packing the LSAs into the same packet as long as their total length is below MAX_OSPF_DATA, the net result being that the size of the IP packet can be up to 1500 bytes (and will in fact be close to it if the individual LSAs are not too big) if there are enough LSAs, regardless of the MTU. So for example if you set the IP MTU on an Ethernet interface to 500 bytes, and you have a large enough OSPF database, then you should see a lot of fragmented OSPF packets, regardless of how big the individual LSAs are. I didn't write the code though, so take all this with a grain of salt. :) Thanks, Zsombor At 12:40 AM 7/9/2003 +0000, Howard C. Berkowitz wrote: >At 10:46 PM +0000 7/8/03, Zsombor Papp wrote: > >The LSA will be fragmented at the IP layer. > >Do you know for certain this is what Cisco's implementation does? >The OSPF code is aware of the MTU and can build OSPF packets for it. >I don't think you're really going to simplify it by relieving it of >the need to keep track of lengths. > >On the other hand, if you send a LSupdate that is at the MTU, the >receiving router can immediately start checking and installing it in >the LSDB, without waiting for fragments. This allows some concurrency >between OSPF packet transmission and OSPF protocol processing. > > >At 11:39 AM 7/8/2003 +0000, hebn9999 wrote: > >>layer 2 frame has a MTU of 1500 bytes. > >> how does cisco router propagate router-lsa whose size exceed 1500 > > >bytes(more than 122 links in one area)? Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=72048&t=72024 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
