09-15-2015 09:10 PM - edited 03-08-2019 01:48 AM
Folks - quick question...
scenario: L3 switches
Sw1----Sw2---Sw3---Sw4
All interfaces are on a /29
OSPF running..
Should sw1 establish a neighborship (if not an adjacency) with sw4?
My thought is yes...
Thanks
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09-16-2015 12:11 AM
Hi,
not sure if i understand the scenario correctly.
If all switches have SVIs in a common /29 subnet and you enable OSPF (non-passive) for that subnet, they should all become neighbors. If you don't enable OSPF on Sw2/Sw3, Sw1 and Sw4 will become neighbors anyway when layer-2 communication is possible end-to-end via the corresponding VLAN.
With the default network type (broadcast), after DR/BDR election every switch will establish an adjacency with the DR and BDR, whereas DROthers among each other won't (2-way state).
In your physical topology the switches are connected in a point-to-point manner, however, a key characteristic of Ethernet is that all stations can communicate directly to each other on the same segement, so logically it acts like a full mesh. The OSPF network types Broadcast and NBMA heavily rely on this capability.
Does that answer your question?
Rolf
09-16-2015 12:11 AM
Hi,
not sure if i understand the scenario correctly.
If all switches have SVIs in a common /29 subnet and you enable OSPF (non-passive) for that subnet, they should all become neighbors. If you don't enable OSPF on Sw2/Sw3, Sw1 and Sw4 will become neighbors anyway when layer-2 communication is possible end-to-end via the corresponding VLAN.
With the default network type (broadcast), after DR/BDR election every switch will establish an adjacency with the DR and BDR, whereas DROthers among each other won't (2-way state).
In your physical topology the switches are connected in a point-to-point manner, however, a key characteristic of Ethernet is that all stations can communicate directly to each other on the same segement, so logically it acts like a full mesh. The OSPF network types Broadcast and NBMA heavily rely on this capability.
Does that answer your question?
Rolf
09-16-2015 07:50 PM
Yes, your answers are inline with my thoughts...just wanted a sanity check...could have labbed it up, but the day has been insanely busy....thanks
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