Configuring Single Area – c

IS-IS - Level-2 Only

KHAWAR BUTT
CCIE # 12353 [R/S, SECURITY, SP, DC, VOICE, STORAGE, WIRELESS]
CCDE # 20110020
Overview
 Default IS-IS Router Setup
 IS-IS Level-2 Routers
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 Configuring IS-IS Level-2 Routers Only
 Configuring IS-IS Level-1 Neighbor Relationship Only
Sample Topology

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Default IS-IS Router Setup
IS-IS Level-1 Routers are equivalent to Internal OSPF routers.
These routers only communicate to routers within their own areas.
By default, all Cisco routers are configured
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as Level-1-2 Routers,
which means they create the detailed Intra-Area database like the
OSPF LSA Type 1/2 Database and the Level-2 Database as well, the
OSPF LSA Type 3 Database.
Depending on the neighbor capabilities the router establishes and
exchange the appropriate database.
The only type of neighbor relationship that will be setup between 2
routers in separate areas is Level-2.
IS-IS Level-2 Routers
If you have a Transit Area and want to minimize the Memory utilization,
you can configure the router as a Level-2 Only Router.
This will configure the router to only create and exchange the Level-2
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database.
The Level-2 database contains the summary information about all the
routes Inter or Intra Area Routes.
A Level-2 router will only establish a neighbor relationship based on Level-
2 with the neighbor regardless of what the other router has been
configured with.
The Level-1-2 router will only exchange a Level-2 database with this
router.
Configuring a Level-2 Only Router
 The “IS-type Level-2-only” command under the IS-IS Routing process
configures a router to create and exchange a Level-2 Database only.

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Router isis
is-type level-2-only
Configuring IS-IS Circuit types
 You do have the ability to configure a Level-1-2 router to establish a Level-2
neighbor relationship on a interface basis.
 Although it will maintain both the Databases, it will only configure a Level-2
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neighbor relationship based on this configuration.
 The following configuration assumes that the router is configured based on
the default Level-1-2 IS-Type configuration

Interface E 0/0
ip router isis
isis circuit-type Level-2-only
Whiteboard