IS-IS Routing Protocol – Cheatsheet – Part-2 Version 2
IS-IS Routing Process
1 UPDATE LSPs are generated and flooded throughout the network
IS-IS Hello
Types
2 DECISION Create SPT & Routing table based on Dijkstra’s algorithm
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3 FORWARDING forwarding database is created www.networkwalks.com q ESH
(ES Hello)
w ISH
(IS Hello)
e IIH
(IS to IS Hello)
4 RECEIVE After receiving a frame, IS-IS checks it, passes user data and error reports
to the FORWARDING process & Routing info to UPDATE process
Sent by ES to an IS Sent by IS to an ES Sent between two ISs
IS-IS Tables
NEIGHBOUR Table All Adjacent Routers List
IS-IS Packet Format TOPOLOGY Table
LSA’s Table (complete info about the
networks in same area)
8 16 24 32
ROUTING Table Best Routes www.networkwalks.com
Version /
IRPD Length ID Length
Protocol ID
Reserved PDU Type Version Reserved IS-IS Route Types
Max Area
Type Length
i* IS-IS Default Route
Address
i L1 IS-IS Level-1 Route
Value i L2 IS-IS Level-2 Route
i su IS-IS Summary Route www.networkwalks.com
L2 Header IS-IS Header IS-IS Data IS-IS DIS (DR) Election
1. Highest Interface Priority (Default interface priority = 64)
2. Highest SNPA (MAC/DLCI)
3. Highest System-ID
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IS-IS Rules to find best Route
✓ Internal paths are always preferred over External paths
✓ Level-1 paths within the area are preferred over Level-2 paths outside the area
Other IS-IS Intervals
Timer/Interval Value
✓ If there is no path, the forwarding database sends the packet to the nearest
Level-2 Router
LS AGING 1,200 sec or 20 min (counts down)
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SPF DELAY /HOLDTIME 5.5 sec / 10 sec
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