350-401 · Question #140
Which feature of EIGRP is not supported in OSPF?
The correct answer is A. load balancing of unequal-cost paths. EIGRP uniquely supports unequal-cost path load balancing, a feature that is not available in OSPF.
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Which feature of EIGRP is not supported in OSPF?
Options
- Aload balancing of unequal-cost paths
- Bload balance over four equal-costs paths
- Cuses interface bandwidth to determine best path
- Dper-packet load balancing over multiple paths
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Why each option
EIGRP uniquely supports unequal-cost path load balancing, a feature that is not available in OSPF.
EIGRP supports unequal-cost path load balancing through its 'variance' command, which allows traffic to be distributed across multiple paths that have different metric values, provided they are within a defined multiplier of the best path's metric. OSPF, in contrast, is limited to load balancing only over paths with exactly equal costs.
Both EIGRP and OSPF support load balancing over multiple equal-cost paths; the default maximum is typically 4, but it can often be configured higher.
Both EIGRP (which incorporates bandwidth in its composite metric) and OSPF (which uses interface cost based on bandwidth or a reference bandwidth) consider interface bandwidth when determining the best path.
Both EIGRP and OSPF, when configured with multiple equal-cost paths, can perform per-packet or per-destination (per-flow) load balancing, depending on the platform and configuration, so this is not exclusive to EIGRP.
Concept tested: EIGRP vs OSPF unequal-cost load balancing
Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/iproute_eigrp/configuration/15-mt/ire-15-mt-book/ire-uneql-cost-lb.html
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