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352-001 · Question #218

Which statement about OSPF incremental SPF is true?

The correct answer is D. iSPF is local to the router and does not require interoperability. OSPF incremental SPF (iSPF) is a local router optimization that recalculates only the affected portion of the SPF tree rather than the full tree. It requires no coordination with neighboring routers.

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Question

Which statement about OSPF incremental SPF is true?

Options

  • AiSPF must be enabled on all routers in the domain.
  • BiSPF must be enabled on all routers in a particular area.
  • CiSPF capability is advertised using Opaque LSAs.
  • DiSPF is local to the router and does not require interoperability.
  • EiSPF is negotiated during the OSPF adjacency process.

How the community answered

(26 responses)
  • A
    8% (2)
  • B
    4% (1)
  • D
    85% (22)
  • E
    4% (1)

Why each option

OSPF incremental SPF (iSPF) is a local router optimization that recalculates only the affected portion of the SPF tree rather than the full tree. It requires no coordination with neighboring routers.

AiSPF must be enabled on all routers in the domain.

iSPF has no domain-wide enablement requirement because it is a local algorithmic optimization, not a protocol extension that peers must support.

BiSPF must be enabled on all routers in a particular area.

Area-wide enablement is not required for the same reason - iSPF affects only the local router's SPF computation, not how LSAs are flooded or processed by neighbors.

CiSPF capability is advertised using Opaque LSAs.

iSPF does not use Opaque LSAs because it is never advertised to or negotiated with peers - it is invisible to the rest of the OSPF domain.

DiSPF is local to the router and does not require interoperability.Correct

iSPF is purely a local computation optimization on the router that processes its own link-state database. Because it does not change any OSPF protocol messages or LSA formats, neighboring routers need no knowledge of it - a router running iSPF interoperates transparently with routers that run full SPF.

EiSPF is negotiated during the OSPF adjacency process.

OSPF adjacency formation uses Hello packets and the DBD/LSR/LSU/LSAck exchange; iSPF is not part of this process and is never negotiated.

Concept tested: OSPF incremental SPF local router optimization

Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/iproute_ospf/configuration/xe-3s/iro-xe-3s-book/iro-incremental-spf.html

Topics

#OSPF iSPF#incremental SPF#SPF optimization#local configuration

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