400-007 · Question #158
Refer to the exhibit. An engineer is designing a multiarea OSPF network for a client who also has a large EIGRP domain. EIGRP routes are getting redistributed into OSPF. OSPF area 20 has routers…
The correct answer is C. area 20 as a NSSA area. Making area 20 an NSSA blocks Type 5 external LSAs from EIGRP 111's ASBR in the backbone while still allowing EIGRP 222 routes to be redistributed into area 20 as Type 7 LSAs by a local ASBR.
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Refer to the exhibit. An engineer is designing a multiarea OSPF network for a client who also has a large EIGRP domain. EIGRP routes are getting redistributed into OSPF. OSPF area 20 has routers with limited memory and CPU resources. The engineer wants to block routes from EIGRP 111 from propagating into area 20 and allow EIGRP 222 routes to flow in. Which OSPF area type fulfills this design requirement?
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Options
- Aarea 20 as a stub area
- Btype 5 LSA filtering on the ASBR between EIGRP 111 and area a
- Carea 20 as a NSSA area
- Dtype 3 LSA filtering on the ABR between area 0 area 20
How the community answered
(25 responses)- A4% (1)
- B12% (3)
- C64% (16)
- D20% (5)
Why each option
Making area 20 an NSSA blocks Type 5 external LSAs from EIGRP 111's ASBR in the backbone while still allowing EIGRP 222 routes to be redistributed into area 20 as Type 7 LSAs by a local ASBR.
A stub area blocks all Type 5 LSAs entirely, which would prevent both EIGRP 111 and EIGRP 222 routes from reaching area 20, not just EIGRP 111.
Filtering Type 5 LSAs on the ASBR between EIGRP 111 and area 0 suppresses those routes domain-wide, not selectively for area 20, and would affect all other OSPF areas as well.
An NSSA does not accept Type 5 LSAs flooded from ASBRs in other areas, which prevents EIGRP 111 external routes from propagating into area 20. A local ASBR in area 20 can still redistribute EIGRP 222 routes as Type 7 LSAs, which the ABR then translates into Type 5 LSAs for the rest of the OSPF domain - satisfying both the filtering and the selective redistribution requirements while reducing memory and CPU load on area 20 routers.
Type 3 LSAs carry inter-area summary routes, not external redistributed routes; filtering them on the ABR would not affect EIGRP-redistributed Type 5 LSAs propagating into area 20.
Concept tested: OSPF NSSA selective external route filtering
Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/iproute_ospf/configuration/xe-3s/iro-xe-3s-book/iro-ospf-not-so-stub.html
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