An ABR can connect to many areas in an AS, and is considered a member of each area it connects to.Autonomous System Border Router (ASBR)The autonomous system border area router (ASBR) connects to more than one AS and exchanges information with the routers in otherASs.Generally, the ASBR connects to a non-interior gate protocol (IGP) such as BGP or uses static routes.Internal Router (IR)The internal router (IR) has adjacencies with ONLY routers in the same area, as Router E, M, and I shown in the example in the RouterTypes.Designated and Backup Designated RoutersOSPF elects a designated router (DR) and a backup designated router (BDR). Among other things, the DR is responsible for generatingLSAs for the entire multiaccess network.Designated routers allow a reduction in network traffic and in the size of the topological database.• The DR maintains a complete topology table of the network and sends the updates to the other routers via multicast. All routers in anarea form a slave/master relationship with the DR. Every time a router sends an update, the router sends it to the DR and BDR. The DRsends the update out to all other routers in the area.• The BDR is the router that takes over if the DR fails.Each router exchanges information with the DR and BDR. The DR and BDR relay the information to the other routers. On broadcastnetwork segments, the number of OSPF packets is further reduced by the DR and BDR sending such OSPF updates to a multicast IPaddress that all OSPF routers on the network segment are listening on.These router designations are not the same ad the router IDs described earlier. The DRs and BDRs are configurable in Dell Networking OS.If you do not define DR or BDR, the system assigns them. OSPF looks at the priority of the routers on the segment to determine whichrouters are the DR and BDR. The router with the highest priority is elected the DR. If there is a tie, the router with the higher router IDtakes precedence. After the DR is elected, the BDR is elected the same way. A router with a router priority set to zero cannot become theDR or BDR.Link-State Advertisements (LSAs)A link-state advertisement (LSA) communicates the router’s local routing topology to all other local routers in the same area.The LSA types supported by Dell Networking are defined as follows:• Type 1: Router LSA — The router lists links to other routers or networks in the same area. Type 1 LSAs are flooded across their ownarea only. The link-state ID of the Type 1 LSA is the originating router ID.• Type 2: Network LSA — The DR in an area lists which routers are joined within the area. Type 2 LSAs are flooded across their ownarea only. The link-state ID of the Type 2 LSA is the IP interface address of the DR.• Type 3: Summary LSA (OSPFv2), Inter-Area-Prefix LSA (OSPFv3) — An ABR takes information it has learned on one of itsattached areas and can summarize it before sending it out on other areas it is connected to. The link-state ID of the Type 3 LSA is thedestination network number.• Type 4: AS Border Router Summary LSA (OSPFv2), Inter-Area-Router LSA (OSPFv3) — In some cases, Type 5 External LSAs areflooded to areas where the detailed next-hop information may not be available. An ABR floods the information for the router (forexample, the ASBR where the Type 5 advertisement originated. The link-state ID for Type 4 LSAs is the router ID of the describedASBR).• Type 5: LSA — These LSAs contain information imported into OSPF from other routing processes. They are flooded to all areas,except stub areas. The link-state ID of the Type 5 LSA is the external network number.624 Open Shortest Path First (OSPFv2 and OSPFv3)
