EIGRP

Routing Protocols and Concepts Chapter 9

Objectives
Describe the background and history of Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP). Examine the basic EIGRP configuration commands and identify their purposes. Calculate the composite metric used by EIGRP. Describe the concepts and operation of DUAL. Describe the uses of additional configuration commands in EIGRP.

Introduction

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Roots of EIGRP: IGRP
-Developed in 1985 to overcome RIPv1s limited hop count -Distance vector routing protocol -Metrics used by IGRP
bandwidth (used by default) Delay (used by default) reliability load

-Discontinued support starting with IOS 12.2(13)T & 12.2(R1s4)S

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EIGRP Message Format EIGRP Header
Data link frame header - contains source and destination MAC address IP packet header - contains source & destination IP address EIGRP packet header - contains AS number Type/Length/Field - data portion of EIGRP message

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EIGRP packet header contains
Opcode field Autonomous System number

EIGRP Parameters contains

Weights Hold time

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TLV: IP internal contains

Metric field Subnet mask field Destination field

TLV: IP external contains

Fields used when external routes are imported into EIGRP routing process

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Protocol Dependent Modules (PDM) EIGRP uses PDM to route several different protocols i.e. IP, IPX & AppleTalk PDMs are responsible for the specific routing task for each network layer protocol

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Reliable Transport Protocol (RTP)
Purpose of RTP
Used by EIGRP to transmit and receive EIGRP packets

Characteristics of RTP
Involves both reliable & unreliable delivery of EIGRP packet
Reliable delivery requires acknowledgment from destination Unreliable delivery does not require an acknowledgement from destination

Packets can be sent

Unicast Multicast
Using address [Link]

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EIGRPs 5 Packet Types Hello packets
Used to discover & form adjacencies with neighbors

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Update packets
Used to propagate routing information

Acknowledgement packets
Used to acknowledge receipt of update, query & reply packets

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Query & Reply packets
Used by DUAL for searching for networks Query packets
-Can use
Unicast Multicast

Reply packet
-Use only
unicast

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Purpose of Hello Protocol
To discover & establish adjacencies with neighbor routers

Characteristics of hello protocol

Time interval for sending hello packet
Most networks it is every 5 seconds -Holdtime Multipoint non broadcast multi-access networks
This is the maximum time Unicast every 60 seconds router should wait before declaring a neighbor down Default holdtime
3 times hello interval

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EIGRP Bounded Updates EIGRP only sends update when there is a change in route status Partial update
A partial update includes only the route information that has changed the whole routing table is NOT sent

Bounded update
When a route changes, only those devices that are impacted will be notified of the change

EIGRPs use of partial bounded updates minimizes use of bandwidth

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Diffusing Update Algorithm (DUAL)
Purpose
EIGRPs primary method for preventing routing loops

Advantage of using DUAL

Provides for fast convergence time by keeping a list of loop-free backup routes

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Administrative Distance (AD)
Defined as the trustworthiness of the source route

EIGRP default administrative distances

Summary routes = 5 Internal routes = 90 Imported routes = 170

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Authentication EIGRP can
Encrypt routing information Authenticate routing information

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Network Topology Topology used is the same as previous chapters with the addition of an ISP router

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EIGRP will automatically summarize routes at classful boundaries

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Autonomous System (AS) & Process IDs
This is a collection of networks under the control of a single authority (reference RFC 1930) AS Numbers are assigned by IANA Entities needing AS numbers
ISP Internet Backbone prodiers Institutions connecting to other institutions using AS numbers

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EIGRP autonomous system number actually functions as a process ID Process ID represents an instance of the routing protocol running on a router Example
Router(config)#router eigrp autonomous-system

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The router eigrp command The global command that enables eigrp is router eigrp autonomous-system -All routers in the EIGRP routing domain must use the same process ID number (autonomous-system number)

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The Network Command Functions of the network command
Enables interfaces to transmit & receive EIGRP updates Includes network or subnet in EIGRP updates

Example
Router(config-router)#network network-address

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The network Command with a Wildcard Mask -This option is used when you want to configure EIGRP to advertise specific subnets -Example
Router(config-router)#network network-address [wildcardmask]

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Verifying EIGRP EIGRP routers must establish adjacencies with their neighbors before any updates can be sent or received Command used to view neighbor table and verify that EIGRP has established adjacencies with neighbors is show ip eigrp neighbors

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The show ip protocols command is also used to verify that EIGRP is enabled

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Examining the Routing Table
The show ip route command is also used to verify EIGRP EIGRP routes are denoted in a routing table by the letter D By default , EIGRP automatically summarizes routes at major network boundary

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Introducing the Null0 Summary Route
Null0 is not a physical interface In the routing table summary routes are sourced from Null0
Reason: routes are used for advertisement purposes

EIGRP will automatically include a null0 summary route as child route when 2 conditions are met
At least one subnet is learned via EIGRP Automatic summarization is enabled

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R3s routing table shows that the [Link]/16 network is automatically summarized by R1 & R3

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EIGRP Composite Metric & the K Values EIGRP uses the following values in its composite metric The composite metric used by EIGRP
formula used has values K1 K5
K1 & K3 =1 all other K values = 0

-Bandwidth, delay, reliability, and load

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Use the sh ip protocols command to verify the K values

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EIGRP Metrics Use the show interfaces command to view metrics EIGRP Metrics
Bandwidth EIGRP uses a static bandwidth to calculate metric Most serial interfaces use a default bandwidth value of 1.544Mbos (T1)

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EIGRP Metrics Delay is the defined as the measure of time it takes for a packet to traverse a route -it is a static value based on link type to which interface is connected

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Reliability (not a default EIGRP metric)
-A measure of the likelihood that a link will fail -Measure dynamically & expressed as a fraction of 255 the higher the fraction the better the reliability A number that reflects how much traffic is using a link Number is determined dynamically and is expressed as a fraction of 255
The lower the fraction the less the load on the link

Load (not a default EIGRP metric)

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Using the Bandwidth Command Modifying the interface bandwidth
-Use the bandwidth command -Example Router(config-if)#bandwidth kilobits

Verifying bandwidth Note bandwidth command does not change the links physical bandwidth
Use the show interface command

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The EIGRP metric can be determined by examining the bandwidth delay

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EIGRP uses the lowest bandwidth (BW)in its metric calculation Calculated BW = reference BW / lowest BW(kbps) Delay EIGRP uses the cumulative sum of all outgoing interfaces Calculated Delay = the sum of outgoing interface delays EIGRP Metric = calculated BW + calculated delay

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DUAL Concepts
The Diffusing Update Algorithm (DUAL) is used to prevent looping

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Successor The best least cost route to a destination found in the routing table Feasible distance The lowest calculated metric along a path to a destination network

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Feasible Successors, Feasibility Condition & Reported Distance

Feasible Successor -This is a loop free backup route to same destination as successor route

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Feasible Successors, Feasibility Condition & Reported Distance

Reported distance (RD) -The metric that a router reports to a neighbor about its own cost to that network

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Feasibility Condition (FC) -Met when a neighbors RD is less than the local routers FD to the same destination network

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Topology Table: Successor & Feasible Successor EIGRP Topology table
Viewed using the show ip eigrp topology command
Contents of table include:
all successor routes all feasible successor routes

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EIGRP Topolog y Table dissect ed

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Topology Table: No Feasible Successor A feasible successor may not be present because the feasibility condition may not be met -In other words, the reported distance of the neighbor is greater than or equal to the current feasible distance

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Finite Sate Machine (FSM) An abstract machine that defines a set of possible states something can go through, what event causes those states and what events result form those states FSMs are used to describe how a device, computer program, or routing algorithm will react to a set of input events

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DUAL FSM Selects a best loop-free path to a destination Selects alternate routes by using information in EIGRP tables

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Finite State Machines (FSM) To examine output from EIGRPs finite state machine us the debug eigrp fsm command

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The Null0 Summary Route By default, EIGRP uses the Null0 interface to discard any packets that match the parent route but do not match any of the child routes EIGRP automatically includes a null0 summary route as a child route whenever both of the following conditions exist One or subnets exists that was learned via EIGRP Automatic summarization is enabled

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The Null0 Summary Route

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Disabling Automatic Summarization The auto-summary command permits EIGRP to automatically summarize at major network boundaries The no auto-summary command is used to disable automatic summarization This causes all EIGRP neighbors to send updates that will not be automatically summarized
this will cause changes to appear in both
-routing tables -topology tables

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Manual Summarization Manual summarization can include supernets
Reason: EIGRP is a classless routing protocol & include subnet mask in update

Command used to configure manual summarization

Router(config-if)#ip summary-address eigrp as-number network-address subnet-mask

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Configuring a summary route in EIGRP

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EIGRP Default Routes quad zero static default route -Can be used with any currently supported routing protocol -Is usually configured on a router that is connected a network outside the EIGRP domain EIGRP & the Quad zero static default route Requires the use of the redistribute static command to disseminate default route in EIGRP updates

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Fine-Tuning EIGRP EIGRP bandwidth utilization
-By default, EIGRP uses only up to 50% of interface bandwidth for EIGRP information -The command to change the percentage of bandwidth used by EIGRP is Router(config-if)#ip bandwidth-percent eigrp asnumber percent

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Configuring Hello Intervals and Hold Times
-Hello intervals and hold times are configurable on a perinterface basis -The command to configure hello interval is Router(config-if)#ip hello-interval eigrp as-number seconds

Changing the hello interval also requires changing the hold time to a value greater than or equal to the hello interval
-The command to configure hold time value is Router(config-if)#ip hold-time eigrp as-number seconds

Summary
Background & History
EIGRP is a derivative of IGRP
EIGRP is a Cisco proprietary distance vector routing protocol released in 1994

EIGRP terms and characteristics

EIGPR uses RTP to transmit & receive EIGRP packets EIGRP has 5 packet type:
Hello packets Update packets Acknowledgement packets Query packets Reply packets

Supports VLSM & CIDR

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EIGRP terms and characteristics EIGRP uses a hello protocol
Purpose of hello protocol is to discover & establish adjacencies

EIGRP routing updates

Aperiodic Partial and bounded Fast convergence

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EIGRP commands The following commands are used for EIGRP configuration
RtrA(config)#router eigrp [autonomous-system #] RtrA(config-router)#network network-number

The following commands can be used to verify EIGRP

Show ip protocols Show ip eigrp neighbors Show ip route

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EIGRP metrics include Bandwidth (default) Delay (default) Reliability Load

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DUAL
Purpose of DUAL
To prevent routing loops

Successor
Primary route to a destination

Feasible successor
Backup route to a destination

Feasible distance
Lowest calculated metric to a destination

Reported distance
The distance towards a destination as advertised by an upstream neighbor

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Choosing the best route After router has received all updates from directly connected neighbors, it can calculate its DUAL
1st metric is calculated for each route 2nd route with lowest metric is designated successor & is placed in routing table 3rd feasible successor is found
Criteria for feasible successor: it must have lower reported distance to the destination than the installed routes feasible distance Feasible routes are maintained in topology table

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Automatic summarization On by default Summarizes routes on classful boundary Summarization can be disabled using the following command
RtrA(config-if)#no auto-summary