IS-IS Routing Protocol – Cheatsheet (ATech) – Part-2 v1

IS-IS Routing Process

1 UPDATE LSPs are generated and flooded throughout the network

IS-IS Hello
Types
2 DECISION Create SPT & Routing table based on Dijkstra’s algo

3 FORWARDING forwarding database is created q ESH

(ES Hello)
w ISH
(IS Hello)
e IIH
(IS to IS Hello)

4 RECEIVE After receiving a frame, IS-IS checks it, passes user data and error reports
to the FORWARDING process & Routing info to UPDATE process

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Sent by ES to an IS Sent by IS to an ES Sent between two ISs
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IS-IS Tables
NEIGHBOUR Table All Adjacent Routers List

IS-IS Packet Format TOPOLOGY Table

LSA’s Table (complete info about the
networks in same area)
8 16 24 32
ROUTING Table Best Routes
Version /
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Protocol ID

Reserved PDU Type Version Reserved IS-IS Route Types

Max Area
Type Length
i* IS-IS Default Route
Address
i L1 IS-IS Level-1 Route

Value i L2 IS-IS Level-2 Route

i su IS-IS Summary Route
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L2 Header IS-IS Header IS-IS Data IS-IS DIS (DR) Election

1. Highest Interface Priority (Default interface priority = 64)
2. Highest SNPA (MAC/DLCI)
3. Highest System-ID

IS-IS Rules to find best Route

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✓ Internal paths are always preferred over External paths

✓ Level-1 paths within the area are preferred over Level-2 paths outside the area
Other IS-IS Intervals
Timer/Interval Value
✓ If there is no path, the forwarding database sends the packet to the nearest
LS AGING 1,200 sec or 20 min (counts down)
Level-2 Router
LS REFRESH Every 15 min
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