CCNAv5 - S3: Chapter 7 EIGRP

© 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco ConfidentialPresentation_ID 1
Chapter 7: Enhanced
Interior Gateway
Protocol (EIGRP)
Scaling Networks

Presentation_ID 2© 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential
Chapter 7
7.0 Introduction
7.1 Characteristics of EIGRP
7.2 Configuring EIGRP for IPv4
7.3 Operation of EIGRP
7.4 Configuration of EIGRP for IPv6
7.5 Summary

Chapter 7: Objectives
 Describe the features and operation of EIGRP.
 Examine the different EIGRP packet formats.
 Calculate the composite metric used by the Diffusing Update
Algorithm (DUAL).
 Describe the concepts and operation of DUAL.
 Examine the commands to configure and verify basic EIGRP
operations for IPv4 and IPv6.

7.1 Characteristics of EIGRP

Basic Features of EIGRP
Features of EIGRP
 Released in 1992 as a Cisco proprietary protocol.
 2013 basic functionality of EIGRP released as an open standard.
 Advanced Distance Vector routing protocol.
 Uses the Diffusing Update Algorithm (DUAL) to calculate paths and
back-up paths.
 Establishes Neighbor Adjacencies.
 Uses the Reliable Transport Protocol to provide delivery of EIGRP
packets to neighbors.
 Partial and Bounded Updates. Send updates only when there is a
change and only to the routers that need the information.
 Supports Equal and Unequal Cost Load Balancing.

Protocol Dependent Modules

Reliable Transport Protocol

Authentication
 EIGRP can be
configured to
authenticate routing
information.
 Ensures routers only
accept updates from
routers that have
been configured with
the correct
authentication
information.

Types of EIGRP Packets
EIGRP Packet Types

EIGRP Hello Packets
 Used to discover EIGRP neighbors.
 Used to form and maintain EIGRP neighbor adjacencies.
 Sent as IPv4 or IPv6 multicasts.
 IPv4 multicast address 224.0.0.10.
 IPv6 multicast address FF02::A.
 Unreliable delivery.
 Sent every 5 seconds (every 60 seconds on low-speed NBMA
networks).
 EIGRP uses a default Hold timer of three times the Hello
interval before declaring neighbor unreachable.

EIGRP Update & Acknowledgement Packets
 Update packets are sent to
propagate routing
information, only when
necessary.
 Sends Partial updates – only
contains information about
route changes.
 Sends Bounded updates-
sent only to routers affected
by the change.
 Updates use reliable
delivery, therefore, require
an acknowledgement.

EIGRP Query and Reply Packets
 Used when searching for networks.
 Queries use reliable delivery, which can be multicast or unicast.
 Replies use reliable delivery.

EIGRP Messages
Encapsulating EIGRP Messages

EIGRP Messages
EIGRP Packet Header and TLV

7.2 Configuring EIGRP for IPv4

Configuring EIGRP with IPv4
EIGRP Network Topology
This course uses the topology that configures EIGRP with IPv4.

Autonomous System Numbers
 The router eigrp autonomous-system command enables
the EIGRP process.
 The autonomous system number is only significant to the EIGRP
routing domain.
 The EIGRP autonomous system number is not associated with the
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) globally assigned
autonomous system numbers used by external routing protocols.
 Internet Service Providers (ISPs) require an autonomous system
number from IANA.
 ISPs often use the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), which does
use the IANA autonomous system number in its configuration.

Router EIGRP Command
Router(config)# router eigrp autonomous-system
To completely remove the EIGRP routing process from a device,
use the no router eigrp autonomous-system command.

EIGRP Router ID
Used in both EIGRP and OSPF routing protocols, the router ID’s
role is more significant in OSPF.

Configuring the EIGRP Router ID
 Configuring the EIGRP router ID
Router(config)# router eigrp autonomous-system
Router(config-router)# eigrp router-id ipv4-address
 The IPv4 loopback address can be used as the router ID.
 If the eigrp router-id value is not configured, the highest
loopback address is selected as the router ID.
 Configuring a loopback interface
Router(config)# interface loopback number
Router(config-if)# ip addressipv4-address subnet-mask

Network Command
 Enables any interface on this router that matches the network
address in the network router configuration mode command to
send and receive EIGRP updates.
 These networks are included in EIGRP routing updates.

Network Command
The eigrp log-neighbor-changes router configuration mode
• On by default
• Displays changes in neighbor adjacencies
• Verifies neighbor adjacencies during configuration
• Indicates when any adjacencies have been removed

The Network Command and Wildcard Mask
 To configure EIGRP to advertise specific subnets only, use the
wildcard-mask option with the network command.
Router(config-router)# network network
address [wildcard-mask]
 The wildcard mask is the inverse of the subnet mask.
 To calculate the wildcard mask, subtract the subnet mask from
255.255.255.255:
255.255.255.255
-- 255.255.255.252
0. 0. 0. 3 wildcard mask
 Note: Some IOS versions also let you enter the subnet mask
instead of a wildcard mask.

Passive Interface
 Use the passive-interface command to:
 Prevent neighbor adjacencies
 Suppress unnecessary update traffic
 Increase security controls, such as preventing unknown rogue
routing devices from receiving EIGRP updates
 To configure:
Router(config)# router eigrp as-number
Router(config-router)# passive-
interface interface-type interface-number
 To verify:
Router# show ip protocols

Verifying EIGRP: Examining Neighbors


Verifying EIGRP: show ip protocols Command

Verifying EIGRP: Examine the IPv4 Routing Table

7.3 Operation of EIGRP

EIGRP Initial Route Discovery
EIGRP Neighbor Adjacency

EIGRP Topology Table

EIGRP Convergence
Convergence – All routers have the correct, most up-to-date
information about the network.

Metrics
EIGRP Composite Metric

Metrics
Examining Interface Values
 BW – Bandwidth of the
interface (in Kilobits per
second).
 DLY – Delay of the
interface
(microseconds).
 Reliability – Reliability of
interface; by default, the
value is not included in
the computing metric.
 Txload, Rxload – By
default, the value is not
included in the
computing metric.

Metrics
Bandwidth Metric
 Use the show interfaces command to verify bandwidth.
 Most serial bandwidths are set to 1,544 kb/s (default).
 A correct value for bandwidth is very important in order to calculate
the correct metric (both sides of link must have same bandwidth).

Metrics
Delay Metric

Metrics
Calculating the EIGRP Metric
Step 1. Determine the link with the slowest bandwidth. Use that value
to calculate bandwidth (10,000,000/bandwidth).
Step 2. Determine the delay value for each outgoing interface on the
way to the destination. Add the delay values and divide by 10
(sum of delay/10).
Step 3. Add the computed values for bandwidth and delay, and
multiply the sum by 256 to obtain the EIGRP metric.

DUAL and the Topology Table
DUAL Concepts
 Diffusing Update ALgorithm (DUAL) provides the following:
 Loop-free paths and loop-free backup paths
 Fast convergence
 Minimum bandwidth usage with bounded updates
 The decision process for all route computations is done by the
DUAL Finite State Machine (FSM)
 DUAL FSM tracks all routes.
 Uses EIGRP metrics to select efficient, loop-free paths.
 Identifies the routes with the least-cost path to be inserted into
the routing table.
 EIGRP maintains a list of backup routes that DUAL has already
determined that can be used immediately if the primary path fails.

Successor and Feasible Distance
 The Successor is the least-cost route to the destination network.
 The Feasible Distance (FD) is the lowest calculated metric to reach
the destination network.

Feasible Successors, Feasibility Condition,
and Reported Distance
 Feasible Successor (FS) is a neighbor that has a loop-free backup
path to the same network as the successor, and it satisfies the
Feasibility Condition (FC).
 Feasibility Condition (FC) is met when a neighbor’s Reported
Distance (RD) to a network is less than the local router’s feasible
distance to the same destination network.
 Reported Distance (RD) is an EIGRP neighbor’s feasible distance
to the same destination network.

Topology Table: show ip eigrp Command

Topology Table: No Feasible Successor

DUAL and Convergence
DUAL Finite State Machine (FSM)

DUAL: Feasible Successor

DUAL: No Feasible Successor

7.4 Configuration of EIGRP for IPv6

EIGRP for IPv4 vs. IPv6
EIGRP for IPv6

Comparing EIGRP for IPv4 and IPv6

IPv6 Link-local Addresses

Configuring EIGRP for IPv6
EIGRP for IPv6 Network Topology

Configuring IPv6 Link-Local Addresses
Manually configuring link-local addresses
Verifying link-local addresses

Configuring EIGRP for the IPv6 Routing Process
 The ipv6 unicast-routing global configuration mode
command is required to enable any IPv6 routing protocol.
 Configuring EIGRP for IPv6
 The no shutdown command and a router ID are required for the
router to form neighbor adjacencies.

ipv6 eigrp interface Command
Enabling EIGRP of IPv6 on an Interface

Verifying EIGRP for IPv6
Verifying EIGRP for IPv6: Examining Neighbors

Verifying EIGRP for IPv6: show ip protocols Command

Verifying EIGRP for IPv6: Examine the Routing Table
Use the show ipv6 route command to examine the
IPv6 routing table.

Chapter 7: Summary
 EIGRP is a classless, advanced distance vector routing protocol.
 EIGRP uses the source code of “D” for DUAL in the routing table.
 The default administrative distance of 90 is used for internal routes
and 170 for routes imported from an external source.
 Advanced features include DUAL, establishing neighbor
adjacencies, RTP, partial and bounded updates, and equal and
unequal cost load balancing.
 PDMs give EIGRP the capability to support different Layer 3
protocols.
 EIGRP Hello packets are used to discover neighbors.
 The show ip eigrp neighbors command is used to view
neighbor table and verify adjacencies.

Chapter 7: Summary (cont.)
 EIGRP sends partial bounded updates when a change occurs on
network.
 EIGRP composite metric uses bandwidth, delay, reliability and load
to determine the best path (by default, only bandwidth and delay are
used).
 DUAL FSM is used to determine best path; Successor and potential
backup path, FS to every destination network.

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