Abstract: IS-IS Up to Date

Shankar Vemulapalli, Cisco
Level: Intermediate/Advanced

Ths presentation reviews recent IETF enhancements to IS-IS, including extensions in support of high availability [Restart-TLV], MD5 authentication support, multi-topology extensions, and IS-IS for IPv6. The tutorial also covers topics that will help ISPs improve the operating efficiency of their network.

An outline of the session follows:

  1. IS-IS for high availability
    • Check-pointing method
    • IETF restart TLV
  2. IS-IS for IPv6
  3. Multi-topology support
  4. MD5 authentication support
  5. Other topics
    • Default-metric change
    • IS-IS protocol shutdown
    • Limit the number of redistributed routes
    • Update on IETF Drafts
About the Presenter
Shankar Vemulapalli is a Technical Leader at Cisco Systems. He is a member of Central Engineering, within Advanced Services. In his current role, he specializes in design and implementation of new enhancements to routing protocols (BGP/OSPF/ISIS) and MPLS-VPNs, in service provider and enterprise customer networks. Shankar is also a frequent contributor at networking technical forums.

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