QuestionQ13

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)

During OSPF neighbor establishment, which packet type describes the contents of the link-state database?

  • A Link-State Request (LSR)
  • B hello packet
  • C Database Description (DBD)
  • D Link-State PDU (LSP)
Explanation

OSPF Database Description (DBD) packets exchange summaries of link-state advertisements while neighbors establish an adjacency, allowing each router to identify database information it needs from the other router.

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