OSPF and/or BGP in NSRP Cluster
Knowledge Base ID: KB5858
Version: 4.0
Published: 07 Oct 2008
Updated: 07 Oct 2008
Categories: . NS-25
. NS-50
. NS-204
. NS-208
. NS-5200
. NS-5400
. ISG-1000
. ISG-2000
. OSPF
. ScreenOS

Summary:
Behavior of OSPF or BGP in NSRP environment

Problem or Goal:

Environment:

  • Open Shortest Path First, OSPF
  • Border Gateway Protocol, BGP
  • Active-Passive, Active/Passive
  • OSPF on the passive or backup unit
  • BGP on the passive or backup unit

Solution:

If running OSPF and/or BGP in an NSRP environment, it is highly recommended to be running at least ScreenOS 5.0.0.  It is recommended to run OSPF and/or BGP using NSRP active-active, or NSRP active-passive with vsd-less configurations.

 

Purpose:
Troubleshooting