Is-is pdus, Hello pdu – H3C Technologies H3C S5560 Series Switches User Manual

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NOTE:

On an IS-IS broadcast network, all routers establish adjacency relationships, but they synchronize their
LSDBs through the DIS.

IS-IS PDUs

PDU

IS-IS PDUs are encapsulated into link layer frames. An IS-IS PDU has two parts, the headers and the

variable length fields. The headers comprise the PDU common header and the PDU specific header. All

PDUs have the same PDU common header. The specific headers vary by PDU type.

Figure 37 PDU format

Table 11 PDU types

Type PDU

Type Acronym

15

Level-1 LAN IS-IS hello PDU

L1 LAN IIH

16

Level-2 LAN IS-IS hello PDU

L2 LAN IIH

17

Point-to-Point IS-IS hello PDU

P2P IIH

18

Level-1 Link State PDU

L1 LSP

20

Level-2 Link State PDU

L2 LSP

24

Level-1 Complete Sequence Numbers PDU

L1 CSNP

25

Level-2 Complete Sequence Numbers PDU

L2 CSNP

26

Level-1 Partial Sequence Numbers PDU

L1 PSNP

27

Level-2 Partial Sequence Numbers PDU

L2 PSNP

Hello PDU

IS-to-IS hello (IIH) PDUs are used by routers to establish and maintain neighbor relationships. On

broadcast networks, Level-1 routers use Level-1 LAN IIHs, and Level-2 routers use Level-2 LAN IIHs. The

P2P IIHs are used on point-to-point networks.

LSP

The LSPs carry link state information. LSPs include Level-1 LSPs and Level-2 LSPs. The Level-2 LSPs are sent
by the Level-2 routers, and the Level-1 LSPs are sent by the Level-1 routers. The Level-1-2 router can send

both types of LSPs.

SNP

A sequence number PDU (SNP) describes the complete or partial LSPs for LSDB synchronization.
SNPs include CSNP and PSNP, which are further divided into Level-1 CSNP, Level-2 CSNP, Level-1 PSNP,
and Level-2 PSNP.

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