OSPF Tips - Summarization of Network

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An internal summary route is generated if at least one subnet within the area falls in the summary address range and the summarized route metric is equal to the lowest cost of all the subnets within the summary address range. Interarea summarization can only be done for the intra-area routes of connected areas, and the ABR creates a route to Null0 to avoid loops in the absence of more specific routes.

OSPF network planning tips - Summarization of network

#CiscoTips #DoYouKnow #OSPF #Design Summarization design is a process of network planning: One step fails, Network fail::: If the OSPF design includes many ABRs or ASBRs, suboptimal routing is possible. This is one of the drawbacks of summarization. Route summarization requires a good addressing plan—an assignment of subnets and addresses that are based on the OSPF area structure and lends itself to aggregation at the OSPF area borders.