OSPF Link-State Advertisement Throttling

The OSPF Link-State Advertisement Throttling feature provides a dynamic mechanism to slow down link-state advertisement (LSA) updates in Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) during times of network instability. It also allows faster OSPF convergence by providing LSA rate limiting in milliseconds.

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Prerequisites for OSPF LSA Throttling

It is presumed that you have OSPF configured in your network.

Information About OSPF LSA Throttling

Benefits of OSPF LSA Throttling

Prior to the OSPF LSA Throttling feature, LSA generation was rate-limited for 5 seconds. That meant that changes in an LSA could not be propagated in milliseconds, so the OSPF network could not achieve millisecond convergence.

The OSPF LSA Throttling feature is enabled by default and allows faster OSPF convergence (in milliseconds). This feature can be customized. One command controls the generation (sending) of LSAs, and another command controls the receiving interval. This feature also provides a dynamic mechanism to slow down the frequency of LSA updates in OSPF during times of network instability.

How OSPF LSA Throttling Works

The timers throttle lsa all command controls the generation (sending) of LSAs. The first LSA is always generated immediately upon an OSPF topology change, and the next LSA generated is controlled by the minimum start interval. The subsequent LSAs generated for the same LSA are rate-limited until the maximum interval is reached. The "same LSA" is defined as an LSA instance that contains the same LSA ID number, LSA type, and advertising router ID.

The timers lsa arrival command controls the minimum interval for accepting the same LSA. If an instance of the same LSA arrives sooner than the interval that is set, the LSA is dropped. It is recommended that the arrival interval be less than or equal to the hold-time interval of the timers throttle lsa all command.

How to Customize OSPF LSA Throttling

Customizing OSPF LSA Throttling

SUMMARY STEPS

    1.    enable

    2.    configure terminal

    3.    router ospf process-id

    4.    timers throttle lsa all start-interval hold-interval max-interval

    5.    timers lsa arrival milliseconds

    6.    end

    7.    show ip ospf timers rate-limit

    8.    show ip ospf


DETAILED STEPS
     Command or ActionPurpose
    Step 1 enable


    Example:
    Router> enable
     

    Enables privileged EXEC mode.

    • Enter your password if prompted.

     
    Step 2 configure terminal


    Example:
    Router# configure terminal
     

    Enters global configuration mode.

     
    Step 3 router ospf process-id


    Example:
    Router(config)# router ospf 1
     

    Configures an OSPF routing process.

     
    Step 4 timers throttle lsa all start-interval hold-interval max-interval


    Example:
    Router(config-router)# timers throttle lsa all 100 10000 45000
     

    (Optional) Sets the rate-limiting values (in milliseconds) for LSA generation.

    • The default values are as follows:
      • start-intervalis 0 milliseconds.
      • hold-intervalis 5000 milliseconds.
      • max-intervalis 5000 milliseconds.
     
    Step 5 timers lsa arrival milliseconds


    Example:
    Router(config-router)# timers lsa arrival 2000
     

    (Optional) Sets the minimum interval (in milliseconds) between instances of receiving the same LSA.

    • The default value is 1000 milliseconds.

    • We suggest you keep the millisecondsvalue of the LSA arrival timer less than or equal to the neighbors’ hold-interval value of the timers throttle lsa all command.

     
    Step 6 end


    Example:
    Router(config-router)# end
     

    Exits router configuration mode.

     
    Step 7 show ip ospf timers rate-limit


    Example:
    Router# show ip ospf timers rate-limit


    Example:
    

        
    
 

    Example:
    
          
    LSAID: 10.1.1.1    Type: 1   Adv Rtr: 172.16.2.2 Due in: 00:00:00.028
    

        
    
 

    Example:
    
          
    LSAID: 192.168.4.1   Type: 3   Adv Rtr: 172.17.2.2 Due in: 00:00:00.028
    

        
    
 
          		 
          
    
(Optional) Displays a list of the LSAs in the rate limit queue (about to be generated).
    

          
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The example shows two LSAs in the queue. Each LSA is identified by LSA ID number, Type (of LSA), Advertising router ID, and the time in hours:minutes:seconds (to the milliseconds) when the LSA is due to be generated.
      

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    Step 8
          
            show
            ip
            ospf
          
        
     

    Example:
    
          
    Router# show ip ospf
    

        
    
 

    Example:
    
          
    

        
    
 

    Example:
    
          
    Routing Process "ospf 4" with ID 10.10.24.4
    

        
    
 

    Example:
    
          
     Supports only single TOS(TOS0) routes
    

        
    
 

    Example:
    
          
     Supports opaque LSA
    

        
    
 

    Example:
    
          
     Supports Link-local Signaling (LLS)
    

        
    
 

    Example:
    
          
     Initial SPF schedule delay 5000 msecs
    

        
    
 

    Example:
    
          
     Minimum hold time between two consecutive SPFs 10000 msecs
    

        
    
 

    Example:
    
          
     Maximum wait time between two consecutive SPFs 10000 msecs
    

        
    
 

    Example:
    
          
     Incremental-SPF disabled
    

        
    
 

    Example:
    
          
     Initial LSA throttle delay 100 msecs
    

        
    
 

    Example:
    
          
     Minimum hold time for LSA throttle 10000 msecs
    

        
    
 

    Example:
    
          
     Maximum wait time for LSA throttle 45000 msecs
    

        
    
 

    Example:
    
          
    Minimum LSA arrival 1000 msecs
    

        
    
 

    Example:
    
          
     LSA group pacing timer 240 secs
    

        
    
 

    Example:
    
          
     Interface flood pacing timer 33 msecs
    

        
    
 

    Example:
    
          
     Retransmission pacing timer 66 msecs
    

        
    
 

    Example:
    
          
     Number of external LSA 0. Checksum Sum 0x0     
    

        
    
 

    Example:
    
          
     Number of opaque AS LSA 0. Checksum Sum 0x0     
    

        
    
 

    Example:
    
          
     Number of DCbitless external and opaque AS LSA 0
    

        
    
 

    Example:
    
          
     Number of DoNotAge external and opaque AS LSA 0
    

        
    
 

    Example:
    
          
     Number of areas in this router is 1. 1 normal 0 stub 0 nssa
    

        
    
 

    Example:
    
          
     External flood list length 0
    

        
    
 

    Example:
    
          
        Area 24
    

        
    
 

    Example:
    
          
            Number of interfaces in this area is 2
    

        
    
 

    Example:
    
          
            Area has no authentication
    

        
    
 

    Example:
    
          
            SPF algorithm last executed 04:28:18.396 ago
    

        
    
 

    Example:
    
          
            SPF algorithm executed 8 times
    

        
    
 

    Example:
    
          
            Area ranges are
    

        
    
 

    Example:
    
          
            Number of LSA 4. Checksum Sum 0x23EB9 
    

        
    
 

    Example:
    
          
            Number of opaque link LSA 0. Checksum Sum 0x0     
    

        
    
 

    Example:
    
          
            Number of DCbitless LSA 0
    

        
    
 

    Example:
    
          
            Number of indication LSA 0
    

        
    
 

    Example:
    
          
            Number of DoNotAge LSA 0
    

        
    
 

    Example:
    
          
            Flood list length 0
    

        
    
 
          		 
          
    
(Optional) Displays information about OSPF.
    

          
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The output lines that specify initial throttle delay, minimum hold time for LSA throttle, and maximum wait time for LSA throttle indicate the LSA throttling values.
      

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    Configuration Examples for OSPF LSA Throttling
    

    
    
    

    

    Example  OSPF LSA Throttling
    

    
      
    
This example customizes OSPF LSA throttling so that the start interval is 200 milliseconds, the hold interval is 10,000 milliseconds, and the maximum interval is 45,000 milliseconds. The minimum interval between instances of receiving the same LSA is 2000 milliseconds.
    

      
    router ospf 1
 log-adjacency-changes
 timers throttle lsa all 200 10000 45000
 timers lsa arrival 2000
 network 10.10.4.0 0.0.0.255 area 24
 network 10.10.24.0 0.0.0.255 area 24
    

    
    

    

    

    

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    Feature Information for OSPF Link-State Advertisement Throttling
    

    
			
    The following table provides release information about the feature or features described in this module. This table lists only the software release that introduced support for a given feature in a given software release train. Unless noted otherwise, subsequent releases of that software release train also support that feature. 
    
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    Table 1 Feature Information for OSPF Link-State Advertisement Throttling
     
				  
     Feature Name
				  
    
 
				    		
 
				  
     Releases
				  
    
 
				    		
 
				  
     Feature Information
				  
    
 
				    		

    
    

     
				  
     OSPF Link-State Advertisement Throttling
				  
    
 
				    		
 
				  
     Cisco IOS XE Release 2.1 Cisco IOS XE Release 2.6
				  
    
 
				    		
 
				  
     The OSPF Link-State Advertisement Throttling feature provides a dynamic mechanism to slow down link-state advertisement (LSA) updates in OSPF during times of network instability. It also allows faster OSPF convergence by providing LSA rate limiting in milliseconds.
				  
    
 
				  
     The following commands are introduced or modified in the feature documented in this module:
				  
    
 
				  
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						  debug 
						  ip 
						  ospf 
						  database-timer 
						  rate-limit 
						 
					 
      

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    •  
						 
						  show 
						  ip 
						  ospf 
						 
					 
      

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    •  
						 
						  show 
						  ip 
						  ospf 
						  timers 
						  rate-limit 
						 
					 
      

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						  timers 
						  lsa 
						  arrival 
						 
					 
      

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						  timers 
						  throttle 
						  lsa 
						  all 
						 
					 
      

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