New Training: Cisco OSPF Configuration

In this 89-video, intermediate training, CBT Nuggets trainer Keith Barker covers the knowledge network administrators need to manually configure a network of OSPF routers and ensure optimal traffic flow.

Open Shortest Path First, or OSPF, is a fundamental routing protocol. It gets referenced and used frequently by network professionals to make sure that all the servers on your network have a full and complete map of the network that lets them make efficient decisions about where to send traffic as it comes in. Managing and configuring OSPF routers is more than an essential skill for a network administrator, it’s also a test requirement for most industry certifications. If you have any doubt or hesitation around OSPF, getting comfort and mastery with the protocol is as easy as taking this OSPF Configuration training.

The 14-part series covers topics such as understanding the concepts behind link-state routing protocols and routers, writing the commands and seeing the configuration for an OSPF network, and building link-state databases by sending link-state advertisements as well as:

The 14 skills that comprise this series are:

• OSPF Foundation Concepts

• Basic OSPF IPv4 Configuration

• OSPF Summarization and Filtering

• Configure and Verify an OSPF NSSA

• Configure and Verify OSPFv3 with IPv6

• OSPF Address Families

• Troubleshoot OSPF Authentication for IPv4

• Troubleshoot OSPF Authentication for IPv6

• Troubleshoot IPv4 OSPF Network Types

• Troubleshoot IPv6 OSPF Network Types

• Troubleshoot IPv4 OSPF Areas

• Troubleshoot IPv6 OSPF Areas

• Troubleshoot IPv4 OSPF Virtual Links

• Troubleshoot IPv6 OSPF Virtual Links

While this training may not map to a certification, it’s still valuable skills training for network administrators looking to learn OSPF configuration best practices.

Topics this training covers include:

• Network Types Overview

• OSPF Area Types Review

• Configure and Verify an OSPF NSSA

• OSPF Full Adjacencies

• Intro to OSPF Filtering and Summarization

This training includes:

• 11 hour of training

• 89 videos

Watch a video from the series:

Here's some more OSPF configuration best practices-related content from the CBT Nuggets blog:

• OSPF vs BGP: Which to Use?

• Networking Basics: What are the Key OSPF Areas and Different LSA Types?

• What Makes Networking Difficult?

Start learning OSPF configuration best practices today!