[c-nsp] OSPF Areas

[Oliver Boehmer (oboehmer)]

Thermos Saamnet <> wrote on Tuesday, March 17, 2009 17:09:

> Hi all,
> 
> I'm having an issue setting up an OSPF border router using a VRF.
> Here's the configuration:
> 
>         router ospf 20 vrf clients
>          network 10.0.0.0 0.0.0.3 area 0
>          network 10.0.0.4 0.0.0.1 area 1
> 
> It's pretty basic but strangely enough only routers in Area 0 see the
> inter-area routes. Routers in Area 1 don't see the 10.0.0.0/30 (as
> inter-area or otherwise). The adjancencies are all up and the routes
> are present in the database but routers in Area 1 won't insert them
> into the routing table.
> 
> Anyone encountered this type of behaviour before?
> 
> PS. We're using non-MPLS based VRFs.
 
enable 

router ospf <id> vrf <foo>
 capability vrf-lite

on all VRF-lite OSPF speakers to disable the MPLS-VPN PE loop checks
(down bit, domain-it/tag).. 

	oli