Re: Two queries on calculating AS external routes

["Pat Murphy - [phone]" <[e-mail]>]

Paresh,

>In my case below, what if the two LSAs are not quite
>functoinally equivalent i.e what if the LSAs have the same
>destination, same cost etc but have different non-zero
>forwarding addresses ? What happens then ?  Do the same
>tie-breaker rules apply or will it be implementation-dependent ?

The tie breaker rules are not applied. Here the installation 
decision process is the same regardless of whether it is 
comparing two Type 5 LSAs, or a Type 5 and a Type 7 LSA, or two 
Type 7 LSAs. Whether or not both are installed depends on the 
pruning done in step (c) as defined in RFC 2328 Section 16.4.1.

Pat