I’ve read and heard that there are some idiosyncrasities about connected routes and IS-IS when redistributing. Most recently while reading “Optimal Routing Design” and also when talking with a friend who was studying for the BCSI exam. When redistributing out of IS-IS, some routes are missing, notably connected routes. Let’s investigate.
A simple [...]

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Build the Best Data Center Facility for Your Business
Douglas Alger
Cisco Press, 2005
Synopsis
This book is a must for anyone in charge of a datacenter, be they building, expanding, or just running the operation. It provides a solid grounding in HVAC, electrical, layout, and other concerns.
Working in IT, I’m quite familiar with the inside of a [...]

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A simple one to get the posts flowing…
BGP peer groups simplify the configuration of BGP neighbors by moving the template into a configuration. For example, look at R3:

router bgp 1
no synchronization
bgp log-neighbor-changes
network 10.3.3.0 mask 255.255.255.0
network 10.50.0.0 mask 255.255.0.0
neighbor 10.50.0.1 remote-as 1
neighbor [...]

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