IS-IS LSP(Link-State Packets) Header
Appendix A. IS-IS Packet Formats
IS-IS Packet Fields (Alphabetical Order)
- ATT— Attachment Bits (Flags attachment to other areas)
- Checksum— Checksum of contents of LSP from source ID field to the end
- Circuit Type— Defines whether link is Level-1 and Level-2
- End LSP— LSP ID of last LSP in CSNP
- Holding Time— Defines how long to wait for a hello from this system before clearing the adjacency
- ID Length— Length of the System ID field in an NSAP(NET)
- Intradomain Routing Protocol Discriminator— Network layer protocol identifier
- IS Type— Defines type of router, Level-1 or Level-2
- LAN ID— LAN Identifier, Consists of the System ID of the designated intermediate system plus a unique number
- Length Indicator— Length of the fixed header of the packet in bytes
- Local Circuit ID— Unique identifier for a link
- LSP ID— Identifier for router's LSP, consisting of the System ID of the router, fragment number, and a nonzero octet for pseudonode number in case of pseudonode LSP
- Maximum Area Addresses— Number of areas permitted
- OL— LSP overload bit (also represented as LSPDBOL)
- P— Partition repair bit
- PDU Length— Length of packet (PDU) in bytes
- PDU Type— Type of packet
- Priority— Priority for node for DIS arbitration
- R— See Reserved
- Remaining Lifetime— Remaining time for an LSP to expire
- Reserved— Unspecified fields, transmitted as 0s and ignored on receipt
- Sequence Number— Sequence number of LSP
- Source ID— Same as system identifier (SysID)
- TLV Fields— Type (or code), Length and Value fields, also known as variable-length fields
- Version/Protocol ID Extension— Of the IS-IS protocol (defined as 1)
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