I think the max numbers are somewhat conservative. There are SPs
that run more than 350 routers in one area successfully these
days.
Bora
"Jerome" == Jerome Etienne <jerome(_at_)zeroknowledge(_dot_)com> writes:
Jerome> rfc2329 may help you. Parameter Responses Min Mode
Jerome> Mean Max
Jerome> _________________________________________________________________
Jerome> Max routers in domain 8 20 350 510 1000 Max routers
Jerome> in single area 8 20 100 160 350 Max areas in domain
Jerome> 7 1 15 23 60 Max AS-external-LSAs 6 50 1K 2K 5K
Jerome> Table 3: OSPF domain sizes
Jerome> deployed
Jerome> On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 08:35:15AM -0600, David Wang
Jerome> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a question about the size of the IS-IS and OSPF
>> area. What is the guidelines in setting up the IS-IS or
>> OSPF area? How many routers an area can have? What are
>> the key facts to determine how many routers an area can
>> have? router memory size? router interface bandwidth? or
>> some other facts? Is there any quantitative relationship
>> among various parameters?
>>
>> Thank you for your help!
>>
>> David