On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 6:41 PM, Glen Kent <glen.k...@gmail.com> wrote: > I would like to understand the scenarios wherein the service > provider/network admin might run both ISIS and OSPF together inside their > network. Is this something that really happens out there? > > One scenario that i can think of when somebody might run the 2 protocols > ISIS and OSPF together for a brief period is when the admin is migrating > from one IGP to the other. > > The other instance would be when say OSPF is used to manage the OOB network > and the ISIS is used for network reachability.
> Is there any other scenario? There is still equipment around which doesn't support ISIS but support OSPF. Getting such boxes into a network which is using ISIS might lead to running both protocols together. -- SY, Jen Linkova aka Furry