When the DR fails, the BDR takes over as soon as it ages out the its dead
timer for the DR. The BDR already has adjacencies with all other routers on
the segment and has been keeping tabs on the DR such that it can take over
rather gracefully. A BDR election is then subsequently held to backfill
Well first off, there are no existing sessions between DROthers. Remember
that DROther routers only become adjacent to the DR and the BDR, they remain
in 2way state with each other. There will be an existing session with the
DROthers and the BDR which will result in a fast promotion of the BDR t
OSPF DR failure-election [7:21659]
When the DR fails, the BDR takes over as soon as it ages out the its dead
timer for the DR. The BDR already has adjacencies with all other routers on
the segment and has been keeping tabs on the DR such that it can take over
rather gracefully. A BDR election is
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>When the DR fails, the BDR takes over as soon as it ages out the its dead
>timer for the DR. The BDR already has adjacencies with all other routers
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