OSPF vs IS-IS

Wed Aug 17 14:53:18 UTC 2011

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Randy Bush [mailto:randy at psg.com]
> Sent: 17 August 2011 14:52
> To: Paul
> Cc: nanog at nanog.org
> Subject: Re: OSPF vs IS-IS
> 
> > What would you rather rely on at 3am in the morning when things are
> > breaking?  Someone who has just learned IS-IS or someone who already
> > has good experience with OSPF?
> 
> what would you rather rely on at three in the morning when things are
> breaking, someone who has just learned OSPF or someone who already
> has good experience with IS-IS?
> 
> this seems a silly reversal until you realize that OSPF is
> significantly
> more complex and thus harder.
> 
> randy

Indeed. Does it really take that long to become familiar enough with IS-IS to support it in most situations? It really is not that difficult. I brought our ops people suitable up to speed with IS-IS over about one week of some lab work in their spare time and a few chats over a whiteboard. A couple of times perhaps they called me over an issue, but since then, I have not heard anything from any of them about it.

I guess it comes down to the quality of people you employ. But really, if they get OSPF then IS-IS is not hard to grasp. 

-- 
Leigh Porter

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