Cisco protocol tie breaking gone mad
This is one of my pet peeves with Cisco, why couldn't they make everything use the highest ip address as the tie breaker.
These are all i could think of right now, please add to the list
Root-bridge, lowest BID
root port election, lowest sender port wins
BGP bestpath, prefer from neighbor with lowest RID
IGMP Querier prefer lowest ip
BGP/OSPF RID highest loopback ip or highest regular ip
BGP TCP session est , highest ip is client
PIM DR highest ip address
HSRP Active router highest ip
These are all i could think of right now, please add to the list
Root-bridge, lowest BID
root port election, lowest sender port wins
BGP bestpath, prefer from neighbor with lowest RID
IGMP Querier prefer lowest ip
BGP/OSPF RID highest loopback ip or highest regular ip
BGP TCP session est , highest ip is client
PIM DR highest ip address
HSRP Active router highest ip
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Zartanasaurus
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Don't forget LACP.
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Cisco can't control everything though. It's up to the authors of the standards. STP, BGP, PIM are open standards. HSRP is Cisco's baby though.Daniel Dib
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carterw65
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Good point reaper. This topic has always been one of my pet peeves too.
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Danielh22185
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Cisco can't control everything though. It's up to the authors of the standards. STP, BGP, PIM are open standards. HSRP is Cisco's baby though.
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This is one of my pet peeves with Cisco, why couldn't they make everything use the highest ip address as the tie breaker.BGP/OSPF RID highest loopback ip or highest regular ip
BGP TCP session est , highest ip is client
PIM DR highest ip address
HSRP Active router highest ip
L3 protocols do tend to choose the highest IP address.
Bridges are L2 and don't necessarily have IPv4 addresses.Root-bridge, lowest BID
root port election, lowest sender port wins
In IGMPv1 both DR and Querier roles go to the same router, the one with the highest IP address. In IGMPv2/v3, they divide out the roles, because it's best to leverage the resources of multiple routers if you have them.PIM DR highest ip address
IGMP Querier prefer lowest ip
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This is why we use priorities to make these deterministic without having to remember all of them (of course, this is a certification forum and those elections are always on exams).
Don't forget.... IS-IS -> DIS = highest MAC if no priority is configured.
