CCIE Voice Training, Reducing OSPF Traffic in Stable Networks
You can reduce the overhead due to OSPF LSA flooding by applying the interface-level command ip ospf flood-reduction:
Router9#configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
Router9(config)#interface Serial0/0
Router9(config-if)#ip address 192.168.10.9 255.255.255.0
Router9(config-if)#ip ospf flood-reduction
Router9(config-if)#exit
Router9(config)#end
Router9#
By default, OSPF will flood the area with all known LSAs every 3,600 seconds (1 hour). This is done as a sort [...]