OSPF LSAs are contained in which OSPF packet type?

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OSPF LSAs are contained in which OSPF packet type?

  • DBD
  • LSR
  • LSAck
  • LSU

Explanation: Link State Update (LSU) packets are used for the actual flooding of Link-State Advertisements (LSAs). While other packets like DBDs describe headers or LSRs request data, the LSU is the container that carries the full LSA information to neighbors.

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