Area Aggregate tab

Use the OSPF - Area Aggregate tab to view and insert OSPF area ranges.

To open the dialog box:

Choose IP Routing > OSPF > Area Aggregate. Field Description AreaID The area in which the address would be found. LsdbType One of the following: summaryLink--generate aggregated summary nssaExternalLink--generate aggregated NSSA external link Net Network IP address for the area range. Mask Network mask for the area range. Effect One of the following: advertiseMatching--advertise the aggregate summary LSA with same LSID. doNotAdvertisematching--suppress all networks that fall within the entire range. advertiseDoNotAggregate--advertise individual networks.

• Inserting area ranges

Figure 27 Example 1: OSPF on one subnet

The following procedures show how to configure OSPF on two switches located on one subnet:

• Enabling OSPF globally on a device
• Assigning IP addresses
• Configuring OSPF on an interface

Note: The backbone ID is always displayed as 0.0.0.0.

The OSPF - Link State Database displays the advertisements in the area.

To open the Link State Database tab:

Choose IP Routing > OSPF > Link State DB.

The OSPF - Neighbor tab displays the IP address and other information about the neighbor 100.10.40.4. Conversely, the neighbor to 100.10.40.4 would reciprocally display the same type of information for its neighbor.

To open the Neighbor tab:

Choose IP Routing > OSPF > Neighbor.

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5. Select the Neighbor tab.