Device Online Help

Manually initiating an SPF run

You can manually initiate an SPF or Dijkstra run to immediately update the OSPF link-state database. This is particularly useful when you want to:

• immediately restore a deleted OSPF-learned route.
• determine why the routing table's entries and the link-state database are not synchronized.

To force an SPF calculation:

1. From the Device Manager menu bar, choose IP Routing > OSPF.

The OSPF dialog box opens with the General tab displayed.

2. In the OSPF Action field, click runSpf.
3. Click Apply.

Device Manager prompts you to confirm if you want to initiate the SPF run.

4. Click Yes to confirm the forced SPF run.

The router performs the SPF run and the OSPF link state database is updated. Note: After initiating an SPF run, wait 10 seconds before initiating another SPF run.

• General tab fields

• Configuring OSPF interfaces
• Managing an OSPF router port interface
• Managing OSPF areas information
• Creating a virtual link
• Specifying ASBRs
• Configuring metric speed
• Viewing stub area metrics
• Viewing advertisements in the Link State Database
• Viewing characteristics in the Ext. Link State database
• Inserting OSPF area aggregate ranges