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Interfaces tab fields


Field Description
IpAddress
IP address of the current OSPF interface
AddressLessIf
Designates whether an interface has an IP address. Interfaces with an IP address = 0
Interfaces without IP address = ifIndex

AreaId
Dotted decimal value to designate the OSPF area name.
For VLANs keeping the default area setting on the interface causes the LSDB to be inconsistent.
Note: The area name is not related to an IP address. You can use any value for the OSPF area name (for example, 1.1.1.1 or 200.200.200.200).
AdminStat
Current administrative state of the OSPF interface (enabled or disabled).
State
Current DR state of the OSPF interface (DR, BDR, OtherDR)
Rtrpriority
OSPF priority for the interface during the election process for the designated router. The interface with the highest priority number is the designated router. The interface with the second-highest priority becomes the backup designated router. If the priority is 0, the interface cannot become the designated router or the backup. The priority is used only during election of the designated router and backup designated router. The range is 0 to 255. The default is 1.
DesignatedRouter
IP address of the router elected by the Hello Protocol to send link state advertisements on behalf of the NBMA network.
BackupDesignatedRouter
IP address of the router elected by the Hello Protocol to send link state advertisements on behalf of the NBMA network if the designated router fails.
Type
Type of OSPF interface (broadcast, nbma, or passive)
AuthType
Type of authentication required for the interface.
  • none = No authentication required.
  • simple password = All OSPF updates received by the interface must contain the authentication key specified in the interface AuthKey field.
  • MD5 authentication = All OSPF updates received by the interface must contain the md5 key.
AuthKey
Key (up to 8 characters) required when simple password authentication is specified in the interface AuthType field.
HelloInterval
Length of time, in seconds, between hello packets. This value must be the same for all routers attached to a common network. The default is 10 seconds.
Note: When you change the Hello interval values, you must save the configuration file and reboot the switch for the values to be restored and checked for consistency.
TransitDelay
Length of time, in seconds between 1 and 3600, required to transmit an LSA update packet over the interface.
RetransInterval
Length of time, in seconds between 1 and 3600, required between LSA retransmissions.
RtrDeadInterval
Interval used by adjacent routers to determine if the router has been removed from the network. This interval must be identical on all routers on the subnet and a minimum of four times the Hello Interval. To avoid interpretability issues, the RtrDeadInterval value for the OSPF interface needs to match with the RtrDeadInterval value for the OSPF virtual interface.The default is 40 seconds.
PollInterval
Length of time, in seconds, between hello packets sent to an inactive OSPF router.
Events
Number of state changes or error events that have occurred through all interfaces.

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