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Configuring and managing OSPF

The Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) protocol is the primary TCP/IP routing protocol. Routers use OSPF to exchange network topology information among themselves, giving each router a map of the network. By searching their maps, routers know how to move packets through the network to their destinations.

This section contains information about the following OSPF routing topics:

• Viewing OSPF interface configurations
• Viewing neighbor devices
• Creating a virtual link
• Specifying ASBRs
• Creating a stub area or NSSA
• 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

See also

• Networking Concepts for the Passport 8000 Series Switch, Release 3.1