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Link State Database tab fields


Field Description
AreaId
A 32-bit integer uniquely identifying an area. Area ID 0.0.0.0 is used for the OSPF backbone.
Type
A router has a separate link state database for every area to which it belongs. The area database is composed of the following types router-LSAs, network-LSAs and summary-LSAs (all are listed in the area data structure).
Lsid
The Link State ID is an LS type-specific field containing either a router ID or an IP address. It identifies the piece of the routing domain that is being described by the advertisement.
RouterId
A 32-bit integer uniquely identifying the router in the autonomous system.
Sequence
The sequence number is a signed 32-bit integer that identifies old and duplicate link state advertisements.
Age
The age in seconds of the link state advertisement.
Checksum
This field is the checksum of the complete contents of the advertisement, excepting the age field. The age field is excepted so that an advertisement's age can be incremented without updating the checksum. The checksum used is the same that is used for ISO connectionless datagrams. It is commonly referred to as the Fletcher checksum.
Advertisement
This field displays the entire Link State Advertisement, including its header.
Filter field Description
Condition
This field sets the filter criteria to an "and" or "or" condition.
All records
Select this field to display all link state database records.
Area
Enter the area(s) you would like to be displayed.
Type
Enter the Type(s) you would like to be displayed.
RouterId
Enter the RouterId(s) you would like to be displayed.


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