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Area Aggregate tab

Use the Area Aggr. (Area Aggregate) tab to view and insert OSPF area ranges.

To open the Area Aggr. tab:

  1. From the Device Manager main menu, choose IP Routing > OSPF
  2. The OSPF dialog box opens with the General tab displayed.
  3. Click the Area Aggr. tab.
  4. The Area Aggr. tab opens.

The table below describes the OSPF, Area Aggr. tab items.


Item 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.
AdvertiseMetric
Used to specify a metric for a Summary LSA (type 3) generated by OSPF through an area range. If this metric is set to 0. OSPF uses the cost to the farthest point in the networks being summarized as the metric.

See also


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