578CHAPTER 19: OPEN SHORTEST PATH FIRST (OSPF)

Field

Description

 

 

mismatchDead

Number of router dead interval mismatches that were detected

 

Interpretation:

 

A non-zero value is bad and means that some OSPF routers

 

on the interface are configured with a different dead

 

interval than this router. This prevents the router from

 

becoming a neighbor with these other routers.

 

This statistic is incremented under the following circumstances:

 

When an OSPF Hello packet is received and the dead interval

 

it defines is different from the dead interval configured on

 

the OSPF interface.

mismatchHello

Number of Hello packet interval mismatches that have been

 

detected

mismatchMask

Number of subnet mask mismatches that have been detected

packetXsumError

Number of packet checksum errors since the interface has

 

come up

receiveDD

Number of database description packets that were received

 

from valid OSPF neighbors.

 

Interpretation:

 

A non-zero value is OK.

 

Database description packets are sent when forming

 

adjacencies with valid neighbors. A large number of

 

receiveDD packets in a network whose configuration has

 

not changed could indicate that adjacencies are being torn

 

down and reestablished.

 

This statistic is incremented under the following circumstances:

 

When an OSPF database descriptor packet from a valid OSPF

 

neighbor is received.

receivedUnknown

Number of unknown LSAs that have been received

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