Chapter 19

area virtual-link

Command Mode

OSPF Router Configuration.

Description

Defines an OSPF virtual link. To remove a virtual link, use the no form of

 

this command.

 

Syntax

 

 

 

 

 

 

To Configure:

area <area-id>virtual-link <router-id>[hello-interval

 

 

<hello-interval>][retransmit-interval<retransmit-

 

 

interval>] [dead-interval <dead-interval>] [transit-

 

 

delay <transit-delay>] [{authentication-key <passwd>

 

 

message-digest-key <key-id>md5 <key>}]

 

 

 

 

To Disable:

[no] area <area-id>virtual-link <router-id>

 

 

 

 

Table 19-8. Parameters, Keywords, Arguments

 

 

 

 

Name

Definition

 

 

 

 

<area-id>

IP address that represents the area-id for the system.

 

 

 

 

<router-id>

Router ID associated with the virtual link neighbor. The

 

 

router ID appears in the show ip ospf display. It is internally

 

 

derived by each router from the router’s interface IP

 

 

addresses. This value must be entered in the format of an IP

 

 

address. There is no default.

 

 

 

 

<hello-interval>

Time in seconds between the hello packets that the Cisco IOS

 

 

software sends on an interface. Unsigned integer value to be

 

 

advertised in the software’s hello packets. The value must be

 

 

the same for all routers and access servers attached to a

 

 

common network. The default is 10 seconds.

 

 

 

 

<retransmit-

Time in seconds between link state advertisement

 

interval>

retransmissions for adjacencies belonging to the interface.

 

 

Expected round-trip delay between any two routers on the

 

 

attached network. The value must be greater than the

 

 

expected round-trip delay. The default is 5 seconds.

 

 

 

 

<dead-interval>

Time in seconds that a software’s hello packets are not seen

 

 

before its neighbors declare the router down. Unsigned

 

 

integer value. The default is four times the hello interval, or

 

 

40 seconds. As with the hello interval, this value must be the

 

 

same for all routers and access servers attached to a common

 

 

network.

 

 

 

 

 

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