Avocent Cyclades-PR4000 installation manual Ospf Global Configurations, Step Three

Cyclades-PR4000

OSPF Global Configurations

STEP THREE

After completing the OSPF interface configuration for all interfaces (even those that will not use OSPF), navigate to the OSPF Menu, CONFIG=>IP=>OSPF. Enter into the OSPF Global Commands menu and set the parameters as indicated in the table below.

OSPF Global Commands Menu CONFIG =>IP =>OSPF =>GLOBAL

Parameter	Description
OSPF Protocol	Enables OSPF on all interfaces.
Router ID	Assigns a unique ID to the router for use by the OSPF protocol. It must be one of the
	router's IP addresses.
AS Boundary Router	An Autonomous System Boundary Router (ASBR) can convert external routes into
	OSPF routes. Which external routes is determined through the following parameters.
	In the figure, only Router 5 is an ASBR.
The following parameters	apply only to Autonomous System Boundary Routers.
Originate Default	Router will advertise itself as the Default Gateway (DG).
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Default Gateway	Applies when Originate Default Gateway Advertisement is set to Yes. Defines the
External Metric	metric that will be advertised by OSPF.
Default Gateway	Applies when Originate Default Gateway Advertisement is set to Yes. For Type 1, the
External Metric-Type	total metric of this route is composed of the internal metric (inside the autonomous
	system) and the external metric (provided in the previous parameter). For Type 2, the
	total metric of this route is the value provided in the previous parameter.
Advertise RIP Routes	Routes learned through the RIP protocol will be converted to OSPF as external routes.
RIP External Metric	Applies when Advertise RIP routes is set to Yes. Defines the metric that will be
	advertised by OSPF.

This table is continued.

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