Configuring OSPF and OSPFv3 1169
Configuring OSPFv3 Interface Settings

Beginning in Privileged EXEC mode, use the following commands to

configure per-interface OSPFv3 settings.

Command Purpose
configure Enter global configuration mode.
interface vlan
vlan-id
Enter Interface Configuration mode for the specified
VLAN.
ipv6 ospf areaid
area-id
Enables OSPFv3 on the interface and sets the area ID of
an interface. This command supersedes the effects of
network area command.
The
area-id
variable is the ID of the area (Range: IP
address or decimal from 0 –4294967295)
ipv6 ospf priority
number-value
Set the OSPFv3 priority for the interface. The
number-
value
variable specifies the priority of an interface (Range:
0 to 255).
The default priority is 1, which is the highest router
priority. A value of 0 indicates that the router is not
eligible to become the designated router on this network.
ipv6 ospf retransmit-
interval
seconds
Set the OSPFv3 retransmit interval for the interface.
The
seconds
variable is the number of seconds between
link-state advertisements for adjacencies belonging to this
router interface.
This value is also used when retransmitting database
descriptions and link-state request packets. Valid values
range from 0 to 3600 seconds (1 hour).
ipv6 ospf hello-interval
seconds
Set the OSPFv3 hello interval for the interface. This
parameter must be the same for all routers attached to a
network.
The
seconds
variable indicates the number of seconds to
wait before sending Hello packets from the interface.
(Range: 1–65535).