Routerconfig router ospf

area command keywords and variables (Continued)

Keywords and

Description

Default

Availability

variables

 

 

 

nssa-translator-

A NSSA border router can translate the

candidate

All models.

role {always

Type 7 LSAs used for external route

 

 

candidate never}

information within the NSSA to Type 5

 

 

LSAs used for distributing external route

 

 

 

information to other parts of the OSPF

 

 

 

routing domain. Usually a NSSA will

 

 

 

have only one NSSA border router

 

 

 

acting as a translator for the NSSA.

 

 

 

You can set the translator role to

 

 

 

always to ensure this FortiGate unit

 

 

 

always acts as a translator if it is in a

 

 

 

NSSA, even if other routers in the NSSA

 

 

 

are also acting as translators.

 

 

 

You can set the translator role to

 

 

 

candidate to have this FortiGate unit

 

 

 

participate in the process for electing a

 

 

 

translator for a NSSA.

 

 

 

You can set the translator role to never

 

 

 

to ensure this FortiGate unit never acts

 

 

 

as the translator if it is in a NSSA.

 

 

shortcut {default

Use this command to specify area

disable

All models.

disable

shortcut parameters.

 

 

enable}

 

 

 

stub-type

Enter no-summaryto prevent an ABR

summary

All models.

{no-summary

sending summary LSAs into a stub area.

 

 

summary}

Enter summary to allow an ABR to send

 

 

summary LSAs into a stub area.

 

 

type

Set the area type:

regular

All models.

{nssa regular

• Select nssa for a not so stubby area.

 

 

stub}

• Select regular for a normal OSPF

 

 

 

area.

 

 

 

• Select stub for a stub area.

 

 

Example

This example shows how to configure a stub area with the id 15.1.1.1, a stub type of summary, a default cost of 20, and MD5 authentication.

config router ospf config area

edit 15.1.1.1 set type stub

set stub-type summary set default-cost 20 set authentication md5

end

end

This example shows how to display the settings for area 15.1.1.1.

config router ospf config area

edit 15.1.1.1

get end

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Fortinet 100A manual 169, This example shows how to display the settings for area

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