IP Routing Features

Configuring OSPF

Displaying OSPF Area Information

To display OSPF area information, enter the following command at any CLI level:

HPswitch>

show ip

ospf area

 

 

 

 

 

OSPF Area

Information

 

 

 

 

 

 

Area ID

 

Type

Cost

SPFR

ABR

ASBR

LSA

Checksum

---------------

------

-----

------

----

----

-----

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0.0.0.0

 

normal

0

1

0

0

1

0x0000781f

192.147.60.0

normal

0

1

0

0

1

0x0000fee6

192.147.80.0

stub

1

1

0

0

2

0x000181cd

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Syntax: show ip ospf area [OSPF-AREA-ID]

The [OSPF-AREA-ID]parameter shows information for the specified area. If no area is specified, information for all the OSPF areas configured is displayed.

The OSPF area display shows the following information:

Table 16-4. CLI Display of OSPF Area Information

 

This Field...

Displays...

 

 

 

 

Area ID

The identifier for this area.

 

 

 

 

Type

The area type, which can be one of the following:

 

 

normal

 

 

stub

 

 

 

 

Cost

The metric for the default route that the routing switch will inject into

 

 

a stub area if the routing switch is an ABR for the area. This value only

 

 

applies to stub areas.

 

 

 

 

SPFR

The number of times the routing switch has run the shortest path first

 

 

route calculation for this area.

 

 

 

 

ABR

The number of area border routers in this area.

 

 

 

 

ASBR

The number of autonomous system border routers in this area.

 

 

 

 

LSA

The number of LSAs in the link state database for this area.

 

 

 

 

Chksum(Hex)

The sum of the checksums of all LSAs currently in the area’s link state

 

 

database. This value can be compared to the value for other routers

 

 

in the area to verify database synchronization.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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