Nortel Switched Firewall Browser-Based Interface Users Guide

Network/Routes/OSPF forms

Following are the categories of Network/Routes/OSPF forms:

„General (see Network/Routes/OSPF/General form)

„Area Indexes (see Network/Routes/OSPF/Area Indexes form on page 60)

„Interfaces (see Network/Routes/OSPF/Interfaces form on page 62)

„GRE Tunnels (see Network/Routes/OSPF/GRE Tunnels form on page 64)

„Redistribute (see Network/Routes/OSPF/Redistribute form on page 67)

Network/Routes/OSPF/General form

Use the Network/Routes/OSPF/General form to view and change the dynamic routing settings for OSPF (see Network/Routes/OSPF/General form).

Figure 34 Network/Routes/OSPF/General form

Fields and buttons on the Network/Route/OSPF/General form are as follows:

„Status displays a list with the following selections:

†Disabled disables OSPF.

†Enabled enables OSPF.

„Spf Interval provides an entry field to set the time interval, in seconds, between each calculation of the Shortest Path First (SPF).

„Spf Hold Time provides an entry field to set the minimum time OSPF retains a shortest- path calculation result to prevent another calculation from occurring too soon.

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5100 specifications

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