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Nortel Networks 5100 manual Network/Routes/OSPF/Area Indexes form

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Nortel Switched Firewall Browser-Based Interface Users Guide

„Router Id 1 provides an entry field to set the OSPF Router ID for the first Firewall host. TIP: OSPF uses the router ID to identify the routing device. If no router ID is specified, or if the router ID is set to 0.0.0.0, the Firewall host is automatically selected as the router ID.

„Router Id 2 provides an entry field to set the OSPF Router ID for the second Firewall host.

„Save Setting submits the changes to the pending configuration.

Network/Routes/OSPF/Area Indexes form

Use the Network/Routes/OSPF/Area Indexes form to view and change the OSPF Area Index settings (see Network/Routes/OSPF/Area Indexes form).

Figure 35 Network/Routes/OSPF/Area Indexes form

Fields and buttons on the Network/Routes/OSPF/Area Indexes form are as follows:

„Id provides the index number for the Area Index attached to the Firewall.

„Enabled indicates whether the Area Index is enabled or disabled.

„Area Id provides the IP address identifying the Area Index.

„Type indicates whether the Area Index is Transit (default) or Stub.

„Actions provides the following selections if an Area ID is present:

†Delete deletes the Area Index adjacent to the button.

†Modify opens a form for modifying the Area Index adjacent to the button.

„Add New Area Index opens a form for configuring a new Area Index (see Network/Routes/OSPF/Area Indexes Add Area Index form on page 61).

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5100 specifications

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