IP routing configuration using the Java Device Manager 245

Step Action

1Select IP Routing > OSPF from the Device Manager menu. The OSPF dialog opens.

2Select the Virtual Neighbors tab. The Virtual Neighbors tab is illustrated below.

Virtual Neighbors tab

3Use the fields on the tab, as described in the following table, to view the Virtual Neighbors information.

Virtual Neighbors tab fields

Field

Description

 

 

Area

Specifies the subnetwork in which the virtual neighbor

 

resides.

 

 

RouterId

Specifies the 32-bit integer (represented as a type

 

IpAddress) uniquely identifying the neighboring router

 

in the autonomous system. .

 

 

IpAddr

Specifies the IP address of the virtual neighboring

 

router.

 

 

Options

Specifies a bit mask corresponding to the option field

 

of the neighbor.

 

 

State

Specifies the state of the Virtual Neighbor

 

Relationship.

 

 

Events

Specifies the number of state changes or error events

 

that have occurred between the OSPF router and the

 

neighbor router.

 

 

RetransQLen

Specifies the current length of the retransmission

 

queue (the number of elapsed seconds between

 

advertising retransmissions of the same packet to

 

a neighbor).

 

 

HelloSuppressed

Specifies whether Hello packets to the virtual

 

neighbor are suppressed or not.

 

 

4Click one of the labelled buttons across the bottom of the tab to refresh the information in the view, insert information, copy settings, or print.

Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 5500 Series

Configuration-IP Routing Protocols

NN47200-503 03.01 Standard

5.127 August 2007

Copyright © 2005-2007, Nortel Networks

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Nortel Networks NN47200-503 manual Virtual Neighbors tab fields Field Description