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Age

 

The age of the link state advertisement in seconds.

 

 

 

Checksum

 

The checksum of the complete content of the

 

 

advertisement, excluding the Age field. This field

 

 

is excluded so that the advertisement’s age can

 

 

be increased without updating the checksum. The

 

 

checksum used is the same as that used in ISO

 

 

connectionless datagrams and is commonly referred

 

 

to as the Fletcher checksum.

 

 

 

3Click Refresh to update the information.

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External Link State Database information

The Ext. Link State Database tab of the OSPF dialog is used to view external link state information. To view OSPF external link states, use the following procedure:

Step Action

1Select IP Routing > OSPF from the Device Manager menu. The OSPF dialog will open. Select the Ext. Link State Database tab. This tab is illustrated below.

OSPF dialog - Ext. Link State Database tab

2Using the fields provided, view the external link state database. These fields are described in the following table.

Ext. Link State Database fields

Field

Type

Description

The type of link state advertisement. Each link state type has a separate advertisement format.

Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 5500 Series

Configuration-IP Routing Protocols

NN47200-503 03.01 Standard

5.127 August 2007

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