254IP Routing Configuration and Management

OSPF dialog - Redistribute tab

2Use the fields provided on this tab to configure redistribution. These fields are described in the following table.

Redistribute tab fields

Field

Description

 

 

RouteSource

Select the route source protocol for redistribution

 

(RIP, Direct or Static).

 

 

Enable

Indicates whether the redistribution entry is active.

 

 

Metric

A value between 0 and 65535 that indicates the

 

metric to be announced in the advertisement.

 

 

MetricType

The field specifies the metric type. The value

 

type1 is treated as an internal metric and type2

 

is treated as an external metric.

 

 

Subnets

This field indicates whether subnetworks need to

 

be advertised individually. Options available are:

 

allow and suppress.

 

 

RoutePolicy

The name of an existing route policy that will be

 

used to determine whether a specific route should

 

be advertised to a given protocol.

 

 

3Click Apply.

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Redistribution creation

To create a new redistribution entry, follow this procedure:

Step Action

1Select IP Routing > OSPF from the Device Manager menu. The OSPF dialog will open. Select the Redistribute tab. This tab is illustrated above.

Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 5500 Series

Configuration-IP Routing Protocols

NN47200-503 03.01 Standard

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Nortel Networks NN47200-503 manual Redistribution creation, To create a new redistribution entry, follow this procedure