The following shows output when using the external keyword.

Console#show ip ospf database external

OSPF Router with id(192.168.5.1) (Autonomous system 5)

Displaying AS External Link States

LS age: 433

Options: (No TOS-capability)

LS Type: AS External Link

Link State ID: 10.1.1.253 (External Network Number)

Advertising Router: 10.1.2.254

LS Sequence Number: 80000002

LS Checksum: 0x51E2

Length: 32

Network Mask: 255.255.0.0

Metric Type: 2 (Larger than any link state path)

Metric: 1

Forward Address: 0.0.0.0

External Route Tag: 0

Console#

Field

Description

 

 

OSPF Router id

Router ID

 

 

LS age

Age of LSA (in seconds)

 

 

Options

Optional capabilities associated with the LSA

 

 

LS Type

AS External Links - LSA describes routes to destinations outside the

 

AS (including default external routes for the AS)

 

 

Link State ID

IP network number (External Network Number)

 

 

Advertising Router

Advertising router ID

 

 

LS Sequence

Sequence number of LSA (used to detect older duplicate LSAs)

Number

 

 

 

LS Checksum

Checksum of the complete contents of the LSA

 

 

Length

The length of the LSA in bytes

 

 

Network Mask

Address mask for the network

 

 

Metric Type

Type 1 or Type 2 external metric (see “redistribute” on page 3-154)

 

 

Metrics

Cost of the link

 

 

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