Chapter 28 OSPF
OSPF Configuration: Activating and General Settings
The follow table describes the related labels in this screen.
Table 87 OSPF Configuration: Activating and General Settings
LABEL | DESCRIPTION |
Active | OSPF is disabled by default. Select this option to enable it. |
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Router ID | Router ID uniquely identifies the Switch in an OSPF. Enter a unique ID (that uses the |
| format of an IP address in dotted decimal notation) for the Switch. |
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Redistribute | Route redistribution allows your Switch to import and translate external routes learned |
Route | through other routing protocols (RIP and Static) into the OSPF network transparently. |
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Active | Select this option to activate route redistribution for routes learn through the selected |
| protocol. |
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Type | Select 1 for routing protocols (such as RIP) whose external metrics are directly |
| comparable to the internal OSPF cost. When selecting a path, the internal OSPF cost is |
| added to the AB boundary router to the external metrics. |
| Select 2 for routing protocols whose external metrics are not comparable to the OSPF |
| cost. In this case, the external cost of the AB boundary router is used in path decision to |
| a destination. |
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Metric Value | Enter a route cost (between 0 and 16777214). |
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Apply | Click Apply to save your changes to the Switch’s |
| these changes if it is turned off or loses power, so use the Save link on the top |
| navigation panel to save your changes to the |
| configuring. |
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Cancel | Click Cancel to start configuring the above fields again. |
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